Brunei's population rose from 298,276 in 1996 to 466,330 in 2025.
Brunei · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Brunei's population growth fell from 2.4 % in 1996 to 0.8 % in 2025.
Brunei's population density rose from 53.9 in 1994 to 87.1 in 2023.
Brunei's population, female (% of total) rose from 45.8 % in 1996 to 46.9 % in 2025.
Brunei's urbanisation rose from 69.3 % in 1996 to 75.0 % in 2025.
Brunei's urban population rose from 206,801 in 1996 to 349,799 in 2025.
Brunei's rural population rose from 91,475 in 1996 to 116,531 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %123rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.9 %110th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +2.0 %183rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −5.5 %53rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs104th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts120th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts15th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts122nd of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts203rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts132nd of 217
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- Net migrationunchanged +0.087th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.9 pts36th of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0169th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs102nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs112th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs93rd of 217