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Belgium — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Belgium, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.70%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +110.4% since 1961
Population growth for Belgium was 0.70% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.30% in 2011. The lowest was -0.03% in 1982 (about -25.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.17% per year.
Belgium ranks 121 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Belgium sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 46% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 21%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.70%
First (1961)
0.33%
Change
+110.4%
Highest
1.30%
in 2011
Lowest
-0.03%
in 1982
Average
0.41%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.17%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.67% |
| 2023 | 0.85% |
| 2022 | 0.81% |
| 2021 | 0.41% |
| 2020 | 0.43% |
| 2019 | 0.54% |
| 2018 | 0.46% |
| 2017 | 0.39% |
| 2016 | 0.51% |
| 2015 | 0.58% |
| 2014 | 0.44% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.