Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Hindi (secondary) · Iban (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Nepali (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Brunei

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Brunei Malay	197000	Brunei	Islam
Malay	50000	Malay	Islam
Tutong, Bisayan	42000	Bisaya, Brunei	Islam
Korean	33000	Korean	Christianity
Dusun, Kadazan	20000	Kadazan Dusun	Islam
Tutung	18000	Tutong	Islam
Sea Dayak, Iban	15000	Iban	Ethnic Religions
Han Chinese, Mandarin	12000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism
Han Chinese, Min Nan	12000	Chinese, Min Nan	Ethnic Religions
Filipino, Tagalog	11000	Tagalog	Christianity
Bajau, West Coast	10000	Bajau, West Coast	Islam
Han Chinese, Min Bei	10000	Chinese, Min Bei	Ethnic Religions
Han Chinese, Cantonese	5600	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions
British	5400	English	Christianity
Han Chinese, Min Dong	5300	Chinese, Min Dong	Ethnic Religions
South Asian, general	4100	Hindi	Hinduism
Han Chinese, Hakka	2700	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism
Kayan, Busang	2200	Kayan, Busang	Ethnic Religions
Nepalese, Gurkha	2100	Nepali	Hinduism
Sinhalese, general	1300	Sinhala	Buddhism
Belait, Lakiput	1200	Belait	Islam
Lundayeh, Lun Bawang	600	Lundayeh	Christianity
Melanau	500	Melanau, Central	Islam
Penan	70	Penan, Eastern	Ethnic Religions

Languages

24 languages recorded here.

Bajau, West Coast

Belait

Bisaya, Brunei

Brunei

Chinese, Hakka

Chinese, Mandarin

Chinese, Min Bei

Chinese, Min Dong

Chinese, Min Nan

Chinese, Yue

English

Hindi

Iban

Kadazan Dusun

Kayan, Busang

Korean

Lundayeh

Malay

Melanau, Central

Nepali

Penan, Eastern

Sinhala

Tagalog

Tutong

All catalogue fields

158 fields recorded

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iso3: BRN
iso2: BN
ctry: Brunei
poplpeoples: 463000
cntpeoples: 24
cntpeopleslr: 9
poplpeopleslr: 292000
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: zlm
officiallang: Malay
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
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percentevangelical: 4.1844837675326
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
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workersneeded: 12
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harvest_iso3: BRN
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harvest_ctryshort: Brunei
harvest_altname: Darussalm
harvest_countrynamechinese: 简称“文莱”
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 简称“文莱”
harvest_countrynamedutch: Brunei
harvest_countrynamefrench: Brunei
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Brunei
harvest_countrynamegerman: Brunei
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Brunei
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Brunei
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Brunei
harvest_countrynameitalian: Brunei
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Brunei
harvest_countrynamekorean: 브루나이
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 브루나이
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Brunei
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Brunei
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Brunei
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Brunei
harvest_countrynamerussian: Бруней
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Бруней
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harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/brunei/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
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harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bn&joshua=bx
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-brunei-darussalam
harvest_internetusage: 95
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 5765
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 158
harvest_countryphonecode: 673
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=518
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harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 1.4
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harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .bn
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/brunei
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00