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Brunei Darussalam — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Brunei Darussalam, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.78%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -83.2% since 1961
Population growth for Brunei Darussalam was 0.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.61% in 1961. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.74% per year.
Brunei Darussalam ranks 116 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 53%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Brunei Darussalam sits above it. It peaked in 1961 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 40%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.78%
First (1961)
4.61%
Change
-83.2%
Highest
4.61%
in 1961
Lowest
0.78%
in 2025
Average
2.56%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.74%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.78% |
| 2024 | 0.82% |
| 2023 | 0.78% |
| 2022 | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.96% |
| 2020 | 1.06% |
| 2019 | 1.11% |
| 2018 | 1.16% |
| 2017 | 1.21% |
| 2016 | 1.26% |
| 2015 | 1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.34% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.