Demographics of Antwerp
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| Demographics of Antwerp | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Antwerp in 2022 | |
| Population | 530,630 (2022) |
The demographics of Antwerp are monitored by Statistics Belgium. The population of the city as of 2022 is currently 530,630.[1]
Growth rate
Population history of the city of Antwerp:
- 1374: 18,000[2]
- 1486: 40,000[3]
- 1500: around 44/49,000 inhabitants[4]
- 1526: 50,000[5]
- 1567: 105,000 (90,000 permanent residents and 15,000 "floating population", including foreign merchants and soldiers. At the time only 10 cities in Europe reached this size.)[5][6][7][8]
- 1584: 84,000 (after the Spanish Fury, the French Fury[9] and the Calvinist republic)
- 1586 (May): 60,000 (after siege)
- 1586 (October): 50,000
- 1591: 46,000
- 1612: 54,000[10]
- 1620: 66,000 (Twelve Years' Truce)
- 1640: 54,000 (after the Black Death epidemics)
- 1700: 66,000[11]
- 1765: 40,000
- 1784: 51,000
- 1800: 45,500
- 1815: 54,000[12]
- 1830: 73,500
- 1856: 111,700
- 1880: 179,000
- 1900: 275,100
- 1925: 308,000
- 1959: 260,000[13]
Antwerp as a city has grown and declined in population size throughout its history.
Age structure
The age structure of the city is as follows for 2022;
| Age structure[1] | 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18 to 64 | 65 and older | |
| Population | 119,762 | 324,378 | 86,490 |
| Percentage | 22.6% | 61.1% | 16.3% |
Fertility and births
In 2019, a total of 7,398 were born in total[14]
Gender
There are slightly more men in the city of Antwerp then females.[1]
| Gender structure | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |
| Population number | 266,100 | 264,530 |
| Percentage | 50.15% | 49.85% |
Language
As in all Flemish provinces, the official and standard language of the Antwerp province is Dutch. As with Flemish Brabant, North Brabant and Brussels, the local dialect is a Brabantian variety.
