Life expectancy at birth in Brunei Darussalam was 73.3 years in 1997: 75.7 for women and 71.4 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 1,080 people died; 43.0% of them were 65 or older and 6.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

73.3

Women

75.7

Men

71.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

9.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

11.5

Deaths

1,080

Deaths per 1,000 people

3.5

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

168

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

119

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	8.92	10.44	75.7	71.4
1-4	0.44	0.50	75.4	71.2
5-9	0.31	0.28	71.5	67.3
10-14	0.33	0.30	66.6	62.4
15-19	0.70	0.90	61.7	57.5
20-24	0.85	1.35	56.9	52.7
25-29	0.97	1.40	52.2	48.1
30-34	1.23	1.62	47.4	43.4
35-39	1.70	2.16	42.7	38.7
40-44	2.46	3.21	38.0	34.1
45-49	3.72	5.07	33.5	29.6
50-54	5.48	8.13	29.1	25.3
55-59	8.14	12.85	24.8	21.3
60-64	12.11	20.27	20.7	17.5
65-69	18.99	31.56	16.8	14.1
70-74	31.17	49.11	13.3	11.1
75-79	53.28	77.17	10.1	8.4
80-84	91.84	121.45	7.4	6.3
85-89	153.44	188.44	5.2	4.6
90-94	243.07	282.62	3.7	3.3
95-99	362.22	397.98	2.6	2.4
100+	512.03	533.96	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam by year

Mortality in Brunei Darussalam, 1997

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