Official nameRoyaume de Belgique Koninkrijk België (Kingdom of Belgium)CapitalBrusselsPopulation estimate (2015)11·30 millionInternet domain extension.beCurrencyThe euro (EUR), which consists of 100 cents, has been in circulation since 1 January 2002.TerritoryBelgium is bounded in the north by the Netherlands, north-west by the North Sea, west and south by France, and east by Germany and Luxembourg.LanguagesDutch (Flemish) is spoken by the Flemish section of the population in the north, French by the Walloon south. The linguistic frontier passes south of Brussels, which is bilingual.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London Synonyms and related words