List of most populous municipalities in Belgium

Last updated January 22, 2024

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This is a list of most populous municipalities in Belgium . Out of the 581 Belgian municipalities (as of 1 January 2019) the list contains all those with a population over 30,000.

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#	Municipality	Population					Province	Region
#	Municipality	1990	2000	2010	2015	2020	Province	Region
1.	Antwerp	470,349	446,525	483,505	513,570	529,247	Antwerp	Flanders
2.	Ghent	230,543	224,180	243,366	253,266	263,927	East Flanders	Flanders
3.	Charleroi	206,779	200,827	202,598	202,480	202,746	Hainaut	Wallonia
4.	Liège	196,825	185,639	192,504	195,968	197,217	Liège	Wallonia
5.	Brussels	136,706	133,859	157,673	175,534	185,103	—	Brussels-Capital Region
6.	Schaerbeek	104,768	105,692	121,232	131,030	132,799	—	Brussels-Capital Region
7.	Anderlecht	89,231	87,812	104,647	116,332	120,887	—	Brussels-Capital Region
8.	Bruges	117,460	116,246	116,741	117,886	118,656	West Flanders	Flanders
9.	Namur	103,466	105,419	108,950	110,646	111,432	Namur	Wallonia
10.	Leuven	85,193	88,014	95,463	98,376	102,275	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
11.	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	68,904	71,219	88,181	95,576	97,979	—	Brussels-Capital Region
12.	Mons	91,867	90,935	91,759	95,231	95,887	Hainaut	Wallonia
13.	Ixelles	73,128	73,174	80,183	84,754	87,632	—	Brussels-Capital Region
14.	Aalst	76,245	76,313	80,043	83,709	87,332	East Flanders	Flanders
15.	Mechelen	75,622	75,438	80,940	83,975	86,921	Antwerp	Flanders
16.	Uccle	75,402	74,221	77,589	81,280	83,980	—	Brussels-Capital Region
17.	La Louvière	76,138	76,568	78,071	80,375	81,138	Hainaut	Wallonia
18.	Hasselt	66,094	68,085	73,067	76,331	78,714	Limburg	Flanders
19.	Sint-Niklaas	67,979	68,290	71,806	74,289	78,531	East Flanders	Flanders
20.	Kortrijk	76,081	74,790	74,911	75,219	77,109	West Flanders	Flanders
21.	Ostend	68,527	67,279	69,064	70,460	71,647	West Flanders	Flanders
22.	Tournai	67,767	67,379	69,043	69,756	69,083	Hainaut	Wallonia
23.	Genk	61,343	62,842	64,757	65,463	66,447	Limburg	Flanders
24.	Seraing	60,952	60,557	62,698	63,972	64,192	Liège	Wallonia
25.	Roeselare	52,512	54,199	57,432	60,386	63,478	West Flanders	Flanders
26.	Mouscron	53,545	52,492	54,651	57,068	58,767	Hainaut	Wallonia
27.	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	48,141	46,528	50,749	54,022	57,712	—	Brussels-Capital Region
28.	Forest	47,178	45,555	50,258	55,012	56,581	—	Brussels-Capital Region
29.	Verviers	53,657	53,148	55,253	55,356	55,290	Liège	Wallonia
30.	Jette	38,769	39,749	46,818	50,724	52,728	—	Brussels-Capital Region
31.	Saint-Gilles	43,579	42,458	46,981	50,472	49,678	—	Brussels-Capital Region
32.	Beveren	42,163	44,977	46,299	47,423	49,047	East Flanders	Flanders
33.	Etterbeek	39,641	39,404	44,352	46,773	48,473	—	Brussels-Capital Region
34.	Beringen	36,289	39,261	42,758	44,885	46,598	Limburg	Flanders
35.	Dendermonde	42,470	43,137	44,095	44,938	45,870	East Flanders	Flanders
36.	Vilvoorde	32,942	34,982	39,628	42,418	45,495	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
37.	Turnhout	37,669	38,596	40,763	42,637	45,280	Antwerp	Flanders
38.	Deinze	36,242	38,552	41,083	42,419	43,580	East Flanders	Flanders
39.	Dilbeek	36,647	37,722	39,998	41,234	43,423	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
40.	Heist-op-den-Berg	35,238	37,233	39,866	41,812	42,950	Antwerp	Flanders
