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Australia vs Brunei statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 463K in Brunei (ranked 170/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 2,035 sq mi for Brunei (ranked 6th vs. 165th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Brunei ranks 142/197 ($15.5B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Brunei ranks 35/197 ($33,418).

Main facts and rankings

Australia Brunei
Population
27677455
469088
Population rank 55/197 170/197
GDP
$1.75T
2024
$15.5B
2024
GDP rank 13/197 142/197
GDP per capita
$64,407
2024
$33,418
2024
GDP per capita rank 14/197 35/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,193
2024
$90,007
2024
Government debt
$873B
2024
$354M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.9%
2025
2.21%
2025
Government debt per person
$32,093
2024
$765
2024
Government debt per person rank 22/185 151/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,914
2025
$22,191
2025
Land area
2,969,906 sq mi
2025
2,035 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.16 ppl/mi²
2024
227.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.75
2023
Median age
39 years
2024
33.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
75.7 years
2025

Australia and Brunei: Comparison Charts

Australia and Brunei economies compared

GDP
Australia

Brunei
Year GDP
Australia Brunei
1960 $18,607,682,977 -
1961 $19,684,003,149 -
1962 $19,923,683,188 -
1963 $21,540,963,447 -
1964 $23,801,123,808 -
1965 $25,977,284,156 $114,039,501
1966 $27,308,964,369 $132,757,528
1967 $30,442,724,871 $139,029,537
1968 $32,714,085,234 $160,818,236
1969 $36,684,485,870 $161,210,236
1970 $41,334,726,614 $179,078,929
1971 $45,217,767,235 $197,525,768
1972 $52,042,056,075 $270,822,782
1973 $63,833,440,102 $433,095,527
1974 $88,965,364,775 $2,319,576,214
1975 $97,304,383,449 $2,496,420,258
1976 $105,060,616,985 $3,054,765,590
1977 $110,352,144,987 $3,681,242,528
1978 $118,492,761,338 $4,100,423,674
1979 $134,900,602,067 $6,044,367,628
1980 $149,987,743,733 $10,795,432,294
1981 $176,895,390,688 $9,367,218,664
1982 $194,041,708,044 $8,932,198,186
1983 $177,267,290,706 $7,927,590,750
1984 $193,525,337,526 $7,632,788,075
1985 $180,643,265,927 $6,967,623,884
1986 $182,481,113,598 $4,190,280,003
1987 $189,495,764,955 $4,918,010,080
1988 $236,161,314,544 $4,535,130,305
1989 $299,875,906,679 $4,983,622,881
1990 $311,426,665,220 $6,039,881,087
1991 $325,975,319,456 $6,284,497,300
1992 $325,525,379,567 $6,327,966,445
1993 $312,133,923,553 $6,203,339,925
1994 $322,806,641,301 $6,467,782,521
1995 $368,166,023,166 $7,700,144,057
1996 $401,341,880,621 $7,663,377,277
1997 $435,642,611,297 $7,793,034,390
1998 $399,674,421,759 $5,550,846,025
1999 $389,652,212,057 $6,309,070,375
2000 $416,167,815,093 $6,570,999,060
2001 $379,629,301,675 $6,096,155,748
2002 $395,788,696,012 $6,333,082,879
2003 $467,739,079,790 $7,167,725,265
2004 $614,659,980,083 $8,619,178,799
2005 $695,692,898,677 $10,547,202,612
2006 $748,417,562,770 $12,644,616,446
2007 $855,007,458,585 $13,432,029,496
2008 $1,056,112,427,190 $15,926,456,492
2009 $928,762,122,698 $11,912,904,529
2010 $1,148,838,233,481 $13,707,121,031
2011 $1,398,610,616,773 $18,524,791,071
2012 $1,547,532,281,116 $19,048,443,340
2013 $1,577,123,329,411 $18,094,148,099
2014 $1,468,265,356,428 $17,097,797,372
2015 $1,351,296,372,254 $12,930,296,852
2016 $1,206,836,962,282 $11,400,266,055
2017 $1,325,582,658,157 $12,128,168,047
2018 $1,427,809,041,019 $13,566,908,401
2019 $1,392,723,834,563 $13,469,235,348
2020 $1,328,414,058,378 $12,005,799,664
2021 $1,556,735,770,437 $14,006,496,614
2022 $1,690,858,246,994 $16,681,536,443
2023 $1,728,057,316,696 $15,095,084,686
2024 $1,752,193,307,380 $15,463,134,387

Australia and Brunei economies compared

GDP per capita
Australia

Brunei
Year GDP per capita
Australia Brunei
1960 $1,811 -
1961 $1,878 -
1962 $1,855 -
1963 $1,967 -
1964 $2,131 -
1965 $2,281 $1,029
1966 $2,344 $1,146
1967 $2,580 $1,149
1968 $2,724 $1,274
1969 $2,991 $1,226
1970 $3,305 $1,325
1971 $3,495 $1,432
1972 $3,949 $1,905
1973 $4,771 $2,939
1974 $6,483 $15,195
1975 $7,004 $15,793
1976 $7,487 $18,671
1977 $7,776 $21,747
1978 $8,253 $23,447
1979 $9,295 $33,501
1980 $10,209 $58,005
1981 $11,854 $48,793
1982 $12,779 $45,075
1983 $11,516 $38,720
1984 $12,422 $36,061
1985 $11,442 $31,827
1986 $11,392 $18,501
1987 $11,651 $21,030
1988 $14,285 $18,825
1989 $17,834 $20,090
1990 $18,249 $23,659
1991 $18,860 $23,932
1992 $18,624 $23,451
1993 $17,700 $22,397
1994 $18,130 $22,767
1995 $20,448 $26,443
1996 $22,022 $25,692
1997 $23,647 $25,522
1998 $21,479 $17,769
1999 $20,713 $19,752
2000 $21,870 $20,130
2001 $19,696 $18,288
2002 $20,302 $18,621
2003 $23,718 $20,678
2004 $30,837 $24,423
2005 $34,480 $29,386
2006 $36,596 $34,675
2007 $41,052 $36,217
2008 $49,701 $42,157
2009 $42,817 $30,946
2010 $52,145 $34,938
2011 $62,606 $46,383
2012 $68,073 $46,969
2013 $68,191 $44,003
2014 $62,544 $41,027
2015 $56,739 $30,625
2016 $49,888 $26,663
2017 $53,902 $28,024
2018 $57,196 $30,988
2019 $54,973 $30,427
2020 $51,792 $26,834
2021 $60,608 $31,007
2022 $64,997 $36,633
2023 $64,836 $32,891
2024 $64,407 $33,418

Australia vs. Brunei life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Australia

Brunei
Year Life expectancy, years
Australia Brunei
1950 69 50.6
1951 68.7 51.5
1952 69.1 52.4
1953 69.7 53.3
1954 69.9 54.2
1955 70.2 55
1956 70 55.7
1957 70.3 56.5
1958 70.9 57.3
1959 70.4 58
1960 70.9 58.7
1961 71.1 59.4
1962 70.9 58.8
1963 71 60.6
1964 70.6 61.3
1965 70.8 61.7
1966 70.7 62.4
1967 71 62.9
1968 70.7 63.5
1969 71.1 64
1970 70.7 64.5
1971 71.5 65
1972 71.8 65.4
1973 72.1 66
1974 71.8 66.4
1975 72.8 67
1976 72.8 67.4
1977 73.5 67.8
1978 73.7 68.3
1979 74.3 68.6
1980 74.6 69
1981 74.8 69.3
1982 74.7 69.7
1983 75.4 70
1984 75.5 70.2
1985 75.4 70.5
1986 76.1 70.8
1987 76.1 71
1988 76.3 71.2
1989 76.2 71.4
1990 77 71.6
1991 77.5 71.9
1992 77.5 72.1
1993 78 72.3
1994 77.9 72.6
1995 78.3 72.8
1996 78.3 73.1
1997 78.6 73.3
1998 79 73.6
1999 79.3 73.8
2000 79.6 74
2001 80 74.2
2002 80.1 74.4
2003 80.4 74.5
2004 80.7 74.6
2005 81.1 74.7
2006 81.3 74.8
2007 81.2 74.8
2008 81.4 74.8
2009 81.7 74.8
2010 82 74.8
2011 82.1 74.8
2012 82.3 74.8
2013 82.6 74.9
2014 82.5 74.9
2015 82.6 74.9
2016 82.8 74.9
2017 82.7 74.9
2018 83.3 75
2019 83.2 75
2020 83.7 75.1
2021 83.6 74.9
2022 82.8 72.9
2023 83.9 75.3
2024 84.1 75.5
2025 84.2 75.7

