Immigration in Belgium
Belgium recorded 162,926 immigrants in 2024.
Belgium, 2024
162,926
Change from 2023
−3.9%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
9th of 33
Immigration in Belgium over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 162,926 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 169,609 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 208,356 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 139,743 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 118,683 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 150,006 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 137,860 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 126,703 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 123,702 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 146,626 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 123,158 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 120,078 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 129,477 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 147,377 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2010 | 135,281 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 146,409 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 137,699 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 132,810 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 117,236 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 112,060 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 113,857 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 110,410 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 89,388 immigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −3.9% from 169,609 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 123,158 immigrants, the figure has changed by +32.3%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Belgium has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Belgium
All statistics for Belgium
Emigration
100,100 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
60,108 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
31,989 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
27,540 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
6.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
3.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division