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Population density of Boom

Reference date: 2026-01-01

2,704.4

residents/km²

Boom recorded 2,704.4 residents per km² in 2026, ranking 24th among Belgium's municipalities by population density.

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw en Sint-Rochuskerk, a documented local view of Boom
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw en Sint-RochuskerkFunkyxian · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Adapted for Belgium in Maps; changes were made.
Population
19,963residents
Rank in Belgium
24thout of 565 municipalities
Density change
+35.8
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.

99.9% of residents are located to a statistical sector; 13 remain available only in the municipality total.

Population density by statistical sector inside Boom
  • 0 residents
  • 28.5–1,403.3 residents/km²
  • 1,603.6–4,088.2 residents/km²
  • 4,223.1–5,138.9 residents/km²
  • 6,754.5–7,897.0 residents/km²
  • 8,075.2–10,183.6 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
CENTRUM-NOORD 11005A00K1,78910,183.6 residents/km²
JOZEF VAN CLEEMPUT PLEIN 11005A01K2,8228,663.7 residents/km²
KRUISKENSLEI-ZUID 11005A30K4898,219.7 residents/km²
CAMPUS-NOORD 11005A20K1,9528,075.2 residents/km²
DRIEHOEK-ZUID 11005A30L7397,897.0 residents/km²

Official time series

Official time series: Boom2017–2026: 2,412.1–2,704.4.2,757.02,624.52,492.02,359.52,412.120172,432.620182,469.720192,513.620202,546.720212,551.220222,582.420232,632.420242,668.720252,704.42026
2017-01-01 – 2026-01-01

Source: official Statbel data · Statbel

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Official time series
202619,9632,704.4
202519,6992,668.7
202419,4312,632.4
202319,0622,582.4
202218,8322,551.2
202118,7992,546.7
202018,5552,513.6
201918,2442,469.7
201817,9702,432.6
201717,7882,412.1
201617,7372,405.2
201517,5592,381.1
201417,2312,336.6
201317,2272,336.0
201217,1662,327.8
201116,9862,303.4
201016,7092,265.8
200916,5982,250.7

Key figures

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