Belgium

Presentation

Capital: Brussels

Population

Total Population (million): 10.63

Annual growth rate: 0.12%

Density: 341 inhab./km²

Urban population: 97.00%

Population of principal cities: Antwerp (466 203); Gent (235 143); Charleroi (201 550); Liege (188 907); Brussels (145 917); Bruges (116 982)

Ethnic Origins: Around 10 % of foreigners in Belgium: 68% from EU, 10% from Morocco, 5% from Turkey and 17% from other countries.
58% of the population is Flemish, 31% is Walloon, 11% Brussels.

Official Language: Dutch, French and German. In Belgium, 5.6 million people speak Dutch, 3.5 million speak French and about 50,000 people speak German.

Other languages spoken: Indigenous languages, recognized since 1990, such as Walloon, and immigrant languages, such as Arabic, Spanish and Turkish.

Business language: French, German or English (common business language with Flemish people).

Religion: Catholics 95.9%, Others 4.1%

Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Brussels

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 30,530 km²

Type of State: Belgium is a federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch.

Type of economy: High-income economy, OECD member
An economy dependent on foreign trade.

HID*: 0.946

HDI (world rank): 17/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Brussels

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Low: 8° | High: 14°

Humidity: 93% | Wind: 3 km/h
Sunrise: 7:40 am | Sunset: 5:11 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Belgium, dial 00
To call in Belgium, dial 32

Internet suffix: .be

Computers: 34.7 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 93.0 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 46.2 per 100 inhabitants