Belgium
Kingdom of Belgium · Western Europe
Belgium is a country in Western Europe, with Brussels as its capital, home to about 11,941,781 people. Belgium shares land borders with 4 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Brussels |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Europe |
| Currency | Euro (EUR €) |
| Calling code | +32 |
| ISO codes | BE / BEL / 056 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇧🇪 |
| Population | 11,941,781 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 30,528 km² |
| Languages | German, French, Dutch |
| Internet domain | .be |
| Demonym | Belgian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Belgium mean?
Belgium's black, yellow and red come directly from heraldry rather than any invented national meaning: they are the colors of the lions on the coats of arms of the historic duchies and counties that make up modern Belgium, the red lion of Hainaut, Limburg and Luxembourg, the yellow lion of Brabant, and the black lion of Flanders and Namur. The tricolour was written into the Belgian constitution on 23 January 1831, during the country's fight for independence from the Netherlands, initially as horizontal stripes; it was rearranged into today's vertical bands, with black at the hoist, later that same year.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Belgium
About Belgium
Belgium, officially Kingdom of Belgium, is a United Nations member state in Western Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Brussels. It shares land borders with 4 countries. The official currency is the Euro (€), using the code EUR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Belgium for Brussels’s own facts and history.
To call Belgium from abroad, dial the country code +32. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes BE (alpha-2) and BEL (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 11,941,781.
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How Belgium compares
- Area: 30,528 km², ranking 136 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 11,941,781, ranking 81 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 391 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 4, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 37 other countries and territories use the Euro (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Belgium
2 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, yellow, black). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.