Belgium vs Germany: Birth rate

Belgium

8.68 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Germany

8.51 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Belgium rank

196th

Germany rank

198th

Birth rate over time

Belgium
Germany

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 8.68 births per 1,000 people against 8.51 births per 1,000 people in Germany, a difference of 0.175 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Belgium ranks 196th and Germany ranks 198th of 236 countries.

Individual pages

Birth rate in Belgium
Birth rate in Germany
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Birth rate
Unit: births per 1,000 people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the population.