Belgium: People & Society#
| Population | 11,409,077 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Belgian(s) adjective: Belgian |
| Ethnic groups | Flemish 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11% |
| Languages | Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1% |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25% |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.12% (male 1,000,155/female 952,529) 15-24 years: 11.47% (male 667,760/female 640,364) 25-54 years: 40.25% (male 2,315,256/female 2,277,308) 55-64 years: 12.76% (male 720,823/female 735,225) 65 years and over: 18.4% (male 911,199/female 1,188,458) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 54.2% youth dependency ratio: 26.1% elderly dependency ratio: 28.1% potential support ratio: 3.6% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 41.4 years male: 40.2 years female: 42.7 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.73% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 5.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the population concentrated in the northern two-thirds of the country; the southeast is more thinly populated; considered to have one of the highest population densities in the world; approximately 97% live in urban areas |
| Urbanization | urban population: 97.9% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.48% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | BRUSSELS (capital) 2.045 million; Antwerp 994,000 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.2 (2010 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81 years male: 78.4 years female: 83.7 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.78 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 70.4% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2008/10) |
| Health expenditures | 10.6% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.78 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 6.5 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.5% of population rural: 99.4% of population total: 99.5% of population unimproved: urban: 0.5% of population rural: 0.6% of population total: 0.5% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.1% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 6.4% of GDP (2011) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 20 years male: 19 years female: 21 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 23.2% male: 24% female: 22.3% (2014 est.) |