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.). 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 are also widely spoken. Literacy: definition :age 15 and over can read and write;total population:88.2%,male:92.6%,female:83.4% (1995 est.). Government Country name: conventional long form: Negara Brunei Darussalam; conventional short form: Brunei. Data code: BX. Government type:constitutional sultanate...

National capital: Bandar Seri Begawan. Administrative divisions: 4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah); Belait, Brunei and Muara, Temburong, Tutong. Independence: 1 January 1984 (from UK). National holiday: National Day, 23 February (1984). Constitution: 29 September 1959 (some provisions suspended under a State of Emergency since December 1962, others since independence on 1 January 1984). Legal system: based on Islamic law...

Suffrageu] none. [u]Executive branch: chief of state: Sultan and Prime Minister His Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji HASSANAL Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967); note - the sultan is both the chief of state and head of government. head of government: Sultan and Prime Minister His Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji HASSANAL Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967); note - the sultan is both the chief of state and head of government...

head of government: Sultan and Prime Minister His Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji HASSANAL Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (since 5 October 1967); note - the sultan is both the chief of state and head of government. cabinet: Council of Cabinet Ministers appointed and presided over by the sultan; deals with executive matters,note:there is also a Religious Council (members appointed by the sultan) that advises on religious matters, a Privy Council (members appointed by the...

sultan) that deals with constitutional matters, and the Council of Succession (members appointed by the sultan) that determines the succession to the throne if the need arises. elections:none; the sultan is a traditional Islamic monarch. Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Masyuarat Megeri (a privy council that serves only in a consultative capacity; NA seats; members appointed by the sultan). elections: last held in March 1962,note:in 1970 the...

Council was changed to an appointive body by decree of the sultan; an elected Legislative Council is being considered as part of constitutional reform, but elections are unlikely for several years. Judicial branch: Supreme Court, chief justice and judges are sworn in by the sultan for three-year terms. political parties and leaders: Brunei Solidarity National Party or PPKB in Malay [Haji Mohd HATTA bin Haji Zainal Abidin, president]; the PPKB is the only legal political party in...

Brunei; it was registered in 1985, but became largely inactive after 1988, it was revived in 1995 and again in 1998; it has less than 200 registered party members; other parties include Brunei People's Party or PRB (banned in 1962) and Brunei National Democratic Party (registered in May 1965, deregistered by the Brunei Governmentin 1988). International organization participation: APEC, ASEAN, C, CCC, ESCAP, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDB, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO...

(correspondent), ITU, Mekong Group, NAM, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO. Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission:Ambassador-PUTEH ibni Mohammad Alam;chancery:Watergate, Suite 300, 3rd floor, 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037;telephone1] (202) 342-0159,FAX1] (202) 342-0158. Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Sylvia Gaye STANFIELD; embassy: Third Floor, Teck Guan Plaza, Jalan Sultan, Bandar Seri Begawan;...

mailing address : American Embassy Box B, Bandar Seri Begawan, APO AP 96440;telephone673] (2) 229670,FAX673] (2) 225293. Economy Economy- overview: This small, wealthy economy is a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation and welfare measures, and village tradition. It is almost totally supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas, with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for perhaps half of GDP. Per capita GDP is among the...

highest in the Third World, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements income from domestic production. The governmentprovides for all medical services and subsidizes food and housing. The governmentis beginning to show progress on its basic policy of diversifying the economy away from oil and gas. Brunei's leaders are concerned that steadily increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion. 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.). Inflation rate-consumer price index: 1% (1999 est.). Labor force: total:144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel; by occupation:government 48%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, agriculture, forestry..

and fishing 4%, other 6% (1986 est.). note :33% of labor force is foreign (1988). Unemployment rate: 4.9% (1995 est.). Budget:revenues:*2.5 billion,expenditures :*2.6 billion,including capital expenditures of *768 million (1997 est.). Industries: petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction. Industrial production growth rate : 4% (1997 est.). Electricity-capacity: 344,000 kW (1995). Electricity-production: 2.445 billion kWh (1999)

Agriculture-products: rice, cassava (tapioca), bananas; water buffalo. Exports: total value :*2.55 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.). commodities: crude oil, liquefied natural gas, petroleum products. partners: JJapan 42%, US 17%, South Korea 14%, Thailand 3% (1999). Imports: total value:*1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1999 est.), commodities :machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals,partners:Singapore 34%, UK 15%, Malaysia 15%, US 5% (1999)....

Debt-external: *0. Economic aid: *4.3 million (1995). Currency: 1 Bruneian dollar (B*) = 100 cents(BND; 1.8388BND = 1USD). Exchange rates: Bruneian dollars (B*) per US*1 - 1.4061 (January 1997), 1.4100 (1996), 1.4174 (1995), 1.5274 (1994), 1.6158 (1993), 1.6290 (1992); note - the Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar. Fiscal year: calendar year. Communications Telephones: 79,000 (1996). Telephone system: service throughout...

country is excellent; international service good to Europe, US, and East Asia. domestic: every service available. international: satellite earth station-2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean); digital submarine cable links to Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines (2001). Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998). Radios: 329,000 (1998). Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997). Televisions: 201,900 (1998). Transportation...

Railways: total:13 km (private line);narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge. Highways: total:1,712 km,paved:1,284 km,unpaved :428 km (1996). Waterways: 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m. pipelines: crude oil 135 km; petroleum products 418 km; natural gas 920 km. ports and harbors: Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, Muara, Seria, Tutong. Merchant marine: total:7 liquefied gas tankers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476 GRT/340,635 DWT...

(1996 est.). Airports: 2 (2000 est.). Airports-with paved runways: total:1;over 3,047 m:1 (2000 est.). Airports-with unpaved runways: total:1; 914 to 1,523 m:1 2000 est.) Heliports: 3 (2000 est.). Military Military branches: Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei. police Military manpower-military age:18 years of age. Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49:106,725 (2001 est.). Military manpower - fit for...

military service: males:61,640 (2001 est.). Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males:3,005 (2001 est.). Military expenditures-dollar figure: *343 million (FY98). Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 5.1% (FY98). Transnational Issues Disputes-international: may wish to purchase the Malaysian salient that divides the country; all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam; of them are claimed by Malaysia and the...