Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei
Brunei: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 8,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei is 8,000, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei peaked at 12,100 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4,000, in 1989.
That places Brunei 140th out of 173 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4,100 | — |
| 1986 | 4,075 | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 4,050 | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 4,025 | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 4,000 | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 4,000 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,000 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,000 | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 9,000 | +80.0% |
| 1996 | 9,100 | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 9,050 | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 9,050 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8,750 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 8,800 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 9,700 | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 10,700 | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 10,700 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10,000 | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 11,000 | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 9,000 | -18.2% |
| 2007 | 9,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9,250 | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 9,250 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9,250 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9,250 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9,250 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9,250 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9,250 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12,100 | +30.8% |
| 2017 | 8,000 | -33.9% |
| 2018 | 8,200 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 8,000 | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 8,000 | +0.0% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 8,000 is below the median for high income countries, which is 25,000, 32% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 8,000 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 146,500, 5% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +80.0% | 5,000 | 9,000 |
| 2017 | -33.9% | 12,100 | 8,000 |
| 2016 | +30.8% | 9,250 | 12,100 |
| 1994 | +25.0% | 4,000 | 5,000 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,050 | 4,000 | 4,100 | 5 |
| 1990s | 6,595 | 4,000 | 9,100 | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,715 | 8,800 | 11,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,180 | 8,000 | 12,100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More public sector data for Brunei
- Democracy 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Arms imports 28.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 60.51 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Brunei was 8,000 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 12,100 in 2016.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 in 1989.
- How does Brunei rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Brunei ranks 140th out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Armed forces personnel, total The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.