Belgium is almost half French-speaking.
Belgium . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe , Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch-speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % of the population , and the French-speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % of all Belgians . The Brussels-Capital Region is an officially bilingual ( French and Dutch ) enclave within the Flemish Region .