# Net migration in Belgium

Net migration in Belgium was 41,679 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `be`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/belgium
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=be

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 41,679 |
| 2022 | 118,615 |
| 2021 | 24,017 |
| 2020 | 43,777 |
| 2019 | 58,469 |
| 2018 | 50,604 |
| 2017 | 37,981 |
| 2016 | 28,090 |
| 2015 | 63,536 |
| 2014 | 37,472 |
| 2013 | 28,066 |
| 2012 | 45,001 |
| 2011 | 52,464 |
| 2010 | 105,232 |
| 2009 | 97,175 |
| 2008 | 66,470 |
| 2007 | 59,911 |
| 2006 | 53,574 |
| 2005 | 50,576 |
| 2004 | 35,143 |
| 2003 | 34,472 |
| 2002 | 39,404 |
| 2001 | 34,924 |
| 2000 | 13,952 |
| 1999 | 16,849 |
| 1998 | 12,517 |
| 1997 | 10,262 |
| 1996 | 15,684 |
| 1995 | 1,937 |
| 1994 | 17,636 |
| 1993 | 18,542 |
| 1992 | 25,941 |
| 1991 | 27,038 |
| 1990 | 8,299 |
| 1989 | 7,301 |
| 1988 | 3,929 |
| 1987 | 3,525 |
| 1986 | 2,964 |
| 1985 | 2,165 |
| 1984 | 1,697 |
| 1983 | 1,252 |
| 1982 | 1,100 |
| 1981 | 2,826 |
| 1980 | 11,482 |
| 1979 | 11,277 |
| 1978 | 10,828 |
| 1977 | 10,460 |
| 1976 | 10,360 |
| 1975 | 9,652 |
| 1974 | 8,924 |
| 1973 | 8,684 |
| 1972 | 8,384 |
| 1971 | 7,992 |
| 1970 | 19,393 |
| 1969 | 20,072 |
| 1968 | 19,809 |
| 1967 | 19,492 |
| 1966 | 18,985 |
| 1965 | 18,243 |
| 1964 | 17,687 |
| 1963 | 16,355 |
| 1962 | 14,829 |
| 1961 | 10,566 |
| 1960 | 9,893 |