Belgium vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 136th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Belgium and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Belgium and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Belgium

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	United Kingdom
1960	$11,810,619,368	$73,233,967,692
1961	$12,561,701,694	$77,741,965,703
1962	$13,436,827,167	$81,247,564,157
1963	$14,445,805,381	$86,561,961,812
1964	$16,168,044,450	$94,407,558,351
1965	$17,597,783,297	$101,824,755,079
1966	$18,894,891,312	$108,572,752,102
1967	$20,252,508,995	$113,116,888,211
1968	$21,654,856,965	$107,759,910,068
1969	$24,019,653,475	$116,464,702,803
1970	$26,706,196,047	$130,671,946,244
1971	$29,821,661,870	$148,113,896,325
1972	$37,209,418,019	$169,965,034,965
1973	$47,743,801,490	$192,537,971,583
1974	$56,033,077,879	$206,131,369,799
1975	$65,678,189,097	$241,756,637,168
1976	$71,113,882,968	$232,614,555,256
1977	$82,839,905,459	$263,066,457,352
1978	$101,246,526,194	$335,883,029,722
1979	$116,315,456,797	$438,994,070,309
1980	$126,829,314,388	$564,947,710,899
1981	$104,730,018,470	$540,765,675,241
1982	$92,095,926,188	$515,048,916,841
1983	$87,184,239,053	$489,618,008,186
1984	$83,349,530,159	$461,487,097,632
1985	$86,268,264,148	$489,285,164,271
1986	$120,018,787,249	$601,452,653,181
1987	$149,394,404,106	$745,162,608,269
1988	$162,299,103,675	$910,122,732,124
1989	$164,221,056,511	$926,884,816,754
1990	$205,331,747,948	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$210,510,999,409	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$234,781,652,447	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$224,721,795,709	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$244,884,129,491	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$288,025,588,396	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$279,201,433,225	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$252,708,051,421	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$258,528,339,631	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$258,245,733,221	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$236,792,460,312	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$236,746,141,604	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$258,383,599,375	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$318,082,528,507	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$369,214,712,443	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$385,714,762,230	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$408,259,840,869	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$470,922,156,309	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$517,328,087,920	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$485,014,525,992	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$481,556,503,720	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$527,196,649,049	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$498,414,364,945	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$524,097,026,599	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$537,987,419,164	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$461,044,767,545	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$474,271,566,740	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$500,908,767,352	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$542,638,913,428	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$536,726,344,405	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$529,694,473,502	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$598,522,422,242	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$593,614,574,326	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$644,655,275,112	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$664,564,181,487	$3,643,834,188,783

Belgium and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	United Kingdom
1960	$1,290	$1,398
1961	$1,368	$1,472
1962	$1,457	$1,526
1963	$1,555	$1,613
1964	$1,724	$1,748
1965	$1,860	$1,874
1966	$1,983	$1,987
1967	$2,114	$2,059
1968	$2,251	$1,952
1969	$2,490	$2,101
1970	$2,766	$2,348
1971	$3,083	$2,650
1972	$3,832	$3,030
1973	$4,901	$3,426
1974	$5,734	$3,666
1975	$6,701	$4,300
1976	$7,243	$4,138
1977	$8,427	$4,681
1978	$10,290	$5,977
1979	$11,811	$7,805
1980	$12,864	$10,032
1981	$10,623	$9,599
1982	$9,344	$9,146
1983	$8,846	$8,692
1984	$8,457	$8,179
1985	$8,751	$8,652
1986	$12,170	$10,611
1987	$15,136	$13,119
1988	$16,391	$15,987
1989	$16,525	$16,239
1990	$20,600	$19,095
1991	$21,042	$19,901
1992	$23,373	$20,487
1993	$22,284	$18,389
1994	$24,209	$19,709
1995	$28,414	$23,169
1996	$27,490	$24,406
1997	$24,821	$26,766
1998	$25,338	$28,275
1999	$25,253	$28,762
2000	$23,099	$28,281
2001	$23,015	$27,907
2002	$25,006	$30,078
2003	$30,655	$34,443
2004	$35,429	$40,367
2005	$36,810	$42,105
2006	$38,705	$44,512
2007	$44,319	$50,398
2008	$48,303	$47,396
2009	$44,923	$38,744
2010	$44,197	$39,599
2011	$47,761	$42,110
2012	$44,874	$42,490
2013	$46,965	$43,419
2014	$47,996	$47,427
2015	$40,894	$44,984
2016	$41,855	$40,988
2017	$44,035	$40,629
2018	$47,487	$43,315
2019	$46,717	$42,794
2020	$45,906	$40,405
2021	$51,658	$46,926
2022	$50,822	$46,063
2023	$54,690	$49,201
2024	$55,955	$52,637

