Population — EU-foreign citizens

In 2025, Belgium's population increased by 0.9% compared to 2024, reaching 1,006,037.

Belgium accounts for 7.1% of the EU-27 total of 14,070,744.

Belgium ranks 5th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.2% (from 921,103 in 2020).

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