Population in Belgium 614 indicators covering population for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 41.6% 2025 down 4.1% 20th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 23.0% 2025 down 13.9% 33rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 6.6% 2025 unchanged 40th Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 5.7% 2025 up 137.5% 39th Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without 6.9% 2025 up 360.0% 38th Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by tenure status 57.0% 2025 down 19.9% 6th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by age and 73 Thousand 2025 down 21.3% 10th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by most 12.3% 2025 down 10.9% 5th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by 12.3% 2025 down 11.5% 5th Distribution of households with children by number of children 44.7% 2025 up 0.2% 35th Distribution of population by sex and age 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of population aged 18 and over by educational attainment 14.1% 2025 down 28.8% 25th Distribution of population aged 65 and over by type of household 53.9% 2025 up 0.4% 9th Distribution of population over 18 years by most frequent activity 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Average household size 2.2 Average 2025 down 4.3% 28th Distribution of households by household size 36.1% 2025 up 4.6% 20th Share of children (aged less than 18) living with their parents by 52.0% 2025 down 7.1% 42nd Distribution of households by household type from 2003 onwards 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of population by housing cost burden and sex 21.3% 2025 down 21.4% 18th Live births by mother's age and newborn's sex 109,154 Number 2024 down 12.7% 18th Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type 52.8% 2025 down 8.8% 12th Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population 15.4% 2025 up 366.7% 28th Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by degree of 39.4% 2025 down 28.8% 9th Distribution of population aged 18 and over by health status, age 34.8% 2025 up 1.2% 13th Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population 3.1% 2025 up 520.0% 39th At-risk-of poverty rate for children by country of birth of their 27.4% 2025 down 17.0% 23rd Persons living in households with very low work intensity by tenure 11.0% 2025 down 26.2% 3rd At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, work intensity of the 0.2% 2025 down 60.0% 45th Live births (total) by other typologies 72,849 Number 2024 down 12.6% 8th Distribution of population by housing cost burden and degree of 33.4% 2025 down 10.5% 10th At-risk-of poverty rate for children by educational attainment level 51.3% 2025 down 7.2% 33rd Distribution of population by housing cost burden and tenure status 4.7% 2025 down 60.5% 40th Children living in households with very low work intensity by 53.8% 2025 up 36.5% 7th Other types of childcare by age group and duration - % over the 75.5% 2025 down 0.5% 19th Children cared only by their parents by age group - % over the 40.1% 2025 up 0.5% 28th Standardised inflows of permanent-type migrants — Migration flows by 0 Persons 2021 — 15th Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and other typologies 7.61 million 2025 up 6.1% 10th Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration 51.9% 2025 up 4.0% 32nd At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents 29.6% 2025 down 16.1% 23rd Vaccination against influenza of population aged 65 and over 53.6% 2024 down 4.4% 15th Persons by household composition and educational attainment level 427.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 12.1% 15th Adults by number of children, age of youngest child and household 960.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.7% 13th Private households by household composition, number of children and 5,243 Thousand households 2025 up 10.8% 13th Persons per private household by household composition, number of 2.2 Person 2025 down 8.3% 26th Population connected to wastewater treatment plants 11,608 Thousand 2024 up 9.5% 12th Live births by mother's age and citizenship 109,154 Number 2024 down 12.7% 15th Population by sex, age and other typologies 4,745 Thousand persons 2025 up 20.4% 9th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 8.5% 2025 down 50.3% 42nd Distribution of population by number of years spent in poverty within 4.0% 2025 down 24.5% 39th Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 8.3% 2025 up 7.8% 10th Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by sex, age, main 2.7% 2025 down 28.9% 32nd Population connected to public water supply 98.8% 2023 down 0.4% 12th Persons subject to immigration law enforcement - per thousand persons 0.14 Number 2025 down 6.7% 27th Live births by mother's age and country of birth 109,154 Number 2024 down 12.7% 14th Distribution of population by group of country of birth and tenure 57.1% 2025 up 9.8% 17th Subjective poverty by educational attainment level 14.6% 2025 down 24.4% 23rd Subjective poverty by most frequent activity status 14.5% 2025 down 24.5% 23rd Share of urban population living in inadequate housing 6.8% 2024 down 34.6% 21st Short-term update of the projected population 12.03 million 2032 up 3.4% 10th Deaths by age, sex and country of birth 112,098 Number 2024 up 7.0% 17th ← Previous Page 8 of 11 Next →