Demography

• Population: 10.3 million
• Population Density (inhabitant/km2): 336 (national average), 6,309 (Brussels-Capital Region - highest), 55.6 (province of Luxembourg - lowest)
• Largest Cities (pop. in million): Brussels (1m), Liege (0.61m), Antwerp (0.45m), Ghent (0.23m), Charleroi (0.20m)
• Number of communes: 589 (2,663 before the commune merger of 1971)
• Home Ownership: 74% (2006)
• Houses heating and isolation: central heating (72.7%), double-glazing (70.5%), roof isolation (57.4%), exterior wall isolation (41.6%)
• Urban Population: 97%
• Life Expectancy: 79.22 (average), 76.06 years (men), 82.53 years (women) (2009 est.)
• Birth Rate: 10.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• Death Rate: 10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• Ethnic Composition: Caucasians (95%), Arabs (4%), Black Africans
• Registered foreigners (2007, sources) : 1,025,000, among which 171,500 Italians, 129,500 French, 122,000 Dutch, 79,500 Moroccans, 43,000 Spaniards, 42,000 Turks, 39,000 Germans, 30,000 Americans, 28,000 Poles.
• Official Language: Dutch, French, German
• Major Religions: Roman Catholicism, Agnosticism, Atheism

Geography

• Area: 30 545 sq km
• Coastline: 66.5 km
• Highest Peak: Signal de Botrange: (694m)
• Lowest Elevation: 0 m (North Sea)

Political map of Belgium

Brussels Flanders Wallonia West Flanders East Flanders Antwerp Flemish Brabant Walloon Brabant Limburg Hainaut Namur Liège Luxembourg

Geological map of Belgium

Economy

• Monetary unit: Euro (€, EUR)
• Fiscal Year: 1 January - 31 December
• GDP (nominal - IMF): US$513 billion (2011)
• GNI per capita (Atlas methodology): US$45,840 (2010)
• GDP per capita at PPP: US$37,737 (2011 - IMF)
• GDP - real growth rate: 2.1% (2010)
• Inflation (consumer prices): 2.5 % (2010)
• Unemployment: 7.4% (April 2012)
• Public Debt (% of GDP) : 95.2 (2011)
• Main Industries: engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum
• Main Exports: machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
• Main Imports: machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
• Main Trading Partners: Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, USA, Italy

Government

• Type of Government: Parliamentary Monarchy
• Parliamentary System : bicameral Diet (House of Representatives and Senate)
• Administrative Division : 3 regions, 3 communities, 10 provinces
• Capital: Brussels (since 1830)

Miscellaneous

• Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
• Electricity: 230V AC, 50Hz
• Weights & measures: Metric
• Internet domain: .be
• International dialling code: +32