
Belgium: Urban Areas
Provinces
The population of the provinces of Belgium according to official estimates.
Name | Status | Population Estimate 2011-01-01 | Population Estimate 2016-01-01 | Population Estimate 2020-01-01 | |
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Antwerpen [Antwerp] | Province | 1,764,773 | 1,824,136 | 1,869,730 | → |
Brabant Wallon [Walloon Brabant] | Province | 382,866 | 396,840 | 406,019 | → |
Hainaut | Province | 1,317,284 | 1,337,157 | 1,346,840 | → |
Liège | Province | 1,077,203 | 1,098,688 | 1,109,800 | → |
Limburg | Province | 844,621 | 863,425 | 877,370 | → |
Luxembourg | Province | 271,352 | 280,327 | 286,752 | → |
Namur | Province | 476,835 | 489,204 | 495,832 | → |
Oost-Vlaanderen [East Flanders] | Province | 1,445,831 | 1,486,722 | 1,525,255 | → |
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) [Brussels] | Region | 1,119,088 | 1,187,890 | 1,218,255 | → |
Vlaams-Brabant [Flemish Brabant] | Province | 1,086,446 | 1,121,693 | 1,155,843 | → |
West-Vlaanderen [West Flanders] | Province | 1,164,967 | 1,181,828 | 1,200,945 | → |
België / Belgique [Belgium] | Kingdom | 10,951,266 | 11,267,910 | 11,492,641 |
Contents: Urban Areas
The population of all urban areas in Belgium with at least 5,000 inhabitants.
Name | Status | Province | Population Estimate 2011-01-01 | Population Estimate 2016-01-01 | Population Estimate 2020-01-01 | |
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Aalst (Alost) | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 117,152 | 121,132 | 125,083 | → |
Aalter | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 10,071 | 10,574 | 11,283 | → |
Aarschot | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant / Antwerpen | 20,981 | 21,743 | 22,324 | → |
Andenne | Urban Area | Namur | 13,226 | 13,726 | 14,584 | → |
Antwerpen (Anvers) [Antwerp] | Urban Area | Antwerpen / Oost-Vlaanderen | 908,582 | 942,180 | 963,668 | → |
Arendonk | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 11,175 | 11,550 | 11,792 | → |
Arlon (Aarlen) | Urban Area | Luxembourg | 21,199 | 22,249 | 22,814 | → |
Asper - Zingem | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 7,731 | 8,041 | 8,234 | → |
Ath (Aat) | Urban Area | Hainaut | 15,393 | 15,766 | 16,094 | → |
Aubange | Urban Area | Luxembourg | 15,016 | 15,655 | 16,010 | → |
Avelgem | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 6,915 | 7,145 | 7,330 | → |
Averbode - Testelt (Montaigu-Zichem) | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 5,292 | 5,511 | 5,536 | → |
Basècles - Quevaucamps | Urban Area | Hainaut | 7,318 | 7,463 | 7,439 | → |
Bassenge (Bitsingen) | Urban Area | Liège | 8,338 | 8,618 | 8,554 | → |
Bastogne (Bastenaken) | Urban Area | Luxembourg | 7,146 | 7,274 | 7,643 | → |
Beernem | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 5,231 | 5,295 | 5,532 | → |
Beerse - Vosselaar | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 22,091 | 23,155 | 23,740 | → |
Begijnendijk | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant / Antwerpen | 5,246 | 5,328 | 5,534 | → |
Berendrecht - Zandvliet | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 9,523 | 9,533 | 9,667 | → |
Beringen | Urban Area | Limburg | 23,799 | 25,023 | 25,971 | → |
Berlaar | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,068 | 6,341 | 6,765 | → |
Bernissart | Urban Area | Hainaut | 8,617 | 8,731 | 8,674 | → |
Bertrix | Urban Area | Luxembourg | 5,397 | 5,520 | 5,634 | → |
Betekom | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 4,795 | 4,924 | 4,932 | → |
Beverlo | Urban Area | Limburg | 5,444 | 5,845 | 5,970 | → |
Bilzen | Urban Area | Limburg | 14,060 | 14,557 | 14,938 | → |
Binche | Urban Area | Hainaut | 25,685 | 26,022 | 26,152 | → |
Blankenberge | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 18,905 | 19,756 | 20,193 | → |
Bocholt | Urban Area | Limburg | 4,710 | 4,820 | 5,067 | → |
Booischot | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 5,657 | 5,983 | 6,199 | → |
