Belgium vs Netherlands statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 136th vs. 134th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Belgium and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Netherlands
1960	$11,810,619,368	$13,282,979,015
1961	$12,561,701,694	$14,599,836,396
1962	$13,436,827,167	$15,847,582,341
1963	$14,445,805,381	$17,193,744,109
1964	$16,168,044,450	$20,232,048,553
1965	$17,597,783,297	$22,721,869,808
1966	$18,894,891,312	$24,741,480,717
1967	$20,252,508,995	$27,143,828,099
1968	$21,654,856,965	$30,097,635,751
1969	$24,019,653,475	$34,086,038,090
1970	$26,706,196,047	$38,220,884,519
1971	$29,821,661,870	$44,644,730,576
1972	$37,209,418,019	$54,787,070,173
1973	$47,743,801,490	$71,946,639,603
1974	$56,033,077,879	$87,371,810,804
1975	$65,678,189,097	$100,397,061,694
1976	$71,113,882,968	$109,329,386,564
1977	$82,839,905,459	$127,203,923,857
1978	$101,246,526,194	$156,089,077,205
1979	$116,315,456,797	$179,933,827,310
1980	$126,829,314,388	$195,439,301,707
1981	$104,730,018,470	$164,375,775,854
1982	$92,095,926,188	$158,712,765,536
1983	$87,184,239,053	$153,671,294,109
1984	$83,349,530,159	$144,124,462,912
1985	$86,268,264,148	$144,057,523,222
1986	$120,018,787,249	$201,157,708,221
1987	$149,394,404,106	$245,406,949,521
1988	$162,299,103,675	$262,295,966,105
1989	$164,221,056,511	$258,716,904,292
1990	$205,331,747,948	$318,799,003,994
1991	$210,510,999,409	$327,982,316,124
1992	$234,781,652,447	$363,497,050,125
1993	$224,721,795,709	$354,070,495,966
1994	$244,884,129,491	$379,688,232,232
1995	$288,025,588,396	$452,967,334,614
1996	$279,201,433,225	$451,372,549,020
1997	$252,708,051,421	$417,506,211,882
1998	$258,528,339,631	$438,612,530,549
1999	$258,245,733,221	$447,778,514,140
2000	$236,792,460,312	$417,649,282,154
2001	$236,746,141,604	$432,536,219,669
2002	$258,383,599,375	$475,529,972,123
2003	$318,082,528,507	$582,435,617,082
2004	$369,214,712,443	$661,224,886,143
2005	$385,714,762,230	$688,133,699,636
2006	$408,259,840,869	$737,593,995,289
2007	$470,922,156,309	$853,499,460,873
2008	$517,328,087,920	$957,901,566,041
2009	$485,014,525,992	$878,954,223,140
2010	$481,556,503,720	$852,464,982,433
2011	$527,196,649,049	$913,140,741,333
2012	$498,414,364,945	$845,689,017,066
2013	$524,097,026,599	$883,951,539,007
2014	$537,987,419,164	$901,556,501,756
2015	$461,044,767,545	$775,743,675,303
2016	$474,271,566,740	$797,163,949,290
2017	$500,908,767,352	$848,233,537,846
2018	$542,638,913,428	$929,733,599,797
2019	$536,726,344,405	$928,903,005,576
2020	$529,694,473,502	$932,560,861,701
2021	$598,522,422,242	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$593,614,574,326	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$644,655,275,112	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$664,564,181,487	$1,227,543,925,316

Belgium and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Netherlands
1960	$1,290	$1,156
1961	$1,368	$1,254
1962	$1,457	$1,342
1963	$1,555	$1,437
1964	$1,724	$1,668
1965	$1,860	$1,848
1966	$1,983	$1,986
1967	$2,114	$2,155
1968	$2,251	$2,364
1969	$2,490	$2,647
1970	$2,766	$2,931
1971	$3,083	$3,384
1972	$3,832	$4,110
1973	$4,901	$5,353
1974	$5,734	$6,450
1975	$6,701	$7,346
1976	$7,243	$7,937
1977	$8,427	$9,180
1978	$10,290	$11,196
1979	$11,811	$12,817
1980	$12,864	$13,812
1981	$10,623	$11,537
1982	$9,344	$11,089
1983	$8,846	$10,696
1984	$8,457	$9,992
1985	$8,751	$9,941
1986	$12,170	$13,804
1987	$15,136	$16,734
1988	$16,391	$17,771
1989	$16,525	$17,423
1990	$20,600	$21,322
1991	$21,042	$21,764
1992	$23,373	$23,939
1993	$22,284	$23,156
1994	$24,209	$24,683
1995	$28,414	$29,301
1996	$27,490	$29,064
1997	$24,821	$26,745
1998	$25,338	$27,924
1999	$25,253	$28,319
2000	$23,099	$26,225
2001	$23,015	$26,956
2002	$25,006	$29,447
2003	$30,655	$35,897
2004	$35,429	$40,611
2005	$36,810	$42,165
2006	$38,705	$45,124
2007	$44,319	$52,101
2008	$48,303	$58,247
2009	$44,923	$53,172
2010	$44,197	$51,306
2011	$47,761	$54,702
2012	$44,874	$50,474
2013	$46,965	$52,602
2014	$47,996	$53,457
2015	$40,894	$45,794
2016	$41,855	$46,809
2017	$44,035	$49,514
2018	$47,487	$53,955
2019	$46,717	$53,555
2020	$45,906	$53,468
2021	$51,658	$60,142
2022	$50,822	$59,123
2023	$54,690	$64,572
2024	$55,955	$68,219

Belgium vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Netherlands
1950	66.3	71.4
1951	66.7	71.5
1952	68	72.1
1953	68.4	71.7
1954	68.6	72.4
1955	68.5	72.5
1956	68.8	72.5
1957	69.2	73
1958	69.9	73.1
1959	70.3	73.2
1960	69.6	73.4
1961	70.5	73.6
1962	70.2	73.2
1963	70	73.4
1964	70.7	73.7
1965	70.6	73.6
1966	70.6	73.6
1967	70.9	73.8
1968	70.6	73.6
1969	70.7	73.6
1970	70.9	73.6
1971	71.1	73.9
1972	71.4	73.8
1973	71.6	74.2
1974	72	74.6
1975	72	74.6
1976	72.1	74.7
1977	72.8	75.3
1978	72.7	75.2
1979	73.2	75.6
1980	73.2	75.8
1981	73.7	76
1982	73.9	76.1
1983	73.9	76.3
1984	74.4	76.3
1985	74.5	76.4
1986	74.7	76.4
1987	75.3	76.8
1988	75.6	77
1989	75.6	76.8
1990	76.1	77
1991	76.2	77.2
1992	76.4	77.4
1993	76.4	77
1994	76.7	77.5
1995	76.8	77.6
1996	77.2	77.6
1997	77.4	77.9
1998	77.5	78
1999	77.6	78
2000	77.8	78.1
2001	78.1	78.3
2002	78.2	78.4
2003	78.3	78.7
2004	79	79.2
2005	79.1	79.5
2006	79.4	79.8
2007	79.5	80.3
2008	79.6	80.4
2009	79.8	80.7
2010	80	80.8
2011	80.4	81.1
2012	80.3	81.1
2013	80.5	81.3
2014	81.1	81.7
2015	80.9	81.5
2016	81.3	81.6
2017	81.4	81.7
2018	81.5	81.8
2019	81.8	82.1
2020	80.8	81.4
2021	81.7	81.4
2022	81.2	81.9
2023	82.1	82.2
2024	82.3	82.3
2025	82.4	82.4

Belgium and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Netherlands
1960	9,153,489	11,486,631
1961	9,183,948	11,638,712
1962	9,220,578	11,805,689
1963	9,289,770	11,965,966
1964	9,378,113	12,127,120
1965	9,463,667	12,294,732
1966	9,527,807	12,456,251
1967	9,580,991	12,598,201
1968	9,618,756	12,729,721
1969	9,646,032	12,877,984
1970	9,655,549	13,038,526
1971	9,673,162	13,194,497
1972	9,711,115	13,328,593
1973	9,741,720	13,439,322
1974	9,772,419	13,545,056
1975	9,800,700	13,666,335
1976	9,818,227	13,774,037
1977	9,830,358	13,856,185
1978	9,839,534	13,941,700
1979	9,848,382	14,038,270
1980	9,859,242	14,149,800
1981	9,858,982	14,247,208
1982	9,856,303	14,312,690
1983	9,855,520	14,367,070
1984	9,855,372	14,424,211
1985	9,858,308	14,491,632
1986	9,861,823	14,572,278
1987	9,870,234	14,665,037
1988	9,901,664	14,760,094
1989	9,937,697	14,848,907
1990	9,967,379	14,951,510
1991	10,004,486	15,069,798
1992	10,045,158	15,184,166
1993	10,084,475	15,290,368
1994	10,115,603	15,382,838
1995	10,136,811	15,459,006
1996	10,156,637	15,530,498
1997	10,181,245	15,610,650
1998	10,203,008	15,707,209
1999	10,226,419	15,812,088
2000	10,251,250	15,925,513
2001	10,286,570	16,046,180
2002	10,332,785	16,148,929
2003	10,376,133	16,225,302
2004	10,421,137	16,281,779
2005	10,478,617	16,319,868
2006	10,547,958	16,346,101
2007	10,625,700	16,381,696
2008	10,709,973	16,445,593
2009	10,796,493	16,530,388
2010	10,895,586	16,615,394
2011	11,038,264	16,693,074
2012	11,106,932	16,754,962
2013	11,159,407	16,804,432
2014	11,209,057	16,865,008
2015	11,274,196	16,939,923
2016	11,331,422	17,030,314
2017	11,375,158	17,131,296
2018	11,427,054	17,231,624
2019	11,488,980	17,344,874
2020	11,538,604	17,441,500
2021	11,586,195	17,533,044
2022	11,680,210	17,700,982
2023	11,787,423	17,877,117
2024	11,876,844	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Belgium and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Belgium

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Netherlands
1960	2.54	3.12
1961	2.63	3.22
1962	2.59	3.18
1963	2.68	3.19
1964	2.71	3.17
1965	2.61	3.04
1966	2.52	2.9
1967	2.41	2.81
1968	2.31	2.72
1969	2.27	2.75
1970	2.25	2.57
1971	2.21	2.36
1972	2.09	2.15
1973	1.95	1.9
1974	1.83	1.77
1975	1.74	1.66
1976	1.73	1.63
1977	1.71	1.58
1978	1.69	1.58
1979	1.69	1.56
1980	1.68	1.6
1981	1.66	1.56
1982	1.61	1.5
1983	1.57	1.47
1984	1.54	1.49
1985	1.51	1.51
1986	1.54	1.55
1987	1.54	1.56
1988	1.57	1.55
1989	1.58	1.55
1990	1.62	1.62
1991	1.66	1.61
1992	1.65	1.59
1993	1.61	1.57
1994	1.56	1.57
1995	1.56	1.53
1996	1.59	1.53
1997	1.6	1.56
1998	1.6	1.63
1999	1.62	1.65
2000	1.67	1.72
2001	1.67	1.71
2002	1.65	1.73
2003	1.67	1.75
2004	1.72	1.72
2005	1.76	1.71
2006	1.8	1.72
2007	1.82	1.72
2008	1.85	1.77
2009	1.84	1.79
2010	1.86	1.79
2011	1.81	1.76
2012	1.8	1.72
2013	1.76	1.68
2014	1.74	1.71
2015	1.7	1.66
2016	1.68	1.66
2017	1.65	1.62
2018	1.62	1.59
2019	1.6	1.57
2020	1.55	1.54
2021	1.6	1.62
2022	1.53	1.49
2023	1.47	1.43

Belgium and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Netherlands
1960	34.9	28.8
1961	34.9	28.8
1962	34.9	28.7
1963	34.9	28.7
1964	34.8	28.6
1965	34.8	28.6
1966	34.7	28.6
1967	34.7	28.5
1968	34.7	28.6
1969	34.6	28.6
1970	34.5	28.6
1971	34.4	28.7
1972	34.3	28.9
1973	34.3	29
1974	34.3	29.3
1975	34.2	29.4
1976	34.1	29.8
1977	34.1	30.3
1978	34.1	30.7
1979	34.1	31
1980	34.2	31.3
1981	34.3	31.6
1982	34.5	31.9
1983	34.8	32.3
1984	35	32.6
1985	35.2	32.9
1986	35.4	33.2
1987	35.6	33.5
1988	35.9	33.8
1989	36.1	34.1
1990	36.3	34.3
1991	36.5	34.6
1992	36.7	34.8
1993	37	35.1
1994	37.2	35.4
1995	37.5	35.7
1996	37.8	36.1
1997	38.1	36.4
1998	38.3	36.7
1999	38.6	37
2000	38.9	37.3
2001	39.2	37.5
2002	39.4	37.8
2003	39.7	38.1
2004	40	38.5
2005	40.2	38.9
2006	40.4	39.3
2007	40.6	39.7
2008	40.7	40
2009	40.8	40.3
2010	40.8	40.7
2011	40.9	41
2012	41.1	41.3
2013	41.2	41.6
2014	41.3	41.8
2015	41.4	42
2016	41.4	42.2
2017	41.6	42.3
2018	41.7	42.4
2019	41.8	42.5
2020	41.9	42.5
2021	42	42.6
2022	42.2	42.5
2023	42.4	42.4
2024	42.7	42.4

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