Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Brunei Darussalam

Rural population share in Brunei Darussalam in 2025 — 25%. Ranked 144 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31.7 pp.

2025 25% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 144of 217
Period maximum 56.7%1960
Period minimum 24.7%2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Brunei Darussalam, 1960–2025203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 56.7%1962: 52.6%1964: 47.8%1966: 43.1%1968: 39.2%1970: 36.8%1972: 36.5%1974: 37.2%1976: 38.4%1978: 39.6%1980: 40.5%1982: 40.6%1984: 39.9%1986: 38.3%1988: 36.2%1990: 34.3%1992: 32.9%1994: 31.7%1996: 30.7%1998: 29.7%2000: 28.8%2002: 27.9%2004: 26.9%2006: 26%2008: 25.2%2010: 24.7%2012: 24.7%2014: 24.9%2016: 25.1%2018: 25.2%2020: 25.2%2022: 25.2%2024: 25.1%2025: 25%
Change over the period: −31.7 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Brunei Darussalam

Brunei Darussalam 25%
World 42.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Brunei Darussalam, by year Brunei Darussalam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 25 −0.1 pp
2024 25.1 −0.1 pp
2023 25.2 −0 pp
2022 25.2 −0 pp
2021 25.2 +0 pp
2020 25.2 +0 pp
2019 25.2 +0 pp
2018 25.2 +0 pp
2017 25.2 +0 pp
2016 25.1 +0.1 pp
2015 25.1 +0.1 pp
2014 24.9 +0.1 pp
2013 24.8 +0.1 pp
2012 24.7 +0 pp
2011 24.7 −0.1 pp
2010 24.7 −0.2 pp
2009 24.9 −0.3 pp
2008 25.2 −0.4 pp
2007 25.6 −0.4 pp
2006 26 −0.5 pp
2005 26.4 −0.5 pp
2004 26.9 −0.5 pp
2003 27.4 −0.5 pp
2002 27.9 −0.4 pp
2001 28.3 −0.4 pp
2000 28.8 −0.4 pp
1999 29.2 −0.5 pp
1998 29.7 −0.5 pp
1997 30.2 −0.5 pp
1996 30.7 −0.5 pp
1995 31.2 −0.5 pp
1994 31.7 −0.6 pp
1993 32.3 −0.6 pp
1992 32.9 −0.6 pp
1991 33.5 −0.8 pp
1990 34.3 −0.9 pp
1989 35.2 −1 pp
1988 36.2 −1.1 pp
1987 37.3 −1 pp
1986 38.3 −0.9 pp
1985 39.2 −0.7 pp
1984 39.9 −0.5 pp
1983 40.4 −0.2 pp
1982 40.6 +0 pp
1981 40.6 +0.2 pp
1980 40.5 +0.3 pp
1979 40.1 +0.5 pp
1978 39.6 +0.6 pp
1977 39 +0.6 pp
1976 38.4 +0.6 pp
1975 37.8 +0.6 pp
1974 37.2 +0.5 pp
1973 36.8 +0.3 pp
1972 36.5 +0.1 pp
1971 36.4 −0.4 pp
1970 36.8 −1 pp
1969 37.7 −1.4 pp
1968 39.2 −1.8 pp
1967 41 −2.1 pp
1966 43.1 −2.3 pp
1965 45.4 −2.4 pp
1964 47.8 −2.4 pp
1963 50.2 −2.3 pp
1962 52.6 −2.2 pp
1961 54.7 −1.9 pp
1960 56.7

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.