List of most populous municipalities in Belgium

This is a list of most populous municipalities in Belgium. Out of the 565 Belgian municipalities (as of 1 January 2025) the list contains all those with a population over 30,000.

All of Belgium is divided into municipalities, however a municipality may or may not have an additional royally-decreed city status. For example, Brussels is a federal region of 19 municipalities, the City of Brussels being only one of them.

List

Municipalities marked with * or ** have recently (* in 2019 and ** in 2025) been the subject of a merger of two or three former municipalities, population figures for years prior to these mergers take into account the population of all the municipalities involved.

# Municipality Population Province Region
1990 2000 2010 2020 2025
1. Antwerp** 479,974 456,898 493,630 540,196 562,002 Antwerp Flanders
2. Ghent 230,543 224,180 243,366 263,927 272,657 East Flanders Flanders
3. Charleroi 206,779 200,827 202,598 202,746 205,763 Hainaut Wallonia
4. Brussels 136,706 133,859 157,673 185,103 198,314
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 Brussels-Capital Region
5. Liège 196,825 185,639 192,504 197,217 197,323 Liège Wallonia
6. Schaerbeek 104,768 105,692 121,232 132,799 129,775
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 Brussels-Capital Region
7. Anderlecht 89,231 87,812 104,647 120,887 128,724
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 Brussels-Capital Region
8. Bruges 117,460 116,246 116,741 118,656 120,283 West Flanders Flanders
9. Namur 103,466 105,419 108,950 111,432 115,029 Namur Wallonia
10. Leuven 85,193 88,014 95,463 102,275 104,906 Flemish Brabant Flanders
11. Molenbeek-Saint-Jean 68,904 71,219 88,181 97,979 98,713
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 Brussels-Capital Region
12. Mons 91,867 90,935 91,759 95,887 97,120 Hainaut Wallonia
13. Aalst 76,245 76,313 80,043 87,332 92,131 East Flanders Flanders
14. Hasselt** 73,828 76,068 81,385 87,151 90,249  Limburg Flanders
15. Ixelles 73,128 73,174 80,183 87,632 97,120
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 Brussels-Capital Region
16. Mechelen 75,622 75,438 80,940 86,921 89,655 Antwerp Flanders
17. Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht** - 77,334 80,692 85,047 87.927 East Flanders Flanders
18. Uccle 75,402 74,221 77,589 83,980 87.194
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 Brussels-Capital Region
19. Sint-Niklaas 67,979 68,290 71,806 78,531 82,661 East Flanders Flanders
20. La Louvière 76,138 76,568 78,071 81,138 81,674 Hainaut Wallonia
21. Kortrijk 76,081 74,790 74,911 77,109 80,776 West Flanders Flanders
22. Ostend 68,527 67,279 69,064 71,647 72,817 West Flanders Flanders
23. Tournai 67,767 67,379 69,043 69,083 68,991 Hainaut Wallonia
24. Genk 61,343 62,842 64,757 66,447 68,058  Limburg Flanders
25. Roeselare 52,512 54,199 57,432 63,478 66,888 West Flanders Flanders
26. Seraing 60,952 60,557 62,698 64,192 64,609 Liège Wallonia
27. Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 48,141 46,528 50,749 57,712 60,956
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 Brussels-Capital Region
28. Mouscron 53,545 52,492 54,651 58,767 60,304 Hainaut Wallonia
29. Forest 47,178 45,555 50,258 56,581 58,675
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 Brussels-Capital Region
30. Verviers 53,657 53,148 55,253 55,290 56,127 Liège Wallonia
31. Jette 38,769 39,749 46,818 52,728 54,390
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 Brussels-Capital Region
32. Lokeren** 40,424 42,211 45,186 48,614 50,606 East Flanders Flanders
33. Etterbeek 39,641 39,404 44,352 48,473 49,131
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 Brussels-Capital Region
34. Saint-Gilles 43,579 42,458 46,981 49,678 48,827
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 Brussels-Capital Region
35. Beringen 36,289 39,261 42,758 46,598 48,755  Limburg Flanders
36. Vilvoorde 32,942 34,982 39,628 45,495 48,040 Flemish Brabant Flanders
