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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Belgium was 11,876,844 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belgium's population is 11,909,960 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.

Population statistics:

  • Sudan's population is 4.45 times bigger than Belgium's.
  • Belgium is ranked the 83rd most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
  • The countries together account for 0.78% of the world: 0.14% for Belgium vs 0.64% for Sudan.
  • For the last 10 years, Belgium has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Belgium has increased from 10.5M people to 11.9M (13.7% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
  • Belgium is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 12M people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.

Belgium vs Sudan: live population counter

Belgium Sudan
Current population
11909960
52963918
Population rank 83/197 29/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 0.64%
One net population change
5.88 minutes
1.29 minutes
One birth every
4.74 minutes
18.7 seconds
One death every
4.74 minutes
1.64 minutes
One migration net change every
14.5 minutes
57.9 seconds
Annual migration change +36,243 -544,257
Daily growth/decline +245 +1,113
Annual growth/decline +89,421 +406,172
Annual growth/decline rate +0.76% +0.81%
Population growth rate rank 119/197 118/197

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

Belgium
Population

Growth rate
Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Belgium Sudan Belgium Sudan
1960 9,153,489 8,364,489 - -
1961 9,183,948 8,634,941 0.33% 3.23%
1962 9,220,578 8,919,028 0.4% 3.29%
1963 9,289,770 9,218,077 0.75% 3.35%
1964 9,378,113 9,531,109 0.95% 3.4%
1965 9,463,667 9,858,030 0.91% 3.43%
1966 9,527,807 10,197,578 0.68% 3.44%
1967 9,580,991 10,550,597 0.56% 3.46%
1968 9,618,756 10,917,999 0.39% 3.48%
1969 9,646,032 11,298,936 0.28% 3.49%
1970 9,655,549 11,695,771 0.1% 3.51%
1971 9,673,162 12,105,539 0.18% 3.5%
1972 9,711,115 12,527,856 0.39% 3.49%
1973 9,741,720 13,049,315 0.32% 4.16%
1974 9,772,419 13,580,723 0.32% 4.07%
1975 9,800,700 14,064,798 0.29% 3.56%
1976 9,818,227 14,569,716 0.18% 3.59%
1977 9,830,358 15,086,614 0.12% 3.55%
1978 9,839,534 15,695,003 0.09% 4.03%
1979 9,848,382 16,355,352 0.09% 4.21%
1980 9,859,242 17,058,905 0.11% 4.3%
1981 9,858,982 17,780,572 -0.003% 4.23%
1982 9,856,303 18,486,645 -0.03% 3.97%
1983 9,855,520 19,109,770 -0.008% 3.37%
1984 9,855,372 19,546,528 -0.002% 2.29%
1985 9,858,308 19,905,872 0.03% 1.84%
1986 9,861,823 20,288,238 0.04% 1.92%
1987 9,870,234 20,704,904 0.09% 2.05%
1988 9,901,664 21,138,431 0.32% 2.09%
1989 9,937,697 21,578,022 0.36% 2.08%
1990 9,967,379 22,021,481 0.3% 2.06%
1991 10,004,486 22,470,676 0.37% 2.04%
1992 10,045,158 22,927,355 0.41% 2.03%
1993 10,084,475 23,445,592 0.39% 2.26%
1994 10,115,603 24,043,948 0.31% 2.55%
1995 10,136,811 24,672,143 0.21% 2.61%
1996 10,156,637 25,231,528 0.2% 2.27%
1997 10,181,245 25,799,821 0.24% 2.25%
1998 10,203,008 26,458,999 0.21% 2.55%
1999 10,226,419 27,130,613 0.23% 2.54%
2000 10,251,250 27,816,745 0.24% 2.53%
2001 10,286,570 28,516,770 0.34% 2.52%
2002 10,332,785 29,228,727 0.45% 2.5%
2003 10,376,133 29,896,035 0.42% 2.28%
2004 10,421,137 30,556,637 0.43% 2.21%
2005 10,478,617 31,262,444 0.55% 2.31%
2006 10,547,958 31,992,435 0.66% 2.34%
2007 10,625,700 32,764,135 0.74% 2.41%
2008 10,709,973 33,623,980 0.79% 2.62%
2009 10,796,493 34,569,113 0.81% 2.81%
2010 10,895,586 35,414,399 0.92% 2.45%
2011 11,038,264 36,140,806 1.31% 2.05%
2012 11,106,932 36,923,178 0.62% 2.16%
2013 11,159,407 37,785,849 0.47% 2.34%
2014 11,209,057 38,823,318 0.44% 2.75%
2015 11,274,196 40,024,431 0.58% 3.09%
2016 11,331,422 41,259,892 0.51% 3.09%
2017 11,375,158 42,714,306 0.39% 3.53%
2018 11,427,054 44,230,596 0.46% 3.55%
2019 11,488,980 45,548,175 0.54% 2.98%
2020 11,538,604 46,789,231 0.43% 2.72%
2021 11,586,195 48,066,924 0.41% 2.73%
2022 11,680,210 49,383,346 0.81% 2.74%
2023 11,787,423 50,042,791 0.92% 1.34%
2024 11,876,844 50,448,963 0.76% 0.81%
2025 11,896,918 51,662,152 0.17% 2.4%
2026 11,913,154 53,282,718 0.14% 3.14%
2027 11,927,312 54,724,215 0.12% 2.71%
2028 11,940,447 55,993,833 0.11% 2.32%
2029 11,952,623 57,275,443 0.1% 2.29%
2030 11,963,228 58,571,624 0.09% 2.26%
2031 11,972,203 59,872,936 0.08% 2.22%
2032 11,980,413 61,179,476 0.07% 2.18%
2033 11,988,622 62,497,205 0.07% 2.15%
2034 11,996,340 63,822,356 0.06% 2.12%
2035 12,003,132 65,148,317 0.06% 2.08%
2036 12,009,585 66,470,018 0.05% 2.03%
2037 12,016,237 67,791,240 0.06% 1.99%
2038 12,022,688 69,107,712 0.05% 1.94%
2039 12,027,954 70,416,631 0.04% 1.89%
2040 12,032,091 71,730,604 0.03% 1.87%
2041 12,035,890 73,056,213 0.03% 1.85%
2042 12,038,939 74,387,562 0.03% 1.82%
2043 12,040,642 75,723,670 0.01% 1.8%
2044 12,041,547 77,066,454 0.008% 1.77%
2045 12,040,973 78,415,205 -0.005% 1.75%
2046 12,038,516 79,767,271 -0.02% 1.72%
2047 12,034,474 81,115,241 -0.03% 1.69%
2048 12,028,475 82,463,202 -0.05% 1.66%
2049 12,020,405 83,828,356 -0.07% 1.66%
2050 12,010,542 85,206,384 -0.08% 1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.

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