Editing Demographics of Belgium (section)

==Origin groups==
{{further|Belgians}}
[[File:Decline in Belgians 2000 - 2021.gif|thumb|Belgians as a proportion of the population regionally and nationally from 2000 to 2021|357x357px]]
[[File:Belgians of Belgian origin in Brussels in 2021 percentage in districts.svg|thumb|269x269px|Belgians with a Belgian background in Brussels]]
Belgium does not collect data on ethnicity or race, but does collect data on the country of origin of citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shendruk |first=Amanda |date=2021-07-08 |title=Are you even trying to stop racism if you don't collect data on race? |url=https://qz.com/2029525/the-20-countries-that-dont-collect-racial-and-ethnic-census-data/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref>

The largest group of immigrants and their descendants in Belgium are [[Italian Belgians]], with more than 450,000<ref name="npdata.be">{{cite web|url=http://www.npdata.be/BuG/155-Vreemde-afkomst/Vreemde-afkomst.htm|title=Vreemde afkomst 01/01/2012|website=Npdata.be|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref> people, which is well over 4% of Belgium's total population. The [[Moroccans in Belgium|Moroccan Belgians]] are the third-largest group, and the largest Muslim ethnic group, numbering 340,359.<ref name="npdata.be" /><ref name="hbvl.be">[http://www.hbvl.be/Archief/guid/voor-het-eerst-meer-marokkaanse-dan-italiaanse-migranten.aspx?artikel=e2214650-9013-4207-8139-68ab46554b87 Voor het eerst meer Marokkaanse dan Italiaanse migranten], Hbvl.be, {{Nowrap|21 May}} 2007</ref> According to Michèle Tribalat in the beginning of 2020, people of foreign background and their descendants were estimated to have formed 32.1% of the total population.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=POPULATION D'ORIGINE ÉTRANGÈRE EN BELGIQUE |url=http://www.micheletribalat.fr/448383449 |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> According to Statbel, 65.5% of the Belgian population was Belgian with a Belgian background in 2024. The Belgian background by age group was 51.8% among those under 18, 62.1% among 18-64-year-olds and 85.5% among those aged 65 and over.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/structure-population/origin|title=Origin &#124; Statbel|website=statbel.fgov.be}}</ref>

Of these 'New Belgians', 55.1% are of non-Belgian European ancestry and 44.9% are from [[non-Western]] countries.

The rest consists mostly of French-speaking people from Brussels, [[Turkish people|Turks]], [[Kurds]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20171027_03157602/de-situatie-van-de-koerden-is-nog-een-stuk-beroerder-dan-die-van-de-catalanen|title=De situatie van de Koerden is nog een stuk beroerder dan die van de Catalanen|website=Gazet van Antwerpen|date=28 October 2017 }}</ref> [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[French people|French]], [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Spanish people|Spaniards]], [[Greek people|Greeks]], [[Bosniaks]], [[Algeria]]ns, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]], [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]], [[Polish people|Poles]], [[Indian people|Indians]], and [[Guineans]] (around 23% of Belgium's population is of non-[[Belgians|Belgian]] origin).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npdata.be/BuG/125-Vreemde-afkomst/|title=Non-Profit Data|website=Npdata.be|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref> Approximately 30,000 [[Romani people|Roma]] live in Belgium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.errc.org/news/belgium-returns-to-ethnic-profiling-raids-and-roundups|title=Belgium Returns to Ethnic Profiling, Raids, and Roundups|website=European Roma Rights Centre}}</ref>

The exact number of French-speakers in Brussels is hard to determine, but it is estimated that 85% of the people living in Brussels use French and 10% use Dutch in their households, as the sole language or secondary language, while Arabic is also largely spoken. See the [[Brussels]] article for more details.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ethnic demography of Brussels|url=https://ibsa.brussels/sites/default/files/documents/1.3_population_Nationalit%C3%A9s_20200924_0.xlsx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124213043/https://ibsa.brussels/sites/default/files/documents/1.3_population_Nationalit%C3%A9s_20200924_0.xlsx |archive-date=2021-11-24 }}</ref>

