Belgium
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Europe.
- Capital
- Brussels
- Continent
- Europe
More Europe quizzes - Land neighbours
- France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
- Population
- 11,941,781 (2025)
- Total area
- 30,689 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 50.6° N, 4.6° E
Belgium at a glance
Belgium is a country in Europe. Its capital is Brussels. It shares land borders with 4 countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Flag of Belgium
Belgium’s flag is drawn in the proportions 13:15 (height to width); no other flag in our quizzes has these proportions.
Belgium and Germany: black, yellow and red, in vertical bands for Belgium and horizontal black, red and gold bands for Germany.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Mali, Romania and Chad.
Belgium in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 11,941,781 | 81stof 195 | 11thof 44 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 30,689 km² | 136thof 194 | 33rdof 43 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $725.5B | 22ndof 182 | 10thof 41 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $60,750 | 14thof 182 | 10thof 41 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 82.3 years | 24thof 195 | 16thof 44 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.44 | 152ndof 195 | 17thof 44 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $5,931 | 16thof 191 | 13thof 42 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 87.7% | 27thof 195 | 10thof 44 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 95.8% | 20thof 180 | 11thof 43 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 22.6% | 115thof 191 | 32ndof 42 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 7.31 t | 27thof 181 | 6thof 37 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Belgium compared with its neighbours
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 11,941,781 | 30,689 km² | $60,750 |
| France | 68,720,337 | 606,410 km² | $48,986 |
| Germany | 83,491,249 | 357,680 km² | $60,496 |
| Luxembourg | 686,970 | 2,590 km² | $147,252 |
| Netherlands | 18,087,633 | 41,540 km² | $73,684 |
Quizzes featuring Belgium
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Belgium · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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