Brunei vs New Caledonia

Brunei and New Caledonia 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 1.6 times as many people as New Caledonia: 466,330 against 295,333 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Brunei ($32,235 in 2025) is 10% higher than in New Caledonia ($29,213 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Brunei (0.7% in 2025) than in New Caledonia (-13.5% in 2024), a difference of 14.2 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in New Caledonia (0.6% in 2016) than in Brunei (-0.3% in 2025), a difference of 0.9 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in New Caledonia (11.2%) than in Brunei (5.3%), a difference of 5.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in New Caledonia can expect to live 3.4 years longer than one born in Brunei: 78.9 years against 75.5 years in 2024.
• The population of New Caledonia is older: half of its people are over 33.9 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 New Caledonia (82% in 2017), a difference of 14.3 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Brunei (20.2 tonnes) are 18% higher than in New Caledonia (17.1 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Brunei (72.1%) than in New Caledonia (48.1%), a difference of 24 percentage points in 2024.