Belgians

Not to be confused with Belgae, a group of tribes living in the northernmost part of Gaul around 100 BC..

Belgians
Belgen (Dutch)
Belges (French)
Belgier (German)
Map of the Belgian diaspora in the world
Total population
c. 11–12 million
Regions with significant populations
 Belgium 10,839,905
(Belgian nationality only, 1 January 2014)[1]
 United States384,244[2][3]
 Canada190,455[4]
 France139,962[5][6][7]
 Netherlands117,495[8]
 Spain52,000[9]
 Italy46,000[9]
 Germany20,000–50,000[10]
 United Kingdom31,000[9]
 Argentina25,000[11]
 Luxembourg22,000[9]
  Switzerland17,000[9]
 Turkey12,000[9]
 South Africa10,000[9]
 Australia8,000[9]
 Poland7,000[9]
 Portugal6,088 [12]
 Brazil6,000[13]
 Israel6,000[9]
 Romania5,000[9]
 Greece5,000[9]
 Bulgaria3,000[9]
 Austria3,000[9]
 Hungary3,000[9]
 Sweden3,000[9]
 Denmark2,000[9]
 Norway2,000[9]
 Ireland2,000[9]
 Morocco2,000[9]
 Japan1,050[14]
 Mexico1,000[9]
 Slovakia1,000[9]
 Malta1,000[9]
 Czech Republic1,000[9]
 Colombia1,000[9]
Languages
Dutch, French, German
(also other languages of Belgium)
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism and irreligious
Related ethnic groups
Other Germanic and Romance peoples
(especially French, Dutch, Frisians,
Luxembourgers and Germans)

Belgians (Dutch: Belgen [ˈbɛlɣə(n)] ⓘ; French: Belges [bɛlʒ] ⓘ; German: Belgier [ˈbɛlɡi̯ɐ] ⓘ) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe. As Belgium is a multinational state, this connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural rather than ethnic. The majority of Belgians, however, belong to two distinct linguistic groups or communities (Dutch: gemeenschap; French: communauté) native to the country, i.e. its historical regions: Flemings in Flanders, who speak Dutch, West Flemish and Limburgish; and Walloons in Wallonia, who speak French or Walloon. There is also a substantial Belgian diaspora, which has settled primarily in the United States, Canada, France, and the Netherlands.

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  2. ^ Results   Archived 12 February 2020 at archive.today American Fact Finder (US Census Bureau)
  3. ^ https://data.census.gov/table?t=1122&g=010XX00US&y=2020
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  7. ^ "Migration Data Hub". Migrationinformation.org. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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  11. ^ "Colectividad holandesa y belga" Observatorio de Colectividades - 2010 - Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
  12. ^ "Immigration, Borders and Asylum Report 2022" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  13. ^ Panorama das relações belgo-brasileiras Archived 24 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "在留外国人統計" (in Japanese). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.