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Brunei vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Brunei has a population of 463K (ranked 170/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Brunei's land area is 2,035 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 165th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Brunei ranks 142/197 ($15.5B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Brunei ranks 35/197 ($33,418), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Brunei Vietnam
Population
469088
102063551
Population rank 170/197 16/197
GDP
$15.5B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 142/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$33,418
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 35/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$90,007
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$354M
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
2.21%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$765
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 151/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$22,191
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
2,035 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
227.4 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.75
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
33.2 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
75.7 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Brunei and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Brunei and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Brunei

Vietnam
Year GDP
Brunei Vietnam
1965 $114,039,501 -
1966 $132,757,528 -
1967 $139,029,537 -
1968 $160,818,236 -
1969 $161,210,236 -
1970 $179,078,929 -
1971 $197,525,768 -
1972 $270,822,782 -
1973 $433,095,527 -
1974 $2,319,576,214 -
1975 $2,496,420,258 -
1976 $3,054,765,590 -
1977 $3,681,242,528 -
1978 $4,100,423,674 -
1979 $6,044,367,628 -
1980 $10,795,432,294 -
1981 $9,367,218,664 -
1982 $8,932,198,186 -
1983 $7,927,590,750 -
1984 $7,632,788,075 -
1985 $6,967,623,884 $14,094,687,821
1986 $4,190,280,003 $26,336,616,250
1987 $4,918,010,080 $36,658,108,850
1988 $4,535,130,305 $25,423,812,649
1989 $4,983,622,881 $6,293,304,975
1990 $6,039,881,087 $6,471,740,806
1991 $6,284,497,300 $9,613,369,520
1992 $6,327,966,445 $9,866,990,236
1993 $6,203,339,925 $13,180,953,598
1994 $6,467,782,521 $16,286,433,533
1995 $7,700,144,057 $20,736,164,459
1996 $7,663,377,277 $24,657,470,575
1997 $7,793,034,390 $26,843,700,442
1998 $5,550,846,025 $27,209,602,050
1999 $6,309,070,375 $28,683,659,007
2000 $6,570,999,060 $31,172,518,403
2001 $6,096,155,748 $32,685,198,809
2002 $6,333,082,879 $35,064,105,501
2003 $7,167,725,265 $39,552,513,232
2004 $8,619,178,799 $45,427,854,693
2005 $10,547,202,612 $57,633,255,738
2006 $12,644,616,446 $66,371,664,817
2007 $13,432,029,496 $77,414,425,532
2008 $15,926,456,492 $99,130,304,099
2009 $11,912,904,529 $106,014,659,565
2010 $13,707,121,031 $147,201,173,197
2011 $18,524,791,071 $172,595,049,184
2012 $19,048,443,340 $195,590,661,129
2013 $18,094,148,099 $213,708,811,665
2014 $17,097,797,372 $233,451,469,643
2015 $12,930,296,852 $239,258,328,382
2016 $11,400,266,055 $257,096,001,178
2017 $12,128,168,047 $281,353,605,987
2018 $13,566,908,401 $310,106,478,395
2019 $13,469,235,348 $334,365,270,497
2020 $12,005,799,664 $346,615,738,538
2021 $14,006,496,614 $366,474,752,771
2022 $16,681,536,443 $413,445,230,669
2023 $15,095,084,686 $433,857,681,378
2024 $15,463,134,387 $476,388,230,307

Brunei and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Brunei

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Brunei Vietnam
1965 $1,029 -
1966 $1,146 -
1967 $1,149 -
1968 $1,274 -
1969 $1,226 -
1970 $1,325 -
1971 $1,432 -
1972 $1,905 -
1973 $2,939 -
1974 $15,195 -
1975 $15,793 -
1976 $18,671 -
1977 $21,747 -
1978 $23,447 -
1979 $33,501 -
1980 $58,005 -
1981 $48,793 -
1982 $45,075 -
1983 $38,720 -
1984 $36,061 -
1985 $31,827 $238.6
1986 $18,501 $436
1987 $21,030 $595
1988 $18,825 $405
1989 $20,090 $98.1
1990 $23,659 $98.8
1991 $23,932 $143.7
1992 $23,451 $144.5
1993 $22,397 $189.4
1994 $22,767 $229.9
1995 $26,443 $287.8
1996 $25,692 $337
1997 $25,522 $362
1998 $17,769 $361
1999 $19,752 $376
2000 $20,130 $404
2001 $18,288 $419
2002 $18,621 $445
2003 $20,678 $497
2004 $24,423 $565
2005 $29,386 $711
2006 $34,675 $808
2007 $36,217 $926
2008 $42,157 $1,164
2009 $30,946 $1,226
2010 $34,938 $1,683
2011 $46,383 $1,951
2012 $46,969 $2,185
2013 $44,003 $2,360
2014 $41,027 $2,546
2015 $30,625 $2,578
2016 $26,663 $2,735
2017 $28,024 $2,956
2018 $30,988 $3,222
2019 $30,427 $3,441
2020 $26,834 $3,534
2021 $31,007 $3,704
2022 $36,633 $4,148
2023 $32,891 $4,323
2024 $33,418 $4,717

