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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Qatar	Brunei	Qatar
1960	88,347	36,010	-	-
1961	92,517	39,680	4.72%	10.2%
1962	96,719	44,630	4.54%	12.5%
1963	101,159	50,380	4.59%	12.9%
1964	105,922	56,867	4.71%	12.9%
1965	110,838	64,065	4.64%	12.7%
1966	115,874	72,192	4.54%	12.7%
1967	121,017	81,439	4.44%	12.8%
1968	126,222	91,749	4.3%	12.7%
1969	131,446	103,025	4.14%	12.3%
1970	135,138	116,350	2.81%	12.9%
1971	137,921	131,346	2.06%	12.9%
1972	142,189	146,506	3.09%	11.5%
1973	147,369	161,841	3.64%	10.5%
1974	152,656	177,362	3.59%	9.59%
1975	158,070	193,087	3.55%	8.87%
1976	163,607	209,052	3.5%	8.27%
1977	169,277	225,285	3.47%	7.77%
1978	174,884	241,808	3.31%	7.33%
1979	180,422	258,670	3.17%	6.97%
1980	186,111	275,913	3.15%	6.67%
1981	191,977	293,553	3.15%	6.39%
1982	198,165	311,537	3.22%	6.13%
1983	204,741	329,709	3.32%	5.83%
1984	211,661	347,878	3.38%	5.51%
1985	218,919	365,940	3.43%	5.19%
1986	226,495	382,422	3.46%	4.5%
1987	233,860	397,005	3.25%	3.81%
1988	240,913	411,264	3.02%	3.59%
1989	248,064	425,646	2.97%	3.5%
1990	255,292	440,175	2.91%	3.41%
1991	262,596	454,853	2.86%	3.33%
1992	269,839	469,657	2.76%	3.25%
1993	276,971	484,545	2.64%	3.17%
1994	284,091	499,459	2.57%	3.08%
1995	291,195	514,325	2.5%	2.98%
1996	298,276	529,019	2.43%	2.86%
1997	305,341	550,500	2.37%	4.06%
1998	312,385	580,540	2.31%	5.46%
1999	319,411	612,500	2.25%	5.51%
2000	326,424	644,989	2.2%	5.3%
2001	333,345	677,925	2.12%	5.11%
2002	340,099	711,205	2.03%	4.91%
2003	346,637	744,682	1.92%	4.71%
2004	352,911	773,332	1.81%	3.85%
2005	358,916	825,408	1.7%	6.73%
2006	364,663	972,831	1.6%	17.9%
2007	370,873	1,208,595	1.7%	24.2%
2008	377,793	1,426,938	1.87%	18.1%
2009	384,952	1,608,903	1.89%	12.8%
2010	392,332	1,616,832	1.92%	0.49%
2011	399,389	1,624,761	1.8%	0.49%
2012	405,557	1,722,438	1.54%	6.01%
2013	411,202	1,916,426	1.39%	11.3%
2014	416,750	2,151,745	1.35%	12.3%
2015	422,212	2,344,557	1.31%	8.96%
2016	427,564	2,477,113	1.27%	5.65%
2017	432,772	2,545,820	1.22%	2.77%
2018	437,810	2,580,734	1.16%	1.37%
2019	442,680	2,638,657	1.11%	2.24%
2020	447,404	2,794,148	1.07%	5.89%
2021	451,721	2,504,910	0.96%	-10.4%
2022	455,370	2,657,333	0.81%	6.08%
2023	458,949	2,656,032	0.79%	-0.05%
2024	462,721	2,857,822	0.82%	7.6%
2025	466,324	2,921,065	0.78%	2.21%
2026	469,766	2,975,134	0.74%	1.85%
2027	473,148	3,019,526	0.72%	1.49%
2028	476,428	3,057,695	0.69%	1.26%
2029	479,491	3,092,803	0.64%	1.15%
2030	482,438	3,125,174	0.61%	1.05%
2031	485,308	3,156,754	0.59%	1.01%
2032	487,943	3,189,188	0.54%	1.03%
2033	490,424	3,222,500	0.51%	1.04%
2034	492,887	3,256,691	0.5%	1.06%
2035	495,286	3,291,711	0.49%	1.08%
2036	497,544	3,327,585	0.46%	1.09%
2037	499,693	3,364,333	0.43%	1.1%
2038	501,910	3,401,906	0.44%	1.12%
2039	504,061	3,440,293	0.43%	1.13%
2040	505,968	3,479,439	0.38%	1.14%
2041	507,800	3,519,302	0.36%	1.15%
2042	509,531	3,559,840	0.34%	1.15%
2043	511,124	3,601,019	0.31%	1.16%
2044	512,586	3,642,784	0.29%	1.16%
2045	514,047	3,685,111	0.29%	1.16%
2046	515,409	3,727,959	0.26%	1.16%
2047	516,596	3,771,287	0.23%	1.16%
2048	517,693	3,815,108	0.21%	1.16%
2049	518,684	3,859,368	0.19%	1.16%
2050	519,542	3,904,074	0.17%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.