Demographics of Belgium
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 30 Oct 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Belgium is projected at 11.63 million, up by 0.37% compared with 11.59 million in 2020. Belgium is ranked 81th in terms of population and 172th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 0.12 million births in Belgium in 2021. That is 339 per day, which is ranked 102th. The crude birth rate is 10.7 per 1000 people. There are 0.11 million deaths in Belgium in 2021. That is 311 per day, which is ranked 76th. The crude death rate is 9.8 per 1000 people.
11.5 million people are living in urban areas, which is 98.12% of Belgium population. Belgium is ranked 16th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Belgium in 2021 is 98.5 males per 100 females. There are 5.77 million males and 5.86 million females in Belgium. The percentage of female population is 50.4% compare to 49.6% male population. Belgium has 91 thousand more females than males. Belgium is at 91st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 8,637,521 | - |
1955 | 8,887,275 | 0.62 |
1960 | 9,167,361 | 0.63 |
1965 | 9,443,948 | 0.53 |
1970 | 9,632,179 | 0.34 |
1975 | 9,771,582 | 0.25 |
1980 | 9,868,999 | 0.15 |
1985 | 9,916,577 | 0.1 |
1990 | 10,006,545 | 0.26 |
1995 | 10,186,304 | 0.3 |
2000 | 10,282,046 | 0.26 |
2005 | 10,546,885 | 0.64 |
2010 | 10,938,735 | 0.73 |
2015 | 11,287,931 | 0.59 |
2016 | 11,354,407 | 0.59 |
2017 | 11,419,752 | 0.58 |
2018 | 11,482,180 | 0.55 |
2019 | 11,539,326 | 0.5 |
2020 | 11,589,616 | 0.44 |
2021 | 11,632,334 | 0.37 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 107,613 | 142,909 | 12.42 | 16.50 |
1955 | 107,125 | 150,942 | 12.05 | 16.97 |
1960 | 110,060 | 159,329 | 12.00 | 17.37 |
1965 | 115,798 | 154,911 | 12.28 | 16.43 |
1970 | 119,151 | 139,312 | 12.37 | 14.47 |
1975 | 117,829 | 125,843 | 12.06 | 12.88 |
1980 | 115,032 | 119,344 | 11.67 | 12.10 |
1985 | 111,099 | 118,444 | 11.20 | 11.94 |
1990 | 107,086 | 119,792 | 10.68 | 11.95 |
1995 | 105,771 | 117,883 | 10.41 | 11.60 |
2000 | 106,131 | 113,987 | 10.29 | 11.06 |
2005 | 105,687 | 120,085 | 10.01 | 11.36 |
2010 | 106,944 | 126,956 | 9.79 | 11.62 |
2015 | 110,526 | 125,894 | 9.79 | 11.15 |
2020 | 113,164 | 124,027 | 9.78 | 10.72 |
2021 | 113,528 | 123,807 | 9.78 | 10.66 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 7,900,418 | 737,101 | - | 91.466 |
1955 | 8,174,277 | 712,997 | 0.73 | 91.977 |
1960 | 8,476,183 | 691,182 | 0.73 | 92.460 |
1965 | 8,795,839 | 648,100 | 0.69 | 93.137 |
1970 | 9,039,111 | 593,069 | 0.48 | 93.843 |
1975 | 9,232,201 | 539,385 | 0.38 | 94.480 |
1980 | 9,413,159 | 455,836 | 0.34 | 95.381 |
1985 | 9,512,967 | 403,611 | 0.20 | 95.930 |
1990 | 9,644,013 | 362,531 | 0.35 | 96.377 |
1995 | 9,857,972 | 328,333 | 0.38 | 96.777 |
2000 | 9,986,809 | 295,224 | 0.33 | 97.129 |
2005 | 10,272,952 | 273,934 | 0.69 | 97.403 |
2010 | 10,681,812 | 256,927 | 0.77 | 97.651 |
2015 | 11,048,237 | 239,703 | 0.66 | 97.876 |
2020 | 11,396,775 | 223,197 | 0.53 | 98.079 |
2021 | 11,449,399 | 219,756 | 0.46 | 98.117 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 323,360 | 305,278 | 628,638 | 5.40 | 105.923 |
05-09 | 344,719 | 322,382 | 667,101 | 5.73 | 106.929 |
10-14 | 348,825 | 328,397 | 677,222 | 5.82 | 106.221 |
15-19 | 332,925 | 315,186 | 648,111 | 5.57 | 105.628 |
20-24 | 335,133 | 317,495 | 652,628 | 5.61 | 105.555 |
25-29 | 368,912 | 351,695 | 720,607 | 6.19 | 104.895 |
30-34 | 376,836 | 370,091 | 746,927 | 6.42 | 101.823 |
35-39 | 379,000 | 379,854 | 758,854 | 6.52 | 99.775 |
40-44 | 380,868 | 371,833 | 752,701 | 6.47 | 102.430 |
45-49 | 389,815 | 372,179 | 761,994 | 6.55 | 104.739 |
50-54 | 402,046 | 386,480 | 788,526 | 6.78 | 104.028 |
55-59 | 407,034 | 396,670 | 803,704 | 6.91 | 102.613 |
60-64 | 372,452 | 376,033 | 748,485 | 6.43 | 99.048 |
65-69 | 312,778 | 332,221 | 644,999 | 5.54 | 94.148 |
70-74 | 266,759 | 301,860 | 568,619 | 4.89 | 88.372 |
75-79 | 179,572 | 220,098 | 399,670 | 3.44 | 81.587 |
80-84 | 130,845 | 183,988 | 314,833 | 2.71 | 71.116 |
85-89 | 80,501 | 137,973 | 218,474 | 1.88 | 58.345 |
90-94 | 31,578 | 70,433 | 102,011 | 0.88 | 44.834 |
95-99 | 6,355 | 19,781 | 26,136 | 0.22 | 32.127 |
100+ | 343 | 1,751 | 2,094 | 0.02 | 19.589 |
Total | 5,770,656 | 5,861,678 | 11,632,334 | 98.447 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio