Antwerp · Population

Question: What is the population of Antwerp? Answer: Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers; Antwerp), Belgium (Administrative unit: Antwerp) - last known population is ≈ 513 600 (year 2015). This was 4.545% of total Belgium population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2015 (+1.21%/year), Antwerp population in 2024 would be: 572 476*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1900-1947] +0.68 %/year
[1947-1984] -0.2 %/year
[1984-1990] -0.63 %/year
[1990-2000] -0.52 %/year
[2000-2010] +0.8 %/year
[2010-2015] +1.21 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 51.22, 4.403

Local time in Antwerp: 14:49 Saturday GMT+1.

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Antwerp on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near Antwerp

• Beveren 10 km,

265°
• Brasschaat 10 km,

37°
• Lier 15 km,

130°
• Schoten 8 km,

62°
• Temse 17 km,

232°
• Kapellen 11 km,

12°
• Mortsel 7 km,

150°
• Edegem 8 km,

157°
• Bornem 18 km,

219°
• Kontich 10 km,

162°

Sources, Notices

1900e, 1947e, 1984e, 1990e, 2000e, 2010e, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• Statistics Belgium, NIS-INS, Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Bevolking - Cijfers bevolking 1990-2009
• Bevolking - Cijfers bevolking 2010-2015
• List of cities in Belgium y1984
• Liste des communes de Belgique par population y1947
• Province population history
• Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique 1984
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).