Belgium's population rose from 10.2M in 1996 to 11.9M in 2025.
Belgium · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Belgium's population growth rose from 0.2 % in 1996 to 0.7 % in 2025.
Belgium's population density rose from 338.0 in 2000 to 386.3 in 2023.
Belgium's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.1 % in 1996 to 50.7 % in 2025.
Belgium's urbanisation rose from 80.7 % in 1996 to 87.7 % in 2025.
Belgium's urban population rose from 8.19M in 1996 to 10.5M in 2025.
Belgium's rural population fell from 1.96M in 1996 to 1.47M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.0 %166th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.1 %169th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.1 %51st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.5 %23rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs36th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts170th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.1 pts129th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts28th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts89th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.7 pts27th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −11.7 %27th of 217
- Migrant stockup +2.3 pts45th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +9.4 %34th of 178
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- Life expectancydown −0.1 yrs31st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaledown −0.1 yrs31st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maledown −0.1 yrs31st of 217