Demographics of Belgium

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	09 May 2024

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There are 5.79 million males and 5.92 million females in Belgium. The percentage of the male population is 49.46%, compared to 50.54% of the female population. Belgium has 127k more females than males. The sex ratio in Belgium in 2024 will be 97.858 males per 100 females. Belgium is in the 93rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Belgium population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	8,617,344	0.47
1955	8,834,526	0.52
1960	9,108,724	0.59
1965	9,412,087	0.60
1970	9,629,376	0.40
1975	9,763,430	0.10
1980	9,828,986	0.14
1985	9,880,534	0.06
1990	9,959,560	0.26
1995	10,095,198	0.26
2000	10,264,343	0.42
2005	10,516,978	0.60
2010	10,877,947	0.71
2015	11,248,303	0.60
2020	11,561,717	0.35
2021	11,611,419	0.50
2022	11,655,930	0.26
2023	11,686,140	0.26
2024	11,715,774	0.25

Population
Growth

Belgium death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	108,041	144,205	12.542	16.740
1955	108,704	148,202	12.310	16.782
1960	114,030	154,789	12.530	17.008
1965	115,216	154,745	12.256	16.461
1970	118,888	141,467	12.357	14.703
1975	119,536	118,953	12.252	12.193
1980	113,796	122,654	11.581	12.482
1985	111,917	115,011	11.329	11.643
1990	104,342	123,472	10.479	12.401
1995	105,084	114,634	10.418	11.365
2000	105,330	115,979	10.277	11.316
2005	103,473	119,858	9.860	11.421
2010	105,369	128,589	9.710	11.850
2015	110,843	121,285	9.880	10.811
2020	127,440	114,894	11.049	9.961
2021	110,280	116,448	9.519	10.051
2022	110,497	117,003	9.490	10.048
2023	110,911	116,823	9.501	10.007
2024	111,440	116,799	9.522	9.980

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Belgium
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	7,900,418	737,101	91.466
1955	8,174,277	712,997	91.977
1960	8,476,183	691,182	92.460
1965	8,795,839	648,100	93.137
1970	9,039,111	593,069	93.843
1975	9,232,201	539,385	94.480
1980	9,413,159	455,836	95.381
1985	9,512,967	403,611	95.930
1990	9,644,013	362,531	96.377
1995	9,857,972	328,333	96.777
2000	9,986,809	295,224	97.129
2005	10,272,952	273,934	97.403
2010	10,681,812	256,927	97.651
2015	11,048,237	239,703	97.876
2020	11,396,775	223,197	98.079
2021	11,449,399	219,756	98.117
2022	11,495,076	216,260	98.153
2023	11,535,808	212,749	98.189
2024	11,574,575	209,284	98.224

Population
Urbanization

Belgium population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	300,057	286,726	586,783	5.01	104.649
05-09	320,129	305,990	626,120	5.34	104.621
10-14	346,646	330,987	677,633	5.78	104.731
15-19	347,471	330,996	678,467	5.79	104.977
20-24	340,164	324,144	664,308	5.67	104.942
25-29	358,926	347,250	706,177	6.03	103.362
30-34	392,244	385,860	778,104	6.64	101.654
35-39	382,351	379,654	762,005	6.50	100.710
40-44	385,308	381,676	766,984	6.55	100.952
45-49	372,706	366,316	739,022	6.31	101.744
50-54	390,536	382,005	772,542	6.59	102.233
55-59	396,047	389,193	785,240	6.70	101.761
60-64	384,233	388,637	772,870	6.60	98.867
65-69	331,745	350,615	682,361	5.82	94.618
70-74	272,951	301,897	574,847	4.91	90.412
75-79	218,262	261,091	479,353	4.09	83.596
80-84	130,065	176,346	306,411	2.62	73.756
85-89	83,931	137,274	221,206	1.89	61.141
90-94	33,687	72,490	106,176	0.91	46.471
95-99	6,445	19,675	26,120	0.22	32.757
100+	576	2,471	3,047	0.03	23.310
Total	5,794,480	5,921,293	11,715,776		97.858

Population pyramid
Gender ratio