Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 240V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Brunei
- +673
What every visitor should know about Brunei:
- Money
- The currency is the Brunei ringgit (BND). 1 BND is worth about US$0.72, or €0.51.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
- Capital
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Brunei facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 388,190
- Language
- Malay (official), English, Chinese
- Ethnicity
- Malay 66.3%, Chinese 11.2%, indigenous 3.4%, other 19.1%
Economy
- GDP
- US$54,100 (per capita)