Canada’s coastline is 3,039 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Canada: 202,080 km (2026 edition)

Canada’s highest peak towers 5,265 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Canada: 5,959 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 6.5% of Canada

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Canada: 6.5% (2024)

Canada has 3.5 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Canada: 41.7 million (2025)

Belgium is 83 times as densely populated as Canada

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Canada: 5 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 1.1 years older than in Canada

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Canada: 40.3 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.2 more children on average than in Canada

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Canada: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 20% in Canada

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Canada: 20.3% (2025)

Belgium hosts 56% more refugees per resident than Canada

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Canada: 10 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Canada 5.5

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Canada: 5.5 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Canada 2

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Canada: 2 (2026)

Canada’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Canada: $2.32 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 12% more per person than Canada

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Canada: Int$66,746 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Canada than in Belgium (Gini 4.7 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Canada: 31.5 (2022)

Canada and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Canada: 0.3% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.9% in Canada, versus 5.9% in Belgium

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Canada: 6.9% (2025)

Belgium and Canada are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Canada: 1.6% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Canada’s 14%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Canada: 13.7% (2024)

Canada’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Belgium’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Canada: 83% (2025)

Canada spends 8% more on health per person than Belgium

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Canada: $6,378 (2024)

A baby in Canada is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Canada: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 27% more doctors per person than Canada

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Canada: 2.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Canada

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Canada: 2.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 80% higher than in Canada

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Canada: 8.4 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Canada are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Canada: 27.1% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 11% in Canada

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Canada: 11.2% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.19 points higher than in Canada

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Canada: 6.74 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 3% more alcohol than in Canada

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Canada: 9.2 litres (2023)

Canada has 58% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Canada: 94.8 kg (2023)

Belgium has 331 kcal more food per person per day than Canada

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Canada: 3,590 kcal (2023)

Workers in Canada put in 138 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Canada: 1,731 hours (2023)

Adults in Canada went to school 1.2 years longer than in Belgium

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Canada: 13.9 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 68% more tourists per resident than Canada (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Canada: 0.48 (2024)

Canada has 6 more World Heritage sites than Belgium (22 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Canada: 22 (2026)

Canada has won 597 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Canada: 597 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 94% in Canada

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Canada: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Canada is 41% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Canada: 357 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Canada are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Canada: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 83% in Canada

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Canada: 83% (2025)

Belgium has 104 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Canada 94

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Canada: 94 (2024)

Canada’s railway network is 13 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Canada: 48,150 km (2021)

Airlines from Canada fly 2.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Canada: 2.13 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Canada, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Canada: 42% (2024)

The average person in Canada emits 84% more CO₂ than someone in Belgium

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Canada: 13.4 t (2024)

64% of Canada’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Canada: 63.9% (2025)

The air in Belgium carries 33% more fine dust than in Canada

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Canada: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 83% more likely to be murdered in Canada than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Canada: 2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Canada are 12% deadlier than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Canada: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 14.0 °C warmer than Canada

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Canada: -3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 36% more rain than Canada

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Canada: 683 mm (2016–2025 avg)