Country comparison
Brunei vs Malaysia
Malaysia is 57× the size of Brunei. Malaysia has 77× the population of Brunei. Brunei has 2.5× the GDP per capita of Malaysia.
Side by side
| Brunei | Category | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| 5,770 km² | Area (2024) Malaysia: 57× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 330,534 km² more |
| 466,330 | Population (2025) Malaysia: 77× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 36 million more |
| 88 people/km² | Population density (2024) Malaysia: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 108 people/km² |
| US$ 32,235 more | GDP per capita (2025) Brunei: 2.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 13,125 |
| 75.5 years | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 76.8 years more |
| 96% | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 98% more |
| 31.8 years | Median age (2023) Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 30.1 years |
| 1.73 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) Brunei: 1.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.54 births per woman |
| 20.2 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Brunei: 2.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 8.3 t less |
| – | Castles, fortresses and palaces Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 5 |
| – | Ghost stories | 1 |
| 11 | VPN providers with servers in the country Malaysia: 2.7× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 30 |
| Malay | Official languages Shared language: Malay Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Malay |
| Brunei dollar (BND), Singapore dollar (SGD) | Currency ISO 4217 | Malaysian ringgit (MYR) |
| Type G · 240 V | Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: G | Type G · 240 V |
| UTC+8 | Time zone of the capital Same time IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+8 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.