| Location | Southeastern Asia, along the northern coast of the island of Borneo, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia |
| Geographic coordinates | 4 30 N, 114 40 E |
| Map references | Southeast Asia |
| Area | total: 5,765 sq km land: 5,265 sq km water: 500 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly smaller than Delaware |
| Land boundaries | total: 266 km border countries (1): Malaysia 266 km |
| Coastline | 161 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to median line |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid, rainy |
| Terrain | flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m lowest point: South China Sea 0 m mean elevation: 478 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, timber |
| Land use | agricultural land: 2.5% (2018 est.) arable land: 0.8% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 0.6% (2018 est.) forest: 71.8% (2018 est.) other: 25.7% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 10 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 8.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare |
| Geography - note | close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; the eastern part, the Temburong district, is an exclave and is almost an enclave within Malaysia |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
