Official name
Kingdom of Belgium
Name in local language
Royaume de Belgique (fr) ; Koninkrijk België (nl) ; Königreich Belgien (de)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
European Union
Population (ranking: 84e )
11,431,406 inhabitants (2019)
Population growth
0.49 % / year
Area
30,688 km²
Density
372.50 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 25e )531.767 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
46,556 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
1.40 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
81.50 years (2018)
Birth rate
10.50 ‰ (2017)
Fertility rate
1.64 children / woman (2017)
Death rate (ranking )
9.60 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
3.30 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2018)
Official languages
Dutch, French, German
Currency
Euro (€ EUR)
HDI (ranking: 26e )0.919 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )77.38 (2018)
Government
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Head of State
King Philippe
National Day
21 July (Constitutional oath of Leopold I in 1831)
ISO Codes BE, BEL
Demonym
Belgian
Tourists (ranking )
8,358,000 people (2017)
Belgium is a country in Western Europe, bordered by France to the south, the Netherlands to the north, Germany and Luxembourg to the east, and the North Sea to the west. It is one of the six founding countries of the European Union and hosts, in its capital Brussels, the main institutions (the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission), as well as those of other international organizations as important as NATO.
Atomium, Brussels Grand Place, Brussels Liège, Belgium Urban areas (2014)
Urban areas
Population
Brussels (Bruxelles - Brussel)
2,967,513 inhabitants
Antwerp (Antwerpen - Anvers)
1,245,828 inhabitants
Liège (Luik)
794,488 inhabitants
Ghent (Gent - Gand)
705,949 inhabitants
Charleroi
464,703 inhabitants
Namur (Namen)
259,022 inhabitants
Mons (Bergen)
254,474 inhabitants
Leuven (Louvain)
254,396 inhabitants
Brugge (Bruges)
253,221 inhabitants
Hasselt-Genk
248,651 inhabitants
Kortrijk (Courtrai)
235,009 inhabitants
Mechelen (Malines)
161,304 inhabitants
Turnhout
155,136 inhabitants
Sint-Niklaas (Saint-Nicolas)
152,756 inhabitants
Ostend (Ostende - Oostende)
129,332 inhabitants
Tournai (Doornik)
112,146 inhabitants
Verviers
107,139 inhabitants
Roeselare (Roulers)
103,301 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Brussels
1,208,542 inhabitants
162 km²
Flanders
6,589,069 inhabitants
13,624 km²
Wallonia
3,633,795 inhabitants
16,901 km²
See also
