Editing Demographics of Belgium (section)

==Immigration==
Since the relaxation of the Belgian nationality law, more than 1.3 million migrants have acquired Belgian citizenship and are now considered ''new Belgians''. 89.2% of inhabitants of [[Turkish people|Turkish]] origin have been naturalized, as have 88.4% of people of Moroccan background, 75.4% of Italians, 56.2% of the French and 47.8% of Dutch people.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |title=Verkiezingen 2012 eigen-wijs |url=http://www.npdata.be/BuG/159-Verkiezingen-2012/Verkiezingen-2012.htm |access-date=24 August 2017 |website=Npdata.be}}</ref>{{dubious|date=October 2020}}

In 2007, there were 1.38 million foreign-born residents in Belgium, corresponding to 12.9% of the total population. Of these, 685 000 (6.4%) were born outside the EU and 695 000 (6.5%) were born in another EU Member State.

'''Net migration rate'''; 4.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

===Belgium migration data===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Belgium migration data, 1948–present
! Year !! Immigration !! Emigration !! Net migration
|-
| 1948 || 89,924 || 60,061 || 29,863
|-
| 1949 || 31,795 || 63,801 || −32,006
|-
| 1950 || 27,922 || 46,569 || −18,647
|-
| 1951 || 59,954 || 51,620 || 8,334
|-
| 1952 || 52,150 || 46,566 || 5,584
|-
| 1953 || 39,964 || 45,613 || −5,649
|-
| 1954 || 34,604 || 41,834 || −7,230
|-
| 1955 || 51,106 || 39,037 || 12,069
|-
| 1956 || 52,593 || 43,724 || 8,869
|-
| 1957 || 68,794 || 43,221 || 25,573
|-
| 1958 || 47,124 || 49,322 || −2,198
|-
| 1959 || 32,315 || 43,215 || −10,900
|-
| 1960 || 42,248 || 39,127 || 3,121
|-
| 1961 || 36,088 || 42,646 || −6,558
|-
| 1962 || 52,744 || 39,084 || 13,660
|-
| 1963 || 72,586 || 43,161 || 29,425
|-
| 1964 || 92,334 || 48,511 || 43,823
|-
| 1965 || 80,761 || 54,167 || 26,594
|-
| 1966 || 71,078 || 53,887 || 17,191
|-
| 1967 || 63,713 || 52,967 || 10,746
|-
| 1968 || 57,122 || 56,628 || 494
|-
| 1969 || 55,243 || 50,988 || 4,255
|-
| 1970 || 62,143 || 56,371 || 5,772
|-
| 1971 || 62,708 || 43,341 || 19,367
|-
| 1972 || 62,474 || 54,791 || 7,683
|-
| 1973 || 64,250 || 52,603 || 11,647
|-
| 1974 || 71,866 || 52,670 || 19,196
|-
| 1975 || 69,886 || 53,739 || 16,147
|-
| 1976 || 58,724 || 56,921 || 1,803
|-
| 1977 || 55,298 || 55,076 || 222
|-
| 1978 || 52,594 || 58,495 || −5,901
|-
| 1979 || 54,854 || 59,552 || −4,698
|-
| 1980 || 54,694 || 58,212 || −3,518
|-
| 1981 || 49,298 || 60,194 || −10,896
|-
| 1982 || 44,659 || 61,931 || −17,272
|-
| 1983 || 43,657 || 61,339 || −17,682
|-
| 1984 || 47,002 || 56,447 || −9,445
|-
| 1985 || 47,042 || 54,021 || −6,979
|-
| 1986 || 48,959 || 53,793 || −4,834
|-
| 1987 || 49,750 || 57,033 || −7,283
|-
| 1988 || 54,048 || 54,082 || −34
|-
| 1989 || 60,067 || 49,439 || 10,628
|-
| 1990 || 68,929 || 49,246 || 19,683
|-
| 1991 || 74,617 || 60,471 || 14,146
|-
| 1992 || 80,191 || 55,411 || 24,780
|-
| 1993 || 78,376 || 59,843 || 18,533
|-
| 1994 || 81,865 || 64,234 || 17,631
|-
| 1995 || 78,459 || 64,822 || 13,637
|-
| 1996 || 78,046 || 65,167 || 12,879
|-
| 1997 || 76,449 || 69,716 || 6,733
|-
| 1998 || 80,194 || 73,199 || 6,995
|-
| 1999 || 87,915 || 75,866 || 12,049
|-
| 2000 || 90,412 || 76,848 || 13,564
|-
| 2001 || 111,866 || 76,566 || 35,300
|-
| 2002 || 115,542 || 77,121 || 38,421
|-
| 2003 || 113,794 || 80,764 || 33,030
|-
| 2004 || 119,143 || 85,474 || 33,669
|-
| 2005 || 135,289 || 88,216 || 47,073
|-
| 2006 || 139,595 || 89,576 || 50,019
|-
| 2007 || 151,069 || 93,952 || 57,117
|-
| 2008 || 164,152 || 100,275 || 63,877
|-
| 2009 || 166,479 || 103,718 || 62,761
|-
| 2010 || 166,188 || 86,719 || 79,469
|-
| 2011 || 161,508 || 99,422 || 62,086
|-
| 2012 || 149,095 || 104,697 || 44,398
|-
| 2013 || 146,645 || 111,814 || 34,831
|-
| 2014 || 153,926 || 113,975 || 39,951
|-
| 2015 || 158,032 || 110,360 || 47,672
|-
| 2016 || 160,480 || 118,245 || 42,235
|-
| 2017 || 163,918 || 119,382 || 44,536
|-
| 2018 || 166,894 || 116,714 || 50,180
|-
| 2019 || 174,591 || 119,560 || 55,031
|-
| 2020 || 144,169 || 102,413 || 41,756
|-
| 2021 || 165,534 || 107,416 || 58,118
|-
| 2022 || 233,629 || 117,085 || 116,544
|-
| 2023 || 194,887 || 128,538 || 66,349
|}