Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Brunei vs Trinidad and Tobago chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brunei was 1.75 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brunei	Trinidad
1960	7.32	5.41
1961	7.19	5.41
1962	7.03	5.36
1963	6.89	5.24
1964	6.77	5.08
1965	6.65	4.88
1966	6.51	4.62
1967	6.37	4.35
1968	6.2	4.11
1969	6.01	3.86
1970	5.8	3.71
1971	5.62	3.61
1972	5.5	3.55
1973	5.36	3.47
1974	5.18	3.32
1975	4.99	3.21
1976	4.78	3.14
1977	4.58	3.12
1978	4.39	3.13
1979	4.22	3.13
1980	4.07	3.15
1981	3.94	3.13
1982	3.84	3.11
1983	3.75	3.07
1984	3.68	3.02
1985	3.61	2.99
1986	3.55	2.9
1987	3.49	2.78
1988	3.44	2.65
1989	3.36	2.53
1990	3.29	2.39
1991	3.21	2.29
1992	3.11	2.21
1993	3.01	2.13
1994	2.9	2.06
1995	2.79	1.97
1996	2.68	1.89
1997	2.6	1.83
1998	2.53	1.78
1999	2.46	1.76
2000	2.4	1.73
2001	2.34	1.71
2002	2.26	1.67
2003	2.19	1.65
2004	2.1	1.63
2005	2.02	1.63
2006	1.97	1.62
2007	1.93	1.62
2008	1.92	1.62
2009	1.92	1.62
2010	1.94	1.61
2011	1.96	1.61
2012	1.97	1.61
2013	1.98	1.6
2014	1.97	1.6
2015	1.95	1.6
2016	1.92	1.6
2017	1.88	1.59
2018	1.85	1.59
2019	1.82	1.58
2020	1.8	1.57
2021	1.78	1.56
2022	1.76	1.54
2023	1.75	1.53
2024	1.73	1.54
2025	1.71	1.52
2026	1.7	1.52
2027	1.68	1.51
2028	1.68	1.51
2029	1.67	1.51
2030	1.66	1.51
2031	1.65	1.51
2032	1.65	1.51
2033	1.65	1.51
2034	1.64	1.51
2035	1.64	1.51
2036	1.64	1.51
2037	1.64	1.51
2038	1.64	1.51
2039	1.63	1.51
2040	1.63	1.51
2041	1.63	1.51
2042	1.63	1.51
2043	1.62	1.51
2044	1.62	1.51
2045	1.62	1.51
2046	1.62	1.51
2047	1.62	1.51
2048	1.62	1.52
2049	1.62	1.52
2050	1.61	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Trinidad
1960	44.1%	43.1%
1961	45.2%	43.2%
1962	46.1%	43.2%
1963	46.6%	43.3%
1964	46.6%	43.2%
1965	46.5%	43.1%
1966	46%	42.9%
1967	45.4%	42.7%
1968	44.8%	42.3%
1969	44.2%	41.9%
1970	43.6%	41.2%
1971	43.3%	40.4%
1972	43%	39.7%
1973	42.6%	39.1%
1974	42%	38.4%
1975	41.3%	37.6%
1976	40.6%	36.8%
1977	39.9%	36%
1978	39.3%	35.3%
1979	38.9%	34.8%
1980	38.5%	34.4%
1981	38.1%	34.2%
1982	37.6%	34.2%
1983	36.9%	34.2%
1984	36.3%	34.3%
1985	35.7%	34.4%
1986	35.2%	34.4%
1987	34.9%	34.4%
1988	34.7%	34.2%
1989	34.6%	34%
1990	34.4%	33.7%
1991	34.4%	33.3%
1992	34.3%	32.8%
1993	34.1%	32.2%
1994	33.7%	31.6%
1995	33.3%	30.8%
1996	32.7%	29.9%
1997	32.2%	28.9%
1998	31.6%	27.9%
1999	31%	27%
2000	30.3%	26%
2001	29.6%	25%
2002	28.9%	24.2%
2003	28.1%	23.4%
2004	27.4%	22.7%
2005	26.7%	22.1%
2006	25.9%	21.6%
2007	25.5%	21.2%
2008	25.5%	20.8%
2009	25.4%	20.5%
2010	25.3%	20.3%
2011	25.2%	20.1%
2012	24.9%	20%
2013	24.5%	19.9%
2014	24%	19.7%
2015	23.6%	19.6%
2016	23.1%	19.5%
2017	22.7%	19.3%
2018	22.3%	19%
2019	21.9%	18.8%
2020	21.6%	18.7%
2021	21.3%	18.5%
2022	21.2%	18.3%
2023	21%	18%
2024	20.8%	17.8%
2025	20.6%	17.5%
2026	20.4%	17.2%
2027	20.1%	16.9%
2028	19.8%	16.6%
2029	19.5%	16.4%
2030	19.1%	16.1%
2031	18.8%	15.8%
2032	18.5%	15.5%
2033	18.2%	15.3%
2034	18%	15.1%
2035	17.7%	14.9%
2036	17.5%	14.7%
2037	17.2%	14.5%
2038	17%	14.4%
2039	16.8%	14.2%
2040	16.6%	14.1%
2041	16.4%	14.1%
2042	16.3%	14%
2043	16.1%	13.9%
2044	16%	13.9%
