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Regions & Provinces

The population of the regions and provinces of Belgium according to census results and official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1970-12-31	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-01	Population Estimate (E) 2001-01-01	Population Census (C) 2011-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2016-01-01	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2024-01-01
Vlaams Gewest [Flanders]	VLA	Reg	Bruxelles	13,626	5,416,583	5,630,129	5,768,925	5,952,552	6,306,638	6,477,804	6,653,062	6,821,770	1362600
Antwerpen [Antwerp]	ANT	Prov	Antwerpen	2,876	1,538,000	1,569,876	1,605,167	1,645,652	1,764,773	1,824,136	1,875,524	1,926,522	287600	→
Limburg	LIM	Prov	Hasselt	2,427	652,547	716,888	750,435	794,785	844,621	863,425	880,397	900,098	242700	→
Oost-Vlaanderen [East Flanders]	OVL	Prov	Gent	3,007	1,310,115	1,331,192	1,335,793	1,363,672	1,445,831	1,486,722	1,531,745	1,572,002	300700	→
Vlaams-Brabant [Flemish Brabant]	BRV	Prov	Leuven	2,118	861,490	932,920	970,701	1,018,403	1,086,446	1,121,693	1,162,084	1,196,773	211800	→
West-Vlaanderen [West Flanders]	WVL	Prov	Brugge	3,197	1,054,431	1,079,253	1,106,829	1,130,040	1,164,967	1,181,828	1,203,312	1,226,375	319700	→
Région wallonne [Wallonia]	WAL	Reg	Namur	16,901	3,159,225	3,221,225	3,255,711	3,346,457	3,525,540	3,602,216	3,648,206	3,692,283	1690100
Brabant Wallon [Walloon Brabant]	BRW	Prov	Wavre	1,097	234,328	291,009	321,144	352,018	382,866	396,840	407,397	414,130	109700	→
Hainaut	HAI	Prov	Mons	3,813	1,316,948	1,301,477	1,278,791	1,279,823	1,317,284	1,337,157	1,345,947	1,360,074	381300	→
Liège	LIE	Prov	Liège	3,857	1,002,740	999,413	999,646	1,020,042	1,077,203	1,098,688	1,109,067	1,119,038	385700	→
Luxembourg	LUX	Prov	Arlon	4,459	217,954	221,926	232,813	248,750	271,352	280,327	288,722	295,146	445900	→
Namur	NAM	Prov	Namur	3,675	387,255	407,400	423,317	445,824	476,835	489,204	497,073	503,895	367500	→
Région de Bruxelles (Brussels Gewest) [Brussels]	BRU	Reg	Bruxelles	162	1,075,136	997,293	954,045	964,405	1,119,088	1,187,890	1,219,970	1,249,597	16200	→
Bruxelles-Capitale (Brussel Hoofdstad) [Brussels]	BRC	Arr	Bruxelles	162	1,075,136	997,293	954,045	964,405	1,119,088	1,187,890	1,219,970	1,249,597	16200	→
Belgium	BEL	Kingd	Bruxelles	30,689	9,650,944	9,848,647	9,978,681	10,263,414	10,951,266	11,267,910	11,521,238	11,763,650		→

Statistics Belgium.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2024-01-01
1	Antwerpen	ANT	544,759
2	Gent	OVL	269,597
3	Charleroi	HAI	204,322
4	Bruxelles	BRC	196,828
5	Liège	LIE	195,778
6	Schaerbeek	BRC	130,405
7	Anderlecht	BRC	126,581
8	Brugge	WVL	119,869
9	Namur	NAM	114,142
10	Leuven	BRV	104,009

Contents: Cities & Municipalities

