Life expectancy at birth in Brunei Darussalam was 70.5 years in 1985: 72.3 for women and 69.2 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 923 people died; 39.4% of them were 65 or older and 10.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

70.5

Women

72.3

Men

69.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

15.4

Deaths

923

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.2

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

201

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

168

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	11.86	14.17	72.4	69.2
1-4	0.58	0.67	72.2	69.2
5-9	0.53	0.39	68.4	65.4
10-14	0.57	0.39	63.6	60.5
15-19	1.28	1.14	58.7	55.6
20-24	1.57	1.71	54.1	50.9
25-29	1.76	1.79	49.5	46.3
30-34	2.12	2.07	44.9	41.7
35-39	2.77	2.75	40.4	37.1
40-44	3.72	4.02	35.9	32.6
45-49	5.32	6.25	31.5	28.2
50-54	7.47	9.82	27.3	24.0
55-59	10.82	15.29	23.2	20.1
60-64	15.45	23.83	19.4	16.5
65-69	23.57	36.57	15.7	13.2
70-74	37.56	55.96	12.4	10.4
75-79	62.16	86.35	9.4	7.9
80-84	103.38	132.75	6.9	5.9
85-89	166.41	201.50	5.0	4.3
90-94	255.40	295.60	3.6	3.2
95-99	370.30	410.14	2.6	2.4
100+	515.33	543.51	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam by year

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam, 1985

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