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How many babies are born in Belgium?

101 thousand babies born in Belgium in 2026. That is 0.08% of all births worldwide, and the 105th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Belgium: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Belgium’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~12K ~300K 40.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~17K ~400K 42.8 Modelled estimate
1500 ~55K ~1.3M 43.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~112K ~3.25M 34.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~188K ~6.71M 28.1 Historical reconstruction
1950 144K 8.62M 16.7 UN estimate
2000 116K 10.3M 11.3 UN estimate
2023 102K 11.7M 8.7 UN estimate
2026 101K 11.8M 8.6 UN projection
2050 104K 11.9M 8.8 UN projection
2075 97.8K 11.4M 8.6 UN projection
2100 90.9K 11.1M 8.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Belgium among estimates through 2023 were in 1898, at about ~190K. That is roughly 16 times the estimated ~12.1K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.40 children per woman, fertility in Belgium is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Belgium each year?

An estimated 101 thousand babies are born in Belgium in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 276 a day and 0.08% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Belgium?

Belgium has an estimated 8.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.40 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.