2045	15.9%	13.8%
2046	15.8%	13.8%
2047	15.7%	13.7%
2048	15.7%	13.7%
2049	15.6%	13.6%
2050	15.6%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Brunei	Trinidad
1960	3,168	24,766
1961	3,175	25,518
1962	3,128	25,763
1963	3,195	25,507
1964	3,264	25,065
1965	3,326	24,349
1966	3,403	23,228
1967	3,477	21,992
1968	3,551	20,849
1969	3,618	19,652
1970	3,694	19,074
1971	3,880	19,400
1972	4,085	20,116
1973	4,216	20,617
1974	4,334	20,412
1975	4,431	20,468
1976	4,518	20,875
1977	4,594	21,660
1978	4,668	22,538
1979	4,717	23,475
1980	4,775	24,557
1981	4,839	25,015
1982	4,931	25,181
1983	5,138	25,118
1984	5,373	24,738
1985	5,620	24,487
1986	5,826	23,705
1987	6,017	22,398
1988	6,135	21,028
1989	6,202	19,636
1990	6,265	18,052
1991	6,259	16,903
1992	6,169	15,910
1993	6,045	14,878
1994	5,907	14,032
1995	5,750	12,971
1996	5,606	12,101
1997	5,518	11,405
1998	5,466	10,964
1999	5,388	10,821
2000	5,331	10,588
2001	5,275	10,438
2002	5,169	10,316
2003	5,034	10,169
2004	4,874	10,149
2005	4,703	9,822
2006	4,590	9,889
2007	4,521	9,939
2008	4,624	9,872
2009	4,789	9,769
2010	5,003	9,698
2011	5,242	9,601
2012	5,349	9,376
2013	5,302	9,020
2014	5,206	8,571
2015	5,060	7,963
2016	4,876	7,436
2017	4,685	6,779
2018	4,502	5,869
2019	4,335	5,647
2020	4,188	4,558
2021	3,985	2,091
2022	3,319	3,773
2023	3,837	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Trinidad and Tobago

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brunei, compared to 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Trinidad
1985	79	87
1986	78	89
1987	75	86
1988	73	87
1989	71	86
1990	68	84
1991	65	82
1992	62	85
1993	59	85
1994	58	84
1995	55	85
1996	54	84
1997	52	82
1998	51	79
1999	50	78
2000	48	76
2001	46	72
2002	46	69
2003	45	67
2004	44	63
2005	43	60
2006	42	58
2007	41	57
2008	40	55
2009	40	54
2010	40	54
2011	40	53
2012	40	51
2013	40	50
2014	40	50
2015	39	50
2016	39	51
2017	39	51
2018	39	53
2019	38	53
2020	39	35
2021	44	54
2022	88	30
2023	36	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Brunei	Trinidad
1960	8.9%	6.74%
1961	8.24%	6.53%
1962	7.66%	6.33%
1963	7.15%	6.14%
1964	6.7%	5.96%
1965	6.32%	5.8%
1966	5.98%	5.66%
1967	5.69%	5.53%
1968	5.42%	5.4%
1969	5.16%	5.28%
1970	4.91%	5.17%
1971	4.64%	5.06%
1972	4.35%	4.95%
1973	4.06%	4.84%
1974	3.77%	4.72%
1975	3.49%	4.6%
1976	3.21%	4.48%
1977	2.95%	4.37%
1978	2.71%	4.25%
1979	2.48%	4.14%
1980	2.28%	4.03%
1981	2.09%	3.92%
1982	1.93%	3.83%
1983	1.79%	3.73%
1984	1.67%	3.64%
1985	1.57%	3.56%
1986	1.48%	3.49%
1987	1.42%	3.42%
1988	1.38%	3.36%
1989	1.35%	3.3%
1990	1.33%	3.25%
1991	1.32%	3.21%
1992	1.31%	3.16%
1993	1.3%	3.13%
1994	1.27%	3.09%
1995	1.23%	3.06%
1996	1.19%	3.02%
1997	1.15%	2.99%
1998	1.1%	2.96%
1999	1.07%	2.92%
2000	1.03%	2.88%
2001	1%	2.84%
2002	0.98%	2.81%
2003	0.96%	2.76%
2004	0.95%	2.72%
2005	0.95%	2.68%
2006	0.95%	2.64%
2007	0.95%	2.59%
2008	0.96%	2.55%
2009	0.96%	2.51%
2010	0.97%	2.47%
2011	0.98%	2.43%
2012	0.99%	2.38%
2013	0.99%	2.35%
2014	1%	2.3%
2015	1%	2.26%
2016	1%	2.22%
2017	1%	2.18%
2018	0.99%	2.14%
2019	0.98%	2.1%
2020	0.97%	2.06%
2021	0.96%	2.01%
2022	0.95%	1.96%
2023	0.94%	1.91%