Population — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2023, Belgium's population increased by 14.4% compared to 2022, reaching 606,611.

Belgium accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 26,820,150.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 25.4% (from 483,680 in 2018).

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