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Demographics of Belgium

This article is about the demographic

Demographics

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features of the population

Population

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of Belgium

Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, including population density

Population density

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, ethnicity

Ethnic group

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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
ium has a population of about 10,666,866 people as of January 2008.

0-14 years: 16.7% (male 883,254/female 846,099)

15-64 years: 65.9% (male 3,450,879/female 3,389,565)

65 years and over: 17.4% (male 746,569/female 1,062,701) (2006 est.)

Total: 80.0 years

Male: 79.6 years

Female: 82.1 years (2006 est.)

population grew by 0.13% from 2005 to 2006.

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This article is about the demographic

Demographics

Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
of Belgium

Belgium

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
, ethnicity

Ethnic group

Summary of vital statistics since 1900

Territorial changes in East-Belgium occurred in 1925, 1940 and 1944.

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1900	6 719	193 789	129 046	64 743	28.8	19.2	9.6
1901	6 747	200 077	116 077	84 000	29.7	17.2	12.4
1902	6 848	195 871	119 330	76 541	28.6	17.4	11.2
1903	6 941	192 301	118 675	73 626	27.7	17.1	10.6
1904	7 030	191 721	119 506	72 215	27.3	17.0	10.3
1905	7 118	187 437	118 343	69 094	26.3	16.6	9.7
1906	7 200	186 271	118 884	67 387	25.9	16.5	9.4
1907	7 278	185 138	115 347	69 791	25.4	15.8	9.6
1908	7 352	183 834	121 964	61 870	25.0	16.6	8.4
1909	7 419	176 431	117 571	58 860	23.8	15.8	7.9
1910	7 438	176 413	112 826	63 587	23.7	15.2	8.5
1911	7 457	171 802	122 843	48 959	23.0	16.5	6.6
1912	7 531	171 187	112 378	58 809	22.7	14.9	7.8
1913	7 605	171 099	111 227	59 872	22.5	14.6	7.9
1914	7 662	156 389	108 720	47 669	20.4	14.2	6.2
1915	7 697	124 291	100 674	23 617	16.1	13.1	3.1
1916	7 701	99 360	101 044	-1 684	12.9	13.1	-0.2
1917	7 667	86 675	124 824	-38 149	11.3	16.3	-5.0
1918	7 599	85 056	157 340	-72 284	11.2	20.7	-9.5
1919	7 566	123 314	113 732	9 582	16.3	15.0	1.3
1920	7 491	164 950	102 505	62 445	22.0	13.7	8.3
1921	7 444	164 603	102 908	61 695	22.1	13.8	8.3
1922	7 511	154 871	106 615	48 256	20.6	14.2	6.4
1923	7 573	156 600	100 084	56 516	20.7	13.2	7.5
1924	7 646	154 083	99 653	54 430	20.2	13.0	7.1
1925	7 748	155 330	99 569	55 761	20.0	12.9	7.2
1926	7 843	151 009	101 018	49 991	19.3	12.9	6.4
1927	7 903	146 296	103 007	43 289	18.5	13.0	5.5
1928	7 968	148 071	102 270	45 801	18.6	12.8	5.7
1929	8 032	147 311	115 901	31 410	18.3	14.4	3.9
1930	8 076	152 530	103 397	49 133	18.9	12.8	6.1
1931	8 126	149 657	103 773	45 884	18.4	12.8	5.6
1932	8 186	145 835	104 221	41 614	17.8	12.7	5.1
1933	8 231	136 757	104 640	32 117	16.6	12.7	3.9
1934	8 262	133 514	96 851	36 663	16.2	11.7	4.4
1935	8 288	128 432	102 132	26 300	15.5	12.3	3.2
1936	8 315	127 751	101 595	26 156	15.4	12.2	3.1
1937	8 346	128 696	104 163	24 533	15.4	12.5	2.9
1938	8 374	133 610	104 684	28 926	16.0	12.5	3.5
1939	8 391	130 019	110 393	19 626	15.5	13.2	2.3
1940	8 301	112 497	125 083	-12 586	13.6	15.1	-1.5