Belgium vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	United Kingdom
1950	66.3	68.6
1951	66.7	68.2
1952	68	69.5
1953	68.4	69.8
1954	68.6	70.2
1955	68.5	70.1
1956	68.8	70.4
1957	69.2	70.5
1958	69.9	70.7
1959	70.3	70.8
1960	69.6	71
1961	70.5	70.8
1962	70.2	70.9
1963	70	70.8
1964	70.7	71.5
1965	70.6	71.5
1966	70.6	71.4
1967	70.9	72.1
1968	70.6	71.7
1969	70.7	71.7
1970	70.9	71.9
1971	71.1	72.2
1972	71.4	72
1973	71.6	72.2
1974	72	72.4
1975	72	72.7
1976	72.1	72.6
1977	72.8	73.1
1978	72.7	73
1979	73.2	73.2
1980	73.2	73.6
1981	73.7	73.9
1982	73.9	74
1983	73.9	74.3
1984	74.4	74.7
1985	74.5	74.5
1986	74.7	74.8
1987	75.3	75.1
1988	75.6	75.3
1989	75.6	75.4
1990	76.1	75.7
1991	76.2	75.9
1992	76.4	76.3
1993	76.4	76.2
1994	76.7	76.7
1995	76.8	76.6
1996	77.2	76.9
1997	77.4	77.1
1998	77.5	77.3
1999	77.6	77.4
2000	77.8	77.8
2001	78.1	78.1
2002	78.2	78.2
2003	78.3	78.3
2004	79	78.9
2005	79.1	79.1
2006	79.4	79.3
2007	79.5	79.5
2008	79.6	79.7
2009	79.8	80.2
2010	80	80.4
2011	80.4	80.8
2012	80.3	80.9
2013	80.5	80.9
2014	81.1	81.2
2015	80.9	80.9
2016	81.3	81.1
2017	81.4	81.2
2018	81.5	81.1
2019	81.8	81.4
2020	80.8	80.4
2021	81.7	80.7
2022	81.2	81.1
2023	82.1	81.3
2024	82.3	81.4
2025	82.4	81.6

Belgium and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	United Kingdom
1960	9,153,489	52,400,000
1961	9,183,948	52,800,000
1962	9,220,578	53,250,000
1963	9,289,770	53,650,000
1964	9,378,113	54,000,000
1965	9,463,667	54,348,050
1966	9,527,807	54,648,500
1967	9,580,991	54,943,600
1968	9,618,756	55,211,700
1969	9,646,032	55,441,750
1970	9,655,549	55,663,250
1971	9,673,162	55,896,223
1972	9,711,115	56,086,065
1973	9,741,720	56,194,527
1974	9,772,419	56,229,974
1975	9,800,700	56,225,800
1976	9,818,227	56,211,968
1977	9,830,358	56,193,492
1978	9,839,534	56,196,504
1979	9,848,382	56,246,951
1980	9,859,242	56,314,216
1981	9,858,982	56,333,829
1982	9,856,303	56,313,641
1983	9,855,520	56,332,848
1984	9,855,372	56,422,072
1985	9,858,308	56,550,268
1986	9,861,823	56,681,396
1987	9,870,234	56,802,050
1988	9,901,664	56,928,327
1989	9,937,697	57,076,711
1990	9,967,379	57,247,586
1991	10,004,486	57,424,897
1992	10,045,158	57,580,402
1993	10,084,475	57,718,614
1994	10,115,603	57,865,745
1995	10,136,811	58,019,030
1996	10,156,637	58,166,950
1997	10,181,245	58,316,954
1998	10,203,008	58,487,141
1999	10,226,419	58,682,466
2000	10,251,250	58,892,514
2001	10,286,570	59,119,673
2002	10,332,785	59,370,479
2003	10,376,133	59,647,577
2004	10,421,137	59,987,905
2005	10,478,617	60,401,206
2006	10,547,958	60,846,820
2007	10,625,700	61,322,463
2008	10,709,973	61,806,995
2009	10,796,493	62,276,270
2010	10,895,586	62,766,365
2011	11,038,264	63,258,810
2012	11,106,932	63,711,000
2013	11,159,407	64,139,000
2014	11,209,057	64,620,000
2015	11,274,196	65,088,000
2016	11,331,422	65,607,000
2017	11,375,158	65,966,000
2018	11,427,054	66,289,000
2019	11,488,980	66,631,000
2020	11,538,604	66,744,000
2021	11,586,195	66,984,000
2022	11,680,210	67,604,000
2023	11,787,423	68,492,000
2024	11,876,844	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Belgium and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Belgium

