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Belgium vs Luxembourg: Health & Population

This page compares Belgium and Luxembourg across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Belgium Luxembourg Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 32.40 22.51 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.30 83.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 73.08 57.26 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.61 94.84 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.69 49.67 Compare →
Population, male 5.85M 340,763.00 Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.31 50.33 Compare →
Rural population 1.47M 34,908.00 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.39 5.16 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.74 1.62 Compare →
Urban population 10.39M 642,104.00 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.44 1.25 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 43.50 33.67 Compare →
Population, total 11.86M 677,012.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 20.56 15.48 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.00 15.78 Compare →
Net migration 31,989.00 5,237.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 3.50 4.00 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.20 9.50 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.50 6.60 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.40 85.50 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.30 81.00 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 92.37 92.58 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 87.65 89.22 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 927,205.00 52,226.00 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.42 15.53 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 969,713.00 54,588.00 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.58 16.02 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.90M 106,814.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 3.74M 227,423.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 62.17 67.64 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 3.79M 237,998.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.76 69.84 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 7.52M 465,421.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 63.45 68.75 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 1.35M 56,600.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 22.41 16.83 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.09M 48,177.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 18.66 14.14 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.44M 104,777.00 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.05 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 57.61 45.46 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 25.21 22.95 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.67 1.58 Compare →
Population, female 6.01M 336,249.00 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 20.00 51.20 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 2.35M 344,309.00 Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 100.00 100.00 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 99.49 97.60 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 5.90 5.80 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 0.17 0.76 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 187.00 0.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 93.00 5.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 1.90 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.30 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.00 0.80 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.60 0.80 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 2.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 4.10 2.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.20 1.50 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.80 1.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.50 2.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.70 2.20 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 41.00 2.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 53.00 2.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 135.00 6.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 213.00 6.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 318.00 13.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 385.00 15.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 225.00 10.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.30 0.20 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 3.57 2.98 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 4.00 11.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 4.00 1.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 21,405.00 6,680.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.80 5.89 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 86.00 83.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 96.00 99.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 41.33 35.00 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 97.00 99.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 13.90 15.50 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 15.00 15.40 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 15.10 15.40 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 17.40 11.70 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 5.80 4.10 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 5.42 3.95 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 97.00 98.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 14.83 16.50 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.25 5.10 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 9.43 10.82 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 9.20 7.80 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.42 0.08 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.33 0.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.52 0.16 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 26.25 12.13 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 18.36 8.22 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 10.69 4.27 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 17.90 14.93 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 6.24 5.24 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 75.85 79.83 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 7.40 5.80 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 11.00 9.80 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 19.40 15.80 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 15.30 12.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 11.90 9.60 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 5.30 1.90 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.