| Population |
10,348,276 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 17.1% (male 901,486; female 863,092)
15-64 years: 65.6% (male 3,424,438; female 3,364,057)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 739,479; female 1,055,724) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 40.2 years
male: 38.9 years
female: 41.5 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.16% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
10.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 5.36 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 78.44 years
male: 75.26 years
female: 81.75 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.64 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.2% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
10,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: belgian(s)
adjective: belgian |
| Ethnic groups |
Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11% |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25% |
| Languages |
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French) |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: kingdom of belgium
conventional short form: belgium
local short form: belgique/belgie
local long form: royaume de belgique/koninkrijk belgie |