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title: "Brunei — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Brunei: capital Bandar Seri Begawan, area 5,765 km², population 466,330 (2025), currency Brunei dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/brunei/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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](https://atoneplace.net/country/puerto-rico/)
- [Palestine](https://atoneplace.net/country/palestine/)
- [Trinidad and Tobago](https://atoneplace.net/country/trinidad-and-tobago/)
- [Cape Verde](https://atoneplace.net/country/cape-verde/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]