Australia and Brunei population clocks and comparison

Population
Australia

Brunei
Year Population
Australia Brunei
1960 10,276,477 88,347
1961 10,483,000 92,517
1962 10,742,000 96,719
1963 10,950,000 101,159
1964 11,167,000 105,922
1965 11,388,000 110,838
1966 11,651,000 115,874
1967 11,799,000 121,017
1968 12,009,000 126,222
1969 12,263,000 131,446
1970 12,507,000 135,138
1971 12,937,000 137,921
1972 13,177,000 142,189
1973 13,380,000 147,369
1974 13,723,000 152,656
1975 13,893,000 158,070
1976 14,033,000 163,607
1977 14,192,000 169,277
1978 14,358,000 174,884
1979 14,514,000 180,422
1980 14,692,000 186,111
1981 14,923,260 191,977
1982 15,184,247 198,165
1983 15,393,472 204,741
1984 15,579,391 211,661
1985 15,788,312 218,919
1986 16,018,350 226,495
1987 16,263,874 233,860
1988 16,532,164 240,913
1989 16,814,416 248,064
1990 17,065,128 255,292
1991 17,284,036 262,596
1992 17,478,635 269,839
1993 17,634,808 276,971
1994 17,805,468 284,091
1995 18,004,882 291,195
1996 18,224,767 298,276
1997 18,423,037 305,341
1998 18,607,584 312,385
1999 18,812,264 319,411
2000 19,028,802 326,424
2001 19,274,701 333,345
2002 19,495,210 340,099
2003 19,720,737 346,637
2004 19,932,722 352,911
2005 20,176,844 358,916
2006 20,450,966 364,663
2007 20,827,622 370,873
2008 21,249,199 377,793
2009 21,691,653 384,952
2010 22,031,750 392,332
2011 22,340,024 399,389
2012 22,733,465 405,557
2013 23,128,129 411,202
2014 23,475,686 416,750
2015 23,815,995 422,212
2016 24,190,907 427,564
2017 24,592,588 432,772
2018 24,963,258 437,810
2019 25,334,826 442,680
2020 25,649,248 447,404
2021 25,685,412 451,721
2022 26,014,399 455,370
2023 26,652,777 458,949
2024 27,204,809 462,721

Fertility rates in Australia and Brunei

Fertility rate
Australia

Brunei
Year Fertility rate
Australia Brunei
1960 3.45 7.32
1961 3.54 7.19
1962 3.44 7.03
1963 3.33 6.89
1964 3.15 6.77
1965 2.98 6.65
1966 2.88 6.51
1967 2.85 6.37
1968 2.89 6.2
1969 2.89 6.01
1970 2.86 5.8
1971 2.96 5.62
1972 2.74 5.5
1973 2.49 5.36
1974 2.4 5.18
1975 2.15 4.99
1976 2.06 4.78
1977 2.01 4.58
1978 1.95 4.39
1979 1.91 4.22
1980 1.89 4.07
1981 1.94 3.94
1982 1.93 3.84
1983 1.92 3.75
1984 1.84 3.68
1985 1.92 3.61
1986 1.87 3.55
1987 1.85 3.49
1988 1.83 3.44
1989 1.84 3.36
1990 1.9 3.29
1991 1.85 3.21
1992 1.89 3.11
1993 1.86 3.01
1994 1.84 2.9
1995 1.82 2.79
1996 1.8 2.68
1997 1.78 2.6
1998 1.76 2.53
1999 1.76 2.46
2000 1.76 2.4
2001 1.74 2.34
2002 1.76 2.26
2003 1.75 2.19
2004 1.77 2.1
2005 1.81 2.02
2006 1.91 1.97
2007 1.96 1.93
2008 1.98 1.92
2009 1.97 1.92
2010 1.93 1.94
2011 1.93 1.96
2012 1.92 1.97
2013 1.86 1.98
2014 1.83 1.97
2015 1.81 1.95
2016 1.75 1.92
2017 1.74 1.88
2018 1.74 1.85
2019 1.66 1.82
2020 1.58 1.8
2021 1.7 1.78
2022 1.63 1.76
2023 1.5 1.75

