Population in Belgium compared to Canada: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belgium and Canada: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	Canada	Belgium	Canada
1960	9,153,489	17,909,356	-	-
1961	9,183,948	18,271,000	0.33%	2.02%
1962	9,220,578	18,614,000	0.4%	1.88%
1963	9,289,770	18,964,000	0.75%	1.88%
1964	9,378,113	19,325,000	0.95%	1.9%
1965	9,463,667	19,678,000	0.91%	1.83%
1966	9,527,807	20,048,000	0.68%	1.88%
1967	9,580,991	20,412,000	0.56%	1.82%
1968	9,618,756	20,744,000	0.39%	1.63%
1969	9,646,032	21,028,000	0.28%	1.37%
1970	9,655,549	21,324,000	0.1%	1.41%
1971	9,673,162	21,962,032	0.18%	2.99%
1972	9,711,115	22,218,463	0.39%	1.17%
1973	9,741,720	22,491,777	0.32%	1.23%
1974	9,772,419	22,807,969	0.32%	1.41%
1975	9,800,700	23,143,275	0.29%	1.47%
1976	9,818,227	23,449,808	0.18%	1.32%
1977	9,830,358	23,725,843	0.12%	1.18%
1978	9,839,534	23,963,203	0.09%	1%
1979	9,848,382	24,201,544	0.09%	0.99%
1980	9,859,242	24,515,667	0.11%	1.3%
1981	9,858,982	24,819,915	-0.003%	1.24%
1982	9,856,303	25,116,942	-0.03%	1.2%
1983	9,855,520	25,366,451	-0.008%	0.99%
1984	9,855,372	25,607,053	-0.002%	0.95%
1985	9,858,308	25,842,116	0.03%	0.92%
1986	9,861,823	26,100,278	0.04%	1%
1987	9,870,234	26,446,601	0.09%	1.33%
1988	9,901,664	26,791,747	0.32%	1.31%
1989	9,937,697	27,276,781	0.36%	1.81%
1990	9,967,379	27,691,138	0.3%	1.52%
1991	10,004,486	28,037,420	0.37%	1.25%
1992	10,045,158	28,371,264	0.41%	1.19%
1993	10,084,475	28,684,764	0.39%	1.1%
1994	10,115,603	29,000,663	0.31%	1.1%
1995	10,136,811	29,302,311	0.21%	1.04%
1996	10,156,637	29,610,218	0.2%	1.05%
1997	10,181,245	29,905,948	0.24%	1%
1998	10,203,008	30,155,173	0.21%	0.83%
1999	10,226,419	30,401,286	0.23%	0.82%
2000	10,251,250	30,685,730	0.24%	0.94%
2001	10,286,570	31,020,855	0.34%	1.09%
2002	10,332,785	31,359,199	0.45%	1.09%
2003	10,376,133	31,642,461	0.42%	0.9%
2004	10,421,137	31,938,807	0.43%	0.94%
2005	10,478,617	32,242,732	0.55%	0.95%
2006	10,547,958	32,571,193	0.66%	1.02%
2007	10,625,700	32,888,886	0.74%	0.98%
2008	10,709,973	33,247,298	0.79%	1.09%
2009	10,796,493	33,630,069	0.81%	1.15%
2010	10,895,586	34,005,902	0.92%	1.12%
2011	11,038,264	34,339,221	1.31%	0.98%
2012	11,106,932	34,713,395	0.62%	1.09%
2013	11,159,407	35,080,992	0.47%	1.06%
2014	11,209,057	35,434,066	0.44%	1.01%
2015	11,274,196	35,704,498	0.58%	0.76%
2016	11,331,422	36,110,803	0.51%	1.14%
2017	11,375,158	36,545,075	0.39%	1.2%
2018	11,427,054	37,072,620	0.46%	1.44%
2019	11,488,980	37,618,495	0.54%	1.47%
2020	11,538,604	38,028,638	0.43%	1.09%
2021	11,586,195	38,239,864	0.41%	0.56%
2022	11,680,210	38,935,934	0.81%	1.82%
2023	11,787,423	40,083,484	0.92%	2.95%
2024	11,876,844	41,288,599	0.76%	3.01%
2025	11,896,918	41,687,850	0.17%	0.97%
2026	11,913,154	42,042,113	0.14%	0.85%
2027	11,927,312	42,368,857	0.12%	0.78%
2028	11,940,447	42,683,927	0.11%	0.74%
2029	11,952,623	42,986,030	0.1%	0.71%
2030	11,963,228	43,276,190	0.09%	0.68%
2031	11,972,203	43,559,839	0.08%	0.66%
2032	11,980,413	43,833,228	0.07%	0.63%
2033	11,988,622	44,089,067	0.07%	0.58%
2034	11,996,340	44,336,794	0.06%	0.56%
2035	12,003,132	44,574,481	0.06%	0.54%
2036	12,009,585	44,802,196	0.05%	0.51%
2037	12,016,237	45,029,252	0.06%	0.51%
2038	12,022,688	45,250,482	0.05%	0.49%
2039	12,027,954	45,461,809	0.04%	0.47%
2040	12,032,091	45,661,339	0.03%	0.44%
2041	12,035,890	45,855,081	0.03%	0.42%
2042	12,038,939	46,046,286	0.03%	0.42%
2043	12,040,642	46,232,447	0.01%	0.4%
2044	12,041,547	46,413,908	0.008%	0.39%
2045	12,040,973	46,594,973	-0.005%	0.39%
2046	12,038,516	46,768,120	-0.02%	0.37%
2047	12,034,474	46,930,946	-0.03%	0.35%
2048	12,028,475	47,092,745	-0.05%	0.34%
2049	12,020,405	47,246,217	-0.07%	0.33%
2050	12,010,542	47,396,788	-0.08%	0.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Canada gained 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Canada's population increased by 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd in 2025. Canada was ranked 35th in 2005 and ranked 38th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Belgium's population will grow by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of Canada will increase by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.