Belgium: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Belgium

Population

This country represents 0.15% of the world's population with about 11,327,986 individuals. In this country, the median age is 41.60 years and the birth growth rate is around 0.55%.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites: Flemish Béguinages, The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut), La Grand-Place, Brussels, Historic Centre of Brugge, Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels). Interesting food you need to try here: Moules-frites.

Geography

The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: German, French, Dutch. The country has a 30,528 km² area, a postcode system is employed and the primary cities are: Antwerpen, Gent, Liège, Charleroi, Brugge. This nation's capital is Brussels and the country shares a border with France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands.

Education

On average citizens spend 19 years in school (including higher education). This nation has a number of interesting universities, including KU Leuven, Ghent University, Université catholique de Louvain, Université libre de Bruxelles, University of Liège.

Economy

You need to pay 4.60€ (corresponding to $4.71 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. The currency symbol is €, and the ISO code for that currency is EUR. In 2021 the GDP was $594,104,177,539 USD, which ranks it number 23 in the world.

Good to know

Telephone numbers begin with +32, the country's websites have the domain name ".be", the country's ISO code is BE Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium to learn more about this nation.

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