Country
Belgium
- BE
- Europe
- EUR
- .be
Belgium (BE/BEL) is a country in Europe with its capital at Brussels. It covers about 30,528 km² with a population of roughly 11,700,000, uses the EUR, dials on +32, owns the .be internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Brussels. It borders 4 countries.
Identity
Official short nameBelgium
CapitalBrussels
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BEL
Internet TLD.be
Calling code+32
Currency codeEUR
Geography
Latitude50.5039° N
Longitude4.4699° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area30,528 km²11,787 square miles
Land neighbours43 have pages here; LU are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London340 kmto the approximate centre of Belgium, not to Brussels. ESE, bearing 107.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Brusselsthe IANA zone for Brussels; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+01:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00
Summer offsetUTC+02:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+01:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 19:12
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population11,700,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density383.3 per km²≈
Share of world population0.144%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset57 of 59
Population rank in this dataset42 of 59
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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