People Belgium
Population:
10,348,276 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17.1% (male 901,486; female 863,092)
15-64 years: 65.6% (male 3,424,438; female 3,364,057)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 739,479; female 1,055,724) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 40.2 years
male: 38.9 years
female: 41.5 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.16% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
10.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 5.36 deaths/1,000 live births