| Brunei Darussalam National Name: Negara Brunei Darussalam Sultan: Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (1967) Current government officials Land area: 2,035 sq mi (5,271 sq km); total area: 2,228 sq mi (5,770 sq km) Population (2007 est.): 386,511 (growth rate: 1.8%); birth rate: 18.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 11.9/1000; life expectancy: 75.2; density per sq mi: 190 Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Bandar Seri Begawan, 78,000 Other large cities: Kuala Belait 27,800, Seria 23,400 Monetary unit: Brunei dollar Languages: Malay (official), English, Chinese Ethnicity/race: Malay 67%, Chinese 15%, indigenous 6%, other 12% Religions: Islam (official religion) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs and other 10% Literacy rate: 93% (2003 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $9.531 billion; per capita $23,600. Real growth rate: .4% (2005) Inflation: 1.1% (2005). Unemployment: 4.0% (2006). Arable land: 1%. Agriculture: rice, vegetables, fruits; chickens, water buffalo, eggs. Labor force: 180,400; note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force; agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.9%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 61.1%, government 36% (2006 est.). Industries: petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction. Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, timber. Exports: $6.247 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): crude oil, natural gas, refined products. Imports: $1.481 billion c.i.f. (2005 est.): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals. Major trading partners: Japan, South Korea, Australia, U.S., Thailand, Indonesia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, UK (2004). Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 90,000 (2002); mobile cellular: 205,900 (2004). Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2006). Television broadcast stations: 4 (2006). Internet hosts: 27 (2005). Internet users: 56,000 (2005). Transportation: Highways: total: 3,650 km; paved: 2,819 km; unpaved: 831 km (2005). Waterways: 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m (2004). Ports and harbors: Lumut, Muara, Seria. Airports: 2 (2004 est.). International disputes: in 2003 Brunei and Malaysia ceased gas and oil exploration in their disputed offshore and deepwater seabeds and negotiations have stalemated prompting consideration of international legal adjudication; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute; Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in southern Spratly Islands in 1984 but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants. Major sources and definitions |
