What is the difference in population between Brunei and Iceland?

71,400 people, with Brunei ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Iceland?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brunei vs Iceland: Population

Brunei

458,959 people

in 2023

Iceland

387,559 people

in 2023

Brunei rank

175th

Iceland rank

178th

Population over time

Brunei
Iceland

How they compare

Brunei currently reports 458,959 people against 387,559 people in Iceland, a difference of 71,400 people.

That makes Brunei's figure about 1.2 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iceland ahead.

Brunei ranks 175th and Iceland ranks 178th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 4 and Iceland in 36.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brunei	Iceland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	2,000 people	50,000 people	48,000 people	Iceland
1100s	2,400 people	70,000 people	67,600 people	Iceland
1200s	4,000 people	70,000 people	66,000 people	Iceland
1300s	4,400 people	70,000 people	65,600 people	Iceland
1400s	4,800 people	60,000 people	55,200 people	Iceland
1500s	4,000 people	60,000 people	56,000 people	Iceland
1600s	5,000 people	50,000 people	45,000 people	Iceland
1700s	6,000 people	49,538 people	43,538 people	Iceland
1710s	6,226 people	50,548 people	44,322 people	Iceland
1720s	6,792 people	51,580 people	44,788 people	Iceland
1730s	7,409 people	52,633 people	45,224 people	Iceland
1740s	8,083 people	53,707 people	45,624 people	Iceland
1750s	8,817 people	54,803 people	45,986 people	Iceland
1760s	9,619 people	55,921 people	46,302 people	Iceland
1770s	10,494 people	57,063 people	46,569 people	Iceland
1780s	11,448 people	58,227 people	46,779 people	Iceland
1790s	12,488 people	59,416 people	46,928 people	Iceland
1800s	2,258 people	61,428 people	59,170 people	Iceland
1810s	2,296 people	61,423 people	59,127 people	Iceland
1820s	2,545 people	60,388 people	57,844 people	Iceland
1830s	3,068 people	58,197 people	55,129 people	Iceland
1840s	3,766 people	57,939 people	54,173 people	Iceland
1850s	4,635 people	62,538 people	57,902 people	Iceland
1860s	5,788 people	68,223 people	62,435 people	Iceland
1870s	7,476 people	70,757 people	63,281 people	Iceland
1880s	10,299 people	71,363 people	61,064 people	Iceland
1890s	14,259 people	73,931 people	59,672 people	Iceland
1900s	19,706 people	82,104 people	62,398 people	Iceland
1910s	24,686 people	91,988 people	67,301 people	Iceland
1920s	28,834 people	102,370 people	73,536 people	Iceland
1930s	36,061 people	113,774 people	77,714 people	Iceland
1940s	44,392 people	130,051 people	85,659 people	Iceland
1950s	64,442 people	156,502 people	92,060 people	Iceland
1960s	109,021 people	190,329 people	81,309 people	Iceland
1970s	156,166 people	215,694 people	59,528 people	Iceland
1980s	216,103 people	240,230 people	24,127 people	Iceland
1990s	287,549 people	266,282 people	21,268 people	Brunei
2000s	355,671 people	298,428 people	57,243 people	Brunei
2010s	418,834 people	333,320 people	85,514 people	Brunei
2020s	453,366 people	376,800 people	76,566 people	Brunei

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Brunei or Iceland?: Brunei, at 458,959 people against 387,559 people in Iceland as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Brunei and Iceland?: 71,400 people, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Iceland?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Brunei and Iceland rank globally for population?: Brunei ranks 175th and Iceland ranks 178th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.