billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 27 $7.101 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$10.67 billion (2008) country comparison to the world: 83 $8.25 billion (2007)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil, natural gas, garments
Exports - partners:
Japan 38.04%, Indonesia 25.95%, South Korea 14.17%, Australia 7.24% (2009)
Imports:
$2.61 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 $2.055 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Singapore 38.4%, Malaysia 18.7%, Japan 7.2%, China 5.42%, Thailand 5.19%, US 4.45%, UK 4.25% (2009)
Debt - external:
$0 (2005) country comparison to the world: 195
Exchange rates:
Bruneian dollars (BND) per US dollar - 1.45 (2009), 1.45 (2009), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)
Communications ::Brunei
Telephones - main lines in use:
80,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 149
Telephones - mobile cellular:
425,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 163
Telephone system:
general assessment: service throughout the country is good; international service is good to Southeast Asia, Middle East, Western Europe, and the US
domestic: every service available
international: country code - 673; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable network, scheduled for completion by late 2008, will provide new links to Asia and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2009)
Broadcast media:
state-controlled Radio Television Brunei (RTB) operates 4 channels; 3 Malaysian TV stations are available; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite and cable systems; RTB operates 5 radio networks broadcasting on multiple frequencies; British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides radio broadcasts on 2 FM stations; some radio broadcast stations from Malaysia are available via repeaters (2009)
Internet country code:
.bn
Internet hosts:
50,997 (2010) country comparison to the world: 88
Internet users:
314,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 128
Transportation ::Brunei
Airports:
2 (2010) country comparison to the world: 207
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)
Heliports:
3 (2010)
Pipelines:
gas 37 km; oil 18 km (2009)
Roadways:
total: 2,971 km country comparison to the world: 166 paved: 2,411 km
unpaved: 560 km (2008)
Waterways:
209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m; the Belait, Brunei, and Tutong rivers are major transport links) (2011) country comparison to the world: 97
Merchant marine:
total: 9 country comparison to the world: 117 by type: chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 8 (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Lumut, Muara, Seria
Military ::Brunei
Military branches:
Royal Brunei Armed Forces: Royal Brunei Land Forces, Royal Brunei
Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei) (2010)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military service; non-Malays are ineligible to serve (2007)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 111,166
females age 16–49: 115,071 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 93,809
females age 16–49: 97,345 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 3,509
female: 3,427 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
4.5% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 21
Transnational Issues ::Brunei
Disputes - international:
Brunei and Malaysia agreed in September 2008 to resolve their offshore and deepwater seabed dispute, resume hydrocarbon exploration, and renounce any territorial claims along their land boundary; despite no public territorial claim to Louisa Reef, Brunei implicitly lays claim by including it within the natural prolongation of its continental shelf and basis for a seabed median with Vietnam; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants
Illicit drugs:
drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory death penalty
page last updated on January 13, 2011
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