Introduction
The demographic transition from high fertility rate to low fertility rate has strong impact
on the economic development process. It has played the central role to shape the
economy and society in any country (Dyson, 2010). In other words, demographic
transition would influence the various aspects of society, such as urbanization, gender
equality, education system, labour force participation of female or the elderly and so on.
In term of demographic transition, Brunei is an advanced country where the total fertility
rate is below the replacement rate of 2.1 in the end of 2000s. The total fertility rate in
Burnei in 2007 is 2.1 which was exactly as high as replacement rate. However, the year
2008 become the landmark year for Brunei’s demographic transition because total
fertility rate become 2.08 (World Bank, 2011).