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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]
Definition: People > Age at first marriage for women
Source: 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
Age structure > 0-14 years 16.9 [199th of 226]
Definition: People > Age structure > 0-14 years
Source: 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
Average size of households 2.4 [10th of 17]
Definition: People > Average size of households
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Birth rate 10.22 births/1,000 population Time series [194th of 226]
Definition: People > Birth rate
Source: Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74
Chinese population 30,000 [34th of 127]
Definition: People > Chinese population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Death rate 10.38 deaths/1,000 population Time series [61st of 226]
Definition: People > Death rate
Source: University Libraries, Ohio University
Divorces per 100 marriages 59.8 divorces per 100 marriag [1st of 20]
Definition: People > Divorces per 100 marriages
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ethnic groups
Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Definition: People > Ethnic groups
Source: OECD
Marriage rate 6.6 [13th of 27]
Definition: People > Marriage rate
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Nobel prize laureates 9 [13th of 44]
Definition: People > Nobel prize laureates
Source: United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001
Population 10,403,951 Time series [76th of 242]
Definition: People > Population
Source: The Nobel Foundation
Population growth rate 0.106% Time series [194th of 235]
Definition: People > Population growth rate
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
Population in 2015 10,540 [83rd of 225]
Definition: People > Population in 2015
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Projected population growth -2.7% [115th of 141]
Definition: People > Projected population growth
Source: 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
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [110th of 224]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > Under 15 years
Source: Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org
Teenage birth rate 9.9 [17th of 28]
Definition: People > Teenage birth rate
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Total fertility rate 1.65 children born/woman Time series [175th of 225]
Definition: People > Total fertility rate
Source: UNICEF
Total Population 10,379,067 [77th of 227]
Definition: People > Total Population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Urbanization 97 [7th of 204]
Definition: People > Urbanization
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute

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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; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; 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; 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)

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

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