| Total population |
|---|
| Est. 2,409,000 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Brunei (Nationwide) 408,000 Malaysia (Beaufort, Kimanis, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Labuan, Miri, Papar) 2,386,000 United States (New York) 7,000 United Kingdom (London, Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool) 9,500 Australia (Melbourne, Darwin, Brisbane, Gold Coast) 5,000 New Zealand (Auckland, Takapuna, Wellington) 1,500 |
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| Religion |
| Related ethnic groups |
Bruneians are people originating in the Indochina country of Thailand, Cambodia and Southern Vietnam dating back from 5,000 BC.
Many Bruneians now live overseas and outside of Brunei, the majority have migrated to Anglophone countries, including the United Kingdom, where there are around 9,500 Bruneians, the United States, where approximately 7,000 Bruneians reside, around 5,000 people are still living in Australia and 1,500 est. people in New Zealand.
83.082% percent of East Malaysia's (Sabah and Sarawak) Malay and Chinese population belongs to Brunei ethnicity. Almost entire Malay population in Kota Kinabalu, Labuan and Miri are of Bruneian descent.