Abstract
In 1863 Belgium comprised an area of 29,300 sq. km (11,313 sq. miles) and an estimated population of 4,894,071. About one-fourth of the working population was engaged in agriculture, one-fourth in trade and industry. Brussels had 300,341 inhabitants. Revenue amounted to 155,946,790 francs (£6.2m.) and expenditure to 150,120,344 francs (£6m.). The state railway was the largest single source of revenue (31.75m. francs, gross).
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Books of Reference
Statistical Information. The Institut National de Statistique (44 rue de Louvain, Brussels) was set up on 24 Jan. 1831, under the designation of Bureau de Statistique Générale; after several changes, it received its present name on 2 May 1946. The activities of the Institute are classified under the 2 heads of Research and Information, Documentation and Publications. The 8 sections of the Research Service are: Demography, Health, Education and General; Social Affairs; Agriculture; Industry; Commerce and Communications; Finances; Justice; Mathematical Statistics. Director-General: A. Dufrasne. Main publications:
Bulletin du Commerce Extérieur. Monthly
Bulletin de Statistique. Monthly
Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique et du Congo Belge. Annual (from 1870)
Annuaire Agricole. 1946 ff.
Recensement général de la population, de l’industrie et du commerce au 31 déc. 1947. 15 vols.
Recensement économique et social au 27 évrier, 1937. 8 vols.
Almanack royal officiel. Annual. Brussels
L’économie belge. Ministère des Affaires Economiques. Annual (from 1947)
Dussart, F., and Contreras, R., Géographie de la Belgique et du Congo. Brussels, 1947
Pireune, H., Histoire de Belgique. 7 vols. Brussels, 1932.—Bibliographie de l’histoire de Belgique. 3rd ed. Brussels, 1931
Kaeymaker, O. de, Belgie’s internationaal Beleid, 1919–39. Brussels, 1945
Van Kalken, Frans, Histoire de Belgique. Brussels, 1944.—Entre deux guerres : Esquises de la vie politique en Belgique de 1918–1940. Brussels, 1945
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1963 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Steinberg, S.H. (1963). Belgium. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270923_30
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270923_30
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-27092-3
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)