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District · closed 24/04/2026

West Flanders

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77 210provisional

-1,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (78 014)

2025: first publication (closed 24/04/2026), provisional figures. Late reports are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards. The 2025/2024 change may therefore overstate the fall. Learn more

Source: rapport_2025_trim4_arro_West_Vlaanderen_fr.pdf · 154 pages

Profile

Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line. Counts: somme des communes de la province de Flandre occidentale (sums, not an average of percentages).

Population on 1 January 2026
1 235 671

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
7,6 %94 046 out of 1 235 671
2010 : 2,8 % · 2026 : 7,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
201033 0122,8 %
201135 7683,1 %
201239 3073,4 %
201341 7563,6 %
201443 6853,7 %
201547 3664,0 %
201651 2154,3 %
201756 0774,7 %
201861 0285,1 %
201965 5525,5 %
202069 8755,8 %
202172 1186,0 %
202275 7306,3 %
202385 1927,0 %
202489 0847,3 %
202592 5397,5 %
202694 0467,6 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,1 %(13 834)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,7 %(33 471)
  • Non-EU273,8 %(46 741)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin82,3 %(1 017 279)
  • Belgians of foreign origin10,1 %(124 346)
  • Non-Belgians7,6 %(94 046)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years17,7 %(218 645)
  • 18-64 years57,1 %(704 981)
  • 65 and over25,3 %(312 045)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

3 197 km² · 385 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

31 169 €total net taxable income, 743 178 returns

Statbel, income 2023

Definitions
  • « Foreign national » = person with a non-Belgian nationality in the national register, on 1 January. Naturalised Belgians or Belgians of foreign origin are counted as Belgians.
  • Origin (Statbel): based on current nationality, the person's first registered nationality and that of their parents. Official categories: Belgian of Belgian origin, Belgian of foreign origin, non-Belgian.
  • Group of nationality of origin: Statbel grouping into neighbouring countries, EU27 excluding neighbouring countries, and non-EU27; this is not a strict EU / non-EU split (the United Kingdom is classed as a neighbouring country).
  • Merged or renumbered municipalities: no reconstructed series before the date of the new code (same rule as for the reference population).
  • These figures are not cross-referenced with any crime statistics.

Main categories

Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).

No rates published for police zones or judicial arrondissements (no official reference population attached).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
77 210-1,0 %88 194
18 663-5,9 %38 512
8 741+36,7 %-
7 061-0,7 %5 997
6 731-2,9 %5 869
6 661-2,0 %12 045
5 664+2,5 %3 707
3 176-1,7 %1 863
2 966-4,9 %1 595
2 449-8,9 %2 330
2 403+5,8 %201
2 367-15,6 %989
2 004-19,0 %2 055
1 695-6,0 %863
1 668-5,4 %334
1 229-4,5 %658
1 143-4,4 %1 582
1 015-10,9 %2 767
972-5,0 %1 792
751-2,7 %544
366-15,9 %576
218+4,8 %28
190-4,5 %508
153-11,6 %35
114-2,6 %60
86-23,9 %65
69-4,2 %24
63+96,9 %364
47-16,1 %178
40-7,0 %140
36+71,4 %11
35+29,6 %88
28-15,2 %-
16+77,8 %50
12+20,0 %-
11-31,3 %67
10-16,7 %2 562
9-25,0 %45
80,0 %-
5-16,7 %-
2+100,0 %-
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Change 2025/2024: change in 2025 compared with 2024 (e.g. −10 % = 2025 is 10 % lower than 2024, not the reverse).

2025 provisional: first publication. Reports registered late are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards, so the 2025/2024 fall may be overstated.

Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin, Q4 2025 (closed 24/04/2026). Click a category to show the full available annual series.

Crime types and phenomena, 2025