General info

Entity:
Belgium
Capital:
Brussels
Population (2008-07-01):
10,403,951 (CIA)
Area:
30,528 sq.km.
Country code:
be
Region:
Western Europe

Belgium

Administrative units

region
province		 capital area (sq.km.) population
2002-01-01
admin.		 population
2008-01-01
admin.
source: NIS, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Belgium.
note: Antwerpen [Du] = Anvers [Fr] = Antwerp [En]; Brussel [Du] = Bruxelles [Fr] = Brussels [En].
note: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest [Du] = Région de Bruxelles-Capitale [Fr] = Brussels Capital Region [En].
note: Région Wallonne [Fr] = Waals Gewest [Du] = Walloon Region [En].
note: Vlaams Gewest [Du] = Région Flamande [Fr] = Flanders Regio [En].
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Brussel 161.38 978,384 1,048,491
Région Wallonne 16,844.29 3,358,560 3,456,775
Province du Brabant Wallon Wavre 1,090.56 355,207 373,492
Province du Hainaut Mons 3,785.69 1,281,042 1,300,097
Province de Liège Liège 3,862.31 1,024,130 1,053,722
Province du Luxembourg Arlon 4,439.72 250,406 264,084
Province de Namur Namur 3,666.01 447,775 465,380
Vlaams Gewest 13,522.25 5,972,781 6,161,600
Provincie Antwerpen Antwerpen 2,867.39 1,652,450 1,715,707
Provincie Limburg Hasselt 2,422.14 798,583 826,690
Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen Gent 2,982.24 1,366,652 1,408,484
Provincie Vlaams-Brabant Leuven 2,106.15 1,022,821 1,060,232
Provincie West-Vlaanderen Brugge 3,144.34 1,132,275 1,150,487
total   30,527.26 10,309,725 10,666,866

Main cities

name population
2002-01-01
admin.		 population
2008-01-01
admin.
Antwerp 448,709 472,071
Ghent 226,220 237,250
Charleroi 200,578 201,593
Liège 185,131 190,102
Brussels 136,730 148,873
Bruges 116,836 117,073
Namur 105,393 107,939
Schaarbeek .. 116,039
source: NIS, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Belgium.
note: The population of the cities refers to the municipality.