Belgium is mostly Flemish.
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 . Despite the reforms , tensions between the groups have remained , if not increased ; there is significant separatism particularly among the Flemish ; controversial language laws exist such as the municipalities with language facilities ; and the formation of a coalition government took 18 months following the June 2010 federal election , a world record . Flemish . The combined region , culture , and people of Dutch-speaking Belgium ( which consists of the provinces of West Flanders , East Flanders , Flemish Brabant , Antwerp , and Limburg , and historically of Brussels ) has come to be known as `` Flemish '' . Flemish people . Flemish people make up the majority of the Belgian population ( about 60 % ) .