The population of all Belgian cities and municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and official estimates.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1970-12-31	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-01	Population Estimate (E) 2001-01-01	Population Census (C) 2011-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2016-01-01	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2024-01-01	Area
Aalst (Alost)	OVL	83,246	78,938	76,382	76,470	81,062	84,329	87,978	90,995	7866	→
Aalter	OVL	20,890	23,302	24,705	26,343	27,903	28,435	29,242	29,787	11985	→
Aarschot	BRV	25,192	26,168	26,327	27,551	28,638	29,529	30,281	31,138	6304	→
Andenne	NAM	21,679	22,341	23,075	23,648	25,509	26,281	27,669	28,187	8611	→
Anderlecht	BRC	103,796	94,764	87,884	88,822	107,911	117,412	121,929	126,581	1791	→
Ans	LIE	24,407	26,016	27,554	27,483	27,633	28,159	28,503	28,989	2335	→
Antwerpen (Anvers) [Antwerp]	ANT	549,146	501,261	467,518	445,570	493,548	517,042	529,417	544,759	20432	→
Arlon (Aarlen)	LUX	22,707	22,279	23,422	25,008	27,985	29,274	30,393	31,310	11906	→
Asse	BRV	23,234	26,425	27,059	28,006	30,556	32,402	33,827	35,755	5022	→
Ath (Aat)	HAI	24,041	24,037	24,080	25,708	28,314	28,951	29,571	30,048	12790	→
Auderghem (Oudergem)	BRC	34,546	30,435	29,224	28,916	31,406	33,161	34,723	35,350	897	→
Balen	ANT	17,635	18,162	18,678	19,410	21,303	22,168	22,853	23,523	7299	→
Beersel	BRV	18,527	20,955	22,195	22,919	24,211	24,745	25,756	26,505	3040	→
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Sint-Agatha-Berchem)	BRC	19,087	18,719	18,489	19,037	22,770	24,224	25,441	25,787	295	→
Beringen	LIM	29,466	34,254	36,599	39,565	43,202	45,242	46,882	48,353	7856	→
Beveren	OVL	38,484	40,857	42,627	45,105	46,519	47,573	49,062	50,838	15268	→
Bilzen	LIM	23,601	25,683	27,315	29,433	31,225	31,829	32,536	32,782	7598	→
Binche	HAI	34,342	33,651	32,837	32,144	32,929	33,445	33,416	33,651	6122	→
Blankenberge	WVL	13,969	14,832	16,602	17,538	19,095	20,013	20,479	20,559	1902	→
Bornem	ANT	17,189	18,041	18,977	19,841	20,728	21,039	21,428	22,076	4619	→
Boussu	HAI	22,186	21,558	20,676	20,081	20,070	19,748	19,842	20,283	2008	→
Braine-l'Alleud (Eigenbrakel)	BRW	20,973	30,028	32,458	35,488	38,544	39,785	40,093	40,461	5232	→
Braine-le-Comte ('s Gravenbrakel)	HAI	16,051	16,475	17,817	19,339	21,264	21,426	22,290	23,443	8487	→
Brasschaat	ANT	28,657	32,216	35,231	37,151	37,186	37,673	38,211	38,470	3858	→
Brecht	ANT	13,208	16,391	21,108	25,329	27,799	28,534	29,809	30,610	9146	→
Brugge (Bruges)	WVL	116,865	118,020	117,063	116,559	116,887	118,053	118,467	119,869	14099	→
Bruxelles (Brussel) [Brussels]	BRC	161,080	139,678	136,424	134,395	163,229	178,552	186,916	196,828	3309	→
Charleroi	HAI	236,776	222,343	206,214	200,233	203,467	202,182	201,837	204,322	10295	→
Châtelet	HAI	39,179	38,506	36,538	35,338	36,082	36,463	35,567	35,595	2735	→
Chaudfontaine	LIE	17,956	19,608	20,426	20,569	20,940	20,766	20,807	20,600	2546	→
