Population: 284,653 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.7% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 26.18 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 5.04 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 5.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 25.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.1 years
male: 69.46 years
female: 72.78 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.43 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Bruneian(s)
adjective: Bruneian

Ethnic divisions: Malay 64%, Chinese 20%, other 16%

Religions: Muslim (official) 63%, Buddhism 14%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs and other 15% (1981)

Languages: Malay (official), English, Chinese

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
total population: 77%
male: 85%
female: 69%
Labor force: 89,000 (includes members of the Army)
by occupation: government 47.5%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 41.9%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3.8% (1986)
note: 33% of labor force is foreign (1988)

NOTE: The information regarding Brunei on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brunei People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brunei People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.