Brunei
Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace
- Region
- Asia · South-Eastern Asia
- Capital
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Population
- 466,330 (2025)
- Government
- absolute monarchy or sultanate
- Currencies
- Brunei dollar (BND), Singapore dollar (SGD)
- Official languages
- Malay
- Spoken languages
- Malay (Bahasa Melayu) (official), English, Chinese dialects
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 5,765 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- APEC, ASEAN, IMF, OIC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Malaysia
Political stability
86 / 100
Economic stability
57 / 100
Population stability
96 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- refined petroleum, natural gas, crude petroleum, hydrocarbons, fertilizers (2023)
- Key imports
- crude petroleum, gold, refined petroleum, coal, cars (2023)
- Natural resources
- petroleum, natural gas, timber
- Primary route
- Strait of Malacca corridor on Asia–Europe and intra-Asia lanes
- Secondary route
- Transpacific services to North America
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Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.