Brunei
Urban population in Brunei
Urban population in Brunei: 26.1% in 1950 and 75% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 75%
- Since 1950
- +48.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 81 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 87.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 87.9% in 2050.
- The highest was 75.3% in 2011, the lowest 26.1% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 |
| 2024 | 74.9 |
| 2023 | 74.8 |
| 2022 | 74.8 |
| 2021 | 74.8 |
| 2020 | 74.8 |
| 2019 | 74.8 |
| 2018 | 74.8 |
| 2017 | 74.9 |
| 2016 | 74.9 |
| 2015 | 75 |
| 2014 | 75.1 |
| 2013 | 75.2 |
| 2012 | 75.3 |
| 2011 | 75.3 |
| 2010 | 75.3 |
| 2009 | 75.1 |
| 2008 | 74.8 |
| 2007 | 74.4 |
| 2006 | 74 |
| 2005 | 73.6 |
| 2004 | 73.1 |
| 2003 | 72.6 |
| 2002 | 72.1 |
| 2001 | 71.7 |
| 2000 | 71.2 |
| 1999 | 70.8 |
| 1998 | 70.3 |
| 1997 | 69.8 |
| 1996 | 69.3 |
| 1995 | 68.8 |
| 1994 | 68.3 |
| 1993 | 67.7 |
| 1992 | 67.1 |
| 1991 | 66.5 |
| 1990 | 65.8 |
| 1989 | 64.8 |
| 1988 | 63.8 |
| 1987 | 62.7 |
| 1986 | 61.7 |
| 1985 | 60.8 |
| 1984 | 60.1 |
| 1983 | 59.6 |
| 1982 | 59.4 |
| 1981 | 59.4 |
| 1980 | 59.5 |
| 1979 | 59.9 |
| 1978 | 60.4 |
| 1977 | 61 |
| 1976 | 61.6 |
| 1975 | 62.2 |
| 1974 | 62.8 |
| 1973 | 63.2 |
| 1972 | 63.5 |
| 1971 | 63.6 |
| 1970 | 63.2 |
| 1969 | 62.3 |
| 1968 | 60.8 |
| 1967 | 59 |
| 1966 | 56.9 |
| 1965 | 54.6 |
| 1964 | 52.2 |
| 1963 | 49.8 |
| 1962 | 47.4 |
| 1961 | 45.3 |
| 1960 | 43.4 |
| 1959 | 41.6 |
| 1958 | 39.8 |
| 1957 | 38.1 |
| 1956 | 36.3 |
| 1955 | 34.6 |
| 1954 | 32.9 |
| 1953 | 31.2 |
| 1952 | 29.5 |
| 1951 | 27.8 |
| 1950 | 26.1 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 75.2 |
| 2027 | 75.3 |
| 2028 | 75.6 |
| 2029 | 75.8 |
| 2030 | 76.1 |
| 2031 | 76.4 |
| 2032 | 76.7 |
| 2033 | 77.1 |
| 2034 | 77.5 |
| 2035 | 78 |
| 2036 | 78.4 |
| 2037 | 78.9 |
| 2038 | 79.4 |
| 2039 | 80 |
| 2040 | 80.6 |
| 2041 | 81.2 |
| 2042 | 81.8 |
| 2043 | 82.5 |
| 2044 | 83.2 |
| 2045 | 83.9 |
| 2046 | 84.7 |
| 2047 | 85.4 |
| 2048 | 86.2 |
| 2049 | 87.1 |
| 2050 | 87.9 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- 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