Demographics of Suriname

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Suriname is projected at 0.592 million, up by 0.88% compared with 0.587 million in 2020. Suriname is ranked 171st in terms of population and 120th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 10.54 thousand births in Suriname in 2021. That is 29 per day, which is ranked 168th. The crude birth rate is 17.82 per 1000 people. There are 4.44 thousand deaths in Suriname in 2021. That is 12 per day, which is ranked 166th. The crude death rate is 7.51 per 1000 people.

0.39 million people are living in urban areas, which is 66.22% of Suriname population. Suriname is ranked 113th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Suriname in 2021 is 100.97 males per 100 females. There are 0.30 million males and 0.29 million females in Suriname. The percentage of female population is 49.76% compare to 50.24% male population. Suriname has 2.85 thousand more males than females. Suriname is at 147th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Suriname population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950214,996-
1955249,0022.8
1960287,8702.9
1965328,9392.71
1970367,9261.2
1975359,234-0.67
1980359,5310.2
1985368,6361.07
1990405,1692.04
1995441,8511.55
2000470,9441.2
2005499,4611.17
2010529,1261.15
2015559,1361.06
2016564,8831.03
2017570,5010.99
2018575,9870.96
2019581,3630.93
2020586,6340.91
2021591,7980.88
  • Total
  • Crude

Suriname death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19503,50710,53515.9948.13
19553,35611,49013.4446.02
19603,27913,01711.3645.08
19653,25013,9419.8442.26
19703,18813,4098.8637.29
19752,90711,7108.0232.28
19802,68610,7207.4729.80
19852,75810,9777.3929.42
19902,93411,3067.2627.95
19953,19911,3487.2625.76
20003,51311,1907.4523.73
20053,64511,0167.3022.04
20103,71410,8467.0220.48
20154,00410,7837.1619.29
20204,36910,5877.4518.05
20214,44110,5407.5117.82
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Suriname

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950100,809114,193-46.888
1955117,726132,3622.9647.074
1960137,039152,9273.0347.260
1965156,305175,4882.2247.109
1970170,592200,6810.7045.948
1975194,923167,7313.8353.749
1980235,660127,1173.6264.960
1985242,695128,7751.1565.334
1990267,733139,7392.1165.706
1995293,195150,5291.6466.076
2000313,876158,5141.2766.444
2005332,708166,2380.9966.682
2010349,037177,0660.9566.344
2015365,427187,7810.9166.056
2020382,175195,5770.9066.149
2021385,591196,7050.8966.219
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Suriname population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 26,863 24,995 51,858 8.76 107.473
05-09 27,297 25,402 52,699 8.90 107.460
10-14 26,794 24,936 51,730 8.74 107.451
15-19 26,288 24,408 50,696 8.57 107.702
20-24 25,325 23,534 48,859 8.26 107.610
25-29 24,145 23,188 47,333 8.00 104.127
30-34 22,361 21,194 43,555 7.36 105.506
35-39 20,190 20,246 40,436 6.83 99.723
40-44 17,641 17,759 35,400 5.98 99.336
45-49 18,376 18,860 37,236 6.29 97.434
50-54 16,696 16,603 33,299 5.63 100.560
55-59 15,881 16,486 32,367 5.47 96.330
60-64 11,289 11,887 23,176 3.92 94.969
65-69 7,223 8,617 15,840 2.68 83.823
70-74 5,017 6,579 11,596 1.96 76.258
75-79 2,977 4,582 7,559 1.28 64.972
80-84 1,768 3,007 4,775 0.81 58.796
85-89 845 1,482 2,327 0.39 57.018
90-94 286 559 845 0.14 51.163
95-99 57 131 188 0.03 43.511
100+ 5 19 24 0.00 26.316
Total 297,324 294,474 591,798 100.968