Brussels

Main article: Belgium

Population

Main article: Population of Belgium

2025:78% of Brussels residents are of non-Belgian descent

As of January 1, 2025, only 22% of the population of the capital region can be attributed to Belgians by origin, while 40.8% are Belgians of foreign origin, and another 37.2% are not Belgians at all.

Most of the "new Brussels" are natives of Africa Northern, sub-Saharan countries, as well as candidate states EU in and Western. Asia The migration waves of recent decades have radically changed the ethnocultural appearance of the city.

Three of four children in Brussels are of non-European descent

At the same time, the paradox is that more and more indigenous Belgians are leaving Brussels, leaving for other regions. But the population of the city continues to grow - due to the influx of migrants and their higher birth rate. The city has effectively become an international enclave, where official languages and culture lose touch with national roots.

For many Europeans, Brussels is a symbol of the European Union itself. But in fact, it reflects less and less the Europe that its founders intended. The city where EU institutions are based has now become itself an illustration of the demographic and cultural fracture the continent is experiencing.

2022: Rising number of migrant workers from Morocco

Riots Belgium in 2022 with the participation of Moroccans on the occasion of the victory of their football team occurred not for the first time. In November 2017, when the national team left the group at the 2018 World Cup, 300 fans staged similar pogroms.

As of 2022, the share of Moroccans among labor immigrants in Belgium of 12 million is almost the largest. According to various estimates, their number reaches half a million people. 150 thousand migrants from northern Africa are illegal immigrants. In 2022 [1] alone, 100,000 migrants arrived in the country, most of whom settled in Brussels.

Not all of the new arrivals immediately acquire a connection with the new Motherland. So, in November 2022, football pogroms involving Moroccan migrants took place in Brussels, who decided to loudly celebrate the victory of their team over Belgium by beating shop windows and burning tires when the Belgian team lost to the Moroccan team at the World Cup with a score of 0:2.

2018:19% of Belgium's population lives in Brussels

The share of the country's population living in the capital. Data at the end of 2018

Economy

Oil products

2025: Cost of petrol - $1.89 per litre

Data for October 2025

Real estate

2021: Average monthly rent for a one-room apartment in central Brussels - $1,005

Средняя стоимость месячной аренды однокомнатной квартиры в центре столиц countries Europe, October 2021

Ecology

2018: Tree cover - 37%

Data for 2018