The Kingdom of Belgium (Dutch: Koninkrijk België; French: Royaume de Belgique; German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France and is one of the founding and core members of the European Union. Belgium has a population of over ten million people, in an area of around 30,000 square kilometres (11,700 square miles).
		
			
				Population:
				10,419,000 (
76th)
				
Area:
				30,528
				km² (
139th) /
				11,787
				sq mi
			
 
		 
		* Intro text, area and population information from Wikipedia.com.