Colfontaine	HAI	24,079	22,715	21,530	20,245	20,184	20,605	20,693	20,745	1375	→
Courcelles	HAI	31,640	29,757	29,465	29,613	30,356	31,217	31,053	31,337	4452	→
Deinze	OVL	33,248	35,342	36,400	38,583	41,391	42,738	43,922	45,471	12803	→
Denderleeuw	OVL	15,507	16,497	16,615	16,903	18,863	19,688	20,730	21,056	1386	→
Dendermonde (Termonde)	OVL	41,390	41,715	42,499	43,034	44,258	45,367	46,015	47,185	5652	→
Diest	BRV	19,404	20,491	21,461	22,249	23,154	23,538	24,370	24,971	5872	→
Dilbeek	BRV	30,995	35,050	36,859	37,818	40,203	41,450	43,732	44,878	4148	→
Dilsen-Stokkem	LIM	14,337	15,910	16,918	18,364	19,836	20,287	20,819	21,346	6589	→
Edegem	ANT	19,365	23,520	23,227	22,188	21,104	21,578	22,244	23,009	872	→
Eeklo	OVL	19,256	19,637	19,032	18,970	20,188	20,561	21,549	22,401	3045	→
Erpe-Mere	OVL	17,977	18,930	18,778	19,101	19,412	19,720	20,286	21,013	3441	→
Etterbeek	BRC	51,030	44,218	38,894	39,634	45,256	47,180	48,331	49,775	317	→
Eupen	LIE	17,047	16,847	17,161	17,551	18,878	19,338	19,900	20,093	9600	→
Evere	BRC	26,957	30,520	29,229	31,610	36,491	39,556	43,061	45,234	512	→
Evergem	OVL	26,002	28,974	29,412	31,271	33,241	34,692	35,791	36,860	7537	→
Flémalle	LIE	28,771	28,217	26,500	25,550	25,334	26,058	26,402	27,002	3657	→
Fleurus	HAI	23,002	22,574	22,507	22,313	22,485	22,802	22,975	22,915	5948	→
Forest (Vorst)	BRC	55,135	50,607	46,437	46,048	51,839	55,613	56,281	58,044	629	→
Frameries	HAI	22,375	21,470	21,270	20,708	21,137	21,828	21,745	21,671	2609	→
Ganshoren	BRC	21,147	21,445	20,422	19,861	23,055	24,269	25,189	25,564	244	→
Geel	ANT	29,664	31,463	32,487	33,879	37,483	39,225	40,781	42,331	11019	→
Gembloux	NAM	16,475	17,636	19,163	20,652	23,705	25,528	26,239	26,496	9648	→
Genk	LIM	57,913	61,502	61,339	62,860	64,986	65,691	66,673	67,877	8757	→
Gent (Gand) [Ghent]	OVL	255,879	239,256	230,246	224,685	247,488	257,029	263,703	269,597	15777	→
Geraardsbergen (Grammont)	OVL	31,160	30,461	30,280	30,911	32,399	33,136	33,970	34,999	8005	→
Grâce-Hollogne	LIE	20,018	21,848	22,087	22,350	21,925	22,145	22,860	23,261	3417	→
Grimbergen	BRV	27,347	32,038	32,120	32,973	35,441	36,742	38,314	39,860	3867	→
Halle (Hal)	BRV	31,351	32,312	32,768	33,744	36,281	38,289	40,656	42,595	4498	→
Hamme	OVL	22,093	22,790	22,799	22,712	24,192	24,702	24,980	25,554	4053	→
Harelbeke	WVL	24,218	25,214	25,836	26,202	26,759	27,536	28,614	29,904	2940	→
Hasselt	LIM	59,228	64,613	66,611	68,373	73,810	76,685	79,089	80,828	10269	→
Heist-op-den-Berg	ANT	32,820	34,617	35,428	37,396	40,236	42,110	43,096	44,505	8667	→
Herent	BRV	13,362	15,794	17,596	19,017	20,415	21,213	22,046	23,007	3274	→
Herentals	ANT	23,111	23,797	24,500	25,582	27,122	27,728	28,194	28,865	4795	→
Herstal	LIE	40,743	38,592	36,451	36,370	38,357	39,617	40,157	40,814	2336	→
Heusden-Zolder	LIM	22,711	27,342	28,593	30,183	31,876	33,011	34,207	35,017	5340	→
Hoogstraten	ANT	13,503	14,368	15,778	17,870	20,052	21,183	21,560	22,278	10539	→
