Brunei vs Maldives
Maldives has 14% more people than Brunei: 529,676 vs 466,330, a gap of 63,346. Brunei is growing faster (+0.78% vs +0.35% a year), adding about 3,623 people a year against +1,880. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Brunei would overtake Maldives in about 30 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2055) — a projection, not a forecast. Brunei is the older society: 7.2% aged 65+ against 5.0% in Maldives. Maldives is 20.3× as densely populated (1,765.1 vs 87.1 people per km²). People in Maldives live 5.8 years longer on average (81.3 vs 75.5). GDP per capita is 2.2× higher in Brunei ($32,235 vs $14,615).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Brunei) and 2025 (Maldives); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Brunei vs Maldives — side by side
 Brunei |  Maldives | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 466,3302025 | 529,6762025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.78%2025 | +0.35%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 13.32024 | 10.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.32024 | 2.42024 |
| Children per woman | 1.732024 | 1.562024 |
| Life expectancy | 75.5 yrs2024 | 81.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 20.6%2025 | 19.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 7.2%2025 | 5.0%2025 |
| Density | 87.1 /km²2023 | 1,765.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 5,770 km²2023 | 300 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 75.0%2025 | 42.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | 02025 | -2,2832025 |
| GDP per capita | $32,2352025 | $14,6152025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #173 | #171 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Brunei: 5.3× from 1960 to 2025; Maldives: 5.8× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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