Population of Suriname

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 Aug 2021

The current population of Suriname is 643,285 as of March 29, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Suriname is projected at 591,800 or 591.8 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Suriname is projected at 586,632 or 586.6 thousands people for the year 2020. Suriname ranks number 171st in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Suriname is ranked 12th among 14 countries in South America.

Suriname's population peak will be 2059 with 684.4 thouand people after Suriname's population will be decreased year by year. The Suriname population is projected to reach 632.4 thousand in 2030 and increase further to 680.2 thousand in 2050, and it will decrease by 613.1 thousand by 2100. Suriname accounts for 0.0075 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.0074% in 2027 and is projected to decline at 0.0056% by 2100.

Suriname was at 163rd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 174th in 2100.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Net change

Suriname population projections

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
2020586,6325,2600.900.0074
2021591,8005,1680.880.0074
2022596,8315,0310.850.0074
2023601,7524,9210.820.0073
2024606,5324,7800.790.0073
2025611,1914,6590.770.0073
2026615,7094,5180.740.0073
2027620,0894,3800.710.0073
2028624,3364,2470.680.0073
2029628,4354,0990.660.0073
2030632,4013,9660.630.0073
2031636,2173,8160.600.0073
2032639,8853,6680.580.0073
2033643,4093,5240.550.0072
2034646,7813,3720.520.0072
2035649,9963,2150.500.0072
2036653,0613,0650.470.0072
2037655,9642,9030.440.0072
2038658,7202,7560.420.0072
2039661,3222,6020.400.0072
2040663,7672,4450.370.0071
2041666,0642,2970.350.0071
2042668,2112,1470.320.0071
2043670,2101,9990.300.0071
2044672,0641,8540.280.0071
2045673,7641,7000.250.0070
2046675,3361,5720.230.0070
2047676,7561,4200.210.0070
2048678,0411,2850.190.0070
2049679,2071,1660.170.0070
2050680,2411,0340.150.0069
2051681,1679260.140.0069
2052681,9758080.120.0069
2053682,6716960.100.0069
2054683,2495780.080.0069
2055683,7124630.070.0069
2056684,0663540.050.0068
2057684,3032370.030.0068
2058684,4391360.020.0068
2059684,479400.010.0068
2060684,425-54-0.010.0068
2061684,288-137-0.020.0067
2062684,062-226-0.030.0067
2063683,741-321-0.050.0067
2064683,330-411-0.060.0067
2065682,819-511-0.070.0067
2066682,214-605-0.090.0066
2067681,510-704-0.100.0066
2068680,703-807-0.120.0066
2069679,812-891-0.130.0066
2070678,833-979-0.140.0066
2071677,759-1,074-0.160.0066
2072676,599-1,160-0.170.0065
2073675,350-1,249-0.180.0065
2074674,010-1,340-0.200.0065
2075672,570-1,440-0.210.0065
2076671,038-1,532-0.230.0065
2077669,415-1,623-0.240.0064
2078667,706-1,709-0.260.0064
2079665,910-1,796-0.270.0064
2080664,040-1,870-0.280.0064
2081662,085-1,955-0.290.0063
2082660,061-2,024-0.310.0063
2083657,960-2,101-0.320.0063
2084655,783-2,177-0.330.0063
2085653,538-2,245-0.340.0063
2086651,229-2,309-0.350.0062
2087648,852-2,377-0.370.0062
2088646,415-2,437-0.380.0062
2089643,919-2,496-0.390.0062
2090641,360-2,559-0.400.0062
2091638,759-2,601-0.410.0061
2092636,093-2,666-0.420.0061
2093633,382-2,711-0.430.0061
2094630,624-2,758-0.440.0061
2095627,818-2,806-0.440.0060
2096624,965-2,853-0.450.0060
2097622,063-2,902-0.460.0060
2098619,124-2,939-0.470.0060
2099616,145-2,979-0.48inf
2100613,121-3,024-0.49inf

Suriname population estimates

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
1950215,002--0.0086
1951222,4647,4623.470.0087
1952229,2126,7483.030.0088
1953235,6886,4762.830.0089
1954242,2136,5252.770.0090
1955249,0006,7872.800.0091
1956256,1777,1772.880.0091
1957263,7567,5792.960.0092
1958271,6667,9103.000.0093
1959279,7508,0842.980.0094
1960287,8718,1212.900.0095
1961295,9168,0452.790.0096
1962303,8957,9792.700.0097
1963311,9478,0522.650.0098
1964320,2708,3232.670.0098
1965328,9368,6662.710.0099
1966338,1589,2222.800.0099
1967347,6609,5022.810.0100
1968356,5508,8902.560.0101
1969363,5757,0251.970.0100
1970367,9314,3561.200.0100
1971369,2361,3050.350.0098
1972367,907-1,329-0.360.0096
1973364,915-2,992-0.810.0093
1974361,667-3,248-0.890.0091
1975359,226-2,441-0.670.0088
1976357,953-1,273-0.350.0086
1977357,659-294-0.080.0085
1978358,0994400.120.0083
1979358,8187190.200.0082
1980359,5197010.200.0081
1981360,1436240.170.0080
1982360,9207770.220.0078
1983362,2761,3560.380.0077
1984364,7332,4570.680.0076
1985368,6383,9051.070.0076
1986374,1405,5021.490.0076
1987381,0376,8971.840.0076
1988388,8817,8442.060.0076
1989397,0858,2042.110.0076
1990405,1688,0832.040.0076
1991413,0057,8371.930.0076
1992420,6557,6501.850.0077
1993428,0307,3751.750.0077
1994435,1057,0751.650.0077
1995441,8516,7461.550.0077
1996448,2136,3621.440.0077
1997454,1615,9481.330.0077
1998459,8315,6701.250.0077
1999465,3855,5541.210.0077
2000470,9495,5641.200.0077
2001476,5795,6301.200.0076
2002482,2355,6561.190.0076
2003487,9425,7071.180.0076
2004493,6795,7371.180.0076
2005499,4645,7851.170.0076
2006505,2955,8311.170.0076
2007511,1815,8861.160.0076
2008517,1235,9421.160.0076
2009523,1115,9881.160.0076
2010529,1316,0201.150.0076
2011535,1796,0481.140.0076
2012541,2456,0661.130.0076
2013547,2916,0461.120.0075
2014553,2735,9821.090.0075
2015559,1435,8701.060.0075
2016564,8885,7451.030.0075
2017570,4965,6080.990.0075
2018575,9905,4940.960.0075
2019581,3725,3820.930.0075