Population — EU-foreign citizens

In 2024, Belgium's population increased by 1.5% compared to 2023, reaching 996,708.

Belgium accounts for 7.1% of the EU-27 total of 13,974,500.

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 10.7% (from 900,622 in 2019).

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