Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Suriname

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Suriname population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Suriname
1960	7.5	6.59
1961	7.56	6.58
1962	7.61	6.57
1963	7.65	6.51
1964	7.67	6.43
1965	7.71	6.32
1966	7.71	6.2
1967	7.71	6.04
1968	7.71	5.86
1969	7.71	5.7
1970	7.7	5.53
1971	7.67	5.36
1972	7.63	5.18
1973	7.59	5.01
1974	7.55	4.81
1975	7.49	4.63
1976	7.41	4.45
1977	7.31	4.26
1978	7.21	4.08
1979	7.12	3.93
1980	6.99	3.79
1981	6.85	3.75
1982	6.68	3.82
1983	6.5	3.87
1984	6.28	3.8
1985	6.04	3.71
1986	5.65	3.61
1987	5.3	3.53
1988	5.02	3.46
1989	4.76	3.39
1990	4.51	3.23
1991	4.37	3.09
1992	4.27	3.01
1993	4.08	2.94
1994	3.91	2.9
1995	3.49	2.9
1996	3.14	2.92
1997	2.89	2.95
1998	2.69	2.99
1999	2.62	3.02
2000	2.59	3.05
2001	2.52	3.06
2002	2.43	2.96
2003	2.45	2.84
2004	2.5	2.74
2005	2.56	2.71
2006	2.63	2.73
2007	2.7	2.74
2008	2.79	2.73
2009	2.83	2.71
2010	2.88	2.69
2011	2.9	2.67
2012	3	2.67
2013	3	2.65
2014	3.08	2.62
2015	3.09	2.57
2016	3.09	2.5
2017	3.09	2.43
2018	3.02	2.38
2019	3	2.35
2020	2.94	2.31
2021	2.87	2.3
2022	2.82	2.27
2023	2.77	2.25
2024	2.72	2.23
2025	2.67	2.21
2026	2.62	2.19
2027	2.58	2.16
2028	2.53	2.14
2029	2.49	2.13
2030	2.45	2.11
2031	2.41	2.09
2032	2.38	2.08
2033	2.34	2.06
2034	2.32	2.05
2035	2.29	2.04
2036	2.26	2.02
2037	2.23	2.01
2038	2.21	2
2039	2.18	1.99
2040	2.16	1.98
2041	2.14	1.97
2042	2.12	1.96
2043	2.1	1.95
2044	2.08	1.94
2045	2.07	1.93
2046	2.05	1.92
2047	2.04	1.91
2048	2.03	1.9
2049	2.01	1.9
2050	2	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Suriname
1960	45.5%	44.5%
1961	45.9%	44.6%
1962	46.2%	45.1%
1963	46.6%	46.1%
1964	46.9%	46.8%
1965	47%	47.4%
1966	47.1%	48%
1967	47.2%	48.5%
1968	47.1%	48.8%
1969	47%	48.9%
1970	47%	48.8%
1971	46.9%	48.5%
1972	46.8%	47.8%
1973	46.7%	46.8%
1974	46.6%	46%
1975	46.7%	45.1%
1976	47.2%	44.3%
1977	47.3%	43.4%
1978	47%	42.6%
1979	46.8%	41.8%
1980	46.5%	41%
1981	46.1%	40.1%
1982	45.8%	39.5%
1983	45.4%	39%
1984	45%	38.6%
1985	44.6%	38.3%
1986	44.2%	38%
1987	43.7%	37.8%
1988	43.1%	37.7%
1989	42.6%	37.5%
1990	42%	37.4%
1991	41.4%	37.3%
1992	41%	37.2%
1993	40.5%	37.1%
1994	39.9%	37%
1995	39.1%	36.7%
1996	38.2%	36.1%
1997	37.2%	35.3%
1998	36.1%	34.5%
1999	34.9%	33.7%
2000	33.7%	33%
2001	32.6%	32.3%
2002	31.5%	31.8%
2003	30.6%	31.3%
2004	29.7%	31%
2005	29%	30.9%
2006	28.4%	30.8%
2007	28%	30.7%
2008	27.7%	30.6%
2009	27.5%	30.5%
2010	27.5%	30.3%
2011	27.5%	30%
2012	27.7%	29.8%
2013	28.1%	29.4%
2014	28.6%	29.1%
2015	29%	28.7%
2016	29.5%	28.3%
2017	29.9%	27.9%
2018	30.3%	27.5%
2019	30.6%	27.2%
2020	30.8%	26.8%
2021	30.9%	26.5%
2022	30.8%	26.3%
2023	30.6%	25.9%
2024	30.3%	25.6%
2025	29.9%	25.3%
2026	29.4%	25%
2027	28.9%	24.8%
2028	28.2%	24.5%
2029	27.5%	24.2%
2030	26.8%	23.9%
2031	26%	23.6%
2032	25.2%	23.4%
2033	24.5%	23.2%
2034	23.8%	23%
2035	23.2%	22.8%
2036	22.6%	22.6%
2037	22.2%	22.4%
2038	21.8%	22.2%
2039	21.5%	22%
2040	21.2%	21.8%
2041	21%	21.6%
2042	20.9%	21.4%
2043	20.8%	21.3%
2044	20.8%	21.1%
2045	20.8%	20.9%
2046	20.9%	20.7%
2047	20.9%	20.5%
2048	20.9%	20.3%
2049	21%	20.1%
