Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level (demo_gind)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Compiling agency: Statistics Belgium


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Belgium
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Thematic Direction Society
1.5. Contact mail address

Koning Albert II-laan 16 - 1000 Brussel


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 25/06/2021
2.2. Metadata last posted 25/06/2021
2.3. Metadata last update 25/06/2021


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.
3.2. Classification system

Not applicable.
3.3. Coverage - sector

Not applicable.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.4.1 Please indicate the definition of:
Population The mother's residence The data deaths
1.Usual Residence Population 2.Legal Residence Population 3.Registered Residence Population 4.Other 1.Usual Residence Population 2.Legal Residence Population 3.Registered Residence Population 4.Other 1.Usual Residence Population 2.Legal Residence Population 3.Registered Residence Population 4.Other
 X            X        x  

 

3.4.2 Please describe the national definition of
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
Population registered in the Central Population Register (CPR)  Births of children registerd in the CPR (or their mothers) Deaths of persons registerd in the CPR   First-time registrations and reregistration (absence >= 1 year) in the CPR deregistrations from the CPR 

 

3.4.3 Please provide details of the deviations of the  national definition used from the usual residence definition.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
Asylum seekers not included in national definition and no appication of the 12 months duration criterium. see 'population'  see 'population' see 'population' see 'population'
3.5. Statistical unit

Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
In case of survey as data source, please describe the target statistical population (one or more) which the data set refers to
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
         

 Not applicable
3.7. Reference area

Data are available at national level and all underlying geographical units
3.8. Coverage - Time

Not applicable.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Counts of persons (individuals)


5. Reference Period Top

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31December).
The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.  
The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Royal Decree of 26 August 1966 on annual statistics on births, deaths, marriages, divorces, recognitions, legitimations, adoptions, immigration and emigration.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Law of 4 July 1962 on official statistics (amended by the Act of 1 August 1985 on tax and other measures, the Act of 21 December 1994 on social and other provisions, the Law of 2 January 2001 on social provisions, Budget and miscellaneous and by the program law of 22 December 2008)
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

In accordance with the law of 4 July 1962 on official statistics


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Yearly
8.2. Release calendar access

Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Information disseminated by the Statistics Belgium website


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Yearly


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Ad-hoc press release (Newsletter...)
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Ad-hoc publications on the Statistics Belgium website
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Statistics Belgium website:

https://bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/

https://bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/crosstable.xhtml?datasource=65ee413b-3859-4c6f-a847-09b631766fa7
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Please provide a link to national methodology reports and reference metadata files available on-line concerning the supplied data.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants

 Emigrants

 Net migration
Structure of the population Births and fertility
 Mortality Migration Migration Not available
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not available


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

All the statistical validation process is oriented towards the assurance of quality (internal cohernce controls, cross-checks when available...)
11.2. Quality management - assessment

Not yet available


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

Many institutionnal and private users with their specific needs: Federal Plan Bureau for Population projections, National Bank for the national accounts, Universities for scientific analyses, business groups for marketing,...
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Follow-up of the demands and reporting about web-site consultations
12.3. Completeness

Constant efforts are made to extend the population statistics provided 


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Please report on the reasons for any unreliability of the data on:
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants Net migration
 possible small underestimation due to delay in the registration - remaining small over or under estimation of the number of asylumseekers - illegal population not taken in consideration.  see 'population' see 'population' see 'population' see 'population'  see 'population'
13.2. Sampling error
In case of survey as data source, please provide information on the part of the difference between a population value and an estimate thereof, derived from a random sample, which is due to the fact that only a subset of the population is enumerated.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
 Not applicable  Not applicable  Not applicable  Not applicable  Not applicable
13.3. Non-sampling error
In case of survey as data source, please provide information on the error in survey estimates which cannot be attributed to sampling fluctuations.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
 Not applicable  Not applicable  Not applicable  Not applicable  Not applicable


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

available within 6 months of reference date
14.2. Punctuality

punctuality = 100% 


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

Completely comparable
15.2. Comparability - over time
Please provide information on the length of comparable time series (indicate the first reference year for which data are availble), reference periods at which series occur, the reasons for the breaks and treatments of them.
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
 before 2010 -  exclusion of asylum seekers before 2010 -  exclusion of asylum seekers before 2010 -  exclusion of asylum seekers before 2010 -  exclusion of asylum seekers before 2010 -  exclusion of asylum seekers
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

For natural movement, 99% of coherence between Population National Register and civil registration.

For migration movement, Population National Register is the only source.

For Population also.
15.4. Coherence - internal

Calculation of population and migrations are completely integrated in one program - assuring coherence


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not available


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

No revision policy. Population preliminary data are not disseminated
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data
Please report on the data sources used for the first reference year and inform of any changes thereto,  to produce:
Population Live births Deaths Immigrants Emigrants
 Central population register Central population register Central population register Central population register Central population register
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Yearly for Statistics Belgium, but continue data collection for the National Register
18.3. Data collection

Data collected at the municipality level, harmonised and gathered at the national level.
18.4. Data validation

Selection of the pertinent cases (persons registered, livebirths, deaths...), coherence controls for each variable available, compilation of new variables, agregation in household units and agregation in geographical units.
18.5. Data compilation

Linkage with civil registration to guaranty the completness of natural movement data and editing of all the cases included in the statistical adjustement. 
18.6. Adjustment

The Belgian population register 'suffers' from a limited number of shortcoming mainly late registrations. This results in a statistical adjustment of several of thousand persons - however on a population totaling more than 11.000.000 persons. There is scientifical agreement in Belgium that this is a acceptabel bias.      


19. Comment Top

No additional comment.


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top