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	United Kingdom
1960	2.54	2.69
1961	2.63	2.78
1962	2.59	2.86
1963	2.68	2.88
1964	2.71	2.93
1965	2.61	2.86
1966	2.52	2.78
1967	2.41	2.68
1968	2.31	2.6
1969	2.27	2.51
1970	2.25	2.44
1971	2.21	2.41
1972	2.09	2.2
1973	1.95	2.04
1974	1.83	1.92
1975	1.74	1.81
1976	1.73	1.74
1977	1.71	1.69
1978	1.69	1.75
1979	1.69	1.86
1980	1.68	1.9
1981	1.66	1.82
1982	1.61	1.78
1983	1.57	1.77
1984	1.54	1.77
1985	1.51	1.79
1986	1.54	1.78
1987	1.54	1.81
1988	1.57	1.82
1989	1.58	1.79
1990	1.62	1.83
1991	1.66	1.82
1992	1.65	1.79
1993	1.61	1.76
1994	1.56	1.74
1995	1.56	1.71
1996	1.59	1.73
1997	1.6	1.72
1998	1.6	1.71
1999	1.62	1.68
2000	1.67	1.64
2001	1.67	1.63
2002	1.65	1.63
2003	1.67	1.7
2004	1.72	1.75
2005	1.76	1.76
2006	1.8	1.82
2007	1.82	1.86
2008	1.85	1.91
2009	1.84	1.89
2010	1.86	1.92
2011	1.81	1.91
2012	1.8	1.92
2013	1.76	1.83
2014	1.74	1.81
2015	1.7	1.8
2016	1.68	1.79
2017	1.65	1.74
2018	1.62	1.68
2019	1.6	1.63
2020	1.55	1.57
2021	1.6	1.58
2022	1.53	1.56
2023	1.47	1.56

Belgium and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	United Kingdom
1960	34.9	35.5
1961	34.9	35.4
1962	34.9	35.3
1963	34.9	35.3
1964	34.8	35.2
1965	34.8	35.1
1966	34.7	34.9
1967	34.7	34.8
1968	34.7	34.6
1969	34.6	34.4
1970	34.5	34.2
1971	34.4	34.1
1972	34.3	34
1973	34.3	34
1974	34.3	34
1975	34.2	34
1976	34.1	34
1977	34.1	34.1
1978	34.1	34.2
1979	34.1	34.3
1980	34.2	34.4
1981	34.3	34.5
1982	34.5	34.8
1983	34.8	35
1984	35	35.2
1985	35.2	35.3
1986	35.4	35.4
1987	35.6	35.4
1988	35.9	35.7
1989	36.1	35.9
1990	36.3	36
1991	36.5	36.1
1992	36.7	36.2
1993	37	36.3
1994	37.2	36.5
1995	37.5	36.6
1996	37.8	36.8
1997	38.1	37
1998	38.3	37.2
1999	38.6	37.4
2000	38.9	37.7
2001	39.2	37.9
2002	39.4	38.1
2003	39.7	38.2
2004	40	38.4
2005	40.2	38.5
2006	40.4	38.6
2007	40.6	38.8
2008	40.7	38.9
2009	40.8	39
2010	40.8	39.2
2011	40.9	39.3
2012	41.1	39.5
2013	41.2	39.6
2014	41.3	39.7
2015	41.4	39.8
2016	41.4	39.8
2017	41.6	39.9
2018	41.7	40
2019	41.8	40.1
2020	41.9	40.2
2021	42	40.3
2022	42.2	40.5
2023	42.4	40.8
2024	42.7	41

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