The goal of bepop is to make the population data from Belgium available in R.
You can install the development version of bepop from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("sciensanogit/bepop")
the bepop package contains population files on different geographical
levels (municipalities - districts - provinces - regions - country). The
datasets are named as follows:
- BE_POP_MUNTY: municipalities
- BE_POP_ARRD: districts
- BE_POP_PROV: provinces (+ Brussels Capital Region for simplicity)
- BE_POP_RGN: regions
- BE_POP: country
for more information on the content of each dataset, you can always
consult the help-file by ?BE_POP. The population structure of Belgium
over the years was as follows:
| YEAR | POPULATION |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 10753080 |
| 2010 | 10839905 |
| 2011 | 10951266 |
| 2012 | 11035948 |
| 2013 | 11099554 |
| 2014 | 11150516 |
| 2015 | 11209044 |
| 2016 | 11267910 |
| 2017 | 11322088 |
| 2018 | 11376070 |
| 2019 | 11431406 |
| 2020 | 11492641 |
| 2021 | 11521238 |
the bepop package also contains population projection files on
different geographical levels (districts - provinces - regions -
country). The datasets are named as follows:
- BE_POP_PROJ_ARRD: districts
- *BE_POP__PROJ_PROV*: provinces (+ Brussels Capital Region for simplicity)
- BE_POP_PROJ_RGN: regions
- BE_POP_PROJ: country
for more information on the content of each dataset, you can always
consult the help-file by ?BE_POP_PROJ. The population structure of
Belgium over the years and its projections are as follows:
| YEAR | POPULATION |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 10021997 |
| 1993 | 10068319 |
| 1994 | 10100341 |
| 1995 | 10130398 |
| 1996 | 10142776 |
| 1997 | 10170226 |
| 1998 | 10192264 |
| 1999 | 10213752 |
| 2000 | 10239085 |
| 2001 | 10263414 |
| 2002 | 10309725 |
| 2003 | 10355844 |
| 2004 | 10396421 |
| 2005 | 10445852 |
| 2006 | 10511382 |
| 2007 | 10584534 |
| 2008 | 10665140 |
| 2009 | 10753080 |
| 2010 | 10839905 |
| 2011 | 10951266 |
| 2012 | 11035948 |
| 2013 | 11099554 |
| 2014 | 11150516 |
| 2015 | 11209044 |
| 2016 | 11267910 |
| 2017 | 11322088 |
| 2018 | 11376070 |
| 2019 | 11431406 |
| 2020 | 11492641 |
| 2021 | 11521238 |
| 2022 | 11579430 |
| 2023 | 11712537 |
| 2024 | 11723239 |
| 2025 | 11732724 |
| 2026 | 11774172 |
| 2027 | 11813386 |
| 2028 | 11851829 |
| 2029 | 11889604 |
| 2030 | 11926845 |
| 2031 | 11963815 |
| 2032 | 12001190 |
| 2033 | 12038309 |
| 2034 | 12075027 |
| 2035 | 12111167 |
| 2036 | 12146642 |
| 2037 | 12181041 |
| 2038 | 12214333 |
| 2039 | 12246444 |
| 2040 | 12277333 |
| 2041 | 12306916 |
| 2042 | 12335155 |
| 2043 | 12361986 |
| 2044 | 12387367 |
| 2045 | 12411275 |
| 2046 | 12433706 |
| 2047 | 12454702 |
| 2048 | 12474339 |
| 2049 | 12492702 |
| 2050 | 12509878 |
| 2051 | 12526008 |
| 2052 | 12541238 |
| 2053 | 12555770 |
| 2054 | 12569772 |
| 2055 | 12583460 |
| 2056 | 12597043 |
| 2057 | 12610747 |
| 2058 | 12624784 |
| 2059 | 12639362 |
| 2060 | 12654703 |
| 2061 | 12670943 |
| 2062 | 12688222 |
| 2063 | 12706583 |
| 2064 | 12726066 |
| 2065 | 12746697 |
| 2066 | 12768390 |
| 2067 | 12791085 |
| 2068 | 12814656 |
| 2069 | 12838979 |
| 2070 | 12863874 |
| 2071 | 12889202 |
The idea for this package is inspired by the BelgiumMaps.StatBel package, developed by Jan Wijffels at BNOSAC.
The population files are obtained from the Statbel open data and the open data from the federal plan bureau (FPB) of Belgium:
- https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population includes information on the population of Belgium on the 1st of January for each year.
- https://www.plan.be/publications/publication-2255-nl-demografische_vooruitzichten_2021_2070_update_sterke_opwaartse_herziening_van_de_bevolkingsgroei_in_2022 includes information on the population projections of Belgium.
To calculate the mid-year population of year x, one should average the
population of year x and year x+1 .