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.

Belgium population

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

Total
Crude

Belgium death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Belgium

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	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 pyramid
Gender ratio

Belgium population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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