: 2 (1997)

Televisions: 41,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .bz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)

Internet users: 15,000 (2000)

Transportation Belize

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: 2,880 km paved: 490 km unpaved: 2,390 km (1998 est.)

Waterways: 825 km (river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally
navigable)

Ports and harbors: Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda

Merchant marine: total: 315 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240,551
GRT/1,761,168 DWT ships by type: bulk 26, cargo 204, chemical tanker 6,
combination ore/oil 1, container 12, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker
39, refrigerated cargo 15, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 1,
specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 note: includes some foreign-owned
ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 2, Belgium 3,
British Virgin Islands 6, Cambodia 1, China 38, Cyprus 1, Ecuador 1,
Egypt 1, Equatorial Guinea 1, Eritrea 1, Estonia 7, Germany 3, Greece
4, Grenada 1, Honduras 1, Hong Kong 20, Indonesia 6, Italy 2, Japan 4,
Jordan 1, Lebanon 1, Liberia 5, Malaysia 3, Malta 2, Man, Isle of 1,
Marshall Islands 13, Mexico 1, Netherlands 1, Nigeria 1, Panama 12,
Philippines 4, Portugal 1, Romania 1, Russia 3, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 3, Saudi Arabia 1, Singapore 22, South Korea 10, Spain 4,
Switzerland 1, Taiwan 1, Thailand 6, Tunisia 1, Turkey 1, Ukraine 3,
United Arab Emirates 9, United Kingdom 2, United States 4, Virgin Islands
(UK) 6, Yemen 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 44 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to
1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 40 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to
1,523 m: 10 under 914 m: 29 (2001)

Military Belize

Military branches: Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Maritime Wing,
Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard)

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 64,909 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 38,472
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 2,847
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $7.7 million (FY00/01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.87% (FY00/01)

Transnational Issues Belize

Disputes - international: the "Line of Adjacency" established in 2000
as an agreed limit to check squatters settling in Beliz