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The population of the province today exceeds one million inhabitants, or nearly one third of the Walloon region and one tenth of the country.
Since the end of the 1980s, it has registered slight growth, albeit not homogeneous for the entire territory of the province.
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| POPULATION |
Province of Liège |
Wallonia |
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1/01/96 |
1/01/97 |
1/01/98 |
1/01/96 |
1/01/97 |
1/01/98 |
| Total |
1013729 |
1014941 |
1016762 |
3314568 |
3321078 |
3326707 |
| Men |
490879 |
491576 |
492655 |
1606519 |
1609747 |
1612351 |
| Women |
522850 |
523365 |
524107 |
1708049 |
1711331 |
1714356 |
| Belgians |
895048 |
898784 |
n. d. |
2970144 |
2981224 |
n. d. |
| Foreign nationals |
118681 |
115957 |
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344424 |
339576 |
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| (%) |
11.7 |
11.4 |
0.0 |
10.4 |
10.2 |
0.0 |
Population density
(km2) |
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263 |
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198 |
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(Source : INS)
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Although the 14-64 age bracket is still clearly in the majority, the relative proportion of those aged over 65 is increasing everywhere, reflecting a general trend in the ageing of the population.
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STRUCTURE ACC. TO AGE
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Liège |
Wallonia |
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1/01/97 |
1/01/97 |
| Up to 24 |
310755 |
1043222 |
| 25 – 64 |
532767 |
1729335 |
| 65 and over |
171419 |
548248 |
| Total |
1014941 |
3320805 |
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(Source : INS) |
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The foreign population currently represents 11.4% of the overall population of the province and 12.7% of the total foreign population in Belgium. It is essentially concentrated in the districts of Liège and Verviers, and is actually on the increase in the latter.
The foreign population has registered a sustained drop in the province, especially as more and more foreign nationals are opting for naturalisation. In 1981, it still had more than 140,000 people.
Of the different nationalities, the Italians are the most numerous (45.6%), followed by the Germans (10.7%), Moroccans (7.5%) and Spaniards (7.3%).
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| POPULATION TRENDS |
Province of Liège |
Wallonia |
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1/01/95 |
1/01/96 |
1/01/97 |
1/01/95 |
1/01/96 |
1/01/97 |
| Births |
11519 |
11323 |
11598 |
37905 |
37588 |
38497 |
| Deaths |
11147 |
11275 |
11343 |
3639 |
36942 |
36919 |
| Natural growth |
372 |
48 |
255 |
1546 |
646 |
1578 |
| Internal migration |
2945 |
2886 |
2047 |
11231 |
8952 |
6817 |
| Total growth |
3317 |
2934 |
2302 |
12777 |
9598 |
8395 |
| CHANGE (0/00) |
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| Birth rate |
11.4 |
11.2 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
11.3 |
11.6 |
| Death rate |
11.0 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
11.0 |
11.1 |
11.1 |
| Natural growth |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
| Internal migration |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
2.0 |
| Total growth |
3.3 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
3.9 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
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(Source : INS)
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