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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Belgium was 11,876,844 in 2024 vs 623,831 people in Montenegro in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belgium's population is 11,909,960 people compared to 618,209 in Montenegro.

Population statistics:

  • Belgium's population is 19.3 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Belgium is ranked the 83rd most populous country in the world, while Montenegro is the 166th.
  • The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.14% for Belgium vs 0.007% for Montenegro.
  • For the last 10 years, Belgium has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +0.02% in Montenegro.
  • Since 2005, the population of Belgium has increased from 10.5M people to 11.9M (13.7% growth), while Montenegro has grown from 614K to 618K (0.64% growth).
  • Belgium is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 12M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.

Belgium vs Montenegro: live population counter

Belgium Montenegro
Current population
11909960
618209
Population rank 83/197 166/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 0.007%
One net population change
5.88 minutes
1.21 days
One birth every
4.74 minutes
1.25 hours
One death every
4.74 minutes
1.39 hours
One migration net change every
14.5 minutes
5.2 hours
Annual migration change +36,243 -1,686
Daily growth/decline +245 +1
Annual growth/decline +89,421 +302
Annual growth/decline rate +0.76% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 119/197 163/197

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

Belgium
Population

Growth rate
Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Belgium Montenegro Belgium Montenegro
1960 9,153,489 480,579 - -
1961 9,183,948 491,140 0.33% 2.2%
1962 9,220,578 502,558 0.4% 2.32%
1963 9,289,770 513,409 0.75% 2.16%
1964 9,378,113 521,753 0.95% 1.63%
1965 9,463,667 526,327 0.91% 0.88%
1966 9,527,807 526,419 0.68% 0.02%
1967 9,580,991 522,796 0.56% -0.69%
1968 9,618,756 517,481 0.39% -1.02%
1969 9,646,032 513,340 0.28% -0.8%
1970 9,655,549 512,407 0.1% -0.18%
1971 9,673,162 515,449 0.18% 0.59%
1972 9,711,115 521,785 0.39% 1.23%
1973 9,741,720 530,220 0.32% 1.62%
1974 9,772,419 538,902 0.32% 1.64%
1975 9,800,700 546,487 0.29% 1.41%
1976 9,818,227 552,562 0.18% 1.11%
1977 9,830,358 557,576 0.12% 0.91%
1978 9,839,534 562,065 0.09% 0.81%
1979 9,848,382 566,888 0.09% 0.86%
1980 9,859,242 572,608 0.11% 1.01%
1981 9,858,982 579,445 -0.003% 1.19%
1982 9,856,303 587,001 -0.03% 1.3%
1983 9,855,520 594,506 -0.008% 1.28%
1984 9,855,372 600,884 -0.002% 1.07%
1985 9,858,308 605,398 0.03% 0.75%
1986 9,861,823 607,711 0.04% 0.38%
1987 9,870,234 608,144 0.09% 0.07%
1988 9,901,664 607,413 0.32% -0.12%
1989 9,937,697 606,571 0.36% -0.14%
1990 9,967,379 606,372 0.3% -0.03%
1991 10,004,486 607,105 0.37% 0.12%
1992 10,045,158 608,516 0.41% 0.23%
1993 10,084,475 610,170 0.39% 0.27%
1994 10,115,603 611,389 0.31% 0.2%
1995 10,136,811 611,712 0.21% 0.05%
1996 10,156,637 611,003 0.2% -0.12%
1997 10,181,245 609,520 0.24% -0.24%
1998 10,203,008 607,662 0.21% -0.3%
1999 10,226,419 606,001 0.23% -0.27%
2000 10,251,250 604,950 0.24% -0.17%
2001 10,286,570 607,389 0.34% 0.4%
2002 10,332,785 609,828 0.45% 0.4%
2003 10,376,133 612,267 0.42% 0.4%
2004 10,421,137 613,353 0.43% 0.18%
2005 10,478,617 614,261 0.55% 0.15%
2006 10,547,958 615,025 0.66% 0.12%
2007 10,625,700 615,875 0.74% 0.14%
2008 10,709,973 616,969 0.79% 0.18%
2009 10,796,493 618,294 0.81% 0.21%
2010 10,895,586 619,428 0.92% 0.18%
2011 11,038,264 620,345 1.31% 0.15%
2012 11,106,932 621,418 0.62% 0.17%
2013 11,159,407 622,587 0.47% 0.19%
2014 11,209,057 623,744 0.44% 0.19%
2015 11,274,196 624,651 0.58% 0.15%
2016 11,331,422 625,353 0.51% 0.11%
2017 11,375,158 625,982 0.39% 0.1%
2018 11,427,054 626,438 0.46% 0.07%
2019 11,488,980 626,753 0.54% 0.05%
2020 11,538,604 626,590 0.43% -0.03%
2021 11,586,195 625,053 0.41% -0.25%
2022 11,680,210 623,591 0.81% -0.23%
2023 11,787,423 623,529 0.92% -0.01%
2024 11,876,844 623,831 0.76% 0.05%
2025 11,896,918 618,209 0.17% -0.9%
2026 11,913,154 611,868 0.14% -1.03%
2027 11,927,312 608,570 0.12% -0.54%
2028 11,940,447 605,281 0.11% -0.54%
2029 11,952,623 601,917 0.1% -0.56%
2030 11,963,228 598,501 0.09% -0.57%
2031 11,972,203 595,047 0.08% -0.58%
2032 11,980,413 591,507 0.07% -0.59%
2033 11,988,622 587,900 0.07% -0.61%
2034 11,996,340 584,230 0.06% -0.62%
2035 12,003,132 580,502 0.06% -0.64%
2036 12,009,585 576,713 0.05% -0.65%
2037 12,016,237 572,889 0.06% -0.66%
2038 12,022,688 569,027 0.05% -0.67%
2039 12,027,954 565,147 0.04% -0.68%
2040 12,032,091 561,254 0.03% -0.69%
2041 12,035,890 557,345 0.03% -0.7%
2042 12,038,939 553,430 0.03% -0.7%
2043 12,040,642 549,485 0.01% -0.71%
2044 12,041,547 545,508 0.008% -0.72%
2045 12,040,973 541,510 -0.005% -0.73%
2046 12,038,516 537,487 -0.02% -0.74%
2047 12,034,474 533,411 -0.03% -0.76%
2048 12,028,475 529,311 -0.05% -0.77%
2049 12,020,405 525,208 -0.07% -0.78%
2050 12,010,542 521,056 -0.08% -0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Montenegro gained 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Montenegro's population decreased by -6,442 (a 1.03% decline).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd in 2025. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2005 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 15.7% to 521,056 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.

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