Boortmeerbeek - Haacht | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 8,210 | 8,314 | 8,863 | → |
Bornem - Puurs | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 17,421 | 17,808 | 18,192 | → |
Braine-le-Comte ('s Gravenbrakel) | Urban Area | Hainaut | 13,153 | 13,285 | 13,709 | → |
Brakel | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 6,281 | 6,576 | 6,595 | → |
Brecht | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 8,631 | 8,908 | 9,139 | → |
Bree | Urban Area | Limburg | 9,022 | 9,403 | 9,595 | → |
Brugge (Bruges) | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 119,953 | 120,989 | 121,346 | → |
Bruxelles (Brussel) | Urban Area | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Wallon | 1,781,094 | 1,874,434 | 1,924,937 | → |
Buggenhout | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen / Antwerpen | 17,154 | 17,383 | 17,596 | → |
Burst - Bambrugge - Aaigem | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 5,218 | 5,463 | 5,658 | → |
Charleroi | Urban Area | Hainaut / Namur | 355,316 | 356,907 | 357,520 | → |
Ciney | Urban Area | Namur | 7,871 | 8,174 | 8,184 | → |
Comines-Warneton - Wervik (Komen-Waasten) | Urban Area | Hainaut / West-Vlaanderen | 20,010 | 20,472 | 20,648 | → |
Deinze | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 25,957 | 27,010 | 27,551 | → |
Dendermonde (Termonde) | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 31,448 | 32,226 | 32,715 | → |
Dessel | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 8,370 | 8,651 | 8,795 | → |
Diest | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 14,017 | 14,442 | 15,038 | → |
Diksmuide (Dixmude) | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 6,117 | 6,228 | 6,328 | → |
Dilsen-Stokkem | Urban Area | Limburg | 17,212 | 17,652 | 18,046 | → |
Dinant | Urban Area | Namur | 9,125 | 8,950 | 8,565 | → |
Dottignies (Moeskroen) | Urban Area | Hainaut / West-Vlaanderen | 7,437 | 7,762 | 8,007 | → |
Écaussinnes | Urban Area | Hainaut | 8,170 | 8,393 | 8,689 | → |
Eeklo - Maldegem | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 35,336 | 36,300 | 37,589 | → |
Eernegem | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 4,988 | 5,070 | 5,136 | → |
Eke | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 5,182 | 5,497 | 5,609 | → |
Enghien (Edingen) | Urban Area | Hainaut / Brabant Wallon / Vlaams-Brabant | 15,294 | 15,806 | 16,291 | → |
Ertvelde | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 7,399 | 7,438 | 7,569 | → |
Esneux | Urban Area | Liège | 6,413 | 6,330 | 6,377 | → |
Essen | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 10,698 | 11,156 | 11,627 | → |
Eupen | Urban Area | Liège | 17,245 | 17,727 | 18,126 | → |
Fleurus | Urban Area | Hainaut | 5,652 | 5,875 | 5,959 | → |
Gavere | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 5,478 | 5,669 | 5,786 | → |
Geel | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 20,898 | 22,571 | 23,813 | → |
Geluwe | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 5,046 | 4,987 | 5,232 | → |
Gembloux | Urban Area | Namur | 11,974 | 13,406 | 13,962 | → |
Genappe (Genepien) | Urban Area | Brabant Wallon | 5,251 | 5,392 | 5,583 | → |
Genk | Urban Area | Limburg | 77,311 | 78,210 | 78,877 | → |
Gent (Gand) [Ghent] | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 396,156 | 410,765 | 422,026 | → |
Geraardsbergen (Grammont) | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 16,428 | 16,891 | 17,115 | → |
Grobbendonk | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 10,512 | 10,724 | 10,794 | → |
Haacht | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 5,870 | 5,959 | 6,259 | → |
Haasrode - Blanden | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 4,955 | 4,865 | 4,876 | → |
Hamme | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 15,785 | 16,213 | 16,431 | → |
Hamont | Urban Area | Limburg | 7,759 | 7,997 | 7,989 | → |