In the table are the top 30 countries by origin of the population of Belgium in 2020{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Group of origin
! colspan="10" |Year
!
!
|-
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name=":7" />
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name=":7" />
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name=":7" />
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name=":7" />
! colspan="2" |2023<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Origin {{!}} Statbel |url=https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/origin |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=statbel.fgov.be}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2024<ref name=":7" />
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!
!
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Belgians with Belgian background
!8,394,413
!81.8%
!8,252,547
!78.5%
!8,132,782
!74.3%
!7,966,385
!70.7%
!7,665,100
!65.5%
!7,618,446
!64.8%
|-
!Belgians with foreign background{{refn|group=fn|The number includes Belgian nationals who either previously were foreign nationals themselves or at least one of their parents was a foreign national. }}
!1,007,316
!9.8%
!1,358,362
!12.9%
!1,699,228
!15.5%
!2,005,865
!17.8%
!2,459,184 
!21.0%
!2,537,497
!'''21.6%''' 
|-
|Neighbouring country{{refn|group=fn|This category includes; 
*Germany;
*France;
*Luxembourg;
*the Netherlands;
*the United Kingdom;}}
|265,422
|2.6%
|299,651
|
|334,500
|
|362,196
|
|398,149
|3.4%
|
|
|-
|Other EU
|319,180
|3.1%
|375,091
|
|429,945
|
|481,977
|
|547,298
|4.7%
|
|
|-
|Other Europe
|100,019
|1%
|160,650
|
|215,141
|
|260,067
|
|316,125
|2.7%
|
|
|-
|Africa
|210,601
|2.1%
|363,476
|
|505,113
|
|639,146
|
|823,402
|7%
|
|
|-
|Asia and Oceania
|54,409
|0.5%
|77,410
|
|106,973
|
|133,603
|
|199,302
|1.7%
|
|
|-
|Other
|19,655
|0.2%
|29,446
|
|40,386
|
|49,113
|
|65,623
|0.6%
|
|
|-
|Not classified
|38,030
|0.4%
|52,638
|
|67,170
|
|79,763
|
|109,285
|0.9%
|
|
|-
!Non-Belgians
!861,685
!8.4%
!900,473
!8.6%
!1,119,256
!10.2%
!1,295,660
!11.5%
!1,573,273 
!13.4%
!1,607,707
!'''13.7%''' 
|-
|Neighbouring country{{refn|group=fn|This category includes; 
*Germany;
*France;
*Luxembourg;
*the Netherlands;
*the United Kingdom;}}
|257,981
|2.5%
|289,826
|
|336,102
|
|360,731
|
|383,151
|3.3%
|
|
|-
|Other EU
|313,827
|3.1%
|314,549
|
|387,389
|
|481,218
|
|569,989
|4.9%
|
|
|-
|Other Europe
|68,323
|0.7%
|67,277
|
|87,645
|
|83,783
|
|144,633
|1.2%
|
|
|-
|Africa
|153,603
|1.5%
|139,458
|
|182,605
|
|207,957
|
|234,162
|2%
|
|
|-
|Asia and Oceania
|30,609
|0.3%
|44,866
|
|64,238
|
|93,839
|
|149,313
|1.3%
|
|
|-
|Other
|23,155
|0.2%
|26,355
|
|33,904
|
|39,605
|
|47,547
|0.4%
|
|
|-
|Not classified
|14,187
|0.1%
|18,142
|
|27,373
|
|28,527
|
|44,478
|0.4%
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
!10,263,414
!100%
!10,511,382
!100%
!10,951,266
!100%
!11,267,910
!100%
!11,697,557
!100%
!11,763,650
!100%
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Place of Birth
! colspan="2" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=CensusHub2 |url=https://ec.europa.eu/CensusHub2/query.do?step=selectHyperCube&qhc=false |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|-
!Place of Birth in Reporting Country
|9,371,282
!
|-
!Place of Birth Not in Reporting Country
|1,517,608
!
|-
|Other EU Member State
|765,523
|
|-
|Outside EU but within Europe
|25,764
|
|-
|Outside Europe/ Non-European
|752,085
|
|-
|Africa
|418,576
|
|-
|Asia
|239,474
|
|-
|North America
|20,488
|
|-
|Caribbean, South or Central America
|45,650
|
|-
|
|
|
|-
!Total
|'''11,000,638'''
!100%
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 85%;"
|+Countries of origin of Belgian population (2020)
! Country
! Number (2020)
