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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 Time series [114th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 16.7 % [197th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 16.9 [199th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 828,435 Time series [103rd of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 16.3% Time series [189th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 864,287 Time series [103rd of 225]
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 3,416,383 Time series [76th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 66.3% Time series [92nd of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 3,476,802 Time series [74th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 17.4 % [9th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 1,066,299 Time series [40th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 17.5% Time series [12th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 751,745 Time series [43rd of 225]
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]
Attitude of women > Women do have equal rights 12% [4th of 8]
Average size of households 2.4 [10th of 17]
Birth rate 10.22 births/1,000 population Time series [194th of 226]
Chinese population 30,000 [34th of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 289.464 per 100,000 people [35th of 126]
Couples with children 58% [5th of 23]
Death rate 10.38 deaths/1,000 population Time series [61st of 226]
Disabled persons earning capacity 90% [6th of 14]
Disabled persons employment 54% [14th of 15]
Disbility benefit recipients 6% [6th of 14]
Divorces per 100 marriages 59.8 divorces per 100 marriag [1st of 20]
Education expenditures 6 % of GDP Time series [8th of 55]
Elderly living in institution 6% [9th of 16]
Ethnic groups
Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Female population > Age 10-14 295,575 [97th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 2.85 [201st of 224]
Female population > Age 100-104 1,883 [14th of 49]
Female population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.02 [5th of 49]
Female population > Age 15-19 305,147 [96th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 2.94 [206th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 299,925 [95th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 2.89 [212nd of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 321,736 [87th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.1 [201st of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 335,949 [80th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.24 [152nd of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 371,275 [68th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.58 [80th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 399,734 [61st of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.85 [50th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 388,733 [55th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.75 [36th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 358,589 [57th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.45 [34th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 337,589 [55th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.25 [27th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 270,888 [53rd of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.61 [33rd of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 252,463 [52nd of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.43 [27th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 250,769 [43rd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 2.42 [16th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 230,493 [36th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 2.22 [13th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 182,861 [34th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.76 [10th of 224]
Female population > Age 85-89 88,837 [18th of 66]
Female population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.86 [21st of 66]
Female population > Age 90-94 42,677 [16th of 49]
Female population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.41 [9th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 12,718 [14th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.12 [10th of 49]
Gender development 0.933 [7th of 141]
Gender development index 0.923 [13th of 17]
Gender empowerment 0.706 [14th of 65]
Gender empowerment measure 0.706 [13th of 17]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Brussels
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
25,000 (est.) – 35,000 (est.) (Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: )
Home ownership 65% [8th of 14]
Households with more than 5 people 7% [11th of 16]
Jew > Significant geographic populations > Jewish population 60,000 [12th of 15]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > % Jewish 0.5 % [11th of 97]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > Estimated number of Jews 51,821 [16th of 102]
Jewish population > Largest Jewish populations > Top 50 countries by Jewish population > Jews 51,821 [16th of 50]
Lone parent families 7% [12th of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 309,238 [98th of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 2.98 [203rd of 224]
Male population > Age 100-104 275 [17th of 49]
Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0 [15th of 49]
Male population > Age 15-19 319,838 [96th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.08 [206th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 314,078 [95th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.03 [207th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 328,981 [87th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.17 [204th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 343,285 [81st of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.31 [157th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 380,653 [68th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.67 [80th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 410,913 [58th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.96 [45th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 395,214 [54th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.81 [33rd of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 361,144 [56th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.48 [26th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 336,400 [49th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.24 [24th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 260,373 [50th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.51 [30th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 225,804 [47th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.18 [21st of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 203,199 [40th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.96 [8th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 160,292 [35th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.54 [6th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 103,014 [41st of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.99 [17th of 224]
Male population > Age 85-89 38,504 [21st of 66]
Male population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.37 [21st of 66]
Male population > Age 90-94 12,895 [20th of 49]
