Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2024, Belgium's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 5,836,003.

Belgium accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 219,814,111.

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 3.4% (from 5,644,826 in 2019).

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