Population in Brunei

Population in Brunei: 48,300 people in 1950 and 458,900 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 458,900 people
Since 1950: +410,600 people
Rank, 2023: 175 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 8.09 billion people
Projected, 2100: 464,800 people; UN projection (medium variant)

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people · UN

Estimates, UNEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 464,800 people in 2100, between 132,000 people and 1.29 million people (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from HYDE and Gapminder reach back to 1800: 2,258 people.

Every year

people · UN

Year	Brunei	World
2023	458,900	8.09 billion
2022	455,400	8.02 billion
2021	451,700	7.95 billion
2020	447,400	7.89 billion
2019	442,700	7.81 billion
2018	437,800	7.73 billion
2017	432,800	7.65 billion
2016	427,600	7.56 billion
2015	422,200	7.47 billion
2014	416,800	7.38 billion
2013	411,200	7.29 billion
2012	405,600	7.2 billion
2011	399,400	7.11 billion
2010	392,300	7.02 billion
2009	385,000	6.93 billion
2008	377,800	6.84 billion
2007	370,900	6.76 billion
2006	364,700	6.67 billion
2005	358,900	6.59 billion
2004	352,900	6.5 billion
2003	346,600	6.42 billion
2002	340,100	6.34 billion
2001	333,300	6.26 billion
2000	326,400	6.17 billion
1999	319,400	6.09 billion
1998	312,400	6.01 billion
1997	305,300	5.93 billion
1996	298,300	5.84 billion
1995	291,200	5.76 billion
1994	284,100	5.68 billion
1993	277,000	5.59 billion
1992	269,800	5.51 billion
1991	262,600	5.42 billion
1990	255,300	5.33 billion
1989	248,100	5.23 billion
1988	240,900	5.14 billion
1987	233,900	5.05 billion
1986	226,500	4.96 billion
1985	218,900	4.87 billion
1984	211,700	4.78 billion
1983	204,700	4.7 billion
1982	198,200	4.61 billion
1981	192,000	4.53 billion
1980	186,100	4.45 billion
1979	180,400	4.37 billion
1978	174,900	4.29 billion
1977	169,300	4.22 billion
1976	163,600	4.14 billion
1975	158,100	4.07 billion
1974	152,700	4 billion
1973	147,400	3.92 billion
1972	142,200	3.85 billion
1971	137,900	3.77 billion
1970	135,100	3.7 billion
1969	131,400	3.62 billion
1968	126,200	3.55 billion
1967	121,000	3.47 billion
1966	115,900	3.4 billion
1965	110,800	3.34 billion
1964	105,900	3.26 billion
1963	101,200	3.19 billion
1962	96,720	3.12 billion
1961	92,520	3.07 billion
1960	88,350	3.02 billion
1959	83,840	2.97 billion
1958	78,970	2.91 billion
1957	74,160	2.85 billion
1956	69,550	2.8 billion
1955	65,210	2.74 billion
1954	61,210	2.69 billion
1953	57,560	2.63 billion
1952	54,230	2.58 billion
1951	51,190	2.54 billion
1950	48,300	2.49 billion
1949	46,790	–
1948	45,860	–
1947	45,440	–
1946	45,020	–
1945	44,610	–
1944	44,190	–
1943	43,790	–
1942	43,380	–
1941	42,800	–
1940	42,040	–
1939	41,120	–
1938	40,040	–
1937	38,810	–
1936	37,620	–
1935	36,460	–
1934	35,340	–
1933	34,250	–
1932	33,200	–
1931	32,280	–
1930	31,490	–
1929	30,830	–
1928	30,280	–
1927	29,850	–
1926	29,430	–
1925	29,010	–
1924	28,600	–
1923	28,190	–
1922	27,790	–
1921	27,390	–
1920	26,970	–
1919	26,550	–
1918	26,120	–
1917	25,690	–
1916	25,250	–
1915	24,820	–
1914	24,390	–
1913	23,980	–
1912	23,570	–
1911	23,350	–
1910	23,150	–
1909	22,540	–
1908	21,920	–
1907	21,290	–
1906	20,640	–
1905	19,980	–
1904	19,340	–
1903	18,720	–
1902	18,120	–
1901	17,540	–
1900	16,980	–
1899	16,440	–
1898	15,910	–
1897	15,400	–
1896	14,910	–
1895	14,430	–
1894	13,970	–
1893	13,520	–
1892	13,090	–
1891	12,670	–
1890	12,260	–
1889	11,870	–
1888	11,490	–
1887	11,120	–
1886	10,770	–
1885	10,420	–
1884	10,090	–
1883	9,766	–
1882	9,453	–
1881	9,150	–
1880	8,857	–
1879	8,574	–
1878	8,299	–
1877	8,034	–
1876	7,777	–
1875	7,528	–
1874	7,293	–
1873	7,072	–
1872	6,865	–
1871	6,670	–
1870	6,644	–
1869	6,465	–
1868	6,295	–
1867	6,132	–
1866	5,977	–
1865	5,830	–
1864	5,690	–
1863	5,556	–
1862	5,430	–
1861	5,310	–
1860	5,195	–
1859	5,087	–
1858	4,981	–
1857	4,877	–
1856	4,775	–
1855	4,676	–
1854	4,578	–
1853	4,483	–
1852	4,389	–
1851	4,298	–
1850	4,208	–
1849	4,123	–
1848	4,039	–
1847	3,957	–
1846	3,877	–
1845	3,798	–
1844	3,721	–
1843	3,646	–
1842	3,572	–
1841	3,499	–
1840	3,428	–
1839	3,359	–
1838	3,290	–
1837	3,224	–
1836	3,158	–
1835	3,094	–
1834	3,031	–
1833	2,970	–
1832	2,910	–
1831	2,851	–
1830	2,793	–
1829	2,738	–
1828	2,687	–
1827	2,639	–
1826	2,594	–
1825	2,552	–
1824	2,514	–
1823	2,478	–
1822	2,445	–
1821	2,415	–
1820	2,388	–
1819	2,364	–
1818	2,342	–
1817	2,323	–
1816	2,306	–
1815	2,292	–
1814	2,280	–
1813	2,271	–
1812	2,264	–
1811	2,260	–
1810	2,258	–
1809	2,258	–
1808	2,258	–
1807	2,258	–
1806	2,258	–
1805	2,258	–
1804	2,258	–
1803	2,258	–
1802	2,258	–
1801	2,258	–
1800	2,258	–

12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Brunei	World
2024	462,700461,000–464,400	8.16 billion
2025	466,300460,800–471,500	8.23 billion
2026	469,800459,700–478,900	8.3 billion
2027	473,200457,900–486,700	8.37 billion
2028	476,400455,600–495,500	8.44 billion
2029	479,500452,400–504,800	8.5 billion
2030	482,400449,200–514,000	8.57 billion
2031	485,300446,100–524,400	8.63 billion
2032	488,000441,800–534,900	8.7 billion
2033	490,400436,900–545,000	8.76 billion
2034	492,900432,800–555,600	8.82 billion
2035	495,300429,100–565,800	8.89 billion
2036	497,600424,800–575,200	8.95 billion
2037	499,700419,700–585,200	9.01 billion
2038	501,900415,300–594,600	9.06 billion
2039	504,100410,900–603,700	9.12 billion
2040	506,000405,300–613,700	9.18 billion
2041	507,800399,800–623,900	9.23 billion
2042	509,500394,500–635,000	9.29 billion
2043	511,100389,800–646,400	9.34 billion
2044	512,600385,000–656,500	9.39 billion
2045	514,100379,100–667,000	9.44 billion
2046	515,400373,500–679,600	9.49 billion
2047	516,600366,500–691,300	9.54 billion
2048	517,700360,500–699,400	9.58 billion
2049	518,700354,300–709,800	9.62 billion
2050	519,600346,300–721,300	9.66 billion
2051	520,300339,300–731,300	9.7 billion
2052	520,800333,800–743,700	9.74 billion
2053	521,100327,600–752,900	9.78 billion
2054	521,200319,600–760,900	9.81 billion
2055	521,300312,500–772,900	9.85 billion
2056	521,300306,800–783,000	9.88 billion
2057	521,200302,400–793,500	9.91 billion
2058	520,900297,100–803,300	9.94 billion
2059	520,500291,500–811,000	9.96 billion
2060	520,100285,900–822,200	9.99 billion
2061	519,700280,500–834,400	10 billion
2062	519,200274,700–845,600	10 billion
2063	518,600268,000–854,300	10.1 billion
2064	517,800262,700–863,600	10.1 billion
2065	516,900257,900–874,700	10.1 billion
2066	515,800252,400–883,500	10.1 billion
2067	514,600246,900–893,800	10.1 billion
2068	513,300241,200–906,100	10.2 billion
2069	512,000236,100–916,900	10.2 billion
2070	510,800231,200–926,700	10.2 billion
2071	509,600225,100–937,700	10.2 billion
2072	508,300218,700–948,500	10.2 billion
2073	506,800213,200–959,500	10.2 billion
2074	505,200208,300–974,600	10.2 billion
2075	503,500203,300–988,900	10.3 billion
2076	501,800198,000–998,000	10.3 billion
2077	500,300193,800–1.01 million	10.3 billion
2078	498,700189,800–1.02 million	10.3 billion
2079	497,200184,900–1.03 million	10.3 billion
2080	495,600179,300–1.04 million	10.3 billion
2081	494,000175,600–1.05 million	10.3 billion
2082	492,400174,000–1.07 million	10.3 billion
2083	490,700171,600–1.08 million	10.3 billion
2084	489,100168,300–1.09 million	10.3 billion
2085	487,500165,300–1.1 million	10.3 billion
2086	485,900161,700–1.11 million	10.3 billion
2087	484,400158,000–1.12 million	10.3 billion
2088	482,800154,700–1.14 million	10.3 billion
2089	481,200151,500–1.15 million	10.3 billion
2090	479,600149,200–1.16 million	10.3 billion
2091	478,100146,900–1.17 million	10.3 billion
2092	476,600145,300–1.19 million	10.3 billion
2093	475,200143,200–1.2 million	10.3 billion
2094	473,700141,500–1.22 million	10.2 billion
2095	472,200140,400–1.24 million	10.2 billion
2096	470,700137,600–1.25 million	10.2 billion
2097	469,300134,400–1.26 million	10.2 billion
2098	467,800134,100–1.27 million	10.2 billion
2099	466,300133,900–1.27 million	10.2 billion
2100	464,800132,000–1.29 million	10.2 billion

Good to know

Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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