Houthalen-Helchteren	LIM	20,328	24,922	27,501	29,270	30,316	30,592	30,498	30,896	7823	→
Huy (Hoei)	LIE	18,146	17,331	18,197	19,034	21,110	21,292	21,392	21,706	4764	→
Ieper (Ypres)	WVL	33,429	34,426	35,235	35,084	35,101	34,959	34,954	35,550	13145	→
Ixelles (Elsene)	BRC	86,450	75,723	72,610	72,898	82,204	85,541	87,488	89,278	641	→
Izegem	WVL	25,267	26,410	26,462	26,541	27,238	27,550	28,554	29,227	2563	→
Jette	BRC	40,013	40,109	38,423	40,075	47,946	51,426	52,854	54,107	519	→
Kapellen	ANT	13,352	14,536	24,246	25,642	26,439	26,745	27,157	27,782	3722	→
Knokke-Heist	WVL	27,582	28,868	31,787	33,296	33,986	33,311	33,086	32,514	6159	→
Koekelberg	BRC	17,570	16,643	16,136	16,343	20,257	21,638	21,873	22,648	118	→
Koksijde	WVL	11,560	13,679	17,804	19,952	21,963	22,074	21,852	21,546	5036	→
Kontich	ANT	15,925	17,878	18,794	19,971	20,581	20,873	21,260	21,693	2380	→
Kortenberg	BRV	12,473	14,665	16,045	17,439	19,131	19,714	20,425	21,165	3470	→
Kortrijk (Courtrai)	WVL	77,271	75,917	76,141	74,543	74,875	75,506	77,213	80,032	8069	→
La Louvière	HAI	78,522	77,326	76,432	76,497	78,144	80,430	80,944	81,241	6456	→
Lanaken	LIM	18,784	20,272	22,110	23,745	25,492	25,793	25,922	26,366	5895	→
Lebbeke	OVL	17,831	17,473	16,708	17,301	18,240	18,843	19,560	20,059	2730	→
Leuven (Louvain)	BRV	86,352	85,076	85,018	88,581	96,939	99,288	101,032	104,009	5751	→
Liège (Luik)	LIE	242,986	214,119	194,596	184,550	194,717	196,970	196,296	195,778	6865	→
Lier (Lierre)	ANT	31,884	31,261	31,203	32,389	34,124	34,905	36,923	38,210	4985	→
Lievegem	OVL	21,873	23,848	24,736	25,465	25,572	25,842	26,441	27,225	8078	→
Lochristi	OVL	14,021	16,125	17,305	19,098	21,609	22,117	22,621	23,028	6066	→
Lokeren	OVL	32,117	33,369	34,942	36,532	39,547	40,626	42,145	43,554	6824	→
Lommel	LIM	21,984	25,412	27,925	30,711	33,191	33,957	34,255	34,913	10228	→
Maaseik	LIM	18,095	20,056	21,326	23,123	24,722	25,133	25,389	25,823	7718	→
Maasmechelen	LIM	30,011	33,618	34,143	35,564	37,176	37,696	39,161	40,219	7685	→
Maldegem	OVL	20,467	21,347	21,418	22,075	23,000	23,452	24,114	24,744	9563	→
Manage	HAI	21,136	20,912	21,490	21,834	22,446	23,053	23,547	24,108	1943	→
Mechelen (Malines)	ANT	80,351	77,269	75,313	75,560	81,925	84,523	86,911	89,313	6579	→
Meise	BRV	11,575	15,170	17,062	18,390	18,339	18,742	19,790	20,299	3507	→
Menen (Menin)	WVL	34,433	33,542	32,645	31,918	32,733	32,877	33,708	34,417	3316	→
Merelbeke	OVL	18,333	19,773	20,345	21,954	23,391	24,279	24,779	25,229	3700	→
Middelkerke	WVL	13,892	14,168	15,346	16,668	18,893	19,262	19,676	19,855	7904	→
Mol	ANT	28,823	29,798	30,763	31,766	34,446	36,034	37,021	38,534	11455	→
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek)	BRC	68,411	70,850	68,759	72,380	91,733	96,586	98,112	98,365	602	→
Mons (Bergen)	HAI	93,905	94,417	91,726	91,123	92,523	94,964	95,705	96,358	14756	→
