Brunei population tops 440,000

According to the 2021 population census, the majority of Brunei’s population were Muslims, comprising 82.1% (362,035 persons). - The Straits Times/ANN

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): The total population of Brunei Darussalam during the Population and Housing Census (BPP) 2021 was 440,715 persons compared to 393,372 in the 2011 Census, which represented an average annual growth rate of 1.1% during the period 2011-2021.

This was revealed in the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics’ (DEPS) Report of the BPP 2021: Demographic, Household and Housing Characteristics based on the final data collected in the BPP 2021. Therefore, this supersedes the data in the Report of the Preliminary Count of Total Population 2021 released in October 2021.