Asia · South-Eastern Asia
How many babies are born in Brunei?
- 16births per day
- 1per hour
- 0per minute
- 12.7births per 1,000 people
- 1.70children per woman
- 469.8 thousandpopulation
Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.
Births in Brunei through history
| Year | Estimated births | Population | Per 1,000 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 CE | ~4 | ~78 | 44.3 | Modelled estimate |
| 1000 | ~82 | ~2K | 41.0 | Modelled estimate |
| 1500 | ~160 | ~4K | 39.6 | Modelled estimate |
| 1800 | ~110 | ~2.26K | 48.5 | Historical reconstruction |
| 1900 | ~824 | ~17K | 48.5 | Historical reconstruction |
| 1950 | 2.35K | 48.3K | 48.6 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 6.46K | 326K | 19.8 | UN estimate |
| 2024 | 6.17K | 463K | 13.3 | UN projection |
| 2026 | 5.98K | 470K | 12.7 | UN projection |
What the numbers show
Annual births in Brunei are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1991, at about 7.28K. That is roughly 1730 times the estimated ~3 births a year in 1 CE.
At 1.70 children per woman, fertility in Brunei is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.
Where these numbers come from
2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.