Belgium: birth rate 2021

The birth rate in Belgium was decreasing between 2010 and 2020, peaking in 2010 at 1.84 children per woman. In the following years, the birth rate declined slightly. According to this forecast, between 2036 and 2070, the birth rate is expected to stay stable, with the birth rate forecast to stay around 1.7. In 2020, about 113.74 thousand babies were born in Belgium.

 Children born per region 

  In 2020, just over half of the babies born in Belgium were born in the Flemish Region, at around 62.8 thousand. By comparison, only 15.85 children were born in the Brussels-Capital Region that year. The remaining 35.09 thousand babies came from the Walloon Region.

Most mothers between 25 and 34 years old

  In 2018, the largest number of babies born in Belgium were born to mothers aged between 25 and 34, although 26 children were also born to mothers 50 years and older. Two girls younger than 13 also gave birth that year.

Birth rate in Belgium from 1992 to 2021, with a forecast from 2022 to 2070

Characteristic	Number of children per woman
2070	1.72
2069	1.72
2068	1.72
2067	1.73
2066	1.73
2065	1.73
2064	1.73
2063	1.73
2062	1.73
2061	1.73
2060	1.73
2059	1.73
2058	1.73
2057	1.73
2056	1.73
2055	1.72
2054	1.72
2053	1.72
2052	1.72
2051	1.72
2050	1.72
2049	1.72
2048	1.71
2047	1.71
2046	1.71
2045	1.71
2044	1.71
2043	1.71
2042	1.71
2041	1.71
2040	1.71
2039	1.71
2038	1.71
2037	1.71
2036	1.7
2035	1.7
2034	1.69
2033	1.68
2032	1.67
2031	1.66
2030	1.63
2029	1.61
2028	1.6
2027	1.59
2026	1.58
2025	1.58
2024	1.59
2023	1.57
2022	1.56
2021	1.59
2020	1.54
2019	1.59
2018	1.61
2017	1.64
2016	1.67
2015	1.69
2014	1.73
2013	1.74
2012	1.76
2011	1.81
2010	1.84
2009	1.83
2008	1.86
2007	1.8
2006	1.78
2005	1.74
2004	1.7
2003	1.64
2002	1.62
2001	1.64
2000	1.64
1999	1.59
1998	1.57
1997	1.59
1996	1.58
1995	1.55
1994	1.55
1993	1.6
1992	1.64