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  • Population......................................................................10,438,353 (July 2012 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.061% (2012 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................10.03 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
  • Death rate................................................10.63 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.................................Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Member of what is now the European Union since 1952.
Country Profile
Belgium: A Country of Permanent Immigration
Belgium is often overlooked as a country of immigration because of its size and its less known history of immigration. Yet over the last three decades Belgium has become a permanent country of settlement for many different types of migrants. Our updated Belgium profile delves into modern migration flows and policies in Belgium which are inching away from a piecemeal approach towards a well-needed, long-term strategy.

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Data
Check out Belgian International Migration Data
in the Global Data Center
Neighboring Countries

Netherlands
Germany
France
Luxembourg
Other Resources

European Migration Network - National Contact Point Belgium
http://emnbelgium.be/

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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