Brunei
Brunei
Brunei Darussalam means “Brunei abode of peace.” It is a tiny nation of some 5,270 square kilometers, wedged between the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo.
Population
- Population: 380,000
- Density: 72 per sq km
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67% Malay; 15% Chinese; 6% indigenous; 12% other
(Statistics: CIA World Factbook, 2006)
Nearly 70 percent of Brunei’s population are Malays. The Brunei Malays are part of a larger population of 25 million Malay people found across Southeast Asia in Peninsular Malaysia, South Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo and Singapore.
Religions
- Muslim 67%
- Christian 11.25%
- Buddhist 9.09%
- Traditional ethnic 5%
- Chinese religions 5.3%
- Non-religious/other 1.22%
- Hindu 0.84%
- Baha'i 0.3%
(Statistics: CIA World Factbook, 2006)
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