Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2010, Belgium's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 0.8% compared to 2009, reaching 5,312,221.

Belgium accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 214,830,994.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 3.9% (from 5,111,325 in 2005).

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