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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia
Area: Land boundaries: total 381 km, Malysia 381 km Coastline: 161 km
PeoplePopulation: 292,266 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.63% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 25.83 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.07 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 5.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.41 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Malay 64%, Chinese 20%, other 16% Religions: Muslim (official) 63%, Buddhism 14%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefsand other 15% (1981) Languages: Malay (official), English, Chinese
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional sultanate Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan Independence: 1 January 1984 (from UK) Constitution: 29 September 1959 (some provisions suspended under a State of Emergency since December 1962, others since independence on 1 January 1984)
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.43 billion National product real growth rate: -4% National product per capita: $16,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% Unemployment rate: 5%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |