🇧🇳 Brunei Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇧🇳 Brunei BN / BRN #163

Nomad Score 54.0

Cities 4

Region Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Malay Archipelago, Islands, Asia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

Currency BND

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 466.2K

Density 72.1/km²

HDI 0.837 (Very High)

GDP per capita $34,970

Life Expectancy (2024) 75.5 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 1.73

Urban Population (2024) 74.9%

Literacy Rate (2011) 96.1%

Labor Force (2025) 69.6%

Gender Wage Gap (2017) 0.3%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Malay	bahasa Melayu

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Sunni islam	80.7%
Christianity	10.7%
Buddhism	7.8%
Indigenous beliefs	0.8%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Malay	73.7%
Chinese	9.6%
Others	16.6%

Demonym (male) Bruneian

Demonym (female) Bruneian

National Anthem Allah Peliharakan Sultan

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		20.8%
15-64 Working		72.3%
65+ Elderly		6.9%

Dependency Ratio 38.3%

Profile Mature

Urban Pop. (2024) 74.9%

Birth Rate (2024) 13.3 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 5.3 /1000

Fertility Rate (2024) 1.73

Infant Mortality (2024) 8.6 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 21.6%

Tourism (2020) 1.1M

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 75.5 yrs

HALE (2021) 67.1 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 2.2% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2024) 8.6/1000

UHC Index (2021) 78/100

Hospital Beds (2023) 3.6/1000

Physicians (2021) 1.89/1000

Nurses (2021) 6.62/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $733

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 7.4%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2011) 96.1%

Education Spending (2016) 4.4% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 438

Internet Users (2024) 96.3%

Mobile Subscriptions (2024) 118.1/100

Broadband (2023) 20.2/100

Secure Servers (2024) 16,129/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 20.2

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 5,765 km²

Capital Bandar Seri Begawan 📍

Continent Asia

Region Asia

Subregion South-Eastern Asia

Landlocked No

Driving Side Left

Timezones UTC+08:00

Calling Codes +673

Postal Code @@####

TLD .bn

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇲🇾 Malaysia

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Brunei has a yellow field with two adjoining diagonal bands of white and black that extend from the upper hoist side of the field to the lower fly side. The red emblem of Brunei is centered on the field.