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Brunei: map and facts
Brunei is in South-Eastern Asia. It has 466,330 people (2025), the 168th largest population. It covers 5,770 km², the 163rd largest by area. That is about 81 people per km². Its highest point is Bukit Pagon, at 1,850 m. The longest river on its map is the Baram, 400 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 466,330 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 5,770 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Highest point: Bukit Pagon, 1,850 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 72.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Brunei, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Baram: 400 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Bukit Pagon: 1,850 m (its highest point)
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 86.5%, towns and cities 3.7%, wooded savanna 2.7%, wetland 2.5%, savanna 2%, grassland 1.8%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 69.8%, hills 22.6%, mountains 7.6%.
Forests covered 72.1% of its land in 2024, down from 78.4% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Brunei shares land borders with Malaysia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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