Population — national citizens

In 2012, Belgium's population increased by 0.4% compared to 2011, reaching 9,869,353.

Belgium ranks 11th 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 2.2% (from 9,652,373 in 2007).

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