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Belgium

Belgium's best placing is 4th of 133 for railways by area.

Best placing: #4Railways by area
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 11.9 million
Land area: 30,494 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Belgium is.

Railways by area

#4 of 133

118.12 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020

GDP per person

#14 of 182

60,750 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#22 of 194

391.61 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP

#22 of 182

725,466,462,860 US$ (current prices)

10th in Europe · World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#40 of 191

15.74 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#50 of 134

301.63 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020

Railways

#54 of 135

3,602 km of railway

20th in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020

Population

#81 of 195

11,941,781 people

11th in Europe · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#89 of 193

48 airports

26th in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#108 of 192

4.02 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#102 of 179

847 mm of precipitation per year

14th in Europe · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#115 of 194

22.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#132 of 194

6,893 km² of forest

33rd in Europe · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#135 of 194

30,494 km² of land

33rd in Europe · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#152 of 194

0.0006 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#173 of 194

0.003 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#142 of 151

67 km of coastline

28th in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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