Life expectancy in Brunei Darussalam

The latest total is 75.5 years, for a newborn experiencing the mortality rates of 2024.

World Bank WDI. Retrieved 2026-09-14. East Asia & Pacific.

Female, 2024

77.7years at birth

Male, 2024

73.5years at birth

Female minus male

4.2years in 2024

World rank, 2024

102 of 217 countries & economies

Female life expectancy is 4.2 years higher than male life expectancy. Rank uses unrounded total values; compare all countries.

Brunei Darussalam: a longer view

Life expectancy at birth, on a 0–100-year scale

2.9 years higher than in 1994. Source: World Bank WDI.

Thirty years of change, 1994–2024

Over these 30 years, total life expectancy changed by +2.9 years. The annual series below shows the path between those two endpoints.

The vertical axis runs from 70 to 80 years. Missing observations break the line; no values are interpolated.

View all annual figures, 1994–2024

Life expectancy at birth, years. World Bank WDI.

Year	Total	Female	Male
2024	75.50	77.73	73.49
2023	75.33	77.56	73.33
2022	72.92	74.81	71.22
2021	74.87	77.03	72.94
2020	75.11	77.35	73.13
2019	75.05	77.29	73.07
2018	74.99	77.23	73.01
2017	74.94	77.18	72.97
2016	74.91	77.15	72.94
2015	74.88	77.12	72.91
2014	74.86	77.11	72.90
2013	74.85	77.11	72.89
2012	74.84	77.09	72.88
2011	74.84	77.10	72.88
2010	74.82	77.08	72.88
2009	74.81	77.09	72.87
2008	74.81	77.08	72.87
2007	74.79	77.06	72.84
2006	74.75	77.03	72.80
2005	74.68	76.98	72.72
2004	74.60	76.91	72.64
2003	74.51	76.82	72.55
2002	74.37	76.71	72.40
2001	74.21	76.57	72.25
2000	74.02	76.39	72.07
1999	73.81	76.18	71.87
1998	73.58	75.97	71.66
1997	73.33	75.72	71.41
1996	73.08	75.47	71.19
1995	72.84	75.19	70.99
1994	72.57	74.90	70.76

How Brunei Darussalam compares

Brunei Darussalam is 1.2 years below the World Bank aggregate for East Asia & Pacific in 2024. The regional figure is published by the World Bank, rather than calculated as a simple average of the countries shown here.

Nearby values in the same region

Selected by total life expectancy in 2024, not by geographical distance.

• Malaysia: 76.8 years
• Thailand: 76.6 years
• Viet Nam: 74.7 years
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 73.7 years

View every country in East Asia & Pacific

Questions about these figures

What is life expectancy in Brunei Darussalam?

Life expectancy at birth was 75.5 years in 2024, according to World Bank WDI. This is the latest available total in the snapshot retrieved on 2026-09-14.

How has life expectancy changed in Brunei Darussalam?

It changed from 72.6 years in 1994 to 75.5 in 2024: 2.9 years higher. Changes are calculated before rounding.

Is this how long I can expect to live?

No. This is period life expectancy at birth for a population. Your current age and circumstances matter, and future mortality rates may change. It is not remaining life expectancy or a personal prediction.

Sources and interpretation

Period life expectancy at birth, in years. Total is the published WDI series, not the arithmetic mean of female and male values. Gaps and changes use unrounded values. Method, coverage and limitations.

1. World Bank WDI: life expectancy at birth, total (CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-09-14)
2. World Bank WDI: life expectancy at birth, male (CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-09-14)
3. World Bank WDI: life expectancy at birth, female (CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-09-14)
4. World Bank country and region metadata (World Bank dataset terms; accessed 2026-09-14)

Life expectancy at birth describes population mortality in a given year. It is not a prediction of how long an individual will live. Independent of the World Bank.