Population in Brunei compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Brunei and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	United Kingdom	Brunei	United Kingdom
1960	88,347	52,400,000	-	-
1961	92,517	52,800,000	4.72%	0.76%
1962	96,719	53,250,000	4.54%	0.85%
1963	101,159	53,650,000	4.59%	0.75%
1964	105,922	54,000,000	4.71%	0.65%
1965	110,838	54,348,050	4.64%	0.64%
1966	115,874	54,648,500	4.54%	0.55%
1967	121,017	54,943,600	4.44%	0.54%
1968	126,222	55,211,700	4.3%	0.49%
1969	131,446	55,441,750	4.14%	0.42%
1970	135,138	55,663,250	2.81%	0.4%
1971	137,921	55,896,223	2.06%	0.42%
1972	142,189	56,086,065	3.09%	0.34%
1973	147,369	56,194,527	3.64%	0.19%
1974	152,656	56,229,974	3.59%	0.06%
1975	158,070	56,225,800	3.55%	-0.007%
1976	163,607	56,211,968	3.5%	-0.02%
1977	169,277	56,193,492	3.47%	-0.03%
1978	174,884	56,196,504	3.31%	0.005%
1979	180,422	56,246,951	3.17%	0.09%
1980	186,111	56,314,216	3.15%	0.12%
1981	191,977	56,333,829	3.15%	0.03%
1982	198,165	56,313,641	3.22%	-0.04%
1983	204,741	56,332,848	3.32%	0.03%
1984	211,661	56,422,072	3.38%	0.16%
1985	218,919	56,550,268	3.43%	0.23%
1986	226,495	56,681,396	3.46%	0.23%
1987	233,860	56,802,050	3.25%	0.21%
1988	240,913	56,928,327	3.02%	0.22%
1989	248,064	57,076,711	2.97%	0.26%
1990	255,292	57,247,586	2.91%	0.3%
1991	262,596	57,424,897	2.86%	0.31%
1992	269,839	57,580,402	2.76%	0.27%
1993	276,971	57,718,614	2.64%	0.24%
1994	284,091	57,865,745	2.57%	0.25%
1995	291,195	58,019,030	2.5%	0.26%
1996	298,276	58,166,950	2.43%	0.25%
1997	305,341	58,316,954	2.37%	0.26%
1998	312,385	58,487,141	2.31%	0.29%
1999	319,411	58,682,466	2.25%	0.33%
2000	326,424	58,892,514	2.2%	0.36%
2001	333,345	59,119,673	2.12%	0.39%
2002	340,099	59,370,479	2.03%	0.42%
2003	346,637	59,647,577	1.92%	0.47%
2004	352,911	59,987,905	1.81%	0.57%
2005	358,916	60,401,206	1.7%	0.69%
2006	364,663	60,846,820	1.6%	0.74%
2007	370,873	61,322,463	1.7%	0.78%
2008	377,793	61,806,995	1.87%	0.79%
2009	384,952	62,276,270	1.89%	0.76%
2010	392,332	62,766,365	1.92%	0.79%
2011	399,389	63,258,810	1.8%	0.78%
2012	405,557	63,711,000	1.54%	0.71%
2013	411,202	64,139,000	1.39%	0.67%
2014	416,750	64,620,000	1.35%	0.75%
2015	422,212	65,088,000	1.31%	0.72%
2016	427,564	65,607,000	1.27%	0.8%
2017	432,772	65,966,000	1.22%	0.55%
2018	437,810	66,289,000	1.16%	0.49%
2019	442,680	66,631,000	1.11%	0.52%
2020	447,404	66,744,000	1.07%	0.17%
2021	451,721	66,984,000	0.96%	0.36%
2022	455,370	67,604,000	0.81%	0.93%
2023	458,949	68,492,000	0.79%	1.31%
2024	462,721	69,226,000	0.82%	1.07%
2025	466,324	69,639,673	0.78%	0.6%
2026	469,766	70,020,350	0.74%	0.55%
2027	473,148	70,382,853	0.72%	0.52%
2028	476,428	70,732,699	0.69%	0.5%
2029	479,491	71,061,482	0.64%	0.46%
2030	482,438	71,377,535	0.61%	0.44%
2031	485,308	71,678,351	0.59%	0.42%
2032	487,943	71,959,934	0.54%	0.39%
2033	490,424	72,234,509	0.51%	0.38%
2034	492,887	72,497,650	0.5%	0.36%
2035	495,286	72,749,096	0.49%	0.35%
2036	497,544	72,990,847	0.46%	0.33%
2037	499,693	73,218,850	0.43%	0.31%
2038	501,910	73,441,349	0.44%	0.3%
2039	504,061	73,658,392	0.43%	0.3%
2040	505,968	73,868,334	0.38%	0.29%
2041	507,800	74,074,316	0.36%	0.28%
2042	509,531	74,275,779	0.34%	0.27%
2043	511,124	74,475,035	0.31%	0.27%
2044	512,586	74,667,284	0.29%	0.26%
2045	514,047	74,848,605	0.29%	0.24%
2046	515,409	75,020,949	0.26%	0.23%
2047	516,596	75,184,478	0.23%	0.22%
2048	517,693	75,337,543	0.21%	0.2%
2049	518,684	75,476,141	0.19%	0.18%
2050	519,542	75,600,588	0.17%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.