Population — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Belgium's population increased by 4.9% compared to 2023, reaching 636,395.

Belgium accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 28,974,079.

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 27.6% (from 498,570 in 2019).

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