Number of deaths per year in Brunei

Brunei: Number of deaths per year was 2,396 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
2,396
Change on year
down 19.8%
World rank
179th
of 236 countries
All-time high
2,986
in 2022
All-time low
842
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Number of deaths per year in Brunei, 1950–2023

1.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k3.0k195019862023

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Brunei recorded 2,396 for number of deaths per year in 2023.

That represents a change of down 19.8% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of deaths per year in Brunei peaked at 2,986 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 842, in 1950.

That places Brunei 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Number of deaths per year in Brunei, year by year

Annual values for Number of deaths per year in Brunei, 1950 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1950 842 —
1951 884 +5.0%
1952 905 +2.4%
1953 927 +2.4%
1954 946 +2.0%
1955 962 +1.7%
1956 976 +1.5%
1957 980 +0.4%
1958 991 +1.1%
1959 1,008 +1.7%
1960 1,011 +0.3%
1961 989 -2.2%
1962 1,013 +2.4%
1963 948 -6.4%
1964 941 -0.7%
1965 946 +0.5%
1966 938 -0.8%
1967 934 -0.4%
1968 941 +0.7%
1969 938 -0.3%
1970 935 -0.3%
1971 892 -4.6%
1972 866 -2.9%
1973 865 -0.1%
1974 854 -1.3%
1975 856 +0.2%
1976 849 -0.8%
1977 857 +0.9%
1978 851 -0.7%
1979 857 +0.7%
1980 860 +0.4%
1981 868 +0.9%
1982 877 +1.0%
1983 888 +1.3%
1984 910 +2.5%
1985 919 +1.0%
1986 936 +1.8%
1987 957 +2.2%
1988 969 +1.3%
1989 986 +1.8%
1990 1,004 +1.8%
1991 1,019 +1.5%
1992 1,031 +1.2%
1993 1,039 +0.8%
1994 1,049 +1.0%
1995 1,061 +1.1%
1996 1,067 +0.6%
1997 1,084 +1.6%
1998 1,093 +0.8%
1999 1,113 +1.8%
2000 1,134 +1.9%
2001 1,154 +1.8%
2002 1,183 +2.5%
2003 1,214 +2.6%
2004 1,254 +3.3%
2005 1,296 +3.3%
2006 1,340 +3.4%
2007 1,392 +3.9%
2008 1,427 +2.5%
2009 1,465 +2.7%
2010 1,498 +2.3%
2011 1,534 +2.4%
2012 1,584 +3.3%
2013 1,649 +4.1%
2014 1,722 +4.4%
2015 1,798 +4.4%
2016 1,872 +4.1%
2017 1,949 +4.1%
2018 2,029 +4.1%
2019 2,116 +4.3%
2020 2,197 +3.8%
2021 2,363 +7.6%
2022 2,986 +26.4%
2023 2,396 -19.8%

Brunei compared with similar countries

  • Brunei's 2,396 is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,691, 14% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • Brunei's 2,396 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,067, 24% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Number of deaths per year in Brunei changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2022 +26.4% 2,363 2,986

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 942.1 842 1,008 10
1960s 959.9 934 1,013 10
1970s 868.2 849 935 10
1980s 917 860 986 10
1990s 1,056 1,004 1,113 10
2000s 1,286 1,134 1,465 10
2010s 1,775 1,498 2,116 10
2020s 2,486 2,197 2,986 4

Countries ranked near Brunei

  1. 176 Qatar 2,772 compare
  2. 177 Cape Verde 2,640 compare
  3. 178 Iceland 2,613 compare
  4. 180 Belize 2,022 compare
  5. 181 Curacao 1,846 compare
  6. 182 New Caledonia 1,815 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of deaths per year in Brunei?
Number of deaths per year in Brunei was 2,396 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of deaths per year recorded in Brunei?
The highest recorded value was 2,986 in 2022.
What is the lowest number of deaths per year recorded in Brunei?
The lowest recorded value was 842 in 1950.
How does Brunei rank for number of deaths per year?
Brunei ranks 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of deaths per year rising or falling in Brunei?
Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brunei data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Number of deaths per year. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of deaths per year
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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