Life expectancy at birth in Brunei Darussalam was 56.5 years in 1957: 57.0 for women and 55.9 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 987 people died; 23.4% of them were 65 or older and 40.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

56.5

Women

57.0

Men

55.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

114.0

Deaths

987

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.3

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

314

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	79.63	96.23	57.0	55.9
1-4	8.42	8.83	60.6	60.5
5-9	3.15	2.69	58.6	58.6
10-14	2.30	1.83	54.5	54.3
15-19	3.59	3.05	50.1	49.8
20-24	4.47	4.24	46.0	45.5
25-29	5.03	4.16	42.0	41.4
30-34	5.76	4.54	38.0	37.3
35-39	6.79	5.62	34.0	33.1
40-44	8.08	7.41	30.1	28.9
45-49	9.87	10.25	26.2	24.9
50-54	13.08	14.73	22.4	21.1
55-59	18.02	21.32	18.8	17.5
60-64	26.99	32.46	15.3	14.2
65-69	41.15	48.96	12.2	11.2
70-74	66.44	75.90	9.4	8.7
75-79	103.91	115.82	7.1	6.6
80-84	157.54	173.86	5.3	4.9
85-89	229.64	254.64	3.9	3.6
90-94	317.36	349.68	3.0	2.7
95-99	430.14	469.91	2.3	2.1
100+	557.10	596.02	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam by year

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam, 1957

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