41.	Evere	29,685	31,348	35,803	38,448	42,656	—	Brussels-Capital Region
42.	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre	38,396	37,922	39,077	41,077	42,119	—	Brussels-Capital Region
43.	Lokeren	34,873	36,458	39,174	40,494	42,044	East Flanders	Flanders
44.	Geel	32,367	33,677	36,990	38,837	40,709	Antwerp	Flanders
45.	Sint-Truiden	37,027	37,147	39,309	39,957	40,672	Limburg	Flanders
46.	Herstal	36,356	36,292	38,219	39,365	40,190	Liège	Wallonia
47.	Halle	32,574	33,655	36,000	38,023	40,182	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
48.	Braine-l'Alleud	31,989	35,259	38,303	39,756	40,170	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
49.	Ninove	33,318	34,559	36,675	37,965	39,251	East Flanders	Flanders
50.	Maasmechelen	33,833	35,430	36,937	37,609	38,933	Limburg	Flanders
51.	Waregem	34,555	35,839	36,306	37,341	38,350	West Flanders	Flanders
52.	Brasschaat	34,540	37,138	36,949	37,480	38,223	Antwerp	Flanders
53.	Grimbergen	31,944	32,930	35,169	36,558	37,972	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
54.	Mol	30,270	31,683	34,114	35,685	37,022	Antwerp	Flanders
55.	Lier	30,918	32,191	33,930	34,652	36,646	Antwerp	Flanders
56.	Châtelet	36,656	35,452	36,050	36,439	35,668	Hainaut	Wallonia
57.	Evergem	29,407	31,155	33,112	34,485	35,628	East Flanders	Flanders
58.	Tienen	31,669	31,479	32,552	33,950	35,293	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
59.	Ypres	35,231	35,071	34,962	34,971	34,995	West Flanders	Flanders
60.	Zaventem	25,856	26,901	30,446	32,678	34,782	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
61.	Wavre	28,126	31,033	32,910	33,604	34,748	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
62.	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	28,697	30,013	31,572	33,270	34,621	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
63.	Auderghem	29,143	28,804	30,811	32,835	34,404	—	Brussels-Capital Region
64.	Schoten	31,037	32,733	33,342	34,016	34,316	Antwerp	Flanders
65.	Lommel	27,427	30,433	32,917	33,852	34,245	Limburg	Flanders
66.	Heusden-Zolder	28,589	30,105	31,526	32,774	33,892	Limburg	Flanders
67.	Geraardsbergen	30,219	30,945	32,033	32,981	33,649	East Flanders	Flanders
68.	Menen	32,726	32,028	32,530	32,905	33,540	West Flanders	Flanders
69.	Asse	27,047	27,931	30,228	32,069	33,505	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
70.	Binche	32,828	32,190	32,749	33,297	33,448	Hainaut	Wallonia
71.	Knokke-Heist	31,541	33,148	33,825	33,452	33,089	West Flanders	Flanders
72.	Pelt	25,439	27,911	30,502	31,684	33,076	Limburg	Flanders
73.	Bilzen	27,079	29,335	30,882	31,710	32,477	Limburg	Flanders
74.	Oudenaarde	27,055	27,788	29,702	30,788	31,612	East Flanders	Flanders
75.	Wevelgem	30,462	31,374	30,975	31,307	31,579	West Flanders	Flanders
76.	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	22,194	27,380	30,721	31,261	31,316	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
77.	Courcelles	29,336	29,706	30,218	30,960	31,179	Hainaut	Wallonia
78.	Tongeren	29,478	29,723	30,042	30,677	31,142	Limburg	Flanders
79.	Houthalen-Helchteren	27,062	29,215	30,126	30,666	30,550	Limburg	Flanders
80.	Waterloo	27,424	28,986	29,598	29,568	30,376	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
81.	Temse	23,844	25,533	28,147	29,182	30,196	East Flanders	Flanders
82.	Aarschot	26,179	27,495	28,405	29,288	30,183	Flemish Brabant	Flanders
83.	Arlon	23,325	24,791	27,763	29,016	30,081	Luxembourg	Wallonia

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