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Belgium
Kingdom of Belgium
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Population
11.83M
Capital
Brussels
Area
30,528 km²
Currency
EUR
euro
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$671.37B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$56,615
as of 2024
Population
11.86M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
0.7%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
3.1%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
5.7%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
95.8%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
82.30
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
10.8%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
6.3%
as of 2022
Urban population (% of total)
87.6%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
1.44
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
—
no data
Trade (% of GDP)
158.9%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
30,494
as of 2023
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About Belgium
- Languages
- German, French, Dutch
- Currencies
- euro (EUR)
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00
- Demonym
- Belgian
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- BE · BEL
- Map
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