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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Maldives	Brunei	Maldives
1960	88,347	91,189	-	-
1961	92,517	93,450	4.72%	2.48%
1962	96,719	95,802	4.54%	2.52%
1963	101,159	98,222	4.59%	2.53%
1964	105,922	100,662	4.71%	2.48%
1965	110,838	104,102	4.64%	3.42%
1966	115,874	108,507	4.54%	4.23%
1967	121,017	112,528	4.44%	3.71%
1968	126,222	116,075	4.3%	3.15%
1969	131,446	119,564	4.14%	3.01%
1970	135,138	123,219	2.81%	3.06%
1971	137,921	127,035	2.06%	3.1%
1972	142,189	130,968	3.09%	3.1%
1973	147,369	134,952	3.64%	3.04%
1974	152,656	138,978	3.59%	2.98%
1975	158,070	143,158	3.55%	3.01%
1976	163,607	147,525	3.5%	3.05%
1977	169,277	151,930	3.47%	2.99%
1978	174,884	156,159	3.31%	2.78%
1979	180,422	160,360	3.17%	2.69%
1980	186,111	164,835	3.15%	2.79%
1981	191,977	169,532	3.15%	2.85%
1982	198,165	174,333	3.22%	2.83%
1983	204,741	179,128	3.32%	2.75%
1984	211,661	184,198	3.38%	2.83%
1985	218,919	190,169	3.43%	3.24%
1986	226,495	196,935	3.46%	3.56%
1987	233,860	203,944	3.25%	3.56%
1988	240,913	210,885	3.02%	3.4%
1989	248,064	217,738	2.97%	3.25%
1990	255,292	224,762	2.91%	3.23%
1991	262,596	231,802	2.86%	3.13%
1992	269,839	238,543	2.76%	2.91%
1993	276,971	244,884	2.64%	2.66%
1994	284,091	250,822	2.57%	2.42%
1995	291,195	256,649	2.5%	2.32%
1996	298,276	262,347	2.43%	2.22%
1997	305,341	267,707	2.37%	2.04%
1998	312,385	272,723	2.31%	1.87%
1999	319,411	277,412	2.25%	1.72%
2000	326,424	282,019	2.2%	1.66%
2001	333,345	286,767	2.12%	1.68%
2002	340,099	291,616	2.03%	1.69%
2003	346,637	296,491	1.92%	1.67%
2004	352,911	301,413	1.81%	1.66%
2005	358,916	306,429	1.7%	1.66%
2006	364,663	313,851	1.6%	2.42%
2007	370,873	324,479	1.7%	3.39%
2008	377,793	336,170	1.87%	3.6%
2009	384,952	348,275	1.89%	3.6%
2010	392,332	360,792	1.92%	3.59%
2011	399,389	373,674	1.8%	3.57%
2012	405,557	386,818	1.54%	3.52%
2013	411,202	400,070	1.39%	3.43%
2014	416,750	413,617	1.35%	3.39%
2015	422,212	428,154	1.31%	3.51%
2016	427,564	443,308	1.27%	3.54%
2017	432,772	458,287	1.22%	3.38%
2018	437,810	473,099	1.16%	3.23%
2019	442,680	487,731	1.11%	3.09%
2020	447,404	502,118	1.07%	2.95%
2021	451,721	516,154	0.96%	2.8%
2022	455,370	524,106	0.81%	1.54%
2023	458,949	525,994	0.79%	0.36%
2024	462,721	527,799	0.82%	0.34%
2025	466,324	529,677	0.78%	0.36%
2026	469,766	531,514	0.74%	0.35%
2027	473,148	533,433	0.72%	0.36%
2028	476,428	535,502	0.69%	0.39%
2029	479,491	537,574	0.64%	0.39%
2030	482,438	539,667	0.61%	0.39%
2031	485,308	541,929	0.59%	0.42%
2032	487,943	544,288	0.54%	0.44%
2033	490,424	546,723	0.51%	0.45%
2034	492,887	549,162	0.5%	0.45%
2035	495,286	551,599	0.49%	0.44%
2036	497,544	554,092	0.46%	0.45%
2037	499,693	556,637	0.43%	0.46%
2038	501,910	559,231	0.44%	0.47%
2039	504,061	561,958	0.43%	0.49%
2040	505,968	564,800	0.38%	0.51%
2041	507,800	567,606	0.36%	0.5%
2042	509,531	570,381	0.34%	0.49%
2043	511,124	573,138	0.31%	0.48%
2044	512,586	575,811	0.29%	0.47%
2045	514,047	578,459	0.29%	0.46%
2046	515,409	581,026	0.26%	0.44%
2047	516,596	583,393	0.23%	0.41%
2048	517,693	585,720	0.21%	0.4%
2049	518,684	587,988	0.19%	0.39%
2050	519,542	589,960	0.17%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brunei increased by 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brunei gained 42,238 (a 9.88% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2006 and is 170th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.