🇧🇪Belgium

Brussels

Europe

High income

BEL

Compare

Population

11.9M

0.7%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.44

births/woman

Life Expectancy

82.3y

GDP / capita

$60.8K

Pop. Growth

0.70%

Net Migration

32K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Belgium by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇲🇦Morocco246.6K(11.3%)

+34%

🇫🇷France197K(9.0%)

+14%

🇳🇱

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male5.9MTotal 11.9M6.1MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

2.0

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

50.0%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

71.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇷🇴Romania131.4K(6.0%)

+287%

🇮🇹Italy116.1K(5.3%)

−3%

🇹🇷Turkiye110.1K(5.0%)

+15%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.88.9K(4.1%)

+13%

🇺🇦Ukraine83K(3.8%)

108×

🇵🇱Poland79.6K(3.6%)

+45%

🇩🇪Germany79.6K(3.6%)

−5%

🇪🇸Spain58.2K(2.7%)

+54%

🇧🇬Bulgaria51.9K(2.4%)

+213%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Belgium diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Belgium who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇫🇷France169.1K(32.5%)

+15%

🇳🇱Netherlands67.9K(13.0%)

+37%

🇪🇸Spain55.4K(10.6%)

+32%

🇮🇹Italy42.9K(8.2%)

−3%

🇹🇷Turkiye40.9K(7.9%)

+88%

🇱🇺Luxembourg24.9K(4.8%)

+92%

🇨🇭Switzerland19.2K(3.7%)

+35%

🇨🇦Canada17.8K(3.4%)

−16%

🇵🇱Poland13.8K(2.7%)

+307%

🇦🇺Australia7.7K(1.5%)

+18%

🇮🇱Israel7.4K(1.4%)

+24%

🇷🇴Romania5.9K(1.1%)

+571%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)