Male population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.12 [17th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 2,586 [18th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.02 [20th of 49]
Marriage rate 6.6 [13th of 27]
Median age > Female 42.7 years Time series [13th of 224]
Median age > Male 40.2 years Time series [13th of 224]
Median age > Total 41.4 years Time series [12th of 224]
Nationality > Adjective Belgian Time series
Nationality > Noun Belgian(s) Time series
Nobel prize laureates 9 [13th of 44]
    Nobel prize laureates (per capita) 0.868391 per 1 million people [12th of 44]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 112 yr 186 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 3 June 1890
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 6 December 2002
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Joanna DeRoover
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 10 [16th of 22]
Percentage living in rural areas. 3% [192nd of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 97% [7th of 199]
Persons per room 0.6 [52nd of 60]
Population 10,403,951 Time series [76th of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 10,403,951 Time series [76th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 16.8 % Time series [158th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 65.64 % Time series [75th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 17.56 % Time series [5th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.55 annual % Time series [148th of 195]
Population growth rate 0.106% Time series [194th of 235]
Population in 2015 10,540 [83rd of 225]
Population in largest city 1,012,258 Time series [106th of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.097 per capita Time series [81st of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 9.94 % Time series [107th of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 1,012,258 Time series [106th of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.097 per capita Time series [89th of 106]
Population, female > % of total 50.9 % Time series [61st of 190]
Projected population growth -2.7% [115th of 141]
Righteous Among the Nations > Count 1,414 [5th of 43]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 16 Dec 1991
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 26 Jan 1990
Rural population 293,402.2 Time series [152nd of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.028 per capita Time series [188th of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % -0.16 annual % Time series [130th of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.02 [68th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.02 male(s)/female Time series [72nd of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.7 male(s)/female Time series [163rd of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [151st of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1.02 [68th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.05 [83rd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.7 [159th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.96 [157th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.04 [99th of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 0.96 male(s)/female Time series [158th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [110th of 224]
Size of houses 36% [11th of 18]
Teenage birth rate 9.9 [17th of 28]
Total fertility rate 1.65 children born/woman Time series [175th of 225]
Total Population 10,379,067 [77th of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 604,813 [97th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 5.83 [202nd of 224]
Total population > Age 100-104 2,158 [14th of 49]
Total population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.02 [10th of 49]
Total population > Age 15-19 624,985 [97th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 6.02 [206th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 614,003 [95th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 5.92 [210th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 650,717 [87th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 6.27 [204th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 679,234 [80th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 6.54 [156th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 751,928 [68th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 7.24 [83rd of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 810,647 [59th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 7.81 [43rd of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 783,947 [55th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 7.55 [38th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 719,733 [56th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 6.93 [29th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 673,989 [51st of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 6.49 [24th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 531,261 [53rd of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 5.12 [30th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 478,267 [51st of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 4.61 [27th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 453,968 [43rd of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 4.37 [11th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 390,785 [36th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 3.77 [7th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 285,875 [35th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 2.75 [11th of 224]
Total population > Age 85-89 127,341 [20th of 66]
Total population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.23 [18th of 66]
Total population > Age 90-94 55,572 [17th of 49]
Total population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.54 [9th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 15,304 [14th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.15 [10th of 49]
Total Population > Female 5,298,365 [78th of 227]
Total Population > Male 5,080,702 [78th of 227]
Urban population 10,185,250 Time series [47th of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.972 per capita Time series [7th of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 0.57 annual % Time series [161st of 195]
Urbanization 97 [7th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 94.9% [2nd of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 98% [2nd of 164]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 78 [10th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 108 [53rd of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 10 [148th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 100 [6th of 172]

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, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economist, 9 October 1999; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table SS5.1; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table EQ6; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); see p. 35; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; Economist, 30 March 2002, and Euromonitor; Wikipedia: Jew ; Wikipedia: Jewish population ; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Wikipedia: Righteous Among the Nations ; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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

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