Mortsel	ANT	28,012	26,746	25,958	24,859	24,804	25,551	26,170	26,588	778	→
Mouscron (Moeskroen)	HAI	53,848	54,590	53,513	52,475	55,248	57,391	58,862	59,987	4062	→
Namur (Namen)	NAM	95,770	102,321	103,443	105,248	109,765	110,632	111,603	114,142	17593	→
Nijlen	ANT	17,124	18,765	19,589	20,499	21,824	22,651	22,985	23,707	3920	→
Ninove	OVL	32,990	33,393	33,489	34,656	37,101	38,051	39,369	40,363	7312	→
Nivelles (Nijvel)	BRW	18,150	21,580	23,217	23,882	26,411	28,027	29,032	29,070	6083	→
Oostende (Ostende) [Ostend]	WVL	71,227	68,915	68,500	67,334	69,733	70,600	71,755	72,586	4095	→
Oostkamp	WVL	16,608	19,747	20,423	21,166	22,536	23,132	23,832	24,275	8013	→
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	BRW	11,042	19,609	22,816	27,703	31,008	31,562	31,158	31,648	3340	→
Oudenaarde (Audenarde)	OVL	27,192	27,318	27,162	28,028	29,963	30,990	31,650	32,702	6892	→
Oudsbergen	LIM	14,731	17,908	19,551	21,766	23,009	23,379	23,520	23,875	11637	→
Oupeye	LIE	18,764	22,453	23,257	23,580	24,153	24,772	25,376	25,743	3609	→
Overijse	BRV	16,181	21,428	23,028	23,846	24,517	24,959	25,655	25,970	4499	→
Pelt	LIM	21,626	24,012	25,721	28,227	30,811	31,920	33,383	34,433	8378	→
Poperinge	WVL	20,359	19,886	19,290	19,372	19,983	19,755	19,686	19,921	12037	→
Puurs-Sint-Amands	ANT	21,778	22,354	22,370	23,331	24,744	25,331	26,208	26,957	4914	→
Rixensart	BRW	17,078	19,817	20,934	21,380	21,867	22,128	22,764	23,096	1756	→
Roeselare (Roulers)	WVL	51,641	51,984	52,872	54,376	58,142	60,999	63,763	66,262	6040	→
Ronse (Renaix)	OVL	25,056	24,302	23,998	23,740	25,176	25,925	26,510	27,356	3470	→
Saint-Ghislain	HAI	21,270	21,726	22,098	22,003	22,972	23,085	23,451	23,743	7059	→
Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillis)	BRC	55,055	46,076	42,684	42,254	48,437	50,659	49,196	49,293	253	→
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Sint-Joost-ten-Node)	BRC	23,633	20,381	21,317	22,208	27,358	27,402	27,124	26,895	116	→
Saint-Nicolas	LIE	26,755	25,755	23,817	23,019	23,171	24,078	24,268	24,491	691	→
Sambreville	NAM	27,287	27,467	27,372	27,053	27,475	27,887	28,318	28,615	3427	→
Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek)	BRC	118,950	106,754	102,702	106,641	125,658	132,590	131,451	130,405	790	→
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Montaigu-Zichem)	BRV	20,050	20,638	20,700	21,680	22,595	22,833	23,135	24,001	5115	→
Schilde	ANT	12,924	16,773	18,801	19,563	19,429	19,434	19,925	20,319	3609	→
Schoten	ANT	29,914	31,128	31,094	32,720	33,596	34,063	34,291	34,641	2951	→
Seraing	LIE	67,957	64,543	60,838	60,271	63,142	64,172	63,787	64,266	3525	→
Sint-Gillis-Waas	OVL	14,086	15,542	16,195	17,385	18,780	19,204	19,590	20,144	5549	→
Sint-Katelijne-Waver	ANT	16,256	17,430	18,266	19,108	20,342	20,609	21,197	21,792	3616	→
Sint-Niklaas (Saint-Nicolas)	OVL	65,795	67,992	68,203	68,364	72,365	75,208	79,357	81,863	8420	→
