Migration trends in Belgium
Europe
2.2M people from around the world have made Belgium their home. That's 18.4% of the country population, arriving from 83 different countries
11.9M
Population
2.2M
Immigrants
521.9K
Emigrants
+1.7M
Inflow
Every 5th person in Belgium was born abroad
The #32 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Belgium
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
876.5K immigrants · 312.7K emigrants
1995
- France overtook Italy as the largest source of new arrivals
2000
- The foreign-born population passed 1M residents
2005
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
2010
- Morocco overtook France as the largest source of new arrivals
2015
- Migration accounted for 61% of the country's population growth
Today
- Migration accounted for 99% of the country's population growth
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
- A significant migration corridor emerged from Ukraine — 83K new residents
- Since 1990: 1.3M more foreign-born residents and 209.2K more citizens living abroad