1941	8 276	100 616	118 670	-18 054	12.2	14.3	-2.2
1942	8 246	108 603	117 291	-8 688	13.2	14.2	-1.1
1943	8 241	123 349	107 767	15 582	15.0	13.1	1.9
1944	8 291	127 122	124 861	2 261	15.3	15.1	0.3
1945	8 339	130 526	121 155	9 371	15.7	14.5	1.1
1946	8 367	152 962	110 413	42 549	18.3	13.2	5.1
1947	8 450	150 227	108 136	42 091	17.8	12.8	5.0
1948	8 557	150 416	108 016	42 400	17.6	12.6	5.0
1949	8 614	147 854	111 104	36 750	17.2	12.9	4.3
1950	8 639	145 672	108 236	37 436	16.9	12.5	4.3
1951	8 678	142 314	109 763	32 551	16.4	12.6	3.8
1952	8 730	146 064	104 178	41 886	16.7	11.9	4.8
1953	8 778	146 125	105 863	40 262	16.6	12.1	4.6
1954	8 819	148 538	105 033	43 505	16.8	11.9	4.9
1955	8 868	149 195	108 743	40 452	16.8	12.3	4.6
1956	8 924	150 210	108 761	41 449	16.8	12.2	4.6
1957	8 989	152 871	107 840	45 031	17.0	12.0	5.0
1958	9 053	155 048	106 051	48 997	17.1	11.7	5.4
1959	9 104	158 237	103 933	54 304	17.4	11.4	6.0
1960	9 153	154 787	113 938	40 849	16.9	12.4	4.5
1961	9 184	158 431	106 985	51 446	17.3	11.6	5.6
1962	9 251	155 061	112 758	42 303	16.8	12.2	4.6
1963	9 328	159 192	116 718	42 474	17.1	12.5	4.6
1964	9 428	160 838	110 100	50 738	17.1	11.7	5.4
1965	9 499	155 496	115 045	40 451	16.4	12.1	4.3
1966	9 528	151 096	115 613	35 483	15.9	12.1	3.7
1967	9 581	146 193	115 212	30 981	15.3	12.0	3.2
1968	9 619	141 984	121 744	20 240	14.8	12.7	2.1
1969	9 660	141 799	120 471	21 328	14.7	12.5	2.2
1970	9 656	142 168	118 660	23 508	14.7	12.3	2.4
1971	9 695	140 966	118 853	22 113	14.5	12.3	2.3
1972	9 711	136 304	117 424	18 880	14.0	12.1	1.9
1973	9 742	129 424	118 254	11 170	13.3	12.1	1.1
1974	9 772	123 674	116 159	7 515	12.7	11.9	0.8
1975	9 801	119 693	119 425	268	12.2	12.2	0.0
1976	9 818	121 034	118 641	2 393	12.3	12.1	0.2
1977	9 830	121 852	112 672	9 180	12.4	11.5	0.9
1978	9 840	122 592	115 388	7 204	12.5	11.7	0.7
1979	9 848	123 825	112 010	11 815	12.6	11.4	1.2
1980	9 849	124 398	113 699	10 699	12.6	11.5	1.1
1981	9 859	123 792	112 326	11 466	12.6	11.4	1.2
1982	9 856	120 231	111 871	8 360	12.2	11.4	0.8
1983	9 856	117 145	114 534	2 611	11.9	11.6	0.3
1984	9 855	115 715	109 658	6 057	11.7	11.1	0.6
1985	9 858	114 030	110 770	3 260	11.6	11.2	0.3
1986	9 862	117 102	111 343	5 759	11.9	11.3	0.6
1987	9 870	117 334	105 426	11 908	11.9	10.7	1.2
1988	9 902	119 456	104 552	14 904	12.1	10.6	1.5
1989	9 938	121 117	107 619	13 498	12.2	10.8	1.4
1990	9 967	123 726	104 818	18 908	12.4	10.5	1.9
1991	10 004	126 068	105 150	20 918	12.6	10.5	2.1
1992	10 045	124 774	104 200	20 574	12.4	10.4	2.0
1993	10 084	120 998	108 170	12 828	12.0	10.7	1.3
1994	10 116	116 449	104 894	11 555	11.5	10.4	1.1
1995	10 137	115 638	105 933	9 705	11.4	10.5	1.0
1996	10 157	115 214	104 140	11 074	11.3	10.3	1.1
1997	10 181	115 864	103 802	12 062	11.4	10.2	1.2
1998	10 203	114 276	104 583	9 693	11.2	10.3	1.0
1999	10 226	113 469	104 904	8 565	11.1	10.3	0.8
2000	10 251	114 883	104 903	9 980	11.2	10.2	1.0
2001	10 278	114 172	103 447	10 725	11.1	10.1	1.0
2002	10 333	111 225	105 642	5 583	10.8	10.2	0.5
2003	10 376	112 149	107 039	5 110	10.8	10.3	0.5
2004	10 421	115 618	101 946	13 672	11.1	9.8	1.3
2005	10 479	118 002	103 278	14 724	11.3	9.9	1.4
2006	10 548	121 382	101 587	19 795	11.5	9.6	1.9
2007	10 626	120 663	100 658	20 005	11.4	9.5	1.9

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population

Belgium has a population of about 10,666,866 people as of January 2008.

