Full name: Belgium
Nationality
noun: Belgian(s)
adjective: Belgian
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Area total: 30,528 sq km land: 30,278 sq km water: 250 sq km
Population: 10,364,388 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups: Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Capital: Brussels, population 960,000
Largest Cities Antwerp – 445,000 Gent – 230,000 Brugge – 116,000
Official Language
Dutch (official) 60% French (official) 40% German (official) less than 1% (legally bilingual (Dutch and French))
Religion
Roman Catholic 75% Protestant or other 25%
Political system: federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch
GDP: purchasing power parity – $316.2 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $30,600 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 2.6% (2004 est.)
GDP composition by sector agriculture: 1.3% industry: 25.7% services: 73% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 1.9% (2004 est.)
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