Population on 1 January in Belgium
Belgium had 11,883,495 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Belgium, 2025
11,883,495
Change from 2024
+0.6%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
9th of 40
Population on 1 January 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,883,495 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 11,817,096 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 11,742,796 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 11,617,623 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 11,554,767 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 11,522,440 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 11,455,519 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 11,398,589 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 11,351,727 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 11,311,117 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 11,237,274 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 11,180,840 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 11,137,974 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 11,075,889 peopleb (break in time series) | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 11,000,638 peopleb (break in time series) | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 10,839,905 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 10,753,080 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 10,666,866 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 10,584,534 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 10,511,382 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 10,445,852 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 10,396,421 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 10,355,844 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 10,309,725 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 10,263,414 people | 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6% from 11,817,096 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 11,237,274 people, the figure has changed by +5.8%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Belgium has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
More for Belgium
All statistics for Belgium
Population
11,941,781 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
42.1 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
162,926 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
11,883,495 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.2p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.5p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat