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  • Population......................................................................10,403,951 (July 2008 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.106% (2008 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................10.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Death rate................................................10.38 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.................................Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
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Data
Check out Belgian International Migration Data
in the Global Data Center

Neighboring Countries

Netherlands
Germany
France
Luxembourg

Other Resources

Belgium National Institute of Statistics
http://statbel.fgov.be/

Interior Ministry - Alien's Office
(Flemish and French only)
http://www.dofi.fgov.be

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

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