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Features of Brunei* |
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Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China
Sea and Malaysia
Map references: Southeast Asia
People
Population: 299,939 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 33% (male 51,266; female 49,194)
15-64 years: 62% (male 98,806; female 88,323)
65 years and over: 5% (male 6,843; female 5,507) (July
1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.56% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 24.2 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.39 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 73.04 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: Malay 64%, Chinese 20%, other 16%
Religions: Muslim (official) 63%, Buddhism 14%,
Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs and other 15% (1981)
Languages: Malay (official), English, Chinese
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995
est.)
total population: 88.2%
male: 92.6%
female: 83.4%
Government
Country Abbreviation: BX
Type of government: constitutional sultanate
Independence: 1 January 1984 (from UK)
National holiday: National Day, 23 February (1984)
Constitution: 29 September 1959 (some provisions
suspended under a State of Emergency since December 1962,
others since independence on 1 January 1984)
Legal system: based on Islamic law
Suffrage: none
International organization participation: APEC, ASEAN,
C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDB, IMF, IMO, Intelsat,
Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, Mekong Group, NAM,
OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador JAYA bin Abdul Latif
chancery: Watergate, Suite 300, 3rd floor, 2600
Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037
telephone: [1] (202) 342-0159
FAX: [1] (202) 342-0158
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Theresa A. TULL
embassy: Third Floor, Teck Guan Plaza, Jalan Sultan,
Bandar Seri Begawan
mailing address: American Embassy Box B, Bandar Seri
Begawan, APO AP 96440
telephone: [673] (2) 229670
FAX: [673] (2) 225293
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Economy
Economic overview: The economy is a mixture of foreign
and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation and
welfare measures, and village tradition. It is almost totally
supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas, with
revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for more than
40% of GDP. Per capita GDP is among the highest in the Third
World, and substantial income from overseas investment
supplements domestic production. The government provides for
all medical services and subsidizes food and housing.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $4.6 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 2% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $15,800 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: 4.8% (1994 est.)
Communications
Telephones: 76,900 (1993)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 4, shortwave 0
Radios: 115,000 (1993)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1984 est.)
Televisions: 78,000 (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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