Belgium vs France
Belgium vs France: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 95.8% in Belgium and 88.7% in France, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belgium, by 7.1 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in France.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2013, when it overtook France.
- In 2024, Belgium ranked 20 and France ranked 65 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Belgium | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 95.8 | 88.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 94.6 | 86.8 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 94 | 85.3 | 67 |
| 2021 | 92.8 | 86.1 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 91.5 | 84.7 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 90.3 | 83.3 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 88.7 | 82 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 87.7 | 80.5 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 86.5 | 79.3 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 85.1 | 78 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 85 | 83.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 82.2 | 81.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 80.7 | 81.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 81.6 | 77.8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 77.6 | 77.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 74.5 | 71.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 68.9 | 70.7 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 66.8 | 66.1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 62 | 46.9 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 55.8 | 42.9 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 53.9 | 39.2 | – |
| 2003 | 50 | 36.1 | – |
| 2002 | 46.3 | 30.2 | – |
| 2001 | 31.3 | 26.3 | – |
| 2000 | 29.4 | 14.3 | – |
| 1999 | 13.8 | 9.1 | – |
| 1998 | 7.9 | 6.3 | – |
| 1997 | 4.9 | 4.3 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | 2.6 | – |
| 1995 | 1 | 1.6 | – |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 0.9 | – |
| 1993 | 0.2 | 0.6 | – |
| 1992 | 0.1 | 0.3 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs France
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025France: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025