! % of population of foreign origin
! % of total population
|-
| {{flag|Morocco}}
| align="right" |340,359
| align="right" |13.3%
| align="right" |3.0%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Italy}}
| align="right" |278,877
| align="right" |11.1%
| align="right" |2.4%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|France}}
| align="right" |217,200
| align="right" |8.7%
| align="right" |1.9%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Netherlands}}
| align="right" |190,271
| align="right" |7.3%
| align="right" |1.7%
|-
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| align="right" |161,581
| align="right" |6.2%
| align="right" |1.4%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Romania}}
| align="right" |120,929
| align="right" |4.8%
| align="right" |1.1%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Poland}}
| align="right" |97,183
| align="right" |3.9%
| align="right" |0.8%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Spain}}
| align="right" |78,745
| align="right" |3.1%
| align="right" |0.7%
|-
| {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
| align="right" |65,687
| align="right" |2.7%
| align="right" |0.6%
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}
| align="right" |62,059
| align="right" |2.5%
| align="right" |0.5%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Portugal}}
| align="right" |54,719
| align="right" |2.1%
| align="right" |0.5%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Germany}}
| align="right" |50,772
| align="right" |2.0%
| align="right" |0.4%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Bulgaria}}
| align="right" |46,876
| align="right" |1.9%
| align="right" |0.4%
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}
| align="right" |35,626
| align="right" |1.4%
| align="right" |0.3%
|-
| {{flag|Algeria}}
| align="right" |31,956
| align="right" |1.2%
| align="right" |0.3%
|-
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| align="right" |29,504
| align="right" |1.1%
| align="right" |0.3%
|-
| {{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Greece}}
| align="right" |28,643
| align="right" |1.1%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|India}}
| align="right" |27,267
| align="right" |1.0%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| align="right" |25,727
| align="right" |1.0%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|Cameroon}}
| align="right" |24,267
| align="right" |0.9%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|China}}
| align="right" |22,283
| align="right" |0.9%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|Tunisia}}
| align="right" |20,921
| align="right" |0.8%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}}
| align="right" |20,882
| align="right" |0.8%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|Guinea}}
| align="right" |19,244
| align="right" |0.7%
| align="right" |0.2%
|-
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| align="right" |15,158
| align="right" |0.6%
| align="right" |0.1%
|-
| {{flag|Rwanda}}
| align="right" |14,729
| align="right" |0.6%
| align="right" |0.1%
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| align="right" |14,580
| align="right" |0.6%
| align="right" |0.1%
|-
| {{flag|United States}}
| align="right" |13,820
| align="right" |0.5%
| align="right" |0.1%
|-
| {{flag|Iran}}
| align="right" |12,891
| align="right" |0.5%
| align="right" |0.1%
|-
| {{flag|Albania}}
| align="right" |12,641
| align="right" |0.5%
| align="right" |0.1%
|-
| {{flag|Senegal}}
| align="right" |11,876
| align="right" |0.5%
| align="right" |0.1%
|-
| Other countries
| align="right" |414,327
| align="right" |16.2%
| align="right" |3.6%
|-
|-
| '''Total'''
| align="right" |'''2,549,724'''
| align="right" |'''100%'''
| align="right" |'''22.2%'''
|}