Hannut (Hannuit) | Urban Area | Liège | 8,025 | 8,120 | 8,396 | → |
Hasselt | Urban Area | Limburg | 159,431 | 164,291 | 167,594 | → |
Hechtel | Urban Area | Limburg | 5,304 | 5,543 | 5,576 | → |
Heist-op-den-Berg | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 22,188 | 23,720 | 24,310 | → |
Hekelgem - Baardegem | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant / Oost-Vlaanderen | 14,230 | 14,909 | 15,183 | → |
Hennuyeres - Virginal-Samme ('s Gravenbrakel) | Urban Area | Hainaut / Brabant Wallon | 4,615 | 4,915 | 5,061 | → |
Herentals | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 18,044 | 18,756 | 19,258 | → |
Herenthout | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 7,197 | 7,315 | 7,641 | → |
Herve | Urban Area | Liège | 6,651 | 6,594 | 6,620 | → |
Heusden | Urban Area | Limburg | 14,526 | 15,070 | 15,369 | → |
Hulshout | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 8,188 | 8,346 | 8,492 | → |
Huy - Amay - Wanze (Hoei) | Urban Area | Liège | 49,079 | 50,094 | 50,526 | → |
Ieper (Ypres) | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 20,639 | 20,747 | 20,805 | → |
Jodoigne (Geldenaken) | Urban Area | Brabant Wallon | 4,739 | 5,137 | 5,277 | → |
Kalmthout | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 12,901 | 13,255 | 13,683 | → |
Kapelle-op-den-Bos | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 6,735 | 7,010 | 7,118 | → |
Kasterlee | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,892 | 7,119 | 7,347 | → |
Kelmis (La Calamine) | Urban Area | Liège | 9,072 | 8,973 | 9,136 | → |
Kessel | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,733 | 6,799 | 6,904 | → |
Knokke-Heist | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 31,595 | 30,960 | 30,503 | → |
Koksijde - De Panne | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 27,355 | 27,671 | 27,878 | → |
Kortemark | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 5,090 | 5,273 | 5,551 | → |
Kortrijk (Courtrai) | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 203,268 | 206,582 | 211,737 | → |
Kruibeke | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 16,149 | 16,647 | 16,965 | → |
La Louvière | Urban Area | Hainaut | 137,492 | 141,231 | 142,040 | → |
Lanaken | Urban Area | Limburg | 17,671 | 17,950 | 18,021 | → |
Landen | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 8,403 | 8,724 | 8,859 | → |
Lebbeke | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 12,737 | 13,185 | 13,608 | → |
Ledegem | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 6,322 | 6,312 | 6,575 | → |
Lennik | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 5,153 | 5,360 | 5,397 | → |
Leopoldsburg (Bourg-Léopold) | Urban Area | Limburg | 11,558 | 11,901 | 12,373 | → |
Lessines (Lessen) | Urban Area | Hainaut | 10,581 | 10,756 | 10,882 | → |
Leuven (Louvain) | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 155,278 | 159,728 | 164,635 | → |
Leuze-en-Hainaut | Urban Area | Hainaut | 6,562 | 6,530 | 6,591 | → |
Libramont | Urban Area | Luxembourg | 4,801 | 4,921 | 4,975 | → |
Lichtaart | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 5,413 | 5,447 | 5,650 | → |
Lichtervelde | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 6,421 | 6,646 | 6,812 | → |
Liège (Luik) | Urban Area | Liège | 531,883 | 541,668 | 545,812 | → |
Lier (Lierre) | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 28,586 | 29,562 | 31,371 | → |
Lille | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 7,576 | 7,610 | 7,577 | → |
Lokeren | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 29,177 | 30,089 | 31,301 | → |
Lommel | Urban Area | Limburg | 28,850 | 29,663 | 29,998 | → |
Londerzeel | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 6,748 | 7,050 | 7,351 | → |
Maaseik | Urban Area | Limburg | 11,771 | 11,910 | 12,112 | → |
Maasmechelen | Urban Area | Limburg | 30,405 | 30,912 | 31,917 | → |
Malmedy | Urban Area | Liège | 5,983 | 5,974 | 6,251 | → |
