Demographic profile
Belgium is the 86th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.14% of everyone alive. Within Western Europe, it ranks 4 of 9.
Each day brings roughly 294 births and 326 deaths — a net decline of about 11,687 people a year. At -0.1% annually, the population would halve in roughly 700 years if the trend held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Luxembourg, holding an estimated 26.7% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 13 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 99.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 22.0%, with life expectancy at about 77.8 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Belgium in 2026? Approximately 11,341,272 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Belgium shrinking? About -0.1% per year — roughly 294 births and 326 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Belgium? Around 0.14% — ranked 86 worldwide by population.