Asia · South-Eastern Asia
Brunei
Brunei covers about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²), the 173rd largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Cyprus, at about 5,400 km².
- 5,720km²Area, main territory
- 459,000Population
- 0.19In Belgiums
50 km
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, main territory | 5,720 km²2,210 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,770 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.19 |
| Capital | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Population | 459,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 80 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 4°N to 5°N |
| In other languages | Brunéi Español · ブルネイ 日本語 · 文莱 中文 · 브루나이 한국어 |
| Continent | Asia#45 of 51 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Brunei
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 2,970× the size of Brunei.
- At 80 people per km², Brunei is the 85th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Brunei lies at 5°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Brunei's main territory stretches about 116 km north to south and 151 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 km², to within 2%.
How Brunei measures up
Brunei holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 51 countries listed for Asia. In South-Eastern Asia it is the 10th largest of 11.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 5,720 km² | 172nd of 239 |
| Population | 459,000 | 174th of 237 |
| Density | 80 per km² | 85th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 4.5°N | 161st of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Brunei is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.19× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 551 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 1,482 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 1,653 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 2,970 its size |
Where Brunei sits
- Brunei's centre lies at 4.5°N, 114.7°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 500 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 4°N to 5°N, about 120 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Brunei had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Brunei would have 7.2 million people. It has 459,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Brunei would have 21,000 people. It has 459,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 414,000.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11