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🇧🇳 Brunei

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BRN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BN
UN M49 numeric096
IOC codeBRU
Official nameNation of Brunei, Abode of Peace
Native name(s)msa: official: Nation of Brunei, Abode Damai; common: Negara Brunei Darussalam
Alt spellingsBN, Brunei Darussalam, Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouth-Eastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalBandar Seri Begawan
Area (km²)5,765
Lat / Lng4.5000, 114.6667
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)MYS
Top-level domain.bn
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 73

Demographics

Population (World Bank)466,330 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)75.501 (2024)
Languagesmsa: Malay
Demonymseng: f: Bruneian; m: Bruneian; fra: f: Brunéienne; m: Brunéien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)15,031,980,994.112 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)32,234.643 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.277 (2025)
CurrenciesBND: name: Brunei dollar; symbol: $; SGD: name: Singapore dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195048,297
195151,190
195254,233
195357,559
195461,209
195565,210
195669,548
195774,164
195878,972
195983,842
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

Full raw record (JSON)

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      "official": "بروناي دار السلام",
      "common": "بروناي"
    },
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      "official": "Nacija od Bruneja, Kuću Mira",
      "common": "Brunej"
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    "hun": {
      "official": "Brunei Szultanátus",
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      "official": "Nazione di Brunei, Dimora della Pace",
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      "official": "브루나이 다루살람국",
      "common": "브루나이"
    },
    "nld": {
      "official": "Natie van Brunei, de verblijfplaats van de Vrede",
      "common": "Brunei"
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    "per": {
      "official": "برونئی سرای صلح",
      "common": "برونئی"
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  "independent": true,
  "un_member": true,
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  "flag_emoji": "🇧🇳",
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      },
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        "common": "Brunej"
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        "common": "برونئی"
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