Population
11.8M
Federal monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$89,795
in 2031
Passport power
#6
123 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Ghent
of 18 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Capital
- Brussels
- Continent
- Europe / Western Europe
- Area
- 30,689 km²
- Population
- 11.8M
- Density
- 385.0/km²
- Government
- Federal monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .be
- Calling code
- +32
- Timezone
- UTC+01:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #6 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 123
- Total accessible
- 160
- Immigration programs
- 1 Student
Culture and society
- Languages
- German (Deutsch), French (français), Dutch (Nederlands)
- Religions
- No religion 59.0%, Christianity 34.0%, Islam 6.0%, Other 1.0%
- Currencies
- € EUR — euro
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.951
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $89,795
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 82.3 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 95.8%
- Gini index (2022)
- 24.9
- Inflation (2031)
- 1.8%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 5.8%
- Urban population (2025)
- 87.7%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 6.9/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 9.3 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 58th pct
- Homicide rate (2021)
- 1.1/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.76
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