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 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.

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.