Statbel - Statistics Belgium

Thematic Direction Society - Department of Demographic Statistics

Statistics Belgium

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1000 Brussel

Total usually resident population for the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council.

Not applicable.

Total usually resident population at national level.

The usually resident population figure is the population figure at midnight 31 December of each year. To determine the population figure, Statistics Belgium receives raw data from the Belgian population register, which is a harmonised and exhaustive integration of all Belgian municipal population registers. There is comprehensive legislation on registration of citizens and migrants, and practical guidelines for municipal administrations exist. Asylum seekers are included.

Person.

Belgian population.

Data are available at national level.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Person.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).

Loi du 4 juillet 1962 relative à la statistique publique (modifiée par la loi du 1er août 1985 portant des mesures fiscales et autres, la loi du 21 décembre 1994 portant des dispositions sociales et diverses, la loi du 2 janvier 2001 portant des dispositions sociales, budgétairs et diverses et par la loi programme du 22 décembre 2008).

Not applicable.

Loi du 4 juillet 1962 relative à la statistique publique (modifiée par la loi du 1er août 1985 portant des mesures fiscales et autres, la loi du 21 décembre 1994 portant des dispositions sociales et diverses, la loi du 2 janvier 2001 portant des dispositions sociales, budgétairs et diverses et par la loi programme du 22 décembre 2008).

Conform the law in 7.1.

Data are made available at T + 6M.

Not applicable.

Access to coded individual level data on demand via the Belgian commission for the protection of privacy.

Annual.

Annual press release.

No paper publications are distributed.

Dissemination of olap cubes via website.

See 8.3

Not applicable.

See the information in the Annex file.

Not applicable.

Validation procedure at Statistics Belgium - peer validation by power users.

Data requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.

Not applicable.

Data transmitted as requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.

Certain subpopulation (illegals) might be absent in the population figure.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

For the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the total population at national level at the reference time, in accordance with Article 2 ( c ), within eight months of the end of the reference year.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The total usually resident population  transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usually Resident Population data collection may differ from those available in National Accounts, Labour Force Survey or in the survey on Income and Living Conditions. The difference is given by the population coverage (see metadata specific to each domain).

The total usually resident population transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usually Resident Population data collection may differ from those available in the rest of the Demographic domain. The difference is given by the population definition (see metadata specific to each domain).

Relatevely limited costs - collection on basis of administrative aim. No respondent burden.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Belgian Population Register.

Every two weeks.

Data collection is done by Belgian municipalities. Harmonisation bij the Belgian Population Register.

Input validation: (1) the Belgian population register provides validated data at Statistics Belgium. (2) Statistics Belgium performs a second validation, by validating the completeness of the datasets. In addition the present variables and variable values are checked.
Output validation: the consistency of the results is studied. In addition, the data are validated by our user community working on the data.

Statistics Belgium calculates the usually resident population figure by determining the population that resides in a Belgian municipality at midnight 31 December.

Not applicable.

No comment.