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Belgium

Population: 10.35 million (#73 out of 246 countries)



  Wikipedia article on Belgium

 World Factbook article on Belgium

Maps are public domain courtesy of the CIA World Factbook.
Ward (congregation)  Branch (congregation)  Temple  Mission  Stake 
 People Groups of Belgium
# Group Name Primary Language Population % of total
1 Dutch-speaking Belgians Dutch 5580000 53.92%
2 Vlaams Vlaams 1300000 12.56%
3 French Speaking Belgians French 0 0%
Total population of above people-groups: 6880000 (66.48% of national population).
Selected people groups and language data from Ethnologue.com and other sources.
 People-Groups of Belgium
Belgians value a strong work ethic and they appreciate culture. They have tight regional and family ties.
 Cities of Belgium
#City NamePopulationMap #City NamePopulationMap
1 Antwerpen (Anvers) 668125 Map 2 Charleroi 294962 Map
3 Ghent (Gand) 230446 Map 4 Liège (Luik) 196825 Map
5 Bruxelles 136488 Map 6 Brugge 117100 Map
7 Namur 103935 Map 8 Mons 91867 Map
9 La Louvière 76138 Map 10 Kortrijk 76081 Map
11 Aalst 0 Map 12 Ans 0 Map
13 Genk 0 Map 14 Herstal 0 Map
15 Huy 0 Map 16 Leuven (Louvain) 0 Map
17 Nivelles 0 Map 18 Seraing 0 Map
19 Sint-Niklaas (St. Nicholas) 0 Map 20 Turnhout 0 Map
21 Verviers 0 Map 22 Waterloo 0 Map

Religion in Belgium
 General Religious Data
 Percentage attending religious services weekly: 44%
 Estimated weekly average attending religious services (all faiths): 4553120
 Major Religious Groups
# Faith Congregations Active Members Adherents Percent Annual Growth
1 Catholic 0 0 7761000 75.00% 0.18%
2 Protestant or other 0 0 2587000 25.00% 0.18%
3 Jehovah's Witnesses 378 25647 46360 0.45% 0.18%
4 Seventh-day Adventists 25 1552 3104 0.03% 3.00%
5 Latter-day Saints 18 1808 6029 0.058% 1.95%
Country religious adherents data courtesy of the World Factbook.LDS membership and unit data are derived from the LDS Church Almanac. Seventh-day Adventist statistics are from the Adventist yearbook statistical reports. Jehovah's Witness data are from the Jehovah's Witness yearly statistical report. Other data are from a variety of sources available upon request.

Extrinsic Religious Challenges and Opportunities: National and Cultural

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belgium
 Official LDS Statistics
 LDS Members: 6029
 Missions: 1
 Temples: 0
 Stakes: 2
 Districts: 1
 Wards: 10
 Branches: 8
 Total Congregations: 18
 Derived LDS Statistics
 Approx. Active Members: 1808
 Percentage of Members Attending Church Weekly: 30%
 Average members per congregation: 334
 Average active members per congregation: 100
 LDS, as percent of population: 0.0582%
 Active LDS, as percent of population: 0.0174%
 LDS, as percentage of churchgoers: 0.039%
 National population per LDS congregation: 574888
 Annual LDS Membership Growth
# Year Members Annual Growth
Rate		 Wards Branches Units Unit Growth
Rate		 Proportionality
Ratio
1 1976 3330 0% 0 0 0 0% 0
2 1978 3485 2.27% 0 0 0 0% 0
3 1980 4347 11.01% 0 0 0 0% 0
4 1982 4014 -3.98% 0 0 0 0% 0
5 1984 3842 -2.19% 0 0 0 0% 0
6 1986 7300 31.04% 0 0 0 0% 0
7 1988 4000 -29.2% 0 18 18 0% 0
8 1990 4400 4.76% 0 17 17 -2.85% -0.598
9 1992 5300 9.28% 5 17 22 12.82% 1.381
10 1994 5600 2.75% 6 18 24 4.34% 1.578
11 1996 6000 3.45% 8 19 27 5.88% 1.704
12 1998 5700 -2.56% 9 18 27 0% 0
13 2000 5771 0.62% 10 10 20 -14.89% -24.016
14 2002 5866 0.82% 10 12 22 4.76% 5.804
15 2004 6030 1.38% 11 11 22 0% 0
16 2006 6267 1.93% 11 11 22 0% 0
17 2008 6029 -1.94% 10 8 18 -10% 0
LDS membership and unit data 1976-2000 from Mark Davies' WW-LDS.
Proportionality Ratio is the ratio of the increase in units to the increase in membership. A ratio of 1 means that membership and church units are growing at the same rate.
 National Population and LDS Growth Rates
 Current LDS Membership Growth Rate: -1.94%
 Current LDS Unit Growth Rate: -10%
 Annual Population Growth Rate: 0.18%
 Relative LDS Population Growth Rate (LDS membership growth rate minus population growth rate): -2.12%
 Scriptures Available
Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, and Bible in French and German.

Intrinsic Challenges and Opportunities of the Church of Jesus Christ
 Full-time LDS Missions
 International LDS Atlas: Belgium

Maps by Marc Schindler. Used with permission.

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