What is life expectancy in Brunei?

Life expectancy in Brunei was 75.33 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Brunei?

The highest recorded value was 75.33 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Brunei?

The lowest recorded value was 50.56 years in 1950.

How does Brunei rank for life expectancy?

Brunei ranks 117th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Brunei?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Brunei data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Brunei

Name: Life expectancy in Brunei
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Brunei: Life expectancy was 75.33 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

75.33 years

Change on year

up 3.3%

World rank

117th

of 236 countries

All-time high

75.33 years

in 2023

All-time low

50.56 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Brunei, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Brunei is 75.33 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Brunei peaked at 75.33 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50.56 years, in 1950.

Brunei ranks 117th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	54.45 years	50.56 years	58.02 years	10
1960s	61.33 years	58.72 years	63.96 years	10
1970s	66.64 years	64.49 years	68.64 years	10
1980s	70.31 years	69.01 years	71.41 years	10
1990s	72.71 years	71.63 years	73.81 years	10
2000s	74.56 years	74.02 years	74.81 years	10
2010s	74.9 years	74.82 years	75.05 years	10
2020s	74.56 years	72.92 years	75.33 years	4

Countries ranked near Brunei

114 Armenia 75.68 years compare
115 Bulgaria 75.64 years compare
116 United States Virgin Islands 75.47 years compare
118 Morocco 75.31 years compare
119 Cook Islands 75.28 years compare
120 Grenada 75.21 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Brunei

Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 3,579 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 2,960 (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 3,230 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 3,009 (2025)
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 3,243 (2025)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 3,150 (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 3,422 (2025)
Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 3,292 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 3,782 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, female 46,245 (2025)

All data for Brunei →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Brunei?: Life expectancy in Brunei was 75.33 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Brunei?: The highest recorded value was 75.33 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Brunei?: The lowest recorded value was 50.56 years in 1950.
How does Brunei rank for life expectancy?: Brunei ranks 117th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Brunei?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brunei data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.