Population — EU-foreign citizens

In 2023, Belgium's population increased by 2.5% compared to 2022, reaching 981,674.

Belgium accounts for 7.2% of the EU-27 total of 13,707,425.

Belgium ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.4% (from 881,461 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.