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Europe > Belgium > People

BELGIAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age at first marriage for men 28.9 years [18th of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 26.6 years [18th of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.52 ... [114th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 16.9 [199th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years 16.7 % [197th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 836,785 [101st of 221]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 16.5 % [192nd of 223]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 873,130 [101st of 221]
Age structure > 15-64 years 65.7 [99th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 65.9 % [100th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 3,406,030 [76th of 221]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 66.1 % [95th of 223]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 3,467,044 [72nd of 221]
Age structure > 65 years and over 17.4 % [9th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 1,062,268 [39th of 221]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 17.4 % [12th of 223]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 746,969 [40th of 221]
Attitude of women > Should have equal rights 70% [4th of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are better off now 90% [9th of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are happier now 41% [3rd of 9]

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SOURCES: 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Economist, 9 October 1999

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie

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