Belgium Communications

Country Name: Kingdom of Belgium

Capital City: Brussels

Population: 10,379,067 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.13% (2006)

Currency: Euro (EUR)

Languages: Dutch, French, German

Area: 30,528 sq km

Inflation Rate: 2.1% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 8.1% (2006)

Domain extension: .be

COMMUNICATIONS OF BELGIUM

Telephones - main lines in use:

4.801 million (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

9.46 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

FM 79, AM 7, shortwave 1

Television broadcast stations:

25 (plus 10 repeaters)

Internet country code:

.be

Internet hosts:

2,870,770 (2006)

Internet users:

5.1 million (2005)

International dialing code: