Fertility rate: births per woman in Brunei
Brunei: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.75 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Brunei, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Brunei stood at 1.75 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Brunei peaked at 7.48 live births per woman in 1957 and was at its lowest, 1.75 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Brunei 134th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.28 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 7.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.69 live births per woman | 6.01 live births per woman | 7.32 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.04 live births per woman | 4.22 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.67 live births per woman | 3.36 live births per woman | 4.07 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.86 live births per woman | 2.46 live births per woman | 3.29 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.11 live births per woman | 1.92 live births per woman | 2.4 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.92 live births per woman | 1.82 live births per woman | 1.98 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.77 live births per woman | 1.75 live births per woman | 1.8 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
- 131 El Salvador 1.77 live births per woman compare
- 131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.77 live births per woman compare
- 133 Bulgaria 1.75 live births per woman compare
- 135 Moldova 1.73 live births per woman compare
- 136 Qatar 1.73 live births per woman compare
- 137 Armenia 1.71 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Brunei
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0178 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.837 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.5876 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 67.08 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 42.85 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.7999 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 86.44 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 1.2 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Brunei?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Brunei was 1.75 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 7.48 live births per woman in 1957.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.75 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Brunei rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Brunei ranks 134th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.