Life expectancy at birth in Brunei Darussalam was 65.4 years in 1972: 65.9 for women and 65.1 for men, a gap of 0.7 years. 871 people died; 30.1% of them were 65 or older and 23.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

65.4

Women

65.9

Men

65.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.5

Deaths

871

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

229

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

237

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	31.90	38.34	65.9	65.1
1-4	2.07	2.25	67.0	66.6
5-9	1.27	0.92	63.5	63.2
10-14	1.14	0.77	58.9	58.5
15-19	2.16	1.66	54.2	53.7
20-24	2.68	2.27	49.8	49.1
25-29	3.03	2.22	45.4	44.7
30-34	3.56	2.49	41.1	40.1
35-39	4.45	3.25	36.8	35.6
40-44	5.64	4.63	32.5	31.1
45-49	7.56	7.08	28.4	26.8
50-54	10.31	11.05	24.4	22.7
55-59	14.63	17.29	20.5	18.8
60-64	21.34	27.27	16.9	15.3
65-69	32.88	42.39	13.5	12.1
70-74	53.11	65.88	10.5	9.4
75-79	85.82	101.99	7.9	7.1
80-84	135.09	154.44	5.9	5.3
85-89	204.79	232.05	4.3	3.9
90-94	294.93	327.72	3.2	2.9
95-99	408.50	444.30	2.4	2.2
100+	543.18	571.56	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam by year

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam, 1972

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