Nationality:
noun: Belgian(s)
adjective:
Belgian
Ethnic groups:
Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Languages:
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25%
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
10,449,361 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
15.6% (male 830,980/female 797,624)
15-24 years:
11.7% (male 624,486/female 598,904)
25-54 years:
40.4% (male 2,131,869/female 2,086,212)
55-64 years:
13.3% (male 690,395/female 704,284)
65 years and over:
19% (male 836,685/female 1,147,922) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
54.8 %
youth dependency ratio:
26.4 %
elderly dependency ratio:
28.4 %
potential support ratio:
3.5 (2014 est.)
total:
43.1 years
male:
41.7 years
female:
44.4 years (2014 est.)
0.05% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 188
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
9.99 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
10.76 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
97.5% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
0.32% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
BRUSSELS (capital) 1.949 million; Antwerp 959,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.72 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
28 (2010 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 156
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
4.18 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 194
male:
4.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
79.92 years
country comparison to the world: 37
male:
76.76 years
female:
83.22 years (2014 est.)
1.65 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
70.4%
note:
percent of women aged 18-49 (2010)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
10.6% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
3.78 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
6.5 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
14,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
22.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 83
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
6.6% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99% (2003 est.)
total:
16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2011)
total:
19.8%
country comparison to the world: 60
male:
20.4%
female:
19.8% (2012)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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