Population of the Benelux States

The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have often had the same rulers and after the Congress of Vienna 1815 these countries were united into a kingdom. But the unification only lasted fifteen years until Belgium rebelled and declared itself independent. At that time the population of Belgium was twice as high as the Netherlands, but since then have the Netherlands’ population grown faster and it now considerably larger. There has even been a shift in the population within Belgium, when the Flemish speaking population has passes the French speaking population in size.