Belgium: Administrative Division

Contents: Provinces and Arrondissements

The population of the provinces and arrondissements of Belgium according to official estimates.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1990-01-01	Population Estimate 1995-01-01	Population Estimate 2000-01-01	Population Estimate 2005-01-01	Population Estimate 2010-01-01	Population Estimate 2015-01-01	Population Estimate 2020-01-01
Antwerpen [Antwerp]	Province	1,597,310	1,628,710	1,643,972	1,676,858	1,744,862	1,813,282	1,869,730	→
Antwerpen [Antwerp]	Arrondissement	922,755	933,388	932,103	948,858	985,332	1,027,342	1,057,736	→
Mechelen	Arrondissement	294,858	300,692	305,670	311,472	324,311	335,418	347,125	→
Turnhout	Arrondissement	379,697	394,630	406,199	416,528	435,219	450,522	464,869	→
Brabant Wallon [Walloon Brabant]	Province	315,358	336,505	349,884	363,776	379,515	393,700	406,019	→
Nivelles	Arrondissement	315,358	336,505	349,884	363,776	379,515	393,700	406,019	→
Hainaut	Province	1,278,039	1,286,649	1,279,467	1,286,275	1,309,880	1,335,360	1,346,840	→
Ath	Arrondissement	109,160	111,834	114,597	117,903	122,915	126,476	128,468	→
Charleroi	Arrondissement	394,745	395,400	388,719	388,381	392,167	396,030	396,962	→
La Louvière	Arrondissement	133,939	135,419	134,708	135,096	137,299	140,403	141,470	→
Mons	Arrondissement	252,944	252,872	249,334	248,986	251,901	257,804	259,237	→
Soignies	Arrondissement	90,119	92,334	93,557	96,179	98,878	101,529	105,179	→
Thuin	Arrondissement	84,979	86,885	87,946	88,427	89,854	91,087	91,725	→
Tournai-Mouscron	Arrondissement	212,153	211,905	210,606	211,303	216,866	222,031	223,799	→
Liège	Province	998,213	1,015,007	1,019,442	1,034,024	1,067,685	1,094,791	1,109,800	→
Huy	Arrondissement	93,281	96,821	100,020	103,565	107,832	111,839	113,869	→
Liège	Arrondissement	590,153	592,599	585,678	588,287	604,062	618,887	625,765	→
Verviers	Arrondissement	251,917	260,356	265,546	270,822	280,203	285,214	288,277	→
Waremme	Arrondissement	62,862	65,231	68,198	71,350	75,588	78,851	81,889	→
Limburg	Province	745,034	771,613	791,178	809,942	838,505	860,204	877,370	→
Hasselt	Arrondissement	356,011	365,977	373,850	383,035	398,317	410,587	420,312	→
Maaseik	Arrondissement	207,851	219,142	227,864	234,739	242,788	248,528	252,115	→
Tongeren	Arrondissement	181,172	186,494	189,464	192,168	197,400	201,089	204,943	→
Luxembourg	Province	230,827	240,281	246,820	256,004	269,023	278,748	286,752	→
Arlon	Arrondissement	48,572	50,713	51,902	54,241	57,850	60,656	62,996	→
Bastogne	Arrondissement	37,451	39,047	40,574	42,466	45,061	46,857	49,083	→
Marche-en-Famenne	Arrondissement	45,983	48,114	50,359	52,108	54,214	55,857	56,771	→
Neufchâteau	Arrondissement	53,397	54,935	55,598	57,231	59,861	62,099	63,763	→
Virton	Arrondissement	45,424	47,472	48,387	49,958	52,037	53,279	54,139	→
Namur	Province	421,224	434,446	443,903	455,863	472,281	487,145	495,832	→
Dinant	Arrondissement	92,974	96,907	99,683	102,570	105,998	108,941	111,286	→
Namur	Arrondissement	269,378	277,255	282,727	290,576	301,472	311,684	318,231	→
Philippeville	Arrondissement	58,872	60,284	61,493	62,717	64,811	66,520	66,315	→
Oost-Vlaanderen [East Flanders]	Province	1,331,608	1,349,382	1,361,623	1,380,072	1,432,326	1,477,346	1,525,255	→
Aalst	Arrondissement	258,214	260,547	262,294	263,914	273,544	283,609	293,650	→
Dendermonde	Arrondissement	182,335	184,699	186,484	187,783	192,521	197,806	202,411	→
Eeklo	Arrondissement	78,758	79,429	79,484	79,671	81,921	83,517	85,692	→
Gent [Ghent]	Arrondissement	485,611	490,790	495,368	505,267	527,248	544,959	564,042	→
Oudenaarde	Arrondissement	111,903	113,707	114,345	115,379	119,995	122,629	124,610	→
Sint-Niklaas	Arrondissement	214,787	220,210	223,648	228,058	237,097	244,826	254,850	→
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) [Brussels]	Region	964,385	951,580	959,318	1,006,749	1,089,538	1,175,173	1,218,255	→
Bruxelles-Capitale (Brussel Hoofdstad) [Brussels]	Arrondissement	964,385	951,580	959,318	1,006,749	1,089,538	1,175,173	1,218,255	→
Vlaams-Brabant [Flemish Brabant]	Province	963,283	995,266	1,014,704	1,037,786	1,076,924	1,114,299	1,155,843	→
Halle-Vilvoorde	Arrondissement	533,719	549,165	558,220	572,697	593,455	617,330	643,766	→
Leuven	Arrondissement	429,564	446,101	456,484	465,089	483,469	496,969	512,077	→
West-Vlaanderen [West Flanders]	Province	1,102,501	1,121,135	1,128,774	1,138,503	1,159,366	1,178,996	1,200,945	→
Brugge [Bruges]	Arrondissement	263,071	267,590	270,866	273,613	276,313	280,153	282,745	→
Diksmuide	Arrondissement	47,058	47,752	47,992	48,259	49,675	50,844	51,696	→
Ieper [Ypres]	Arrondissement	103,906	104,372	104,278	104,272	105,828	106,295	106,570	→
Kortrijk	Arrondissement	275,731	278,596	278,311	277,190	281,112	285,509	292,493	→
Oostende [Ostend]	Arrondissement	137,001	141,136	142,430	146,496	150,841	154,577	157,780	→
Roeselare	Arrondissement	137,448	139,289	140,465	141,542	145,024	148,778	154,494	→
Tielt	Arrondissement	85,687	87,162	88,061	88,527	90,274	91,910	93,428	→
Veurne	Arrondissement	52,599	55,238	56,371	58,604	60,299	60,930	61,739	→
België / Belgique [Belgium]	Kingdom	9,947,782	10,130,574	10,239,085	10,445,852	10,839,905	11,209,044	11,492,641

Source: Statistics Belgium (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2020)
Males	5,660,064
Females	5,832,577

Age Groups (E 2020)
0-17 years	2,312,040
18-64 years	6,976,123
65+ years	2,204,478

Age Distribution (E 2020)
0-9 years	1,269,068
10-19 years	1,300,254
20-29 years	1,407,645
30-39 years	1,492,290
40-49 years	1,504,539
50-59 years	1,590,628
60-69 years	1,347,139
70-79 years	924,291
80-89 years	539,390
90+ years	117,397

Nationality (E 2020)
Belgium	10,065,990
EU 27 (w/o UK)	926,951
Europe (other)	68,241
Asia	177,165
Africa	191,037
Other / Unknown Nationality	63,257