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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Japan	Brunei	Japan
1960	88,347	93,216,000	-	-
1961	92,517	94,055,000	4.72%	0.9%
1962	96,719	94,933,000	4.54%	0.93%
1963	101,159	95,900,000	4.59%	1.02%
1964	105,922	96,903,000	4.71%	1.05%
1965	110,838	97,952,000	4.64%	1.08%
1966	115,874	98,851,000	4.54%	0.92%
1967	121,017	99,879,000	4.44%	1.04%
1968	126,222	101,011,000	4.3%	1.13%
1969	131,446	102,219,000	4.14%	1.2%
1970	135,138	103,403,000	2.81%	1.16%
1971	137,921	105,697,000	2.06%	2.22%
1972	142,189	107,188,000	3.09%	1.41%
1973	147,369	108,707,000	3.64%	1.42%
1974	152,656	110,162,000	3.59%	1.34%
1975	158,070	111,573,000	3.55%	1.28%
1976	163,607	112,775,000	3.5%	1.08%
1977	169,277	113,872,000	3.47%	0.97%
1978	174,884	114,913,000	3.31%	0.91%
1979	180,422	115,890,000	3.17%	0.85%
1980	186,111	116,807,000	3.15%	0.79%
1981	191,977	117,661,000	3.15%	0.73%
1982	198,165	118,480,000	3.22%	0.7%
1983	204,741	119,307,000	3.32%	0.7%
1984	211,661	120,083,000	3.38%	0.65%
1985	218,919	120,837,000	3.43%	0.63%
1986	226,495	121,482,000	3.46%	0.53%
1987	233,860	122,069,000	3.25%	0.48%
1988	240,913	122,578,000	3.02%	0.42%
1989	248,064	123,069,000	2.97%	0.4%
1990	255,292	123,478,000	2.91%	0.33%
1991	262,596	123,964,000	2.86%	0.39%
1992	269,839	124,425,000	2.76%	0.37%
1993	276,971	124,829,000	2.64%	0.32%
1994	284,091	125,178,000	2.57%	0.28%
1995	291,195	125,472,000	2.5%	0.23%
1996	298,276	125,757,000	2.43%	0.23%
1997	305,341	126,057,000	2.37%	0.24%
1998	312,385	126,400,000	2.31%	0.27%
1999	319,411	126,631,000	2.25%	0.18%
2000	326,424	126,843,000	2.2%	0.17%
2001	333,345	127,149,000	2.12%	0.24%
2002	340,099	127,445,000	2.03%	0.23%
2003	346,637	127,718,000	1.92%	0.21%
2004	352,911	127,761,000	1.81%	0.03%
2005	358,916	127,773,000	1.7%	0.009%
2006	364,663	127,854,000	1.6%	0.06%
2007	370,873	128,001,000	1.7%	0.11%
2008	377,793	128,063,000	1.87%	0.05%
2009	384,952	128,047,000	1.89%	-0.01%
2010	392,332	128,070,000	1.92%	0.02%
2011	399,389	127,833,000	1.8%	-0.19%
2012	405,557	127,629,000	1.54%	-0.16%
2013	411,202	127,445,000	1.39%	-0.14%
2014	416,750	127,276,000	1.35%	-0.13%
2015	422,212	127,141,000	1.31%	-0.11%
2016	427,564	127,076,000	1.27%	-0.05%
2017	432,772	126,972,000	1.22%	-0.08%
2018	437,810	126,811,000	1.16%	-0.13%
2019	442,680	126,633,000	1.11%	-0.14%
2020	447,404	126,261,000	1.07%	-0.29%
2021	451,721	125,681,593	0.96%	-0.46%
2022	455,370	125,124,989	0.81%	-0.44%
2023	458,949	124,516,650	0.79%	-0.49%
2024	462,721	123,975,371	0.82%	-0.43%
2025	466,324	123,324,642	0.78%	-0.52%
2026	469,766	122,647,678	0.74%	-0.55%
2027	473,148	121,951,038	0.72%	-0.57%
2028	476,428	121,241,776	0.69%	-0.58%
2029	479,491	120,524,230	0.64%	-0.59%
2030	482,438	119,798,959	0.61%	-0.6%
2031	485,308	119,065,610	0.59%	-0.61%
2032	487,943	118,326,333	0.54%	-0.62%
2033	490,424	117,583,337	0.51%	-0.63%
2034	492,887	116,836,274	0.5%	-0.64%
2035	495,286	116,084,328	0.49%	-0.64%
2036	497,544	115,332,395	0.46%	-0.65%
2037	499,693	114,582,890	0.43%	-0.65%
2038	501,910	113,837,760	0.44%	-0.65%
2039	504,061	113,097,352	0.43%	-0.65%
2040	505,968	112,359,802	0.38%	-0.65%
2041	507,800	111,622,622	0.36%	-0.66%
2042	509,531	110,891,223	0.34%	-0.66%
2043	511,124	110,169,955	0.31%	-0.65%
2044	512,586	109,455,823	0.29%	-0.65%
2045	514,047	108,747,012	0.29%	-0.65%
2046	515,409	108,044,346	0.26%	-0.65%
2047	516,596	107,350,486	0.23%	-0.64%
2048	517,693	106,665,616	0.21%	-0.64%
2049	518,684	105,986,908	0.19%	-0.64%
2050	519,542	105,312,022	0.17%	-0.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brunei increased by 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brunei gained 42,238 (a 9.88% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2006 and is 170th in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Brunei's population will grow by 10.6% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.