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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Brunei Darussalam [98]
(Independent )
LAND AREA: 5576 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 300000 (1996)
DENSITY: 54 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 4%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 7%
URBAN POP: 58% (1994), versus 43% (1960), Annual Growth: 2.2%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 74.9 years, ADULT LITERACY: 87.9%
INFANT MORTALITY: 9 per/1000 (1994), versus 63 (1960)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.882
ECONOMY
GNP: US$4.0 billion
GDP/Capita: $10040 GDP/Capita PPP: $30447
GDP/Capita: 1960 $0, 1970 $0, 1980 $17052, 1990 $11193
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $4 million ODA%GNP: 0.1%
ODA/Capita: $133
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 434,000 ha, 82.4% of land area, 1.5 ha/capita
NATURAL FOREST AREA: 434,000 ha
ARABLE LAND: 0.5% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 4696 kw-hr/capita, versus 1062 kw-hr/cap (1970)
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Brunei Darussalam
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