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The latest annual total for Belgium is 145, compared with 129 in 2024. For Belgium, this represents a 12.4% increase.
The annual record for Belgium ranges from 14 in 2020 to 169 in 2011.
For Belgium, the year-on-year percentage fall was between 2019 and 2020: 128 to 14 licenses.
The annual percentage increase for Belgium was 24.8% in 2008, ending at 166 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 133 |
| 2008 | 166 |
| 2009 | 142 |
| 2010 | 162 |
| 2011 | 169 |
| 2012 | 153 |
| 2013 | 141 |
| 2014 | 154 |
| 2015 | 132 |
| 2016 | 132 |
| 2017 | 136 |
| 2018 | 119 |
| 2019 | 128 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2021 | fewer than 10 |
| 2022 | withheld |
| 2023 | 120 |
| 2024 | 129 |
| 2025 | 145 |
First marriages for both partners numbered 400 in the Belgium group, alongside 118 couples in which someone had married before. Belgium's both-first-marriage share reached 77.2%, or 27.04 percentage points above the 50.2% across all couples.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 400 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 118 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
For Belgium, July led the monthly totals at 83 licenses, accounting for 16.0% of the period. By comparison, January brought 12 licenses, the lowest published monthly total and 71 below July. May followed with 77 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 12 |
| February | 14 |
| March | 17 |
| April | 65 |
| May | 77 |
| June | 29 |
| July | 83 |
| August | 50 |
| September | 62 |
| October | 65 |
| November | 24 |
| December | 20 |
Compared with 8.01% across all origins, July contributed 16.02% of Belgium licenses, putting its share 8.01 percentage points above the countywide figure. The third monthly position for Belgium went to April, contributing 65 licenses behind July and May. The leading months, July, May and April, together accounted for 225 Belgium licenses, representing 43.4% of the 518 recent count; those same months accounted for 27.1% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Partners aged 30-34 formed the biggest published age band for Belgium, at 232 people. The next Belgium age group, 35-39, contained 188 partners. For Belgium, the 30-34 age band made up 22.4% of partners, compared with 19.3% for all origins, putting it above the overall share. Across Belgium licenses, 36.4% of partners were under 35, a lower share than the all-origin 42.7%. The third and fourth age groups from Belgium were 40-44 and 45-49, containing 159 and 154 partners respectively in the recent pooled record.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-29 | 132 |
| 30-34 | 232 |
| 35-39 | 188 |
| 40-44 | 159 |
| 45-49 | 154 |
| 50-54 | 88 |
| 55-59 | 49 |
| 60-64 | 13 |
| 65-69 | fewer than 10 |
| 70-74 | fewer than 10 |
Across the recent window, Belgium recorded 518 licenses and its neighboring overseas origin, New Zealand, recorded 445. The latest-year overseas rank for Belgium was 13th; over the recent window, it stood 14th in the published overseas list. The pooled Belgium count averages 103.6 licenses for each file year in 2021 to 2025; 2022 contributes dates only through 22 December to that recent record.
For Belgium, the annual chart records 133 in 2007, 128 in 2019, 14 in 2020, 120 in 2023. Belgium's latest annual total was 13.3% above the count recorded in 2019. Out of 375,664 recent licenses countywide, 518 carried a Belgium address, accounting for 0.14% of the 2021 to 2025 total. The latest-year Belgium share was 0.21%, against 70,598 licenses in the full county total. The opening 2007 file placed Belgium at 0.12% of the total, with 133 licenses within the county's 107,901 for that year.
Plan the $102 license visit
Before leaving Belgium, use the marriage license guide to check identification and plan the joint license visit, which costs $102. For your return to Belgium, the certified-copy guide explains requesting proof after recording, at $20 for each certified certificate; the officiant has 10 days after the ceremony to return the completed document for recording.