Male population — all countries

Male population — Belgium

Male population in Belgium in 2025 — 5,891,251 people. Ranked 83 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.4%.

2025 5.89M people +0.75% vs 2024
World rank 83of 217
Period maximum 5.89M people2025
Period minimum 4.48M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Belgium, 1960–20254M4.5M5M5.5M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4,483,448 people1962: 4,512,235 people1964: 4,589,703 people1966: 4,663,001 people1968: 4,707,135 people1970: 4,724,134 people1972: 4,749,707 people1974: 4,777,732 people1976: 4,798,712 people1978: 4,807,693 people1980: 4,816,500 people1982: 4,813,986 people1984: 4,813,302 people1986: 4,816,303 people1988: 4,836,747 people1990: 4,870,370 people1992: 4,911,505 people1994: 4,947,520 people1996: 4,965,281 people1998: 4,988,157 people2000: 5,011,966 people2002: 5,054,613 people2004: 5,099,315 people2006: 5,162,632 people2008: 5,246,271 people2010: 5,347,692 people2012: 5,456,715 people2014: 5,508,955 people2016: 5,579,303 people2018: 5,629,590 people2020: 5,690,995 people2022: 5,756,528 people2024: 5,847,551 people2025: 5,891,251 people
Change over the period: +1.41M (+31.4%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 5.89M people
World 4.13B people
Europe & Central Asia 453M people
Western Europe computed 98.84M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.89M +43,700 +0.75%
2024 5.85M +40,938 +0.71%
2023 5.81M +50,085 +0.87%
2022 5.76M +43,435 +0.76%
2021 5.71M +22,098 +0.39%
2020 5.69M +27,853 +0.49%
2019 5.66M +33,552 +0.6%
2018 5.63M +27,824 +0.5%
2017 5.6M +22,463 +0.4%
2016 5.58M +32,608 +0.59%
2015 5.55M +37,740 +0.69%
2014 5.51M +25,531 +0.47%
2013 5.48M +26,709 +0.49%
2012 5.46M +35,535 +0.66%
2011 5.42M +73,488 +1.37%
2010 5.35M +54,485 +1.03%
2009 5.29M +46,936 +0.89%
2008 5.25M +43,673 +0.84%
2007 5.2M +39,966 +0.77%
2006 5.16M +34,977 +0.68%
2005 5.13M +28,340 +0.56%
2004 5.1M +22,231 +0.44%
2003 5.08M +22,471 +0.44%
2002 5.05M +24,496 +0.49%
2001 5.03M +18,151 +0.36%
2000 5.01M +12,126 +0.24%
1999 5M +11,683 +0.23%
1998 4.99M +10,960 +0.22%
1997 4.98M +11,916 +0.24%
1996 4.97M +8,533 +0.17%
1995 4.96M +9,228 +0.19%
1994 4.95M +15,558 +0.32%
1993 4.93M +20,457 +0.42%
1992 4.91M +21,770 +0.45%
1991 4.89M +19,365 +0.4%
1990 4.87M +15,239 +0.31%
1989 4.86M +18,384 +0.38%
1988 4.84M +15,733 +0.33%
1987 4.82M +4,711 +0.1%
1986 4.82M +1,937 +0.04%
1985 4.81M +1,064 +0.02%
1984 4.81M −246 −0.01%
1983 4.81M −438 −0.01%
1982 4.81M −1,724 −0.04%
1981 4.82M −790 −0.02%
1980 4.82M +4,842 +0.1%
1979 4.81M +3,965 +0.08%
1978 4.81M +3,839 +0.08%
1977 4.8M +5,142 +0.11%
1976 4.8M +7,843 +0.16%
1975 4.79M +13,137 +0.27%
1974 4.78M +14,160 +0.3%
1973 4.76M +13,865 +0.29%
1972 4.75M +17,509 +0.37%
1971 4.73M +8,064 +0.17%
1970 4.72M +4,232 +0.09%
1969 4.72M +12,767 +0.27%
1968 4.71M +18,178 +0.39%
1967 4.69M +25,956 +0.56%
1966 4.66M +31,360 +0.68%
1965 4.63M +41,938 +0.91%
1964 4.59M +43,372 +0.95%
1963 4.55M +34,096 +0.76%
1962 4.51M +16,750 +0.37%
1961 4.5M +12,037 +0.27%
1960 4.48M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.