Brunei vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Brunei

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Brunei Vietnam
1950 50.6 48
1951 51.5 48.7
1952 52.4 49.4
1953 53.3 50
1954 54.2 52
1955 55 54.8
1956 55.7 55.5
1957 56.5 56.2
1958 57.3 56.8
1959 58 57.4
1960 58.7 58
1961 59.4 58.5
1962 58.8 58.2
1963 60.6 56.9
1964 61.3 57.5
1965 61.7 57
1966 62.4 56.9
1967 62.9 56.7
1968 63.5 52.7
1969 64 54.8
1970 64.5 54.9
1971 65 55.6
1972 65.4 51.9
1973 66 55.7
1974 66.4 54.8
1975 67 61.9
1976 67.4 63.7
1977 67.8 64.1
1978 68.3 64.5
1979 68.6 65
1980 69 65.3
1981 69.3 65.8
1982 69.7 66.2
1983 70 66.5
1984 70.2 66.9
1985 70.5 67.2
1986 70.8 67.6
1987 71 68
1988 71.2 68.6
1989 71.4 68.8
1990 71.6 69
1991 71.9 69.3
1992 72.1 69.6
1993 72.3 70
1994 72.6 70.4
1995 72.8 70.9
1996 73.1 71.3
1997 73.3 71.7
1998 73.6 72.3
1999 73.8 72.6
2000 74 72.7
2001 74.2 73
2002 74.4 73.1
2003 74.5 73.2
2004 74.6 73.1
2005 74.7 73.2
2006 74.8 73.3
2007 74.8 73.4
2008 74.8 73.5
2009 74.8 73.5
2010 74.8 73.6
2011 74.8 73.7
2012 74.8 73.8
2013 74.9 73.8
2014 74.9 73.9
2015 74.9 74
2016 74.9 74
2017 74.9 74
2018 75 74.1
2019 75 74.2
2020 75.1 75.4
2021 74.9 74.1
2022 72.9 74.5
2023 75.3 74.6
2024 75.5 74.7
2025 75.7 74.9

Brunei and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Brunei

Vietnam
Year Population
Brunei Vietnam
1960 88,347 32,531,933
1961 92,517 33,409,059
1962 96,719 34,288,560
1963 101,159 35,249,101
1964 105,922 36,201,563
1965 110,838 37,129,656
1966 115,874 38,024,836
1967 121,017 38,895,080
1968 126,222 39,734,609
1969 131,446 40,582,096
1970 135,138 41,475,230
1971 137,921 42,449,276
1972 142,189 43,429,168
1973 147,369 44,409,861
1974 152,656 45,413,537
1975 158,070 46,482,903
1976 163,607 47,684,931
1977 169,277 48,954,872
1978 174,884 50,249,552
1979 180,422 51,378,211
1980 186,111 52,490,101
1981 191,977 53,738,141
1982 198,165 55,011,289
1983 204,741 56,337,921
1984 211,661 57,706,067
1985 218,919 59,060,622
1986 226,495 60,347,048
1987 233,860 61,584,651
1988 240,913 62,843,228
1989 248,064 64,147,348
1990 255,292 65,504,552
1991 262,596 66,891,775
1992 269,839 68,260,337
1993 276,971 69,586,384
1994 284,091 70,854,391
1995 291,195 72,049,940
1996 298,276 73,156,447
1997 305,341 74,226,889
1998 312,385 75,299,660
1999 319,411 76,287,452
2000 326,424 77,154,011
2001 333,345 77,969,361
2002 340,099 78,772,224
2003 346,637 79,563,777
2004 352,911 80,338,971
2005 358,916 81,088,313
2006 364,663 82,167,897
2007 370,873 83,633,375
2008 377,793 85,175,788
2009 384,952 86,460,018
2010 392,332 87,455,152
2011 399,389 88,468,314
2012 405,557 89,510,356
2013 411,202 90,573,104
2014 416,750 91,679,578
2015 422,212 92,823,254
2016 427,564 94,000,117
2017 432,772 95,176,977
2018 437,810 96,237,319
2019 442,680 97,173,776
2020 447,404 98,079,191
2021 451,721 98,935,098
2022 455,370 99,680,655
2023 458,949 100,352,192
2024 462,721 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Brunei and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Brunei

