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Brunei

Brunei
Capital Bandar Seri Begawan
5,765 km² · 466,330 people (2025) · Brunei dollar

A small country on Borneo, split into two parts by a strip of Malaysian territory. Around seventy percent of it is still primary rainforest, one of the highest proportions anywhere, and Kampong Ayer at the capital is a settlement of some 30,000 people built on stilts over the Brunei River.

The facts

Capital
Bandar Seri Begawan
Area
5,765 km² — 2,226 sq mi
Population
466,330 (2025)
Density
80.9 people per km²
Currency
Brunei dollar (BND, $)
Official language
Malay
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Calling code
+673
Drives on the
left
ISO codes
BN · BRN
Continent
Asia

How it compares

By area
168 of 200
By population
173 of 200

Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

Countries of a similar size

Country Area (km²) Population
Puerto Rico 9,104 3,184,835
Palestine 6,220 5,413,596
Brunei ← 5,765 466,330
Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 1,367,764
Cape Verde 4,033 527,326

Common questions

What is the capital of Brunei?
Bandar Seri Begawan
What currency does Brunei use?
The Brunei dollar (BND).
How big is Brunei?
5,765 km², or 2,226 square miles — 168 of 200 by area.
Which side of the road does Brunei drive on?
The left.

Related pages

Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked