For other uses, see Butterfingers (disambiguation). For the Canadian band, see Butterfinger (Canadian band). Butterfinger is a candy bar created in 1923 in Chicago, Illinois by Otto Schnering, which currently is manufactured by NestlÃ©. The bar consists of a crispy core of creamy peanut butter blended with sugar candy in chocolatey coating.
Yearly Population Growth Rate 1  (%) The current population of Belgium is 11,428,484 as of Saturday, April 15, 2017, based on the latest United Nations estimates. 2  Belgium population is equivalent to 0.15% of the total world population. 3  Belgium ranks number 80 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
Located in the continent of Europe, Belgium covers 30,278 square kilometers of land and 250 square kilometers of water, making it the 142nd largest nation in the world with a total area of 30,528 square kilometers. Belgium became an independent state in 1830, after gaining its sovereignty from The Netherlands.