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Population in Brunei compared to Croatia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Brunei was 462,721 in 2024 vs 3,866,300 people in Croatia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brunei's population is 469,088 people compared to 3,839,202 in Croatia.

Population statistics:

  • Croatia's population is 8.18 times bigger than Brunei's.
  • Brunei is ranked the 170th most populous country in the world, while Croatia is the 129th.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.006% for Brunei vs 0.05% for Croatia.
  • For the last 10 years, Brunei has had an average growth rate of +1.08% per year vs -0.82% in Croatia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Brunei has increased from 359K people to 469K (30.7% growth), while Croatia has declined from 4.31M to 3.84M (10.9% decline).
  • Brunei is projected to reach its peak in 2055 at 521K people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.

Brunei vs Croatia: live population counter

Brunei Croatia
Current population
469088
3839202
Population rank 170/197 129/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.05%
One net population change
2.32 hours
1.32 hours
One birth every
1.4 hours
16.4 minutes
One death every
3.65 hours
10.2 minutes
One migration net change every
1.07 years
1.69 hours
Annual migration change +0 -5,186
Daily growth/decline +10 +18
Annual growth/decline +3,772 +6,614
Annual growth/decline rate +0.82% +0.17%
Population growth rate rank 116/197 155/197

Brunei and Croatia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Brunei
Population

Growth rate
Croatia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Brunei Croatia Brunei Croatia
1960 88,347 4,140,181 - -
1961 92,517 4,167,292 4.72% 0.65%
1962 96,719 4,196,712 4.54% 0.71%
1963 101,159 4,225,675 4.59% 0.69%
1964 105,922 4,252,876 4.71% 0.64%
1965 110,838 4,280,923 4.64% 0.66%
1966 115,874 4,310,701 4.54% 0.7%
1967 121,017 4,338,683 4.44% 0.65%
1968 126,222 4,365,628 4.3% 0.62%
1969 131,446 4,391,490 4.14% 0.59%
1970 135,138 4,412,252 2.81% 0.47%
1971 137,921 4,431,275 2.06% 0.43%
1972 142,189 4,450,564 3.09% 0.44%
1973 147,369 4,470,161 3.64% 0.44%
1974 152,656 4,490,660 3.59% 0.46%
1975 158,070 4,512,082 3.55% 0.48%
1976 163,607 4,535,934 3.5% 0.53%
1977 169,277 4,559,571 3.47% 0.52%
1978 174,884 4,581,085 3.31% 0.47%
1979 180,422 4,594,778 3.17% 0.3%
1980 186,111 4,599,782 3.15% 0.11%
1981 191,977 4,611,509 3.15% 0.25%
1982 198,165 4,634,234 3.22% 0.49%
1983 204,741 4,658,254 3.32% 0.52%
1984 211,661 4,680,285 3.38% 0.47%
1985 218,919 4,701,417 3.43% 0.45%
1986 226,495 4,721,446 3.46% 0.43%
1987 233,860 4,739,745 3.25% 0.39%
1988 240,913 4,755,207 3.02% 0.33%
1989 248,064 4,767,260 2.97% 0.25%
1990 255,292 4,777,368 2.91% 0.21%
1991 262,596 4,689,022 2.86% -1.85%
1992 269,839 4,575,818 2.76% -2.41%
1993 276,971 4,600,463 2.64% 0.54%
1994 284,091 4,652,024 2.57% 1.12%
1995 291,195 4,620,030 2.5% -0.69%
1996 298,276 4,557,097 2.43% -1.36%
1997 305,341 4,534,920 2.37% -0.49%
1998 312,385 4,532,135 2.31% -0.06%
1999 319,411 4,512,597 2.25% -0.43%
2000 326,424 4,468,302 2.2% -0.98%
2001 333,345 4,299,642 2.12% -3.77%
2002 340,099 4,302,174 2.03% 0.06%
2003 346,637 4,303,399 1.92% 0.03%
2004 352,911 4,304,600 1.81% 0.03%
2005 358,916 4,310,145 1.7% 0.13%
2006 364,663 4,311,159 1.6% 0.02%
2007 370,873 4,310,217 1.7% -0.02%
2008 377,793 4,309,705 1.87% -0.01%
2009 384,952 4,305,181 1.89% -0.1%
2010 392,332 4,295,427 1.92% -0.23%
2011 399,389 4,280,622 1.8% -0.34%
2012 405,557 4,260,368 1.54% -0.47%
2013 411,202 4,233,922 1.39% -0.62%
2014 416,750 4,201,598 1.35% -0.76%
2015 422,212 4,151,725 1.31% -1.19%
2016 427,564 4,106,867 1.27% -1.08%
2017 432,772 4,041,407 1.22% -1.59%
2018 437,810 3,988,775 1.16% -1.3%
2019 442,680 3,949,390 1.11% -0.99%
2020 447,404 3,914,206 1.07% -0.89%
2021 451,721 3,878,981 0.96% -0.9%
2022 455,370 3,855,641 0.81% -0.6%
2023 458,949 3,859,686 0.79% 0.1%
2024 462,721 3,866,300 0.82% 0.17%
2025 466,324 3,839,202 0.78% -0.7%
2026 469,766 3,813,444 0.74% -0.67%
2027 473,148 3,788,509 0.72% -0.65%
2028 476,428 3,764,509 0.69% -0.63%
2029 479,491 3,740,864 0.64% -0.63%
2030 482,438 3,717,091 0.61% -0.64%
2031 485,308 3,693,060 0.59% -0.65%
2032 487,943 3,668,891 0.54% -0.65%
2033 490,424 3,645,252 0.51% -0.64%
2034 492,887 3,621,822 0.5% -0.64%
2035 495,286 3,598,817 0.49% -0.64%
2036 497,544 3,576,022 0.46% -0.63%
2037 499,693 3,552,470 0.43% -0.66%
2038 501,910 3,528,382 0.44% -0.68%
2039 504,061 3,504,319 0.43% -0.68%
2040 505,968 3,480,182 0.38% -0.69%
2041 507,800 3,455,709 0.36% -0.7%
2042 509,531 3,430,926 0.34% -0.72%
2043 511,124 3,406,019 0.31% -0.73%
2044 512,586 3,380,680 0.29% -0.74%
2045 514,047 3,355,131 0.29% -0.76%
2046 515,409 3,329,736 0.26% -0.76%
2047 516,596 3,304,173 0.23% -0.77%
2048 517,693 3,278,352 0.21% -0.78%
2049 518,684 3,252,533 0.19% -0.79%
2050 519,542 3,226,623 0.17% -0.8%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while Croatia lost 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while Croatia's population decreased by -312,523 (a 7.53% decline).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th in 2025. Croatia was ranked 117th in 2005 and ranked 129th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Brunei's population will grow by 10.8% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Croatia will decrease by 16% to 3,226,623 people and rank change from 129th to 139th.

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