Brunei vs Guam

Brunei and Guam 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 2.8 times as many people as Guam: 466,330 against 168,999 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Guam ($41,833 in 2022) is 30% higher than in Brunei ($32,235 in 2025).
• The economy grew faster in Guam (5.1% in 2022) than in Brunei (0.7% in 2025), a difference of 4.4 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Guam (5.6%) than in Brunei (5.3%), a difference of 0.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Guam can expect to live 1.9 years longer than one born in Brunei: 77.4 years against 75.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Brunei is older: half of its people are over 31.8 years, against 31.1 years in Guam in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Brunei (96.3% in 2024) than in Guam (80.5% in 2017), a difference of 15.8 percentage points.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Brunei (72.1%) than in Guam (52.3%), a difference of 19.8 percentage points in 2024.