# NUTS 3 areas of Belgium by natural population change, 2024

All 44 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `natural_change`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/belgium-provinces

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad | 5,508 |
| 2 | Arr. Antwerpen | 1,980 |
| 3 | Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde | 637 |
| 4 | Arr. Gent | 252 |
| 5 | Arr. Sint-Niklaas | 148 |
| 6 | Arr. Arlon | 123 |
| 7 | Arr. Bastogne | 115 |
| 8 | Arr. Neufchâteau | -24 |
| 9 | Arr. Mechelen | -27 |
| 10 | Arr. Tielt | -39 |
| 11 | Bezirk Verviers - Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft | -41 |
| 12 | Arr. Roeselare | -44 |
| 13 | Arr. Maaseik | -58 |
| 14 | Arr. Soignies | -84 |
| 15 | Arr. Virton | -101 |
| 16 | Arr. Ieper | -103 |
| 17 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | -122 |
| 18 | Arr. Verviers - communes francophones | -145 |
| 19 | Arr. Diksmuide | -178 |
| 20 | Arr. Oudenaarde | -190 |
| 21 | Arr. Huy | -192 |
| 22 | Arr. Waremme | -220 |
| 23 | Arr. Kortrijk | -224 |
| 24 | Arr. Philippeville | -226 |
| 25 | Arr. Eeklo | -236 |
| 26 | Arr. Ath | -244 |
| 27 | Arr. La Louvière | -277 |
| 28 | Arr. Dinant | -283 |
| 29 | Arr. Turnhout | -291 |
| 30 | Arr. Tongeren | -299 |
| 31 | Arr. Dendermonde | -300 |
| 32 | Arr. Thuin | -305 |
| 33 | Arr. Charleroi | -320 |
| 34 | Arr. Namur | -321 |
| 35 | Arr. Aalst | -337 |
| 36 | Arr. Nivelles | -520 |
| 37 | Arr. Mons | -536 |
| 38 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | -541 |
| 39 | Arr. Veurne | -574 |
| 40 | Arr. Leuven | -575 |
| 41 | Arr. Hasselt | -715 |
| 42 | Arr. Liège | -866 |
| 43 | Arr. Oostende | -961 |
| 44 | Arr. Brugge | -1,188 |