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Flemish Region

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454 292provisional

-0,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (455 882)

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

66,18 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 6 864 766 on 1/1/2025)

Source: rapport_2025_trim4_reg_Region_flamande_fr.pdf · 165 pages

Local executive

  • Minister-President: Matthias Diependaele

    Party: N-VA

    Since 30/09/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Government coalition: N-VA / Vooruit / cd&v

    Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

Next elections: municipal and provincial elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.

Profile

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

Population on 1 January 2026
6 898 350

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
11,0 %762 133 out of 6 898 350
2010 : 6,4 % · 2026 : 11,0 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
2010399 4336,4 %
2011427 9866,8 %
2012453 3997,1 %
2013467 8827,3 %
2014481 8827,5 %
2015504 1307,8 %
2016526 3948,1 %
2017548 9108,4 %
2018571 2998,7 %
2019595 9219,0 %
2020618 7439,3 %
2021633 9839,5 %
2022658 2709,8 %
2023714 50810,5 %
2024738 19010,8 %
2025756 39311,0 %
2026762 13311,0 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*2,6 %(180 883)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,5 %(240 759)
  • Non-EU274,9 %(340 491)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin71,1 %(4 907 647)
  • Belgians of foreign origin17,8 %(1 228 570)
  • Non-Belgians11,0 %(762 133)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years19,0 %(1 312 237)
  • 18-64 years58,9 %(4 064 595)
  • 65 and over22,1 %(1 521 518)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

13 625,9 km² · 504 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

32 191 €total net taxable income, 4 014 860 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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
454 292-0,3 %480 234
107 153-7,3 %221 807
42 725+3,6 %30 901
42 496+18,0 %2
42 203-1,3 %30 344
35 490+1,0 %27 966
35 309-3,8 %55 757
29 648+8,2 %421
20 505+3,8 %9 137
17 562+16,4 %1 102
17 186+1,1 %16 235
16 767-1,8 %8 444
13 240+0,0 %5 652
11 405-10,3 %6 577
8 865-6,7 %5 126
8 057+2,8 %11 188
6 905-5,6 %4 375
5 691-4,8 %12 124
5 487-2,8 %10 861
4 067+2,1 %3 368
2 401-27,5 %2 862
2 280-1,6 %301
1 985+15,3 %2 533
1 325+5,7 %239
775+36,4 %403
769-1,4 %374
733+44,0 %604
560-1,1 %72
476+27,6 %1 220
473+1,1 %1 109
471-2,5 %1 148
191+20,9 %80
163-12,8 %1
145+49,5 %7 036
101-14,4 %281
89-4,3 %-
85-11,5 %7
76-11,6 %212
39+21,9 %233
24-45,5 %-
15-6,3 %-
2+100,0 %-
1-90,0 %44
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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.

Breakdown

PlaceType2025 prov.Change 2025/2024
AntwerpProvince135 676-2,1 %
East FlandersProvince112 256-1,5 %
West FlandersProvince77 210-1,0 %
Flemish BrabantProvince74 483+0,4 %
LimburgProvince54 667+6,9 %

Crime types and phenomena, 2025