Population density of Anderlecht

Reference date: 2026-01-01

7,234.5

residents/km²

Anderlecht recorded 7,234.5 residents per km² in 2026, ranking 14th among Belgium's municipalities by population density.

A documented local view of Anderlecht
Documented local viewTrougnouf (Benoit Brummer) · CC BY 4.0 · Adapted for Belgium in Maps; changes were made.
Population
129,600residents
Rank in Belgium
14thout of 565 municipalities
Density change
+48.9
Reference date
2026-01-01

Population density

Inside the municipality

Population is unevenly distributed. The view below uses exact 2025 statistical-sector boundaries and never assigns residents to an unknown polygon.

99.7% of residents are located to a statistical sector; 366 remain available only in the municipality total.

Population density by statistical sector inside Anderlecht
  • 0 residents
  • 18.2–2,658.1 residents/km²
  • 3,120.9–10,450.4 residents/km²
  • 10,544.0–14,680.2 residents/km²
  • 14,891.1–18,391.1 residents/km²
  • 18,469.1–26,945.6 residents/km²
Colours compare sectors only within this municipality; hatched sectors have zero registered residents. Reference date: 2025-01-01.
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Densest inhabited statistical sectors
BROGNIEZ-NORD 21001B21-3,81626,945.6 residents/km²
CONSEIL-NORD 21001B20-5,27426,857.2 residents/km²
MINIMES 21001A1203,41026,632.3 residents/km²
WAYEZ 21001A02K1,12826,211.0 residents/km²
AURORE 21001A32K4,13826,195.8 residents/km²

Official time series

Official time series: Anderlecht2017–2026: 6,609.7–7,234.5.7,347.17,063.66,780.06,496.56,609.720176,609.020186,683.420196,748.920206,806.320216,840.820226,981.420237,066.020247,185.620257,234.52026
2017-01-01 – 2026-01-01

Source: official Statbel data · Statbel

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Official time series
2026129,6007,234.5
2025128,7247,185.6
2024126,5817,066.0
2023125,0656,981.4
2022122,5476,840.8
2021121,9296,806.3
2020120,8876,748.9
2019119,7146,683.4
2018118,3826,609.0
2017118,2416,609.7
2016117,4126,563.4
2015116,3326,503.0
2014115,1786,438.5
2013113,4626,342.6
2012111,2796,220.5
2011107,9116,032.3
2010104,6475,849.8
2009101,3715,666.7

Key figures

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