Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Europe · Western Europe

How many babies are born in Belgium?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Belgium through history

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Estimated annual births in Belgium, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 101K 11.7M 8.6 UN projection
2026 101K 11.8M 8.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Belgium are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1898, at about ~190K. That is roughly 8.3 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.