Country: Brunei

People Groups
Total

24

People Groups Unreached

8 (33.3%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

4 (16.7%)

Population
Total

430,000

Population in Unreached

243,000 (56.5%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

228,000 (53.0%)

% Evangelical

4.79%

Progress Level

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Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Bajau, West Coast 12,000 282,000 2 Bajau, West Coast Islam ☀︎ 0.02 % 0.02 % 1
 Belait, Lakiput 1,300 1,800 2 Belait Islam 0.20 % 0.15 % 1
 British 5,400 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 70.00 % 8.00 % -
 Brunei Malay 206,000 619,000 4 Brunei Islam ☀︎ 0.06 % 0.05 % 4
 Deaf 2,300 51,182,000 216 Language unknown Islam 11.39 % -
 Dusun, Kadazan 11,000 96,000 2 Kadazan Dusun Islam 2.50 % 1.90 % 1
 Filipino, Tagalog 11,000 40,441,000 56 Tagalog Christianity 80.00 % 22.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Cantonese 6,100 79,429,000 36 Chinese, Yue Ethnic Religions 15.00 % 12.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Hakka 2,900 43,950,000 23 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism 15.00 % 10.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 13,000 925,478,000 53 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism 15.00 % 12.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Min Bei 10,000 8,773,000 6 Chinese, Min Bei Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Han Chinese, Min Dong 5,800 10,570,000 7 Chinese, Min Dong Ethnic Religions 8.00 % 7.00 % -
 Han Chinese, Min Nan 13,000 43,545,000 18 Chinese, Min Nan Ethnic Religions 12.00 % 10.00 % -
 Kayan, Busang 2,200 7,900 2 Kayan, Busang Ethnic Religions 9.00 % 7.00 % -
 Korean 36,000 82,148,000 51 Korean Christianity 35.00 % 15.00 % -
 Lundayeh, Lun Bawang 600 61,000 3 Lundayeh Christianity 55.00 % 18.00 % -
 Melanau 500 156,000 2 Melanau, Central Islam 4.00 % 2.00 % 1
 Nepalese, Gurkha 2,200 904,000 10 Nepali Hinduism 1.00 % 0.80 % 1
 Penan Unknown 12,000 2 Penan, Eastern Ethnic Religions ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Sea Dayak, Iban 17,000 836,000 3 Iban Ethnic Religions 18.00 % 16.00 % -
 Sinhalese 1,300 421,000 17 Sinhala Buddhism 8.00 % 1.00 % -
 South Asian, general 4,100 13,288,000 59 Hindi Hinduism 14.00 % 3.00 % -
 Tutong, Bisayan 47,000 74,000 2 Bisaya, Brunei Islam 8.50 % 8.42 % -
 Tutung 21,000 21,000 1 Tutong Islam 5.00 % 4.00 % -
  Totals:  24 430,000           4 ☀︎  8 9.30 % 4.79 % 11 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 36,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 466,000                  
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Province Estimated
Population
Belait 66,000
Brunei and Muara 304,000
Temburong 9,700
Tutong 48,000
Provinces:  4 428,000
UN Country Population 466,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Bajau, West Coast bdr 1 1 Translation Started
Belait beg 1 1 Translation Started
Bisaya, Brunei bsb 1 0 Bible Portions
Brunei kxd 1 1 Translation Started
Chinese, Hakka hak 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Min Bei mnp 1 1 New Testament
Chinese, Min Dong cdo 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Min Nan nan 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Yue yue 1 0 Complete Bible
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Hindi hin 1 0 Complete Bible
Iban iba 1 0 Complete Bible
Kadazan Dusun dtp 1 1 Complete Bible
Kayan, Busang bfg 1 0 Translation Started
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Lundayeh lnd 1 0 Complete Bible
Melanau, Central mel 1 1 Bible Portions
Nepali npi 1 1 Complete Bible
Penan, Eastern pez 1 1 New Testament
Sinhala sin 1 0 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tutong ttg 1 0 Translation Started
Unknown xxx 1 0 Unspecified
Totals: 24 24 8   14 14 14 16 6
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Brunei Statistics
People Groups 24
Unreached People Groups 8  (33.3%)
Population 430,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.2%
Population in Unreached 243,000  (56.5%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 9.3%
Percent Evangelical 4.8%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 11
Country Progress Level 4
Continent Asia
Region Asia, Southeast
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code BX
Official Language(s) MalayEnglish
Literacy Rate 96%
Estimated Illiterate Population 17,000
Persecution Ranking 48 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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