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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Brunei was 462,721 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brunei's population is 469,088 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 732 times bigger than Brunei's.
  • Brunei is ranked the 170th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.16% of the world: 0.006% for Brunei vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Brunei has had an average growth rate of +1.08% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Brunei has increased from 359K people to 469K (30.7% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Brunei is projected to reach its peak in 2055 at 521K people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Brunei vs United States: live population counter

Brunei United States
Current population
469088
343323530
Population rank 170/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 4.15%
One net population change
2.32 hours
6.07 seconds
One birth every
1.4 hours
8.8 seconds
One death every
3.65 hours
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
1.07 years
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change +0 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +10 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +3,772 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +0.82% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 116/197 72/197

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

Brunei
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Brunei United States Brunei United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 88,347 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 92,517 183,691,481 4.72% 1.67%
1962 96,719 186,537,737 4.54% 1.55%
1963 101,159 189,241,798 4.59% 1.45%
1964 105,922 191,888,791 4.71% 1.4%
1965 110,838 194,302,963 4.64% 1.26%
1966 115,874 196,560,338 4.54% 1.16%
1967 121,017 198,712,056 4.44% 1.09%
1968 126,222 200,706,052 4.3% 1%
1969 131,446 202,676,946 4.14% 0.98%
1970 135,138 205,052,174 2.81% 1.17%
1971 137,921 207,660,677 2.06% 1.27%
1972 142,189 209,896,021 3.09% 1.08%
1973 147,369 211,908,788 3.64% 0.96%
1974 152,656 213,853,928 3.59% 0.92%
1975 158,070 215,973,199 3.55% 0.99%
1976 163,607 218,035,164 3.5% 0.95%
1977 169,277 220,239,425 3.47% 1.01%
1978 174,884 222,584,545 3.31% 1.06%
1979 180,422 225,055,487 3.17% 1.11%
1980 186,111 226,542,250 3.15% 0.66%
1981 191,977 229,465,744 3.15% 1.29%
1982 198,165 231,664,432 3.22% 0.96%
1983 204,741 233,792,014 3.32% 0.92%
1984 211,661 235,824,908 3.38% 0.87%
1985 218,919 237,923,734 3.43% 0.89%
1986 226,495 240,132,831 3.46% 0.93%
1987 233,860 242,288,936 3.25% 0.9%
1988 240,913 244,499,004 3.02% 0.91%
1989 248,064 246,819,222 2.97% 0.95%
1990 255,292 250,131,894 2.91% 1.34%
1991 262,596 253,492,503 2.86% 1.34%
1992 269,839 256,894,189 2.76% 1.34%
1993 276,971 260,255,352 2.64% 1.31%
1994 284,091 263,435,673 2.57% 1.22%
1995 291,195 266,557,091 2.5% 1.18%
1996 298,276 269,667,391 2.43% 1.17%
1997 305,341 272,911,760 2.37% 1.2%
1998 312,385 276,115,288 2.31% 1.17%
1999 319,411 279,294,713 2.25% 1.15%
2000 326,424 282,162,411 2.2% 1.03%
2001 333,345 284,968,955 2.12% 0.99%
2002 340,099 287,625,193 2.03% 0.93%
2003 346,637 290,107,933 1.92% 0.86%
2004 352,911 292,805,298 1.81% 0.93%
2005 358,916 295,516,599 1.7% 0.93%
2006 364,663 298,379,912 1.6% 0.97%
2007 370,873 301,231,207 1.7% 0.96%
2008 377,793 304,093,966 1.87% 0.95%
2009 384,952 306,771,529 1.89% 0.88%
2010 392,332 309,327,143 1.92% 0.83%
2011 399,389 311,583,481 1.8% 0.73%
2012 405,557 313,877,662 1.54% 0.74%
2013 411,202 316,059,947 1.39% 0.7%
2014 416,750 318,386,329 1.35% 0.74%
2015 422,212 320,738,994 1.31% 0.74%
2016 427,564 323,071,755 1.27% 0.73%
2017 432,772 325,122,128 1.22% 0.63%
2018 437,810 326,838,199 1.16% 0.53%
2019 442,680 328,329,953 1.11% 0.46%
2020 447,404 331,526,933 1.07% 0.97%
2021 451,721 331,893,745 0.96% 0.11%
2022 455,370 333,271,411 0.81% 0.42%
2023 458,949 334,914,895 0.79% 0.49%
2024 462,721 340,110,988 0.82% 1.55%
2025 466,324 341,931,772 0.78% 0.54%
2026 469,766 343,664,369 0.74% 0.51%
2027 473,148 345,331,185 0.72% 0.49%
2028 476,428 346,981,137 0.69% 0.48%
2029 479,491 348,601,982 0.64% 0.47%
2030 482,438 350,176,974 0.61% 0.45%
2031 485,308 351,725,612 0.59% 0.44%
2032 487,943 353,249,060 0.54% 0.43%
2033 490,424 354,749,644 0.51% 0.42%
2034 492,887 356,234,239 0.5% 0.42%
2035 495,286 357,694,316 0.49% 0.41%
2036 497,544 359,119,002 0.46% 0.4%
2037 499,693 360,517,853 0.43% 0.39%
2038 501,910 361,895,407 0.44% 0.38%
2039 504,061 363,229,908 0.43% 0.37%
2040 505,968 364,512,364 0.38% 0.35%
2041 507,800 365,753,139 0.36% 0.34%
2042 509,531 366,969,419 0.34% 0.33%
2043 511,124 368,146,925 0.31% 0.32%
2044 512,586 369,258,123 0.29% 0.3%
2045 514,047 370,318,770 0.29% 0.29%
2046 515,409 371,328,255 0.26% 0.27%
2047 516,596 372,299,116 0.23% 0.26%
2048 517,693 373,230,539 0.21% 0.25%
2049 518,684 374,119,803 0.19% 0.24%
2050 519,542 374,986,259 0.17% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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