Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2024, Belgium's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 0.6% compared to 2023, reaching 5,981,093.

Belgium accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 229,492,073.

Belgium ranks 8th 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 2.9% (from 5,810,693 in 2019).

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