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| Thursday,August 31,2006 Posted: 10:53 BJT(0253 GMT) Economic and Commercial, Chinese Embassy in Brunei |
Population
The population of Brunei Darussalam in 2005, is estimated at 370,100 persons, the said total, 195,300 are males and 174,800 females.
This estimate includes all people residing in Brunei Darussalam. Malay, which also included Brunei Indigenous communities of Malay, Kedayan, Tutong, Belait, Bisaya, Dusun and Murut, constitutes the major population group numbering at 246,900. Other Indigenous froup is 123,200, Chinese at 41,400 persons and other races not specified at 81,800.
The population distribution by district shows that Brunei/Muara District still has the largest share with a total 255,600 persons while Belait and Tutong Districts have 61,800 persons and 43,200 persons respectively. Temburong District has the smallest population of 9,500 persons.
The population by age grouping shows that about 148,300 (40.1%) persons are below 19 years, 212,100 persons (57.3%) at the working age group of between 19 and 64 years while 9,700 persons (2.6%) are over 65 years of age.
Malay, Kedayan, Tutong, Belait, Bisaya, Dusun, Murut 66.3%.
Chinese 11.2%
Other races 11.8%
Iban, Dayak, Kelabit 6%
Demographic Indicators (2005 estimate)
Crude Birth Rate per 1,000 : 19.9
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 : 2.8
Natural Increase Rate per 1,000 : 17.1
Infant Morality Rate per 1,000 live birth : 8.8
Total Marriage 2,027
Muslim 1,734
Civil 140
Customary and others 153
Muslim Divorces 380
Life Expectancy At Birth (Years) : Males 74.6, Females 77.5
Total Fertility Rate : 2.1%
Labour 2005
Total Labour Force 169,200
Males 102,200
Females 67,000
Employed 162,000
Males 99,200
Females 62,800
Family at Water Village (Kampong Ayer)
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