Bahamas vs Brunei

Bahamas and Brunei compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Brunei has about 1.2 times as many people as Bahamas: 466,330 against 403,033 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Bahamas ($39,455 in 2024) is 22% higher than in Brunei ($32,235 in 2025).
• The economy grew faster in Bahamas (3.4% in 2024) than in Brunei (0.7% in 2025), a difference of 2.7 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Bahamas (1.1%) than in Brunei (-0.3%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Bahamas (9.2%) than in Brunei (5.3%), a difference of 3.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Brunei can expect to live 0.8 years longer than one born in Bahamas: 75.5 years against 74.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Bahamas is older: half of its people are over 34.6 years, against 31.8 years in Brunei in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Brunei (96.3%) than in Bahamas (92.5%), a difference of 3.8 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Brunei (20.2 tonnes) are about 5.6 times as high as in Bahamas (3.6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Brunei (72.1%) than in Bahamas (50.9%), a difference of 21.2 percentage points in 2024.