Belgium has a population of over 10 million people, with 59% living in the Dutch-speaking Flanders region, 40% living in the French-speaking Wallonia region, and 1% speaking German. Brussels is the capital city, where 80% of residents speak French and 20% speak Dutch. Belgium has borders with Netherlands, France, and Germany, and has a separation of governments along linguistic lines, with Dutch-speaking and French-speaking ministers sharing equal power and regional communities electing their own governments.