Australia and Brunei demographics compared

Median age
Australia

Brunei
Year Median age, years
Australia Brunei
1960 29.5 18.8
1961 29.3 18.1
1962 29.1 17.5
1963 28.8 17.1
1964 28.6 17
1965 28.3 17
1966 28.1 17.2
1967 28 17.3
1968 27.9 17.5
1969 27.8 17.7
1970 27.7 17.8
1971 27.7 17.9
1972 27.7 18
1973 27.8 18.2
1974 28 18.3
1975 28.1 18.6
1976 28.4 18.8
1977 28.6 19.1
1978 28.9 19.4
1979 29.1 19.6
1980 29.4 20
1981 29.6 20.3
1982 29.9 20.6
1983 30.2 21
1984 30.5 21.3
1985 30.8 21.7
1986 31.1 22
1987 31.3 22.3
1988 31.6 22.6
1989 31.8 22.8
1990 32.1 23.1
1991 32.4 23.4
1992 32.7 23.6
1993 33 23.8
1994 33.3 24.1
1995 33.6 24.4
1996 34 24.7
1997 34.3 24.9
1998 34.7 25.2
1999 35.1 25.5
2000 35.4 25.8
2001 35.6 26.1
2002 35.8 26.4
2003 36.1 26.8
2004 36.3 27.1
2005 36.5 27.5
2006 36.7 27.9
2007 36.8 28.1
2008 36.8 28
2009 36.9 28
2010 37 28
2011 37.1 28.1
2012 37.2 28.4
2013 37.2 28.8
2014 37.3 29.1
2015 37.3 29.5
2016 37.3 29.8
2017 37.4 30.2
2018 37.4 30.6
2019 37.6 31
2020 38 31.4
2021 38.3 31.8
2022 38.5 32.3
2023 38.8 32.8
2024 39 33.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Australia Brunei
GNI, Atlas method
$1.7T
2024
$16.7B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
38.8%
2025
30%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.06%
2022
4.43%
2016
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.92%
2023
2.97%
2023
Armed forces personnel
60,000
2020
8,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
-10.3%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.94%
2024
5.3%
2023
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
38.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26%
2024
61.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
79.3
2025
67
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.5%
2020
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2020
n/a
Number of millionaires
1,936,114
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
9.35%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
47
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
1,853
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.74T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$60.4B
2024
$4.41B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.89B
2024
$1M
2023
International tourist arrivals
1,828,000
2020
1,071,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
8.71%
2020
2.7%
2018
Banked people share
98%
2024
n/a

Energy

Australia Brunei
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,929 kg
2023
9,537 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
$8.58
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
374 megatons
2023
9.72 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14 tons
2023
21.2 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.2%
2023
100%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.3%
2021
0%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.26%
2023
0.01%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-214.5%
2023
-172.6%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
9,823 kWh
2023
11,197 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
26.7%
2021
0.02%
2021
Hydroelectric share
6.07%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Australia Brunei
% of world population
0.33%
2024
0.006%
2024
Annual migration change
+138,510
2024
+0
2024
Urban population
86.8%
2024
79.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.46 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
94.3
2025
72.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
60
2020
Higher education index
98
2025
53
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.85
2023
0.49
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.9
2019
7.5
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
154
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
97.6%
2021
English speaking
92.8%
2023
37.8%
2023
People using the Internet
97.1%
2023
99%
2023

Health

Australia Brunei
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,731
2022
$666
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,029
2022
$51
2022
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
75.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.98
2021
1.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
36
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
9.4
2023
Obesity rate
31%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
13.7%
2024
Air quality index
94
2025
62
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.1%
2022
16.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
0.51 liters
2020

Territory

Australia Brunei
% of world land
5.16%
2025
0.004%
2025
Land area per capita
109,168 sq mi
2024
4,397 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,402,492 sq mi
2025
51.7 sq mi
2025
Forest area
517,397 sq mi
2025
1,467 sq mi
2025
Roads length
607,623 mi
2017
1,849 mi
2014

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