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Belgium: map and facts
Belgium is in Western Europe. It has about 11.9 million people (2025), the 81st largest population. It covers 30,689 km², the 136th largest by area. That is about 389 people per km². Its highest point is Signal de Botrange, at 694 m. The longest river on its map is the Meuse, 950 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 11,941,781 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 30,689 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Brussels
- Highest point: Signal de Botrange, 694 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 22% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Belgium, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Meuse: 950 km
- Sauer: 173 km
- Grote Gete: 51 km
Also on the map: Scheldt.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Signal de Botrange: 694 m (its highest point)
- Kneiff: 560 m
- Vaalserberg: 322 m
Mountain ranges: Ardennes.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: North European Plain.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 32.7%, savanna 23%, mixed forest 18.1%, towns and cities 10.5%, grassland 8%, farmland with natural plants 4.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 68.6%, hills 25.6%, plateaus 5.8%.
Forests covered 22% of its land in 2024, the same as in 2000 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Belgium shares land borders with France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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