Marche-en-Famenne | Urban Area | Luxembourg | 13,221 | 13,283 | 13,457 | → |
Mechelen (Malines) | Urban Area | Antwerpen / Vlaams-Brabant | 116,930 | 120,557 | 123,868 | → |
Meerhout | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,580 | 6,904 | 7,106 | → |
Merchtem | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 7,727 | 8,150 | 8,721 | → |
Merksplas | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 5,930 | 6,117 | 6,141 | → |
Meulebeke | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 6,654 | 6,754 | 6,693 | → |
Middelkerke | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 14,396 | 14,718 | 14,902 | → |
Minderhout - Meer | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 11,094 | 12,149 | 12,558 | → |
Mol | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 38,826 | 40,992 | 42,408 | → |
Mons (Bergen) | Urban Area | Hainaut | 203,832 | 207,023 | 208,035 | → |
Mont-Saint-Guibert - Chastre | Urban Area | Brabant Wallon | 11,695 | 12,546 | 13,027 | → |
Moorslede - Passendale | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 5,890 | 5,904 | 6,071 | → |
Mouscron (Moeskroen) | Urban Area | Hainaut / West-Vlaanderen | 54,130 | 56,075 | 57,128 | → |
Munsterbilzen | Urban Area | Limburg | 5,251 | 5,182 | 5,229 | → |
Namur (Namen) | Urban Area | Namur | 100,914 | 101,792 | 102,439 | → |
Neeroeteren | Urban Area | Limburg | 7,445 | 7,666 | 7,728 | → |
Neupré | Urban Area | Liège | 7,238 | 7,357 | 7,335 | → |
Nieuwpoort (Nieuport) | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 10,657 | 10,629 | 10,878 | → |
Nijlen | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 12,459 | 13,289 | 13,573 | → |
Ninove - Denderleeuw - Liedekerke - Ternat - Roosdaal | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen / Vlaams-Brabant | 85,920 | 88,451 | 91,822 | → |
Nivelles (Nijvel) | Urban Area | Brabant Wallon | 23,956 | 24,785 | 25,051 | → |
Oevel - O.-L.-V. Olen - Sint-Jozef-Olen | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 12,194 | 12,559 | 12,879 | → |
Olen - Noorderwijk - Morkhoven | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 9,146 | 9,364 | 9,634 | → |
Oostende (Ostende) [Ostend] | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 109,120 | 111,293 | 113,648 | → |
Oostkamp | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 8,291 | 8,396 | 8,909 | → |
Oostmalle | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 5,990 | 6,322 | 6,551 | → |
Oostrozebeke | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 5,531 | 5,753 | 6,035 | → |
Opglabbeek | Urban Area | Limburg | 7,803 | 7,894 | 8,077 | → |
Opwijk | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 9,223 | 9,964 | 10,312 | → |
Oudenaarde (Audenarde) | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 25,572 | 26,737 | 27,339 | → |
Overmere | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 4,863 | 4,998 | 5,074 | → |
Paal | Urban Area | Limburg | 10,076 | 10,513 | 10,788 | → |
Pelt | Urban Area | Limburg | 32,422 | 33,570 | 34,679 | → |
Péruwelz | Urban Area | Hainaut | 10,113 | 10,204 | 10,243 | → |
Perwez (Perwijs) | Urban Area | Brabant Wallon | 4,474 | 5,154 | 5,337 | → |
Pont-à-Celles | Urban Area | Hainaut | 7,413 | 7,533 | 7,627 | → |
Poperinge | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 10,632 | 10,624 | 10,541 | → |
Ravels | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 5,226 | 5,384 | 5,583 | → |
Rebecq | Urban Area | Brabant Wallon | 7,748 | 7,923 | 7,902 | → |
Retie | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,146 | 6,339 | 6,743 | → |
Rijkevorsel | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 9,044 | 9,453 | 9,674 | → |
Roeselare (Roulers) | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 97,851 | 101,056 | 104,713 | → |
Ronse (Renaix) | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 23,105 | 23,854 | 24,376 | → |
Sambreville - Fleurus | Urban Area | Namur / Hainaut | 54,424 | 55,377 | 55,978 | → |