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	BRV	25,560	27,968	28,959	30,054	31,868	33,512	35,061	36,525	4067	→
Sint-Truiden (Saint-Trond)	LIM	35,728	36,374	36,994	37,079	39,584	40,158	40,557	41,469	10712	→
Soignies (Zinnik)	HAI	21,808	23,352	23,793	24,741	26,259	27,257	28,311	29,032	11127	→
Temse (Tamise)	OVL	21,803	23,525	23,839	25,782	28,500	29,194	30,287	31,271	4010	→
Tervuren	BRV	15,261	18,942	19,488	20,231	21,214	21,572	22,861	23,077	3362	→
Tielt	WVL	19,203	19,103	19,339	19,115	19,710	20,159	20,390	20,627	6885	→
Tienen (Tirlemont)	BRV	33,041	32,620	31,567	31,501	32,702	34,185	35,545	36,581	7277	→
Tongeren (Tongres)	LIM	28,837	29,603	29,451	29,598	30,298	30,720	31,224	32,138	8781	→
Torhout	WVL	16,301	17,165	18,166	18,800	19,975	20,486	20,490	20,965	4532	→
Tournai (Doornik)	HAI	68,909	67,906	67,732	67,227	69,435	69,471	68,795	68,554	21534	→
Tubize (Tubeke)	BRW	17,145	19,827	20,555	21,331	23,785	25,424	27,338	28,381	3277	→
Turnhout	ANT	38,007	37,453	37,874	38,714	41,264	42,965	45,874	47,305	5671	→
Uccle (Ukkel)	BRC	78,909	76,004	73,721	74,668	78,284	81,944	84,774	86,806	2287	→
Verviers	LIE	58,856	55,371	53,482	52,760	55,739	55,177	55,159	55,770	3301	→
Vilvoorde (Vilvorde)	BRV	36,659	33,264	32,894	35,141	40,490	43,017	45,715	47,445	2157	→
Waregem	WVL	29,652	32,810	34,902	35,842	36,593	37,606	38,535	39,997	4450	→
Waterloo	BRW	18,997	24,755	27,860	28,874	29,666	29,794	30,379	30,596	2132	→
Watermael-Boitsfort (Watermaal-Bosvoorde)	BRC	25,123	24,880	24,567	24,609	24,247	24,619	25,221	25,295	1297	→
Wavre (Waver)	BRW	18,735	25,153	28,565	31,202	33,105	33,806	34,826	35,558	4211	→
Westerlo	ANT	16,464	19,459	20,607	22,024	24,198	24,705	25,288	25,625	5547	→
Wetteren	OVL	23,988	23,460	22,655	22,765	23,824	24,818	26,206	26,960	3702	→
Wevelgem	WVL	26,762	29,019	30,566	31,357	31,061	31,291	31,503	31,884	3914	→
Willebroek	ANT	22,651	22,265	22,146	22,556	24,529	25,745	27,081	28,248	2737	→
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe)	BRC	47,360	48,801	47,963	46,215	51,514	54,311	58,010	60,771	729	→
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe)	BRC	40,884	40,686	38,160	37,791	39,493	41,207	41,996	42,571	894	→
Wuustwezel	ANT	11,133	12,735	15,339	17,646	19,369	20,228	21,346	21,794	8941	→
Zaventem	BRV	22,154	25,393	26,062	27,159	31,243	33,034	35,184	36,676	2773	→
Zedelgem	WVL	16,501	19,198	20,454	21,993	22,356	22,479	22,901	23,460	6066	→
Zele	OVL	18,613	19,631	20,097	20,348	20,765	20,785	21,333	21,501	3328	→
Zemst	BRV	15,529	17,167	18,992	20,730	21,960	23,068	23,314	23,401	4323	→
Zoersel	ANT	9,691	14,811	18,177	20,120	21,413	21,764	22,142	22,557	3868	→
Zonhoven	LIM	13,909	15,965	17,378	19,172	20,817	21,276	21,339	21,845	3967	→
Zottegem	OVL	24,340	25,109	24,503	24,531	25,073	25,899	26,921	28,085	5746	→
Zwevegem	WVL	21,829	22,868	23,053	23,451	24,102	24,353	24,853	25,785	6361	→

Statistics Belgium.