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conventional long form: Kingdom of
Belgium
conventional short form: Belgium
local long form: Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie
local short form: Belgique/Belgie
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea,
between France and the Netherlands
10,414,336 (July 2009 est.) 0-14 years:
16.1% (male 857,373/female 822,303) 15-64 years: 66.3% (male
3,480,072/female 3,419,721) 65 years and over: 17.6% (male
760,390/female 1,074,477) (2009 est.)
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Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less
than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
Climate:
temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy Belgium
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engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly,
transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and
beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum
machinery and equipment, chemicals, finished diamonds, metals and
metal products, foodstuffs $371.5 billion (2008 est.) Exports -
partners: Germany 19.9%, France 17.4%, Netherlands 12.2%, UK 7.2%,
US 4.8%, Italy 4.7% (2008)
$387.7 billion (2008 est.) machinery and equipment, chemicals,
diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil
products Imports - partners: Netherlands 19.5%, Germany 17.3%,
France 11%, UK 5.7%, US 5.5%, China 4.1% (2008)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964
(2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
GDP :
$389.3 billion (2008 est.) $385.4 billion (2007 est.) $375.6
billion (2006 est.)
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