The latest officially reported population of Brunei was 462,721 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brunei's population is 469,088 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 49.7 times bigger than Brunei's.
- Brunei is ranked the 170th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.006% for Brunei vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Brunei has had an average growth rate of +1.08% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2005, the population of Brunei has increased from 359K people to 469K (30.7% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
- Brunei is projected to reach its peak in 2055 at 521K people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
Brunei vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
469088
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23308308
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| Population rank | 170/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.006% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
2.32 hours
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.4 hours
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
3.65 hours
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2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.07 years
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +0 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | +10 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,772 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.82% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 116/197 | 150/197 |
Brunei and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 88,347 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 92,517 | 11,030,385 | 4.72% | - |
| 1962 | 96,719 | 11,392,513 | 4.54% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 101,159 | 11,762,101 | 4.59% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 105,922 | 12,137,143 | 4.71% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 110,838 | 12,511,863 | 4.64% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 115,874 | 12,874,153 | 4.54% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 121,017 | 13,210,344 | 4.44% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 126,222 | 13,548,537 | 4.3% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 131,446 | 14,068,984 | 4.14% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 135,138 | 14,582,944 | 2.81% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 137,921 | 14,913,564 | 2.06% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 142,189 | 15,220,495 | 3.09% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 147,369 | 15,505,121 | 3.64% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 152,656 | 15,784,817 | 3.59% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 158,070 | 16,075,128 | 3.55% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 163,607 | 16,401,413 | 3.5% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 169,277 | 16,730,895 | 3.47% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 174,884 | 17,042,272 | 3.31% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 180,422 | 17,372,779 | 3.17% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 186,111 | 17,704,538 | 3.15% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 191,977 | 18,029,982 | 3.15% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 198,165 | 18,354,855 | 3.22% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 204,741 | 18,653,146 | 3.32% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 211,661 | 18,929,866 | 3.38% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 218,919 | 19,191,510 | 3.43% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 226,495 | 19,411,454 | 3.46% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 233,860 | 19,617,046 | 3.25% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 240,913 | 19,839,704 | 3.02% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 248,064 | 20,055,492 | 2.97% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 255,292 | 20,278,946 | 2.91% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 262,596 | 20,503,568 | 2.86% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 269,839 | 20,704,227 | 2.76% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 276,971 | 20,899,019 | 2.64% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 284,091 | 21,086,645 | 2.57% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 291,195 | 21,267,653 | 2.5% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 298,276 | 21,441,432 | 2.43% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 305,341 | 21,634,124 | 2.37% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 312,385 | 21,835,703 | 2.31% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 319,411 | 22,010,489 | 2.25% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 326,424 | 22,184,530 | 2.2% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 333,345 | 22,341,120 | 2.12% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 340,099 | 22,463,172 | 2.03% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 346,637 | 22,562,663 | 1.92% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 352,911 | 22,646,836 | 1.81% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 358,916 | 22,729,753 | 1.7% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 364,663 | 22,823,455 | 1.6% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 370,873 | 22,917,444 | 1.7% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 377,793 | 22,997,696 | 1.87% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 384,952 | 23,078,402 | 1.89% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 392,332 | 23,140,948 | 1.92% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 399,389 | 23,193,518 | 1.8% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 405,557 | 23,270,367 | 1.54% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 411,202 | 23,344,670 | 1.39% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 416,750 | 23,403,635 | 1.35% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 422,212 | 23,462,914 | 1.31% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 427,564 | 23,515,945 | 1.27% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 432,772 | 23,555,522 | 1.22% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 437,810 | 23,580,080 | 1.16% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 442,680 | 23,596,027 | 1.11% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 447,404 | 23,582,179 | 1.07% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 451,721 | 23,468,275 | 0.96% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 455,370 | 23,319,977 | 0.81% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 458,949 | 23,342,541 | 0.79% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 462,721 | 23,410,331 | 0.82% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 466,324 | 23,308,308 | 0.78% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 469,766 | 23,205,944 | 0.74% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 473,148 | 23,102,120 | 0.72% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 476,428 | 22,996,693 | 0.69% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 479,491 | 22,890,335 | 0.64% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 482,438 | 22,781,040 | 0.61% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 485,308 | 22,667,327 | 0.59% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 487,943 | 22,549,689 | 0.54% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 490,424 | 22,428,721 | 0.51% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 492,887 | 22,302,402 | 0.5% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 495,286 | 22,170,689 | 0.49% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 497,544 | 22,034,775 | 0.46% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 499,693 | 21,893,029 | 0.43% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 501,910 | 21,746,001 | 0.44% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 504,061 | 21,594,236 | 0.43% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 505,968 | 21,436,947 | 0.38% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 507,800 | 21,274,187 | 0.36% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 509,531 | 21,105,682 | 0.34% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 511,124 | 20,932,105 | 0.31% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 512,586 | 20,754,623 | 0.29% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 514,047 | 20,571,741 | 0.29% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 515,409 | 20,384,903 | 0.26% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 516,596 | 20,194,425 | 0.23% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 517,693 | 19,999,753 | 0.21% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 518,684 | 19,801,293 | 0.19% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 519,542 | 19,598,997 | 0.17% | -1.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).
Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kuala Belait | 70K |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | 50K |
| Seria | 13.1K |
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Population differences between Brunei and Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 75.7 years | 80.9 years |
| Average age | 33.9 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 33.2 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.1:46.9 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.75 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 227.4 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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