Brunei 
Facts
Population:
343,653 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
30.77% (male 53,977; female 51,772)
15-64 years:
66.52% (male 121,601; female 107,007)
65 years and over:
2.71% (male 4,449; female 4,847) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.11% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
20.45 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
3.38 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
4.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.14 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.92 male(s)/female
total population:
1.1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
14.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.82 years
male:
71.45 years
female:
76.31 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.44 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Bruneian(s)
adjective:
Bruneian
Ethnic groups:
Malay 67%, Chinese 15%, indigenous 6%, other 12%
Religions:
Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10%
Languages:
Malay (official), English, Chinese
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
88.2%
male:
92.6%
female:
83.4% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $5.9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $17,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
5%
industry:
46%
services:
49% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel
note:
temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991)
Labor force - by occupation:
government 48%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
4.9% (1995 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$2.5 billion
expenditures:
$2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.35 billion (1997 est.)
Industries:
petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction
Industrial production growth rate:
4% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:
2.445 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
2.274 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
rice, vegetables, fruits, chickens, water buffalo
Exports:
$2.55 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil, natural gas, refined products
Exports - partners:
Japan 42%, US 17%, South Korea 14%, Thailand 3% (1999)
Imports:
$1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1999 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Singapore 34%, UK 15%, Malaysia 15%, US 5% (1999)
Debt - external:
$0
Economic aid - recipient:
$4.3 million (1995)
Currency:
Bruneian dollar (BND)
Currency code:
BND
Exchange rates:
Bruneian dollars per US dollar - 1.7365 (January 2001), 1.7240 (2000), 1.6950 (1999), 1.6736 (1998), 1.4848 (1997), 1.4100 (1996); note - the Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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