Demographics of Brunei

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Brunei is projected at 0.442 million, up by 0.93% compared with 0.437 million in 2020. Brunei is ranked 175th in terms of population and 116th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 6.07 thousand births in Brunei in 2021. That is 17 per day, which is ranked 179th. The crude birth rate is 13.74 per 1000 people. There are 2.1 thousand deaths in Brunei in 2021. That is 6 per day, which is ranked 179th. The crude death rate is 4.77 per 1000 people.

0.35 million people are living in urban areas, which is 78.55% of Brunei population. Brunei is ranked 72th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Brunei in 2021 is 107.70 males per 100 females. There are 0.23 million males and 0.21 million females in Brunei. The percentage of female population is 48.15% compare to 51.85% male population. Brunei has 16.3 thousand more males than females. Brunei is at 188th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Brunei population

Year Population Growth (%)
195048,009-
195563,3675.51
196081,7074.91
1965102,3904.67
1970129,5304.8
1975161,6354.23
1980193,8803.35
1985224,4402.87
1990258,7142.89
1995297,1122.65
2000333,1662.13
2005365,1121.58
2010388,6341.23
2015414,9141.25
2016419,7911.18
2017424,4811.12
2018428,9601.06
2019433,2961.01
2020437,4830.97
2021441,5320.93
  • Total
  • Crude

Brunei death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19508752,41918.1749.23
19551,1203,10717.3748.57
19601,1303,69813.8645.21
19651,0434,07010.0739.53
19701,0584,7988.0936.67
19751,1355,6807.0035.20
19801,0926,1705.6631.90
19851,0666,8214.7130.25
19901,1367,6384.3829.40
19951,1707,7753.9426.24
20001,1677,5663.5122.68
20051,2726,9793.4919.21
20101,4926,7723.8317.33
20151,7246,7744.1616.36
20202,0356,1564.6614.08
20212,1036,0674.7713.74
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Brunei

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195012,84335,158-26.756
195521,94841,47210.8034.608
196035,47846,2679.4943.401
196553,90148,5248.4952.625
197079,92049,6637.8961.675
1975103,78257,8894.4864.193
1980125,96867,9813.5964.949
1985147,49877,0143.1165.697
1990171,93186,8543.1266.438
1995204,00593,1873.4368.644
2000237,14696,0952.8571.164
2005267,16097,9982.0873.163
2010291,34497,3181.7574.961
2015320,10297,4401.8676.663
2020347,83896,6811.5878.250
2021353,19096,4231.5478.554
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Brunei population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 15,405 14,683 30,088 6.81 104.917
05-09 18,048 16,925 34,973 7.92 106.635
10-14 16,364 15,360 31,724 7.18 106.536
15-19 17,062 16,172 33,234 7.53 105.503
20-24 18,451 16,749 35,200 7.97 110.162
25-29 17,971 16,397 34,368 7.78 109.599
30-34 19,920 17,629 37,549 8.50 112.996
35-39 20,785 17,899 38,684 8.76 116.124
40-44 19,154 17,112 36,266 8.21 111.933
45-49 17,000 16,024 33,024 7.48 106.091
50-54 14,611 14,270 28,881 6.54 102.390
55-59 12,000 11,175 23,175 5.25 107.383
60-64 9,284 8,746 18,030 4.08 106.151
65-69 6,123 6,143 12,266 2.78 99.674
70-74 3,273 3,593 6,866 1.56 91.094
75-79 1,777 1,799 3,576 0.81 98.777
80-84 1,025 1,174 2,199 0.50 87.308
85-89 484 558 1,042 0.24 86.738
90-94 170 151 321 0.07 112.583
95-99 37 24 61 0.01 154.167
100+ 4 1 5 0.00 400.000
Total 228,948 212,584 441,532 107.698