Germany’s coastline is 36 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 2,269 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Germany: 47.4% (2024)

Germany has 7 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

Belgium is 64% more densely populated than Germany

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 3.7 years older than in Belgium

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.1 more children on average than in Germany

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 21% in Belgium

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

Germany hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Belgium

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Belgium 8.4

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Germany: 10.3 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Germany 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 7 times the size of Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

Germany and Belgium are nearly identical here

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Belgium (Gini 6.9 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

0.7% of people in Germany live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Germany: 0.7% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 3.7% in Germany

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

Germany and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Germany: 2.3% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Germany: 10.9% (2024)

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

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

Germany spends 15% more on health per person than Belgium

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

Belgium and Germany are nearly identical here

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 27% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 39% more hospital beds per person than Belgium

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 51% higher than in Germany

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 10 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.04 points higher than in Germany

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 15% more alcohol than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

Germany has 18% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

Belgium has 387 kcal more food per person per day than Germany

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

Workers in Belgium put in 258 more hours a year than in Germany

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 1.6 years longer than in Belgium

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 81% more tourists per resident than Germany (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

Germany has 39 more World Heritage sites than Belgium (55 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Germany: 55 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Germany: 980 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Belgium is 36% faster than in Germany

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Germany: 187 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Germany are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 9.2 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

Germany and Belgium are nearly identical here

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Germany: 32.8% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 8% more CO₂ than someone in Germany

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

The air in Belgium carries 2% more fine dust than in Germany

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 19% more likely to be murdered in Belgium than in Germany

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Belgium are 26% deadlier than in Germany

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Germany

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 7% more rain than Germany

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)