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GeographyLocation: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
Area: Land boundaries: total 516 km, Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km Coastline: 386 km
PeoplePopulation: 214,061 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.42% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 33.71 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.86 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -3.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 34.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.25 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: mestizo 44%, Creole 30%, Maya 11%, Garifuna 7%, other 8% Religions: Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 30% (Anglican 12%, Methodist 6%, Mennonite 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6% (1980) Languages: English (official), Spanish, Maya, Garifuna (Carib)
Literacy:
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Belmopan Independence: 21 September 1981 (from UK) Constitution: 21 September 1981
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $575 million National product real growth rate: 2% National product per capita: $2,750 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.5% Unemployment rate: 10%
Electricity:
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