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Belgium      Country: Belgium Internet: .be Continent: Europe Government URL: http://belgium.fgov.be Area: 30528 sq km Population: 10,379,067 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 10437.002 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 5122.087 Population Women: 5314.915 Annual Growth Rate: 0.222 % Birth Rate: 10.38 % Death Rate: 10.27 % Life Expectancy: 78.77 years Infant Mortality Rate: 4.62 % Fertility Rate: 1.64 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.2 % HIV AIDS Living With: 10,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 100 Labor Force: 4,890,000 Unemployment Rate: 8.1 % GDP Per Capita: $31,800 GDP Purchasing Power: $330,400,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 2.5 Industrial Growth: 3 Inflation Rate CP: 2.1 % Investment Gross Fixed: 19.4 Public Debt: 90.3 Capital: Brussels Capital Population: 1750600 (metro area) / 981200 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 20 E UTC Offset: 1 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October Merchant Marine: 66 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 2043 km Roadways: 150567 km Railways: 3521 km Airports: 43 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 5100000 Internet Hosts: 2870770 Telephones Mobile: 9,460,000 Telephones Main: 4801000 Debt External: $1,053,000,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $9,626,000,000 Imports: $333,500,000,000 Exports: $335,300,000,000 Current Account Balance: $6,925,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 16,880,000,000 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 17,060,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 82,410,000,000 Electricity Production: 80,220,000,000 Oil Consumption: 641,000 Oil Exports: 450,000 Oil Imports: 1,042,000 Oil Production: 10,690  Map of Belgium

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