37. Turnhout 37,669 38,596 40,763 45,280 47,965 Antwerp Flanders
38. Dendermonde 42,470 43,137 44,095 45,870 47,539 East Flanders Flanders
39. Deinze* 36,242 38,552 41,083 43,580 46,026 East Flanders Flanders
40. Evere 29,685 31,348 35,803 42,656 45,892
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 Brussels-Capital Region
41. Dilbeek 36,647 37,722 39,998 43,423 45,069 Flemish Brabant Flanders
42. Heist-op-den-Berg 35,238 37,233 39,866 42,950 44,723 Antwerp Flanders
43. Tongeren-Borgloon** 39,539 39,839 40,372 42,152 43,980  Limburg Flanders
44. Bilzen-Hoeselt** 35,652 38,468 40,398 42,207 43,052  Limburg Flanders
45. Halle 32,574 33,655 36,000 40,182 42,884 Flemish Brabant Flanders
46. Woluwe-Saint-Pierre 38,396 37,922 39,077 42,119 42,549
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 Brussels-Capital Region
47. Geel 32,367 33,677 36,990 40,709 42,427 Antwerp Flanders
48. Sint-Truiden 37,027 37,147 39,309 40,672 41,743  Limburg Flanders
49. Herstal 36,356 36,292 38,219 40,190 40,834 Liège Wallonia
50. Braine-l'Alleud 31,989 35,259 38,303 40,170 40,756 Walloon Brabant Wallonia
51. Ninove 33,318 34,559 36,675 39,251 40,580 East Flanders Flanders
52. Maasmechelen 33,833 35,430 36,937 38,933 40,486  Limburg Flanders
53. Waregem 34,555 35,839 36,306 38,350 40,436 West Flanders Flanders
54. Grimbergen 31,944 32,930 35,169 37,972 40,062 Flemish Brabant Flanders
55. Mol 30,270 31,683 34,114 37,022 38,701 Antwerp Flanders
56. Lier 30,918 32,191 33,930 36,646 38,517 Antwerp Flanders
57. Brasschaat 34,540 37,138 36,949 38,223 38,416 Antwerp Flanders
58. Merelbeke-Melle** 30,088 32,135 33,891 36,567 37,369 East Flanders Flanders
59. Zaventem 25,856 26,901 30,446 34,782 37,271 Flemish Brabant Flanders
60. Evergem 29,407 31,155 33,112 35,628 37,254 East Flanders Flanders
61. Tienen 31,669 31,479 32,552 35,293 36.890 Flemish Brabant Flanders
62. Sint-Pieters-Leeuw 28,697 30,013 31,572 34,621 36,732 Flemish Brabant Flanders
63. Châtelet 36,656 35,452 36,050 35,668 35,979 Hainaut Wallonia
64. Asse 27,047 27,931 30,228 33,505 35,882 Flemish Brabant Flanders
65. Auderghem 29,143 28,804 30,811 34,404 35,698
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 Brussels-Capital Region
66. Ypres 35,231 35,071 34,962 34,995 35.587 West Flanders Flanders
67. Wavre 28,126 31,033 32,910 34,748 35,587 Walloon Brabant Wallonia
68. Geraardsbergen 30,219 30,945 32,033 33,649 35,236 East Flanders Flanders
69. Lommel 27,427 30,433 32,917 34,245 35,208  Limburg Flanders
70. Heusden-Zolder 28,589 30,105 31,526 33,892 34,985  Limburg Flanders
71. Schoten 31,037 32,733 33,342 34,316 34,926 Antwerp Flanders
72. Pelt* 25,439 27,911 30,502 33,076 34,635  Limburg Flanders
73. Menen 32,726 32,028 32,530 33,540 34,585 West Flanders Flanders
74. Binche 32,828 32,190 32,749 33,448 33,784 Hainaut Wallonia
75. Oudenaarde 27,055 27,788 29,702 31,612 32,930 East Flanders Flanders
76. Knokke-Heist 31,541 33,148 33,825 33,089 32,415 West Flanders Flanders
77. Wevelgem 30,462 31,374 30,975 31,579 31,940 West Flanders Flanders
78. Tielt** 30,051 30,263 30,706 31,436 31,908 West Flanders Flanders
79. Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 22,194 27,380 30,721 31,316 31,766 Walloon Brabant Wallonia
80. Temse 23,844 25,533 28,147 30,196 31,613 East Flanders Flanders
81. Aarschot 26,179 27,495 28,405 30,183 31,514 Flemish Brabant Flanders
82. Arlon 23,325 24,791 27,763 30,081 31,492  Luxembourg Wallonia
83. Courcelles 29,336 29,706 30,218 31,179 31,436 Hainaut Wallonia
84. Houthalen-Helchteren 27,062 29,215 30,126 30,550 30,945  Limburg Flanders
85. Lochristi** 24,107 25,716 28,454 30,419 30,916 East Flanders Flanders
86. Brecht 20,172 25,091 27,597 29,454 30,664 Antwerp Flanders
87. Tessenderlo-Ham** 22,992 25,145 27,920 29,704 30,645  Limburg Flanders
88. Waterloo 27,424 28,986 29,598 30,376 30,389 Walloon Brabant Wallonia
89. Harelbeke 25,733 26,320 26,577 29,502 31,311 West Flanders Flanders
90. Ath 23,849 25,430 28,026 29,494 30,123 Hainaut Wallonia

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