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
- Puerto Rico 9,104 km²
- Palestine 6,220 km²
- Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 km²
- Cape Verde 4,033 km²
- India Asia
- China Asia
- Indonesia Asia
- Pakistan Asia
- Bangladesh Asia
- Japan Asia
- Philippines Asia
- Vietnam Asia
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)