Brunei vs French Polynesia

Brunei and French Polynesia compared on 9 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 1.7 times as many people as French Polynesia: 466,330 against 282,465 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Brunei ($32,235 in 2025) is 44% higher than in French Polynesia ($22,440 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in French Polynesia (1.1% in 2024) than in Brunei (0.7% in 2025), a difference of 0.4 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in French Polynesia (11.7%) than in Brunei (5.3%), a difference of 6.4 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in French Polynesia can expect to live 8.7 years longer than one born in Brunei: 84.2 years against 75.5 years in 2024.
• The population of French Polynesia is older: half of its people are over 34.8 years, against 31.8 years in Brunei in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Brunei (96.3% in 2024) than in French Polynesia (72.7% in 2017), a difference of 23.6 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Brunei (20.2 tonnes) are about 5.8 times as high as in French Polynesia (3.5 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Brunei (72.1%) than in French Polynesia (42.4%), a difference of 29.7 percentage points in 2024.