Rural Population (As % of Total) fell 1.40% to 21.4% in Brunei in 2021

Rural population as a share of total population fell 1.40% to 21.4% in Brunei in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, rural population as a share of total population in Brunei reached an all time high of 56.6% in 1960 and an all time low of 21.4% in 2021. When compared to Brunei's main peers, rural population as a share of total population in Indonesia amounted to 42.7%, 22.3% in Malaysia, 52.3% in Philippines and 61.9% in Vietnam in 2021.

Brunei has been ranked 130th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population as a share of total population, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.