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🇧🇪 Belgium

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BEL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BE
UN M49 numeric056
IOC codeBEL
Official nameKingdom of Belgium
Native name(s)deu: official: Königreich Belgien; common: Belgien; fra: official: Royaume de Belgique; common: Belgique; nld: official: Koninkrijk België; common: België
Alt spellingsBE, België, Belgie, Belgien, Belgique, Kingdom of Belgium, Koninkrijk België, Royaume de Belgique, Königreich Belgien
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionWestern Europe
UN regional groupWestern European and Others Group
CapitalBrussels
Area (km²)30,528
Lat / Lng50.8333, 4.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)FRA, DEU, LUX, NLD
Top-level domain.be
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 2

Demographics

Population (World Bank)11,941,781 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)82.3 (2024)
Languagesdeu: German; fra: French; nld: Dutch
Demonymseng: f: Belgian; m: Belgian; fra: f: Belge; m: Belge
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)725,466,462,859.646 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)60,750.274 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.906 (2025)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19508,617,441
19518,655,758
19528,696,639
19538,741,857
19548,788,382
19558,835,493
19568,882,162
19578,931,860
19588,986,122
19599,045,739
19609,102,171
19619,158,211
19629,217,669
19639,275,197
19649,337,684
19659,399,858
19669,455,003
19679,505,919
19689,549,700
19699,589,188
19709,630,504
19719,666,531
19729,694,853
19739,718,035
19749,735,806
19759,748,476
19769,758,901
19779,774,014
19789,791,817
19799,811,365
19809,833,093
19819,850,669
19829,862,327
19839,869,132
19849,874,586
19859,880,337
19869,886,984
19879,899,147
19889,916,565
19899,936,573
19909,960,968
19919,998,961
199210,045,987
199310,084,931
199410,116,005
199510,137,265
199610,156,969
199710,181,464
199810,203,182
199910,226,682
200010,251,717
200110,287,004
200210,332,973
200310,376,260
200410,421,292
200510,478,886
200610,548,442
200710,625,493
200810,709,708
200910,812,935
201010,936,626
201111,038,631
201211,107,518
201311,160,276
201411,210,119
201511,275,335
201611,332,701
201711,376,581
201811,428,605
201911,490,618
202011,540,107
202111,570,844
202211,641,820
202311,712,893

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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