Age structure

0-14 years: 16.7% (male 883,254/female 846,099)

15-64 years: 65.9% (male 3,450,879/female 3,389,565)

65 years and over: 17.4% (male 746,569/female 1,062,701) (2006 est.)

Median age

Total: 80.0 years

Male: 79.6 years

Female: 82.1 years (2006 est.)

Population growth

The population grew by 0.13% from 2005 to 2006. Belgium's birth rate is 10.38 births for every 1,000 citizens 10.27 deaths for every 1,000 population. Belgium's net migration rate is 1.22 migrant(s) for every 1,000 citizens as of 2006.

Sex ratio
Human sex ratio

In anthropology and demography, the human sex ratio is the sex ratio for Homo sapiens . Like most sexual species, the sex ratio is approximately 1:1....

At birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 4.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy

Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is the average expected lifespan of an individual. Life expectancy is heavily dependent on the criteria used to select the group....

Total population: 78.77 years

Male: 75.59 years

Female: 82.09 years (2006 est.)

Total Fertility Rate
Total Fertility Rate

The total fertility rate of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates through her lifetime, and she were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life....

On average, Belgian females have 1.64 children as of 2006. Belgium's TFR, in 1994, equaled 1.50.

Ethnic groups

The country is populated by a Flemish

Flemish people

The terms the Flemish people , and the Flemings or the Flemish denote the more than six million people of Flanders, the northern half of the country Belgium — and, as well, the majority of all Belgium; the terms Fleming and Flemings denote respectively a person and the people of that community....
majority of 6,000,000 people speaking Flemish, a Walloon

Walloons

Walloons are a Romance-speaking people partly from Germanic origin and Celtic origin; in any case a melting-pot speaking French language, living in Belgium principally in Wallonia, more generally the inhabitants of Wallonia....
minority of 3,400,000 people speaking French, and about 73,000 German

German-speaking Community of Belgium

The German-speaking Community of Belgium is one of the three federal communities in Belgium. It is the main part of the so-called East Cantons of Belgium....
speaking people in Wallonia, near the German border. The rest consists mostly of French-speaking people from Brussels, Italians, Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch are the people native to the Netherlands, a country in north-western Europe.Dutch people, or descendants of Dutch people, are also found in migrant communities world wide,See the Dutch #Dutch diaspora. and form a mentionable part of the population of Canada,Australia, South Africa and the United States....
, French

French people

French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
, Moroccans, Algerians, Turks

Turkish people

The Turkish people , also known as "Turks" are defined mainly as citizens of the Republic of Turkey. An early history text provided the definition of being a Turk as "any individual within the Republic of Turkey, whatever his faith who speaks Turkish, grows up with Turkish culture and adopts the Turkish ideal is a Turk." This ideal...
, Congolese

Congolese

Congolese may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to the Republic of the Congo, a country in Africa, located west of the Congo River* Something of, from, or related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country in Africa, located east of the Congo River...
, Poles

Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
, and India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
ns. (Around 5% of Belgium's population is of non-Western origin)

The exact number of French-speakers in Brussels is hard to be determined, but it is estimated that 77% of the people livings in Brussels use French and 16% Dutch in their households, as sole language or next to another language. See the Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
article for more details.

Religion

Most, 75% of Belgians, are nominally Roman Catholic

Roman Catholicism in Belgium

The Belgian Catholic Church, part of the global Roman Catholic Church, is under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, curia in Rome, and the Conference of Belgian Bishops....
. Protestant, Muslim, agnostic, atheist and other minority religions comprise 25% of the population.

Languages

Belgium's three official languages are Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
, spoken by 60% of the population, French, spoken by 39%, and German, spoken by less than 1%. The vast majority of Belgium's population, 99%, is literate, defined by the Belgian government as capable of reading and writing in an official language once a citizen has reached the age of 15.

Literacy

Nationality

noun: Belgian(s)

adjective: Belgian

Demographics of Belgium

Summary of vital statistics since 1900

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Population

Age structure

Median age

Population growth

Sex ratioHuman sex ratioIn anthropology and demography, the human sex ratio is the sex ratio for Homo sapiens . Like most sexual species, the sex ratio is approximately 1:1....

Infant mortality rate

Life expectancy at birthLife expectancyLife expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is the average expected lifespan of an individual. Life expectancy is heavily dependent on the criteria used to select the group....

Ethnic groups

Religion

Languages

Literacy

Nationality

See also

Sex ratio
Human sex ratio

In anthropology and demography, the human sex ratio is the sex ratio for Homo sapiens . Like most sexual species, the sex ratio is approximately 1:1....

Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy

Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is the average expected lifespan of an individual. Life expectancy is heavily dependent on the criteria used to select the group....