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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Brunei was 462,721 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brunei's population is 469,088 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 104 times bigger than Brunei's.
  • Brunei is ranked the 170th most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.6% of the world: 0.006% for Brunei vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, Brunei has had an average growth rate of +1.08% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of Brunei has increased from 359K people to 469K (30.7% growth), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • Brunei is projected to reach its peak in 2055 at 521K people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.7M people by 2100.

Brunei vs Spain: live population counter

Brunei Spain
Current population
469088
48786181
Population rank 170/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.59%
One net population change
2.32 hours
1.14 minutes
One birth every
1.4 hours
1.62 minutes
One death every
3.65 hours
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
1.07 years
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change +0 +111,674
Daily growth/decline +10 +1,258
Annual growth/decline +3,772 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate +0.82% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 116/197 108/197

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

Brunei
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Brunei Spain Brunei Spain
1960 88,347 30,455,000 - -
1961 92,517 30,739,250 4.72% 0.93%
1962 96,719 31,023,366 4.54% 0.92%
1963 101,159 31,296,651 4.59% 0.88%
1964 105,922 31,609,195 4.71% 1%
1965 110,838 31,954,292 4.64% 1.09%
1966 115,874 32,283,194 4.54% 1.03%
1967 121,017 32,682,947 4.44% 1.24%
1968 126,222 33,113,134 4.3% 1.32%
1969 131,446 33,441,054 4.14% 0.99%
1970 135,138 33,814,531 2.81% 1.12%
1971 137,921 34,224,490 2.06% 1.21%
1972 142,189 34,604,469 3.09% 1.11%
1973 147,369 34,988,947 3.64% 1.11%
1974 152,656 35,373,335 3.59% 1.1%
1975 158,070 35,757,900 3.55% 1.09%
1976 163,607 36,137,812 3.5% 1.06%
1977 169,277 36,511,638 3.47% 1.03%
1978 174,884 36,864,898 3.31% 0.97%
1979 180,422 37,191,330 3.17% 0.89%
1980 186,111 37,491,165 3.15% 0.81%
1981 191,977 37,758,631 3.15% 0.71%
1982 198,165 37,986,012 3.22% 0.6%
1983 204,741 38,171,525 3.32% 0.49%
1984 211,661 38,330,364 3.38% 0.42%
1985 218,919 38,469,512 3.43% 0.36%
1986 226,495 38,584,624 3.46% 0.3%
1987 233,860 38,684,815 3.25% 0.26%
1988 240,913 38,766,939 3.02% 0.21%
1989 248,064 38,827,764 2.97% 0.16%
1990 255,292 38,867,322 2.91% 0.1%
1991 262,596 38,966,376 2.86% 0.25%
1992 269,839 39,157,685 2.76% 0.49%
1993 276,971 39,361,262 2.64% 0.52%
1994 284,091 39,549,108 2.57% 0.48%
1995 291,195 39,724,050 2.5% 0.44%
1996 298,276 39,889,852 2.43% 0.42%
1997 305,341 40,057,389 2.37% 0.42%
1998 312,385 40,223,509 2.31% 0.41%
1999 319,411 40,386,875 2.25% 0.41%
2000 326,424 40,567,864 2.2% 0.45%
2001 333,345 40,850,412 2.12% 0.7%
2002 340,099 41,431,558 2.03% 1.42%
2003 346,637 42,187,645 1.92% 1.82%
2004 352,911 42,921,895 1.81% 1.74%
2005 358,916 43,653,155 1.7% 1.7%
2006 364,663 44,397,319 1.6% 1.7%
2007 370,873 45,226,803 1.7% 1.87%
2008 377,793 45,954,106 1.87% 1.61%
2009 384,952 46,362,946 1.89% 0.89%
2010 392,332 46,576,897 1.92% 0.46%
2011 399,389 46,742,697 1.8% 0.36%
2012 405,557 46,773,055 1.54% 0.06%
2013 411,202 46,604,197 1.39% -0.36%
2014 416,750 46,460,733 1.35% -0.31%
2015 422,212 46,422,303 1.31% -0.08%
2016 427,564 46,458,139 1.27% 0.08%
2017 432,772 46,571,232 1.22% 0.24%
2018 437,810 46,782,011 1.16% 0.45%
2019 442,680 47,118,501 1.11% 0.72%
2020 447,404 47,359,424 1.07% 0.51%
2021 451,721 47,443,821 0.96% 0.18%
2022 455,370 47,786,102 0.81% 0.72%
2023 458,949 48,347,910 0.79% 1.18%
2024 462,721 48,807,137 0.82% 0.95%
2025 466,324 48,786,181 0.78% -0.04%
2026 469,766 48,746,279 0.74% -0.08%
2027 473,148 48,696,847 0.72% -0.1%
2028 476,428 48,642,132 0.69% -0.11%
2029 479,491 48,578,166 0.64% -0.13%
2030 482,438 48,501,513 0.61% -0.16%
2031 485,308 48,412,854 0.59% -0.18%
2032 487,943 48,321,195 0.54% -0.19%
2033 490,424 48,230,054 0.51% -0.19%
2034 492,887 48,136,421 0.5% -0.19%
2035 495,286 48,036,650 0.49% -0.21%
2036 497,544 47,929,957 0.46% -0.22%
2037 499,693 47,819,257 0.43% -0.23%
2038 501,910 47,706,580 0.44% -0.24%
2039 504,061 47,588,878 0.43% -0.25%
2040 505,968 47,463,597 0.38% -0.26%
2041 507,800 47,332,618 0.36% -0.28%
2042 509,531 47,194,588 0.34% -0.29%
2043 511,124 47,052,293 0.31% -0.3%
2044 512,586 46,902,636 0.29% -0.32%
2045 514,047 46,738,565 0.29% -0.35%
2046 515,409 46,564,383 0.26% -0.37%
2047 516,596 46,381,681 0.23% -0.39%
2048 517,693 46,190,642 0.21% -0.41%
2049 518,684 45,985,428 0.19% -0.44%
2050 519,542 45,769,362 0.17% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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