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Migration trends in Brunei Darussalam

Asia

118.7K people from around the world have made Brunei Darussalam their home. That's 25.7% of the country population, arriving from 19 different countries

462.7K

Population

118.7K

Immigrants

46.6K

Emigrants

+72.2K

Inflow

Every 4th person in Brunei Darussalam was born abroad

The #130 largest immigrant destination worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Brunei Darussalam

Where people come from

🥇🇲🇾Malaysia56.4K47.5%
🥈🇹🇭Thailand16.8K14.1%
🥉🇵🇭Philippines15.7K13.2%

Where people move to

🥇🇮🇳India21.9K47.0%
🥈🇲🇾Malaysia16.9K36.3%
🥉🇨🇦Canada4.3K9.3%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

72.4K immigrants · 31.4K emigrants

1995

  • An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 41%

2015

  • The foreign-born population passed 100K residents

Today

  • Migration accounted for 52% of the country's population growth
  • Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad