Ranking
The fastest-growing municipalities in Belgium
Population change between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2026, in percent. Belgium as a whole grew by 5.3%. The fastest growth is in small municipalities near the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Martelange, Vaux-sur-Sûre, Léglise), on the edge of Brussels (Evere, Machelen, Merchtem, Wemmel) and in Walloon Brabant.
| # | Municipality | Province | Change since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martelange | Luxembourg | +21.2% |
| 2 | Baarle-Hertog | Antwerp | +16.5% |
| 3 | Somme-Leuze | Namur | +16.3% |
| 4 | Evere | Brussels-Capital Region | +16.3% |
| 5 | Vaux-sur-Sûre | Luxembourg | +16.0% |
| 6 | Machelen | Flemish Brabant | +15.9% |
| 7 | Hélécine | Walloon Brabant | +15.9% |
| 8 | Mont-Saint-Guibert | Walloon Brabant | +15.5% |
| 9 | Merchtem | Flemish Brabant | +14.8% |
| 10 | Oud-Turnhout | Antwerp | +14.3% |
| 11 | Wijnegem | Antwerp | +14.3% |
| 12 | Tubize | Walloon Brabant | +14.2% |
| 13 | Léglise | Luxembourg | +14.0% |
| 14 | Bekkevoort | Flemish Brabant | +13.9% |
| 15 | Wemmel | Flemish Brabant | +13.8% |
| 16 | Zaventem | Flemish Brabant | +13.6% |
| 17 | Fauvillers | Luxembourg | +13.4% |
| 18 | Berloz | Liège | +13.3% |
| 19 | Drogenbos | Flemish Brabant | +12.9% |
| 20 | Turnhout | Antwerp | +12.9% |
| 21 | Halle | Flemish Brabant | +12.6% |
| 22 | Oudenburg | West Flanders | +12.6% |
| 23 | Boom | Antwerp | +12.6% |
| 24 | Vilvoorde | Flemish Brabant | +12.5% |
| 25 | Wasseiges | Liège | +12.4% |
| 26 | Willebroek | Antwerp | +12.3% |
| 27 | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | Brussels-Capital Region | +12.3% |
| 28 | Neufchâteau | Luxembourg | +12.0% |
| 29 | Hemiksem | Antwerp | +11.8% |
| 30 | Manhay | Luxembourg | +11.8% |
| 31 | Stekene | East Flanders | +11.6% |
| 32 | Putte | Antwerp | +11.5% |
| 33 | Eeklo | East Flanders | +11.4% |
| 34 | Brussels | Brussels-Capital Region | +11.3% |
| 35 | Asse | Flemish Brabant | +11.2% |
| 36 | Harelbeke | West Flanders | +11.1% |
| 37 | Boortmeerbeek | Flemish Brabant | +11.1% |
| 38 | Lier | Antwerp | +11.0% |
| 39 | Roeselare | West Flanders | +11.0% |
| 40 | Braine-le-Comte | Hainaut | +10.9% |
| 41 | Sint-Niklaas | East Flanders | +10.9% |
| 42 | Clavier | Liège | +10.6% |
| 43 | Haacht | Flemish Brabant | +10.6% |
| 44 | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw | Flemish Brabant | +10.6% |
| 45 | Leopoldsburg | Limburg | +10.5% |
| 46 | Crisnée | Liège | +10.5% |
| 47 | Aalst | East Flanders | +10.4% |
| 48 | Anderlecht | Brussels-Capital Region | +10.4% |
| 49 | Bastogne | Luxembourg | +10.2% |
| 50 | Grimbergen | Flemish Brabant | +10.2% |