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Brunei Vietnam
1960 7.32 6.27
1961 7.19 5.48
1962 7.03 6.26
1963 6.89 6.39
1964 6.77 6.29
1965 6.65 6.16
1966 6.51 5.97
1967 6.37 5.88
1968 6.2 6.03
1969 6.01 6.01
1970 5.8 6.02
1971 5.62 6.07
1972 5.5 6.1
1973 5.36 6.11
1974 5.18 5.78
1975 4.99 5.62
1976 4.78 5.46
1977 4.58 5.29
1978 4.39 5.1
1979 4.22 4.94
1980 4.07 4.8
1981 3.94 4.67
1982 3.84 4.59
1983 3.75 4.52
1984 3.68 4.41
1985 3.61 4.21
1986 3.55 3.96
1987 3.49 3.72
1988 3.44 3.62
1989 3.36 3.64
1990 3.29 3.6
1991 3.21 3.52
1992 3.11 3.35
1993 3.01 3.17
1994 2.9 2.94
1995 2.79 2.7
1996 2.68 2.47
1997 2.6 2.27
1998 2.53 2.1
1999 2.46 2
2000 2.4 2.03
2001 2.34 2.02
2002 2.26 2.01
2003 2.19 2
2004 2.1 1.97
2005 2.02 1.89
2006 1.97 1.87
2007 1.93 1.91
2008 1.92 1.93
2009 1.92 1.92
2010 1.94 1.91
2011 1.96 1.93
2012 1.97 1.97
2013 1.98 1.98
2014 1.97 2.09
2015 1.95 2.1
2016 1.92 2
2017 1.88 1.99
2018 1.85 1.88
2019 1.82 1.94
2020 1.8 1.96
2021 1.78 1.94
2022 1.76 1.93
2023 1.75 1.91

Brunei and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Brunei

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Brunei Vietnam
1960 18.8 21.2
1961 18.1 20.7
1962 17.5 20.2
1963 17.1 19.7
1964 17 19.2
1965 17 18.9
1966 17.2 18.7
1967 17.3 18.5
1968 17.5 18.4
1969 17.7 18.4
1970 17.8 18.4
1971 17.9 18.4
1972 18 18.5
1973 18.2 18.5
1974 18.3 18.6
1975 18.6 18.7
1976 18.8 18.8
1977 19.1 19
1978 19.4 19.1
1979 19.6 19.3
1980 20 19.4
1981 20.3 19.5
1982 20.6 19.6
1983 21 19.7
1984 21.3 19.8
1985 21.7 19.9
1986 22 20
1987 22.3 20.1
1988 22.6 20.2
1989 22.8 20.4
1990 23.1 20.5
1991 23.4 20.7
1992 23.6 20.9
1993 23.8 21.1
1994 24.1 21.4
1995 24.4 21.7
1996 24.7 22
1997 24.9 22.4
1998 25.2 22.9
1999 25.5 23.3
2000 25.8 23.7
2001 26.1 24.2
2002 26.4 24.6
2003 26.8 25
2004 27.1 25.4
2005 27.5 25.8
2006 27.9 26.3
2007 28.1 26.9
2008 28 27.4
2009 28 27.9
2010 28 28.3
2011 28.1 28.7
2012 28.4 29
2013 28.8 29.4
2014 29.1 29.8
2015 29.5 30.2
2016 29.8 30.5
2017 30.2 30.8
2018 30.6 31.2
2019 31 31.6
2020 31.4 32.1
2021 31.8 32.5
2022 32.3 33
2023 32.8 33.4
2024 33.2 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Brunei Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$16.7B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.43%
2016
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.97%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
8,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-10.3%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.3%
2023
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
38.7%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
61.7%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
67
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$4.41B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1M
2023
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,071,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.7%
2018
1.11%
2020
Banked people share n/a
70.6%
2024

Energy

Brunei Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
9,537 kg
2022
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.58
2022
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.72 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
21.2 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
100%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.01%
2022
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-172.6%
2022
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
11,197 kWh
2022
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
0.02%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Brunei Vietnam
% of world population
0.006%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
+0
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
79.4%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.46 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.08 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
72.3
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
60
2020
40
2024
Higher education index
53
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.49
2013
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.5
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
154
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.6%
2021
96.1%
2022
English speaking
37.8%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
99%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Brunei Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$666
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$51
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
75.7 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.91
2021
0.83
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
36
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.4
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate n/a
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.7%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
62
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
16.4%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.51 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Brunei Vietnam
% of world land
0.004%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
4,397 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
51.7 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,467 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,849 mi
2014
354,460 mi
2019

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