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Population in Brunei compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Brunei was 462,721 in 2024 vs 115,843,670 people in the Philippines in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brunei's population is 469,088 people compared to 117,540,050 in the Philippines.

Population statistics:

  • The Philippines' population is 250.6 times bigger than Brunei's.
  • Brunei is ranked the 170th most populous country in the world, while the Philippines is the 14th.
  • The countries together account for 1.43% of the world: 0.006% for Brunei vs 1.42% for the Philippines.
  • For the last 10 years, Brunei has had an average growth rate of +1.08% per year vs +1.16% in the Philippines.
  • Since 2005, the population of Brunei has increased from 359K people to 469K (30.7% growth), while the Philippines has grown from 88M to 118M (33.5% growth).
  • Brunei is projected to reach its peak in 2055 at 521K people compared to the peak of 135M people in 2057 for the Philippines.

Brunei vs Philippines: live population counter

Brunei Philippines
Current population
469088
117540050
Population rank 170/197 14/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 1.42%
One net population change
2.32 hours
33.1 seconds
One birth every
1.4 hours
17.1 seconds
One death every
3.65 hours
44 seconds
One migration net change every
1.07 years
3.28 minutes
Annual migration change +0 -160,373
Daily growth/decline +10 +2,610
Annual growth/decline +3,772 +952,471
Annual growth/decline rate +0.82% +0.83%
Population growth rate rank 116/197 115/197

Brunei and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Brunei
Population

Growth rate
Philippines
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Brunei Philippines Brunei Philippines
1960 88,347 27,891,897 - -
1961 92,517 28,792,621 4.72% 3.23%
1962 96,719 29,723,536 4.54% 3.23%
1963 101,159 30,674,731 4.59% 3.2%
1964 105,922 31,643,032 4.71% 3.16%
1965 110,838 32,625,316 4.64% 3.1%
1966 115,874 33,617,170 4.54% 3.04%
1967 121,017 34,621,320 4.44% 2.99%
1968 126,222 35,638,342 4.3% 2.94%
1969 131,446 36,660,799 4.14% 2.87%
1970 135,138 37,622,204 2.81% 2.62%
1971 137,921 38,518,659 2.06% 2.38%
1972 142,189 39,408,560 3.09% 2.31%
1973 147,369 40,294,130 3.64% 2.25%
1974 152,656 41,174,341 3.59% 2.18%
1975 158,070 42,120,826 3.55% 2.3%
1976 163,607 43,201,488 3.5% 2.57%
1977 169,277 44,367,962 3.47% 2.7%
1978 174,884 45,575,281 3.31% 2.72%
1979 180,422 46,807,103 3.17% 2.7%
1980 186,111 48,043,740 3.15% 2.64%
1981 191,977 49,311,727 3.15% 2.64%
1982 198,165 50,695,707 3.22% 2.81%
1983 204,741 52,194,620 3.32% 2.96%
1984 211,661 53,726,181 3.38% 2.93%
1985 218,919 55,213,006 3.43% 2.77%
1986 226,495 56,645,077 3.46% 2.59%
1987 233,860 58,157,496 3.25% 2.67%
1988 240,913 59,739,052 3.02% 2.72%
1989 248,064 61,265,260 2.97% 2.55%
1990 255,292 62,854,666 2.91% 2.59%
1991 262,596 64,382,249 2.86% 2.43%
1992 269,839 65,926,125 2.76% 2.4%
1993 276,971 67,530,621 2.64% 2.43%
1994 284,091 69,019,291 2.57% 2.2%
1995 291,195 70,546,246 2.5% 2.21%
1996 298,276 72,190,242 2.43% 2.33%
1997 305,341 73,908,810 2.37% 2.38%
1998 312,385 75,791,024 2.31% 2.55%
1999 319,411 77,753,257 2.25% 2.59%
2000 326,424 79,625,397 2.2% 2.41%
2001 333,345 81,401,488 2.12% 2.23%
2002 340,099 83,068,889 2.03% 2.05%
2003 346,637 84,731,835 1.92% 2%
2004 352,911 86,394,504 1.81% 1.96%
2005 358,916 88,015,962 1.7% 1.88%
2006 364,663 89,508,986 1.6% 1.7%
2007 370,873 91,075,184 1.7% 1.75%
2008 377,793 92,699,095 1.87% 1.78%
2009 384,952 94,384,250 1.89% 1.82%
2010 392,332 96,337,125 1.92% 2.07%
2011 399,389 98,248,614 1.8% 1.98%
2012 405,557 100,175,512 1.54% 1.96%
2013 411,202 102,076,336 1.39% 1.9%
2014 416,750 103,767,130 1.35% 1.66%
2015 422,212 105,312,992 1.31% 1.49%
2016 427,564 106,735,719 1.27% 1.35%
2017 432,772 108,119,693 1.22% 1.3%
2018 437,810 109,465,287 1.16% 1.24%
2019 442,680 110,804,683 1.11% 1.22%
2020 447,404 112,081,264 1.07% 1.15%
2021 451,721 113,100,950 0.96% 0.91%
2022 455,370 113,964,338 0.81% 0.76%
2023 458,949 114,891,199 0.79% 0.81%
2024 462,721 115,843,670 0.82% 0.83%
2025 466,324 116,786,968 0.78% 0.81%
2026 469,766 117,724,479 0.74% 0.8%
2027 473,148 118,656,426 0.72% 0.79%
2028 476,428 119,583,984 0.69% 0.78%
2029 479,491 120,502,132 0.64% 0.77%
2030 482,438 121,408,897 0.61% 0.75%
2031 485,308 122,301,606 0.59% 0.74%
2032 487,943 123,180,341 0.54% 0.72%
2033 490,424 124,049,036 0.51% 0.71%
2034 492,887 124,904,124 0.5% 0.69%
2035 495,286 125,740,977 0.49% 0.67%
2036 497,544 126,558,232 0.46% 0.65%
2037 499,693 127,352,607 0.43% 0.63%
2038 501,910 128,118,535 0.44% 0.6%
2039 504,061 128,850,047 0.43% 0.57%
2040 505,968 129,546,666 0.38% 0.54%
2041 507,800 130,209,810 0.36% 0.51%
2042 509,531 130,837,005 0.34% 0.48%
2043 511,124 131,427,404 0.31% 0.45%
2044 512,586 131,979,673 0.29% 0.42%
2045 514,047 132,492,038 0.29% 0.39%
2046 515,409 132,962,001 0.26% 0.35%
2047 516,596 133,385,290 0.23% 0.32%
2048 517,693 133,759,436 0.21% 0.28%
2049 518,684 134,089,011 0.19% 0.25%
2050 519,542 134,373,439 0.17% 0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.

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