Belgium vs Denmark: Birth seasonality
Belgium
23.9 births per million people
in 2023
Denmark
23.89 births per million people
in 2024
Belgium rank
16th
Denmark rank
17th
Birth seasonality over time
- Belgium
- Denmark
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 23.9 births per million people against 23.89 births per million people in Denmark, a difference of 0.01 births per million people.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 16th and Denmark ranks 17th of 40 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 5 and Denmark in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 69.75 births per million people | 73.24 births per million people | 3.49 births per million people | Denmark |
| 1910s | 140.67 births per million people | 68.15 births per million people | 72.52 births per million people | Belgium |
| 1920s | 51.82 births per million people | 54.01 births per million people | 2.19 births per million people | Denmark |
| 1930s | 42.31 births per million people | 45.27 births per million people | 2.96 births per million people | Denmark |
| 1940s | 40.91 births per million people | 52.31 births per million people | 11.4 births per million people | Denmark |
| 1950s | 43.61 births per million people | 44.54 births per million people | 0.9374 births per million people | Denmark |
| 1960s | 41.73 births per million people | 42.31 births per million people | 0.5886 births per million people | Denmark |
| 1970s | 34.26 births per million people | 32.67 births per million people | 1.58 births per million people | Belgium |
| 1980s | 31.26 births per million people | 26.25 births per million people | 5.02 births per million people | Belgium |
| 1990s | 30.75 births per million people | 31.97 births per million people | 1.22 births per million people | Denmark |
| 2000s | 30.33 births per million people | 29.5 births per million people | 0.8277 births per million people | Belgium |
| 2010s | 28.94 births per million people | 26.22 births per million people | 2.73 births per million people | Belgium |
| 2020s | 25.13 births per million people | 25.19 births per million people | 0.0592 births per million people | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth seasonality, Belgium or Denmark?
- Belgium, at 23.9 births per million people against 23.89 births per million people in Denmark as of 2023.
- What is the difference in birth seasonality between Belgium and Denmark?
- 0.01 births per million people, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Denmark?
- 120 years are reported by both, from 1901 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Denmark rank globally for birth seasonality?
- Belgium ranks 16th and Denmark ranks 17th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth seasonality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average daily number of births, per million people, calculated for December.