Scherpenheuvel (Montaigu) | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 11,372 | 11,523 | 11,743 | → |
Sint-Amands - Mariekerke | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 8,133 | 8,484 | 8,579 | → |
Sint-Gillis-Waas | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 5,412 | 5,586 | 5,616 | → |
Sint-Lievens-Houtem | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 6,222 | 6,451 | 6,700 | → |
Sint-Niklaas (Saint-Nicolas) | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 99,478 | 103,097 | 107,504 | → |
Sint-Pauwels - Kemzeke | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 5,257 | 5,275 | 5,406 | → |
Sint-Truiden (Saint-Trond) | Urban Area | Limburg | 24,272 | 24,595 | 24,950 | → |
Soignies (Zinnik) | Urban Area | Hainaut | 14,712 | 15,211 | 15,940 | → |
Spa | Urban Area | Liège | 10,793 | 10,692 | 10,485 | → |
Sprimont | Urban Area | Liège | 4,807 | 4,938 | 5,193 | → |
Stekene | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 9,221 | 9,528 | 10,085 | → |
Tessenderlo | Urban Area | Limburg / Vlaams-Brabant | 14,224 | 14,614 | 14,867 | → |
Thuin - Lobbes | Urban Area | Hainaut | 8,423 | 8,494 | 8,761 | → |
Tielt | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 11,469 | 11,866 | 12,243 | → |
Tienen (Tirlemont) | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant | 24,693 | 25,842 | 26,800 | → |
Tongeren (Tongres) | Urban Area | Limburg | 20,213 | 20,553 | 21,063 | → |
Torhout | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 21,529 | 22,126 | 22,211 | → |
Tournai (Doornik) | Urban Area | Hainaut | 54,464 | 54,482 | 53,866 | → |
Tremelo - Keerbergen | Urban Area | Vlaams-Brabant / Antwerpen | 32,963 | 33,252 | 33,749 | → |
Turnhout | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 50,347 | 52,521 | 55,474 | → |
Veldegem | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 7,133 | 7,218 | 7,501 | → |
Verviers | Urban Area | Liège | 78,951 | 78,448 | 78,653 | → |
Veurne (Furnes) | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 7,420 | 7,715 | 8,192 | → |
Vichte | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 5,396 | 5,580 | 5,706 | → |
Virton | Urban Area | Luxembourg | 7,560 | 7,523 | 7,468 | → |
Vorselaar | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,379 | 6,634 | 6,778 | → |
Vorst | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,004 | 6,331 | 6,640 | → |
Waardamme - Ruddervoorde | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 4,568 | 4,776 | 4,823 | → |
Wachtebeke | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 4,405 | 4,714 | 5,032 | → |
Waregem | Urban Area | West-Vlaanderen | 31,209 | 32,332 | 33,280 | → |
Waremme (Borgworm) | Urban Area | Liège | 11,424 | 11,554 | 11,949 | → |
Welkenraedt | Urban Area | Liège | 8,570 | 8,721 | 9,018 | → |
Wezel | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 4,862 | 5,016 | 5,120 | → |
Willebroek | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 28,626 | 29,962 | 31,514 | → |
Wuustwezel | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 5,092 | 5,182 | 5,611 | → |
Yvoir | Urban Area | Namur | 7,577 | 7,711 | 7,688 | → |
Zandhoven | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 5,811 | 5,903 | 6,077 | → |
Zele | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 15,387 | 15,366 | 15,925 | → |
Zelzate | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 16,501 | 16,491 | 17,040 | → |
Zoerle-Parwijs - Voortkapel | Urban Area | Antwerpen | 6,284 | 6,347 | 6,538 | → |
Zomergem | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 4,703 | 4,887 | 5,012 | → |
Zottegem | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 32,172 | 33,238 | 34,534 | → |
Zulte | Urban Area | Oost-Vlaanderen | 9,781 | 10,186 | 10,357 | → |
Source: Population of sectors by Statistics Belgium (web).
Explanation: The urban areas are defined and computed by »City Population«. They constructed by sectors with built-up areas and high population desity that observe a maximum distance of 500m.