World population growth in Belgium
Belgium: World population growth was -0.2% in 2100. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2100)
-0.2%
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
102nd
of 239 countries
All-time high
1.2%
in 2010
All-time low
-0.2%
in 2061
Years of data
163
1700–2100
World population growth in Belgium, 1700–2100
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for world population growth in Belgium is -0.2%, measured in 2100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, world population growth in Belgium peaked at 1.2% in 2010 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 2061.
Belgium ranks 102nd of 239 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
World population growth in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1700 | 0.2% | — |
| 1800 | 0.4% | +159.5% |
| 1900 | 1.0% | +154.4% |
| 1905 | 1.1% | +7.2% |
| 1910 | 0.7% | -38.0% |
| 1915 | 0.1% | -90.2% |
| 1920 | 0.3% | +372.2% |
| 1925 | 0.7% | +114.7% |
| 1930 | 0.5% | -20.6% |
| 1935 | 0.3% | -38.3% |
| 1940 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 1945 | 0.3% | +3.0% |
| 1950 | 0.5% | +36.3% |
| 1951 | 0.4% | -11.7% |
| 1952 | 0.5% | +26.4% |
| 1953 | 0.5% | -2.9% |
| 1954 | 0.6% | +7.6% |
| 1955 | 0.5% | -5.6% |
| 1956 | 0.5% | +2.9% |
| 1957 | 0.6% | +9.0% |
| 1958 | 0.6% | +8.2% |
| 1959 | 0.7% | +10.0% |
| 1960 | 0.6% | -20.3% |
| 1961 | 0.7% | +22.5% |
| 1962 | 0.6% | -8.4% |
| 1963 | 0.6% | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.7% | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 0.6% | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 0.6% | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 0.5% | -8.0% |
| 1968 | 0.4% | -21.4% |
| 1969 | 0.4% | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 0.4% | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 0.3% | -29.8% |
| 1972 | 0.3% | -10.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2% | -27.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | -17.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | -42.4% |
| 1976 | 0.1% | +25.3% |
| 1977 | 0.2% | +60.5% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | -9.4% |
| 1979 | 0.2% | +30.6% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1% | -35.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1% | -31.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0% | -56.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1% | +64.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0% | -30.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1% | +81.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2% | +82.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2% | +20.8% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | +9.9% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | +32.7% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | +71.8% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | -30.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | -59.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | +118.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +18.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +86.3% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +20.9% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +32.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +34.1% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -41.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -31.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +30.2% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | +30.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -45.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +21.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -52.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -8.6% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +280.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -73.8% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -25.3% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | -21.2% |
| 2026 | 0.1% | -16.8% |
| 2027 | 0.1% | -8.1% |
| 2028 | 0.1% | -7.0% |
| 2029 | 0.1% | -7.5% |
| 2030 | 0.1% | -18.4% |
| 2031 | 0.1% | -12.5% |
| 2032 | 0.1% | -4.3% |
| 2033 | 0.1% | +4.5% |
| 2034 | 0.1% | -15.7% |
| 2035 | 0.1% | -8.5% |
| 2036 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 2037 | 0.1% | +9.4% |
| 2038 | 0.1% | -13.8% |
| 2039 | 0.0% | -24.0% |
| 2040 | 0.0% | -18.4% |
| 2041 | 0.0% | +3.2% |
| 2042 | 0.0% | -43.8% |
| 2043 | 0.0% | -44.4% |
| 2044 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2045 | -0.0% | -380.0% |
| 2046 | -0.0% | +85.7% |
| 2047 | -0.0% | +57.7% |
| 2048 | -0.1% | +43.9% |
| 2049 | -0.1% | +27.1% |
| 2050 | -0.1% | +18.7% |
| 2051 | -0.1% | +25.8% |
| 2052 | -0.1% | +21.4% |
| 2053 | -0.2% | +12.5% |
| 2054 | -0.2% | +1.3% |
| 2055 | -0.2% | +6.5% |
| 2056 | -0.2% | +9.1% |
| 2057 | -0.2% | +7.8% |
| 2058 | -0.2% | -12.4% |
| 2059 | -0.2% | +7.1% |
| 2060 | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| 2061 | -0.2% | +10.5% |
| 2062 | -0.2% | -6.0% |
| 2063 | -0.2% | -1.6% |
| 2064 | -0.2% | -3.8% |
| 2065 | -0.2% | -5.6% |
| 2066 | -0.2% | -6.0% |
| 2067 | -0.1% | -6.3% |
| 2068 | -0.1% | +0.7% |
| 2069 | -0.1% | -6.7% |
| 2070 | -0.1% | -0.7% |
| 2071 | -0.1% | -15.9% |
| 2072 | -0.1% | -1.7% |
| 2073 | -0.1% | -0.0% |
| 2074 | -0.1% | -1.8% |
| 2075 | -0.1% | -8.0% |
| 2076 | -0.1% | -3.9% |
| 2077 | -0.1% | +12.1% |
| 2078 | -0.1% | +11.7% |
| 2079 | -0.1% | -8.9% |
| 2080 | -0.1% | +7.1% |
| 2081 | -0.1% | -13.2% |
| 2082 | -0.1% | +19.0% |
| 2083 | -0.1% | -7.2% |
| 2084 | -0.1% | +4.3% |
| 2085 | -0.1% | -1.7% |
| 2086 | -0.1% | +5.0% |
| 2087 | -0.1% | +8.0% |
| 2088 | -0.1% | -0.7% |
| 2089 | -0.1% | -5.2% |
| 2090 | -0.1% | -0.0% |
| 2091 | -0.1% | -0.0% |
| 2092 | -0.1% | +11.8% |
| 2093 | -0.1% | -3.5% |
| 2094 | -0.1% | +6.6% |
| 2095 | -0.1% | -3.4% |
| 2096 | -0.1% | -2.8% |
| 2097 | -0.1% | +5.1% |
| 2098 | -0.2% | +11.8% |
| 2099 | -0.2% | +1.2% |
| 2100 | -0.2% | +1.8% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's -0.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is -0.3%, 48% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Belgium's -0.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.4%, 47% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where World population growth in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2045 | -380.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1920 | +372.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| 2022 | +280.7% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| 1800 | +159.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| 1900 | +154.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| 1996 | +118.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
| 1800s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 1900s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2 |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 2 |
| 1920s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 2 |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2030s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2040s | -0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2050s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2060s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2070s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2080s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2090s | -0.1% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2100s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is world population growth in Belgium?
- World population growth in Belgium was -0.2% in 2100, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest world population growth recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2010.
- What is the lowest world population growth recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 2061.
- How does Belgium rank for world population growth?
- Belgium ranks 102nd out of 239 countries with data for 2100.
- Is world population growth rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of World population growth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.