One of the wealthiest nations per person, with about 70 per cent of its land still under primary rainforest.
Brunei
Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace ยท Negara Brunei Darussalam
Asia
ยท South-Eastern Asia
- ISO codes
- BN ยท BRN
- Density
- 75 /kmยฒ
- Languages
- Malay
- Currencies
- Brunei dollar (BND), Singapore dollar (SGD)
- Dial code
- +673
- Internet domain
- .bn
- Time zones
- 1
- Coastline
- Has a coast
- Map centre
- 4.4480ยฐ N, 114.5520ยฐ E
- Demonym
- Bruneian
- UN region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Economy
- Developing region
- Income group
- High income: nonOECD
- Total GDP
- $13.47B
- Sovereignty
- Independent ยท UN member
- Borders
- 1
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By the numbers
How Brunei stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.
Ten facts about Brunei
The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.
Population is about 433,285 people, the 176th largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly one in 17,718 of everyone alive.
Covers 5,765 kmยฒ, making it the 172nd largest country here - about 2.2 times the size of Luxembourg.
Population density is about 75 people per kmยฒ.
The capital is Bandar Seri Begawan, at 4.88ยฐ N, 114.93ยฐ E, with a metropolitan population of about 296,500.
Shares land borders with 1 country: Malaysia.
Has its own coastline and direct access to the open sea.
Keeps a single time zone, Asia/Brunei.
The currency is the Brunei dollar (BND, symbol $).
The official language is Malay.
Local time
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Cities
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Land neighbours
1 country shares a border with Brunei.