Largest Cities by Population in Belgium (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Belgium ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2025)	1 Year Change (over 2024)	Land Area (Km²)	Density (P/Km²)	Global Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Bruxelles (Brussels)	1,406,499	0.35%	214	6,572	358	1,408,699	1,410,018
2	Antwerp	652,506	0.38%	220	2,966	832	654,673	656,390
3	Liège	375,138	0.34%	126	2,977	1,517	376,705	384,123
4	Ghent	230,642	0.66%	79	2,920	2,549	231,429	233,616
5	Charleroi	227,157	0.33%	88	2,581	2,591	227,975	228,311
6	La Louvière	87,478	0.34%	37	2,364	7,108	87,804	87,973
7	Ostend	78,089	0.35%	31	2,519	7,988	78,449	78,727
8	Kortrijk	77,442	0.66%	31	2,498	8,047	77,501	77,301
9	Leuven	77,085	0.32%	23	3,352	8,092	77,308	78,892
10	Saint-Ghislain	74,518	0.33%	31	2,404	8,358	74,789	74,900
11	Bruges	65,036	0.3%	25	2,601	9,525	65,166	67,614
12	Namur	63,872	0.32%	20	3,194	9,703	64,061	65,516
13	Mechelen	62,379	0.25%	16	3,899	9,951	62,331	62,087
14	Sint-Niklaas	53,647	0.84%	17	3,156	11,480	55,194	55,138
15	Verviers	52,486	0.29%	13	4,037	11,710	52,550	59,319
16	Aalst	51,325	–	15	3,422	11,938	51,407	51,418

Largest Cities by Population in Belgium (2025)

See also