MigrantoMigration 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
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
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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