The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Bukit Pagon 1,850 m

      Natural resources:

      petroleum, natural gas, timber

      Land use:

      arable land: 2.08% permanent crops: 0.87% other: 97.05% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      10 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      8.5 cu km (1999)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 0.09 per capita: 243 cu m/yr (1994)

      Natural hazards:

      typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare

      Environment - current issues:

      seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; almost an enclave within Malaysia

      People

       Brunei

      Population:

      381,371 (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 27.2% (male 53,400/female 50,333) 15–64 years: 69.6% (male 132,895/female 132,391) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 5,927/female 6,425) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 27.5 years male: 27.5 years female: 27.5 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      1.785% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      18.39 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      3.28 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 12.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 75.52 years male: 73.32 years female: 77.83 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      1.94 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      less than 0.1% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      fewer than 200 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 200 (2003 est.)

      Nationality:

      noun: Bruneian(s) adjective: Bruneian

      Ethnic groups:

      Malay 66.3%, Chinese 11.2%, indigenous 3.4%, other 19.1% (2004 est.)

      Religions:

      Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, other (includes indigenous beliefs) 10%

      Languages:

      Malay (official), English, Chinese

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.7% male: 95.2% female: 90.2% (2001 census)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)

      Education expenditures:

      5.2% of GDP (2000)

      Government

       Brunei

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Brunei Darussalam conventional short form: Brunei local long form: Negara Brunei Darussalam local short form: Brunei

      Government type:

      constitutional sultanate

      Capital:

      name: Bandar Seri Begawan geographic coordinates: 4 53 N, 114 56 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      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); note - 1 January 1984 was the date of independence from the UK, 23 February 1984 was the date of independence from British protection

      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 English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Sharia law supersedes civil law in a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age for village elections; universal

      Executive branch:

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