Population — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2022, Belgium's population increased by 2.8% compared to 2021, reaching 530,091.

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 10.9% (from 477,903 in 2017).

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