Belgium
Europe · Western Europe
Key facts
- Capital
- Brussels
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Western Europe
- Population (2025)
- 11.9 million (11,941,781) · rank 81 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 30,689 km² · rank 136 of 193
- People per km²
- 389 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Belgium, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Belgium in the map data: 4.
- France capitals 260 km apart
- Germany capitals 650 km apart
- Luxembourg capitals 190 km apart
- Netherlands capitals 170 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Chad, Romania, Andorra, Mali.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Belgium is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Belgium | Brussels |
| Italiano | Belgio | Bruxelles |
| Magyar | Belgium | Brüsszel |
| Suomi | Belgia | Bryssel |