Most international cities in Belgium
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium has the highest foreign-resident share of the 30 cities compared: 29.75 % (Statbel (Statistics Belgium), 2025-12-31).
Belgium cities ranked by the published share of foreign residents; definitions remain source-specific.
- Items compared
- 30
- Countries represented
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-08-03
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| Original rank | City or place | Published value | Source and scope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | 29.75 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 2 | Jette, Belgium | 26.77 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 3 | Ganshoren, Belgium | 25.09 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 4 | Zaventem, Belgium | 24.45 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 5 | Tervuren, Belgium | 24.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 6 | Turnhout, Belgium | 22.88 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 7 | Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium | 21.75 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 8 | Maasmechelen, Belgium | 21.5 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 9 | Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Belgium | 21.45 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 10 | Lommel, Belgium | 19.7 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 11 | Saint-Nicolas, Belgium | 18.75 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 12 | Waterloo, Belgium | 18.6 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 13 | Liège, Belgium | 18.3 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 14 | Eupen, Belgium | 17.68 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 15 | Maaseik, Belgium | 17.48 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 16 | Herstal, Belgium | 17.34 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 17 | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium | 17.02 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 18 | Overijse, Belgium | 16.88 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 19 | Asse, Belgium | 16.67 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 20 | Tubize, Belgium | 16.46 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 21 | Vilvoorde, Belgium | 16.29 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 22 | Charleroi, Belgium | 16.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 23 | La Louvière, Belgium | 16 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 24 | Seraing, Belgium | 15.72 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 25 | Menen, Belgium | 14.59 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 26 | Châtelet, Belgium | 14.16 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 27 | Grimbergen, Belgium | 13.65 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 28 | Verviers, Belgium | 13.5 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 29 | Roeselare, Belgium | 13.45 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 30 | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | 13.37 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium leads at 29.75 %.
- Sint-Niklaas, Belgium sits at the other end with 13.37 %.
- The middle of this ranking is 17.48 %, across 30 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 16.38 %.
Quick answer
What does Most international cities in Belgium show?
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium has the highest foreign-resident share of the 30 cities compared: 29.75 % (Statbel (Statistics Belgium), 2025-12-31).
How this list is built
Every row is a published foreign-resident share observation measured in %, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2024 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.
- Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
- A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
- Rows
- 30 places
- Geographic grain
- city
- Observation period
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31
- Last checked
- 2026-08-03
- With an official source link
- 30 of 30
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Most international cities in Belgium [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cd5a87b94e3cbe0f1611b682ab5e0a37]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/belgium-most-international-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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author = {ImmigrationDB},
title = {Most international cities in Belgium},
publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-09-29},
version = {cd5a87b94e3cbe0f1611b682ab5e0a37},
url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/belgium-most-international-cities/},
note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}Markdown citation
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