{"entity":{"iso2":"BE","iso3":"BEL","name":"Belgium","slug":"belgium"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"total-live-births-hfd","source":"Human Fertility Database (2025) \u2013 processed by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-live-births-hfd","title":"Number of live births","unit":"births"},"observations":[{"date":"1947-01-01","value":150227.0},{"date":"1948-01-01","value":150416.0},{"date":"1949-01-01","value":147854.0},{"date":"1950-01-01","value":145672.0},{"date":"1951-01-01","value":142314.0},{"date":"1952-01-01","value":146064.0},{"date":"1953-01-01","value":146125.0},{"date":"1954-01-01","value":148538.0},{"date":"1955-01-01","value":149195.0},{"date":"1956-01-01","value":150210.0},{"date":"1957-01-01","value":152871.0},{"date":"1958-01-01","value":155048.0},{"date":"1959-01-01","value":158237.0},{"date":"1960-01-01","value":154784.0},{"date":"1961-01-01","value":158431.0},{"date":"1962-01-01","value":155061.0},{"date":"1963-01-01","value":159192.0},{"date":"1964-01-01","value":160838.0},{"date":"1965-01-01","value":155496.0},{"date":"1966-01-01","value":151096.0},{"date":"1967-01-01","value":146193.0},{"date":"1968-01-01","value":141984.0},{"date":"1969-01-01","value":141799.0},{"date":"1970-01-01","value":142168.0},{"date":"1971-01-01","value":141527.0},{"date":"1972-01-01","value":136304.0},{"date":"1973-01-01","value":129424.0},{"date":"1974-01-01","value":123674.0},{"date":"1975-01-01","value":119693.0},{"date":"1976-01-01","value":121034.0},{"date":"1977-01-01","value":121852.0},{"date":"1978-01-01","value":122592.0},{"date":"1979-01-01","value":123825.0},{"date":"1980-01-01","value":124398.0},{"date":"1981-01-01","value":123792.0},{"date":"1982-01-01","value":120241.0},{"date":"1983-01-01","value":117145.0},{"date":"1984-01-01","value":115651.0},{"date":"1985-01-01","value":114092.0},{"date":"1986-01-01","value":117114.0},{"date":"1987-01-01","value":117334.0},{"date":"1988-01-01","value":119779.0},{"date":"1989-01-01","value":120904.0},{"date":"1990-01-01","value":123776.0},{"date":"1991-01-01","value":125517.0},{"date":"1992-01-01","value":124774.0},{"date":"1993-01-01","value":120848.0},{"date":"1994-01-01","value":116513.0},{"date":"1995-01-01","value":115541.0},{"date":"1996-01-01","value":116441.0},{"date":"1997-01-01","value":116213.0},{"date":"1998-01-01","value":114561.0},{"date":"1999-01-01","value":113710.0},{"date":"2000-01-01","value":115157.0},{"date":"2001-01-01","value":114428.0},{"date":"2002-01-01","value":111484.0},{"date":"2003-01-01","value":112388.0},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":115908.0},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":118290.0},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":121695.0},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":125228.0},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":128049.0},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":127297.0},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":129173.0},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":127655.0},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":126993.0},{"date":"2013-01-01","value":124862.0},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":124415.0},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":121713.0},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":121161.0},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":119102.0},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":117800.0},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":117103.0},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":113739.0},{"date":"2021-01-01","value":117914.0},{"date":"2022-01-01","value":113593.0}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2022-01-01","latest_value":113593.0,"max":160838.0,"mean":130174.0,"min":111484.0,"of":34,"rank":16,"trend":"falling"}}