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Belgium: cities by population

Belgium has a population of 11,422,068, with Brussels as its capital. The 50 largest of its 2,249 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Brussels	Brussels Capital	1,019,022
2	Antwerp	Flanders	529,247
3	Gent	Flanders	265,086
4	Charleroi	Wallonia	200,132
5	Liège	Wallonia	195,278
6	Anderlecht	Brussels Capital	160,553
7	Schaerbeek	Brussels Capital	132,761
8	Brugge	Flanders	118,509
9	Namur	Wallonia	110,939
10	Leuven	Flanders	101,032
11	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean	Brussels Capital	97,037
12	Mons	Wallonia	95,299
13	Ixelles	Brussels Capital	86,671
14	Uccle	Brussels Capital	82,929
15	Deurne	Flanders	78,747
16	Hasselt	Flanders	77,651
17	Aalst	Flanders	77,534
18	Mechelen	Flanders	77,530
19	La Louvière	Wallonia	76,668
20	Kortrijk	Flanders	73,879
21	Tournai	Wallonia	69,554
22	Ostend	Flanders	69,011
23	Sint-Niklaas	Flanders	69,010
24	Genk	Flanders	63,666
25	Seraing	Wallonia	60,737
26	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	Brussels Capital	56,584
27	Forest	Brussels Capital	56,254
28	Roeselare	Flanders	56,016
29	Verviers	Wallonia	52,824
30	Jette	Brussels Capital	52,490
31	Mouscron	Wallonia	52,069
32	Saint-Gilles	Brussels Capital	50,221
33	Etterbeek	Brussels Capital	48,344
34	Borgerhout	Flanders	46,087
35	Dendermonde	Flanders	45,673
36	Beveren	Flanders	45,179
37	Merksem	Flanders	44,435
38	Turnhout	Flanders	44,000
39	Berchem	Flanders	43,511
40	Evere	Brussels Capital	41,667
41	Lokeren	Flanders	41,438
42	Wilrijk	Flanders	41,403
43	Beringen	Flanders	40,930
44	Dilbeek	Flanders	39,482
45	Heist-op-den-Berg	Flanders	37,873
46	Sint-Truiden	Flanders	37,859
47	Braine-l'Alleud	Wallonia	37,512
48	Brasschaat	Flanders	37,040
49	Grimbergen	Flanders	37,000
50	Vilvoorde	Flanders	36,955

Twenty years earlier: Belgium in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 10,443,012.