Belgium

**Belgium** (officially the **Kingdom of Belgium**; , , ) is a country in Western Europe. Its capital, Brussels, is the home of many organizations, including the European Union and NATO. Belgium is bordered by the Netherlands in the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast and France to the south.

Belgium has an area of . Around 11.6 million people live in Belgium. It is a founding member of the European Union and is home to its headquarters.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Kingdom of Belgium
- **common name**: Belgium
- **image flag**: Flag of Belgium.svg
- **flag caption**: Top: state
Bottom: Civil
- **image flag2**: Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
- **image coat**: Great Coat of Arms of Belgium.svg
- **symbol type**: Coat of arms
- **national motto**:

- **englishmotto**: "Unity makes Strength"
- **national anthem**: "La Brabançonne"<div style="padding-top:0.2em;height:10px;"></div>
- **image map**: EU-Belgium.svg
- **image map2**: Belgium - Location Map (2013) - BEL - UNOCHA.svg
- **official languages**: Dutch language, Dutch
French language, French
German language, German
- **demonym**: Belgian
- **ethnic groups**: see _#Demographics, Demographics_
- **religion year**: 2015
- **capital**: City of Brussels, Brussels
- **largest city**: capital
- **government type**: Federalism, Federal Parliamentary system, parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
- **leader title1**: Monarchy of Belgium, Monarch
- **leader name1**: Philippe of Belgium, Philippe
- **leader title2**: Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister
- **leader name2**: Bart De Wever
- **legislature**: Belgian Federal Parliament, Federal Parliament
- **upper house**: Senate (Belgium), Senate
- **lower house**: Chamber of Representatives (Belgium), Chamber of Representatives
- **area km2**: 30,689
- **area sq mi**: 11,849
- **area rank**: 136th
- **percent water**: 0.64
- **population census**: 11,584,008
- **population census year**: January 1, 2022
- **population census rank**: 75th
- **population density km2**: 377
- **population density rank**: 36th
- **population density sq mi**: 978
- **gdp ppp year**: 2016
- **gdp ppp**: $508.598 billion
- **gdp ppp rank**: 38th
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $44,881
- **gdp ppp per capita rank**: 20th
- **gdp nominal year**: 2016
- **gdp nominal**: $470.179 billion
- **gdp nominal rank**: 23rd
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $41,491
- **gdp nominal per capita rank**: 17th
- **gini year**: 2011
- **gini**: 26.3
- **hdi year**: 2014
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi**: 0.890
- **hdi rank**: 21st
- **sovereignty type**: Belgian Revolution, Independence
- **sovereignty note**: (from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands)
- **established event1**: Declared
- **established date1**: October 4, 1830
- **established event2**: Treaty of London, 1839, Recognised
- **established date2**: April 19, 1839
- **currency**: Euro (Euro sign, €)
- **currency code**: EUR
- **time zone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **time zone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **date format**: //
- **drives on**: right
- **calling code**: Telephone numbers in Belgium, +32
- **cctld**: .be
- **footnote a**: The flag's official proportions of 13:15 are rarely seen; proportions of 2:3 or similar are more common.
- **footnote b**: The Brussels region is the _de facto_ capital, but the City of Brussels municipality is the _de jure_ capital.
- **footnote c**: The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.