Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Languages
Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
Exports
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood
apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment
External Debt
$1,079,000,000 $
$306,600,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar - 2 (2008 est.), 2 (2007), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)
Turkish liras (TRY) per US dollar - 1.3179 (2008 est.), 1.319 (2007), 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004) note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira; on 1 January 2009 the Turkish government dropped the word "new" and the currency is now called simply the Turkish lira
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.400%
5.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
8
Location
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
Area
22,966 km sq
783,562 km sq
Coastline
386 km
7,200 km
Climate
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
