Brunei
Population 2026
469,780
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.74%
- Density
- 89 per km²
- Land area
- 5,270 km²
- Capital
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Currency
- Dollar (BND)
- Official languages
- MS-BN, EN-BN
- Urban population
- 75.0%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 5,9742026
- Deaths
- 2,6142026
- Birth rate
- 13.3per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.3per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.73
- Life expectancy
- 75.5At birth, years
- Median age
- 33.2
- Net migration
- 0
Age distribution
- 0–1420.6%
- 15–6472.1%
- 65+7.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $15.0B
- GDP per capita
- $32.2K
- GDP growth
- +0.7%
- Inflation
- -0.3%
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
- Exports
- $10.8B
- Imports
- $7.8B
- Tourism receipts
- 2.7%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.2%
- Industry60.0%
- Manufacturing9.9%
- Services40.2%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.2%
- Industry20.4%
- Services78.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei-Muara District | 64,4092019 |
| 2 | SengkurongBrunei-Muara District | 40,9722024 |
| 3 | MentiriBrunei-Muara District | 39,3242024 |
| 4 | Kuala BelaitBelait | 31,1782026 |
| 5 | TutongTutong | 19,1512026 |
| 6 | SerasaBrunei-Muara District | 18,5692024 |
| 7 | LiangBelait | 16,8132024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 469,780 | 6.0K | 2.6K |
| 2020 | 447,411 | 6.4K | 2.2K |
| 2010 | 392,340 | 6.5K | 1.5K |
| 2000 | 326,429 | 6.5K | 1.1K |
| 1990 | 255,307 | 7.3K | 1.0K |
| 1980 | 186,121 | 5.6K | 860 |
| 1970 | 135,157 | 4.6K | 935 |
| 1960 | 88,359 | 4.2K | 1.0K |
| 1950 | 48,316 | 2.3K | 842 |