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Brunei

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Brunei Darussalam".[1]

Capital
Population
466,330 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 458,949in 2023[4]
Land area
5,270 km²[5]
Total area
5,765 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land border
Malaysia[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • le Brunei Darussalam[12]
  • Negara Brunei Darussalam[13]
  • Negara Brunei Darussalam[14]
  • Brunei Darussalam[15]

Parts of Brunei

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Through time

Population over time[3]
19602025466.3K

88,347 in 1960, 466,330 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196088,347
196192,517
196296,719
1963101,159
1964105,922
1965110,838
1966115,874
1967121,017
1968126,222
1969131,446
1970135,138
1971137,921
1972142,189
1973147,369
1974152,656
1975158,070
1976163,607
1977169,277
1978174,884
1979180,422
1980186,111
1981191,977
1982198,165
1983204,741
1984211,661
1985218,919
1986226,495
1987233,860
1988240,913
1989248,064
1990255,292
1991262,596
1992269,839
1993276,971
1994284,091
1995291,195
1996298,276
1997305,341
1998312,385
1999319,411
2000326,424
2001333,345
2002340,099
2003346,637
2004352,911
2005358,916
2006364,663
2007370,873
2008377,793
2009384,952
2010392,332
2011399,389
2012405,557
2013411,202
2014416,750
2015422,212
2016427,564
2017432,772
2018437,810
2019442,680
2020447,404
2021451,721
2022455,370
2023458,949
2024462,721
2025466,330

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
BN[16]
ISO alpha-3
BRN[17]
ISO numeric
096[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), capital: Bandar Seri Begawan (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), population (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), area (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), official language: Malay (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), official language: British English (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), currency: Brunei dollar (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), continent: Asia (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), official name (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), official name (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), official name (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  15. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), official name (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  16. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  17. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  18. Wikidata: Brunei (Q921), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564285118) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.

Flag image: Flag of Brunei.svg, Public domain, Nightstallion, via Wikimedia Commons.