Environment - current issues:
seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and
Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; almost
an enclave of Malaysia
People Brunei
Population:
358,098 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.6% (male 54,118; female 51,902)
15-64 years: 67.6% (male 128,421; female 113,480)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 4,804; female 5,373) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 26.4 years
male: 27 years
female: 25.7 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
2% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
3.39 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)