2050	21%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 42% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +1.11% in Suriname. 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
	Algeria	Suriname
1960	290,582	8,170
1961	296,467	8,361
1962	283,903	8,529
1963	315,645	8,838
1964	312,729	9,174
1965	311,190	9,270
1966	309,628	9,243
1967	316,289	9,104
1968	324,560	8,980
1969	334,541	8,880
1970	346,564	8,823
1971	356,069	8,814
1972	368,179	8,893
1973	382,736	8,877
1974	399,509	8,751
1975	417,803	8,587
1976	440,192	8,327
1977	465,405	7,998
1978	491,876	7,650
1979	523,875	7,312
1980	559,983	7,002
1981	595,150	7,541
1982	620,415	8,197
1983	641,167	8,797
1984	656,475	9,031
1985	672,185	9,177
1986	661,644	9,222
1987	645,309	9,319
1988	637,215	9,347
1989	628,542	9,441
1990	612,369	9,047
1991	616,850	8,637
1992	627,289	8,355
1993	611,306	8,127
1994	594,445	7,929
1995	533,104	7,968
1996	483,632	8,031
1997	450,138	8,106
1998	425,928	8,173
1999	434,198	8,236
2000	447,025	8,323
2001	450,637	8,349
2002	451,369	7,916
2003	474,272	7,396
2004	508,773	6,948
2005	543,158	7,037
2006	580,812	7,278
2007	620,196	7,468
2008	662,044	7,552
2009	691,496	7,559
2010	719,350	7,489
2011	741,832	7,401
2012	790,645	7,405
2013	802,203	7,350
2014	839,654	7,284
2015	847,054	7,150
2016	849,368	6,979
2017	848,585	6,772
2018	824,428	6,613
2019	809,522	6,564
2020	724,140	6,640
2021	735,514	5,291
2022	722,591	6,719
2023	691,724	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Suriname
1985	292	386
1986	265	377
1987	243	372
1988	227	364
1989	215	360
1990	202	350
1991	198	347
1992	193	346
1993	195	343
1994	196	334
1995	187	331
1996	173	323
1997	155	312
1998	143	302
1999	132	291
2000	123	282
2001	113	270
2002	102	253
2003	101	238
2004	91	219
2005	87	202
2006	84	187
2007	83	173
2008	83	161
2009	83	147
2010	82	134
2011	81	126
2012	81	122
2013	81	121
2014	80	120
2015	79	115
2016	79	109
2017	77	105
2018	75	101
2019	73	97
2020	97	94
2021	79	144
2022	64	88
2023	62	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 1.62% in Suriname. 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
	Algeria	Suriname
1960	24%	-
1961	24%	-
1962	24.1%	-
1963	24.2%	-
1964	24.3%	-
1965	24.5%	-
1966	24.6%	-
1967	24.6%	-
1968	24.6%	-
1969	24.4%	-
1970	24.1%	-
1971	23.7%	-
1972	23.1%	-
1973	22.4%	-
1974	21.7%	-
1975	20.9%	-
1976	20%	-
1977	19%	-
1978	18%	-
1979	16.9%	-
1980	15.6%	-
1981	14%	-
1982	12.3%	-
1983	10.5%	5.67%
1984	8.91%	5.49%
1985	7.61%	5.31%
1986	6.63%	5.13%
1987	5.96%	4.97%
1988	5.55%	4.81%
1989	5.3%	4.65%
1990	5.17%	4.49%
1991	5.09%	4.34%
1992	5.04%	4.19%
1993	4.98%	4.03%
1994	4.9%	3.88%
1995	4.81%	3.74%
1996	4.7%	3.6%
1997	4.58%	3.47%
1998	4.45%	3.34%
1999	4.31%	3.22%
2000	4.16%	3.11%
2001	4.01%	3%
2002	3.85%	2.9%
2003	3.7%	2.81%
2004	3.54%	2.72%
2005	3.4%	2.64%
2006	3.26%	2.57%
2007	3.13%	2.5%
2008	3.01%	2.44%
2009	2.9%	2.38%
2010	2.81%	2.32%
2011	2.73%	2.26%
2012	2.66%	2.21%
2013	2.6%	2.16%
2014	2.54%	2.11%
2015	2.49%	2.05%
2016	2.45%	2%
2017	2.4%	1.95%
2018	2.37%	1.9%
2019	2.33%	1.84%
2020	2.29%	1.78%
2021	2.26%	1.73%
2022	2.23%	1.68%
2023	2.2%	1.62%