Brunei
Population growth in Brunei
Population growth in Brunei: 5.96% a year in 1950 and 0.84% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 0.84% a year
- Since 1950
- −5.12 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 117 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.32% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.32% a year in 2100, between -3.85% a year and 2.35% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 6.47% a year in 1956, the lowest 0.73% a year in 2022.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Brunei | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.84 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.73 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 0.88 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.04 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.08 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.13 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 1.19 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.24 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.28 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.32 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 1.36 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 1.41 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 1.66 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 1.91 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 1.89 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.86 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 1.84 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 1.54 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 1.64 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.74 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.85 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 1.96 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 2.05 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 2.14 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 2.2 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 2.25 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 2.32 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 2.37 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 2.44 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.5 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.57 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.65 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.8 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.84 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.9 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 2.95 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 2.99 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.41 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 3.39 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 3.35 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 3.29 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 3.23 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 3.11 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 3.11 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 3.13 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 3.4 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 3.42 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 3.47 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 3.5 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 3.55 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 3.61 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.47 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.6 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 3.97 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 4.14 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 4.29 | 2 |
| 1966 | 4.4 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 4.49 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 4.59 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 4.61 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 4.36 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 4.53 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 4.7 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 5.79 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 6.19 | 2 |
| 1957 | 6.38 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 6.47 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 6.41 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 6.26 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 6.04 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 5.86 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 5.68 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 5.96 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Brunei | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.80.04–1.5 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 0.75-0.23–1.69 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.72-0.57–1.81 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.72-0.72–1.98 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.67-0.83–2.08 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.62-0.96–2.09 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.61-1.04–2.18 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 0.58-1.16–2.16 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.51-1.27–2.18 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.51-1.32–2.1 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.49-1.37–2.19 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.48-1.42–2.24 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.44-1.51–2.24 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.43-1.51–2.33 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.46-1.61–2.32 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.4-1.71–2.34 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.36-1.83–2.25 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.36-1.76–2.24 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.32-1.71–2.2 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.3-1.78–2.28 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.28-1.82–2.29 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.29-1.94–2.27 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.24-2.09–2.19 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.22-2.17–2.18 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.2-2.2–2.28 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.18-2.28–2.19 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.15-2.36–2.19 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.12-2.34–2.15 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.07-2.49–2.06 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.04-2.49–2.04 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.04-2.55–2.1 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0-2.62–2.17 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.01-2.66–2.11 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.05-2.66–2.09 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.06-2.71–2.05 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.07-2.82–1.96 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.08-2.88–1.87 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.1-3.02–1.99 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.1-3.03–1.96 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.14-2.94–2.08 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.16-3.09–2.02 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.19-3.08–2.04 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.21-3.27–2 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.26-3.26–1.93 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.26-3.2–2.02 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.25-3.24–2.12 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.23-3.38–1.99 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.24-3.32–1.96 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.28-3.57–2.06 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.3-3.54–2.13 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.33-3.65–2.1 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.36-3.66–2.14 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.3-3.68–2.15 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.32-3.7–2.2 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.3-3.63–2.16 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.32-3.84–2.11 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.32-3.76–2.13 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.33-3.73–2.18 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.34-3.72–2.23 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.34-3.78–2.23 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.32-3.75–2.16 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.33-3.76–2.18 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.31-3.73–2.16 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.32-3.7–2.13 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.34-3.74–2.13 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.34-3.74–2.17 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.32-3.81–2.21 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.31-3.89–2.25 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.32-3.8–2.27 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.31-3.74–2.45 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.32-3.67–2.4 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.3-3.68–2.35 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.32-3.73–2.35 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.3-3.79–2.31 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.32-3.83–2.26 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.33-3.98–2.35 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.32-3.85–2.35 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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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- Military spending3.65% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$560M in 2024
- Military spending per person$1,216 in 2024
- Military share of state spending12.2% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnel8,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.57% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports28 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports12 million TIV in 2016