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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	Spain	Belgium	Spain
1960	9,153,489	30,455,000	-	-
1961	9,183,948	30,739,250	0.33%	0.93%
1962	9,220,578	31,023,366	0.4%	0.92%
1963	9,289,770	31,296,651	0.75%	0.88%
1964	9,378,113	31,609,195	0.95%	1%
1965	9,463,667	31,954,292	0.91%	1.09%
1966	9,527,807	32,283,194	0.68%	1.03%
1967	9,580,991	32,682,947	0.56%	1.24%
1968	9,618,756	33,113,134	0.39%	1.32%
1969	9,646,032	33,441,054	0.28%	0.99%
1970	9,655,549	33,814,531	0.1%	1.12%
1971	9,673,162	34,224,490	0.18%	1.21%
1972	9,711,115	34,604,469	0.39%	1.11%
1973	9,741,720	34,988,947	0.32%	1.11%
1974	9,772,419	35,373,335	0.32%	1.1%
1975	9,800,700	35,757,900	0.29%	1.09%
1976	9,818,227	36,137,812	0.18%	1.06%
1977	9,830,358	36,511,638	0.12%	1.03%
1978	9,839,534	36,864,898	0.09%	0.97%
1979	9,848,382	37,191,330	0.09%	0.89%
1980	9,859,242	37,491,165	0.11%	0.81%
1981	9,858,982	37,758,631	-0.003%	0.71%
1982	9,856,303	37,986,012	-0.03%	0.6%
1983	9,855,520	38,171,525	-0.008%	0.49%
1984	9,855,372	38,330,364	-0.002%	0.42%
1985	9,858,308	38,469,512	0.03%	0.36%
1986	9,861,823	38,584,624	0.04%	0.3%
1987	9,870,234	38,684,815	0.09%	0.26%
1988	9,901,664	38,766,939	0.32%	0.21%
1989	9,937,697	38,827,764	0.36%	0.16%
1990	9,967,379	38,867,322	0.3%	0.1%
1991	10,004,486	38,966,376	0.37%	0.25%
1992	10,045,158	39,157,685	0.41%	0.49%
1993	10,084,475	39,361,262	0.39%	0.52%
1994	10,115,603	39,549,108	0.31%	0.48%
1995	10,136,811	39,724,050	0.21%	0.44%
1996	10,156,637	39,889,852	0.2%	0.42%
1997	10,181,245	40,057,389	0.24%	0.42%
1998	10,203,008	40,223,509	0.21%	0.41%
1999	10,226,419	40,386,875	0.23%	0.41%
2000	10,251,250	40,567,864	0.24%	0.45%
2001	10,286,570	40,850,412	0.34%	0.7%
2002	10,332,785	41,431,558	0.45%	1.42%
2003	10,376,133	42,187,645	0.42%	1.82%
2004	10,421,137	42,921,895	0.43%	1.74%
2005	10,478,617	43,653,155	0.55%	1.7%
2006	10,547,958	44,397,319	0.66%	1.7%
2007	10,625,700	45,226,803	0.74%	1.87%
2008	10,709,973	45,954,106	0.79%	1.61%
2009	10,796,493	46,362,946	0.81%	0.89%
2010	10,895,586	46,576,897	0.92%	0.46%
2011	11,038,264	46,742,697	1.31%	0.36%
2012	11,106,932	46,773,055	0.62%	0.06%
2013	11,159,407	46,604,197	0.47%	-0.36%
2014	11,209,057	46,460,733	0.44%	-0.31%
2015	11,274,196	46,422,303	0.58%	-0.08%
2016	11,331,422	46,458,139	0.51%	0.08%
2017	11,375,158	46,571,232	0.39%	0.24%
2018	11,427,054	46,782,011	0.46%	0.45%
2019	11,488,980	47,118,501	0.54%	0.72%
2020	11,538,604	47,359,424	0.43%	0.51%
2021	11,586,195	47,443,821	0.41%	0.18%
2022	11,680,210	47,786,102	0.81%	0.72%
2023	11,787,423	48,347,910	0.92%	1.18%
2024	11,876,844	48,807,137	0.76%	0.95%
2025	11,896,918	48,786,181	0.17%	-0.04%
2026	11,913,154	48,746,279	0.14%	-0.08%
2027	11,927,312	48,696,847	0.12%	-0.1%
2028	11,940,447	48,642,132	0.11%	-0.11%
2029	11,952,623	48,578,166	0.1%	-0.13%
2030	11,963,228	48,501,513	0.09%	-0.16%
2031	11,972,203	48,412,854	0.08%	-0.18%
2032	11,980,413	48,321,195	0.07%	-0.19%
2033	11,988,622	48,230,054	0.07%	-0.19%
2034	11,996,340	48,136,421	0.06%	-0.19%
2035	12,003,132	48,036,650	0.06%	-0.21%
2036	12,009,585	47,929,957	0.05%	-0.22%
2037	12,016,237	47,819,257	0.06%	-0.23%
2038	12,022,688	47,706,580	0.05%	-0.24%
2039	12,027,954	47,588,878	0.04%	-0.25%
2040	12,032,091	47,463,597	0.03%	-0.26%
2041	12,035,890	47,332,618	0.03%	-0.28%
2042	12,038,939	47,194,588	0.03%	-0.29%
2043	12,040,642	47,052,293	0.01%	-0.3%
2044	12,041,547	46,902,636	0.008%	-0.32%
2045	12,040,973	46,738,565	-0.005%	-0.35%
2046	12,038,516	46,564,383	-0.02%	-0.37%
2047	12,034,474	46,381,681	-0.03%	-0.39%
2048	12,028,475	46,190,642	-0.05%	-0.41%
2049	12,020,405	45,985,428	-0.07%	-0.44%
2050	12,010,542	45,769,362	-0.08%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.