| Demographics of the Kingdom of Belgium |
1961-2005 |
| Size: |
10,666,866
(2008 est.) |
| Growth: |
0.13% (2006 est.) |
| Birth: |
10.38 births/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
| Death: |
10.27 deaths/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
| Life expectancy: |
78.77 years (2006 est.) |
| Life expectancy(m): |
75.59 years |
| Life expectancy(f): |
82.09 years |
| Fertility: |
1.64 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
| Age Structure: |
| 0-14 years: |
16.7% (male 883,254/female 846,099) |
| Sex Ratio: |
| At birth: |
1.04 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
| Under 15 years: |
1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years: |
1.02 male(s)/female |
| Nationality: |
| nationality: |
noun: Belgian(s) adjective: Belgian |
| Language: |
| Spoken: |
Dutch, French, German |
Belgium has a population of about 10,666,866 citizens as of January 2008.
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 16.7% (male 883,254/female 846,099)
- 15-64 years: 65.9% (male 3,450,879/female 3,389,565)
- 65 years and over: 17.4% (male 746,569/female 1,062,701) (2006 est.)
Median age
- Total: 80.0 years
- Male: 79.6 years
- Female: 82.1 years (2006 est.)
Population growth
The population grew by 0.13% from 2005 to 2006. Belgium's birth rate is 10.38 births for every 1,000 citizens 10.27 deaths for every 1,000 population. Belgium's net migration rate is 1.22 migrant(s) for every 1,000 citizens as of 2006.
- At birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
- Total: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 4.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
- Total population: 78.77 years
- Male: 75.59 years
- Female: 82.09 years (2006 est.)
On average, Belgian females have 1.64 children as of 2006. Belgium's TFR, in 1994, equaled 1.50.[1]
Ethnic groups
The country is ethnically split between its Flemish majority of 5,500,000 people, its Walloon minority of 4,500,000 people, and about 73,000 Germans. The rest consists mostly of Italians, Dutch, French, Moroccans, Algerians, Turks, Congolese, Poles, and Indians.
Religion
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Most, 75% of Belgians, are nominally Roman Catholic. Protestant, Muslim, agnostic, atheist and other minority religions comprise 25% of the population.
Languages
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Belgium's three official languages are Dutch, spoken by 60% of the population, French, spoken by 40%, and German, spoken by less than 1%. The vast majority of Belgium's population, 99%, is literate, defined by the Belgian government as capable of reading and writing in an official language once a citizen has reached the age of 15.
Literacy
Nationality
noun: Belgian(s)
adjective:Belgian
References
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
See also
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