Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Suriname

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 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 the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Suriname
1960	5.09	6.59
1961	5.16	6.58
1962	5.13	6.57
1963	5.06	6.51
1964	4.97	6.43
1965	4.88	6.32
1966	4.79	6.2
1967	4.69	6.04
1968	4.56	5.86
1969	4.38	5.7
1970	4.21	5.53
1971	4.06	5.36
1972	3.89	5.18
1973	3.73	5.01
1974	3.57	4.81
1975	3.42	4.63
1976	3.3	4.45
1977	3.17	4.26
1978	3.05	4.08
1979	2.94	3.93
1980	2.84	3.79
1981	2.77	3.75
1982	2.71	3.82
1983	2.65	3.87
1984	2.59	3.8
1985	2.55	3.71
1986	2.53	3.61
1987	2.52	3.53
1988	2.52	3.46
1989	2.52	3.39
1990	2.52	3.23
1991	2.51	3.09
1992	2.71	3.01
1993	2.61	2.94
1994	2.47	2.9
1995	2.42	2.9
1996	2.35	2.92
1997	2.29	2.95
1998	2.23	2.99
1999	2.13	3.02
2000	2.06	3.05
2001	2.02	3.06
2002	1.98	2.96
2003	1.97	2.84
2004	1.98	2.74
2005	2.01	2.71
2006	2.02	2.73
2007	2.04	2.74
2008	2	2.73
2009	2.01	2.71
2010	1.84	2.69
2011	1.79	2.67
2012	1.76	2.67
2013	1.74	2.65
2014	1.69	2.62
2015	1.57	2.57
2016	1.5	2.5
2017	1.42	2.43
2018	1.4	2.38
2019	1.4	2.35
2020	1.39	2.31
2021	1.38	2.3
2022	1.38	2.27
2023	1.37	2.25
2024	1.37	2.23
2025	1.36	2.21
2026	1.36	2.19
2027	1.35	2.16
2028	1.35	2.14
2029	1.35	2.13
2030	1.35	2.11
2031	1.36	2.09
2032	1.36	2.08
2033	1.36	2.06
2034	1.37	2.05
2035	1.37	2.04
2036	1.37	2.02
2037	1.38	2.01
2038	1.38	2
2039	1.38	1.99
2040	1.39	1.98
2041	1.39	1.97
2042	1.39	1.96
2043	1.39	1.95
2044	1.4	1.94
2045	1.4	1.93
2046	1.4	1.92
2047	1.4	1.91
2048	1.41	1.9
2049	1.41	1.9
2050	1.41	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Suriname
1960	41.1%	44.5%
1961	41%	44.6%
1962	40.9%	45.1%
1963	40.8%	46.1%
1964	40.7%	46.8%
1965	40.7%	47.4%
1966	40.6%	48%
1967	40.6%	48.5%
1968	40.4%	48.8%
1969	40.3%	48.9%
1970	40.1%	48.8%
1971	40%	48.5%
1972	39.9%	47.8%
1973	39.7%	46.8%
1974	39.4%	46%
1975	39%	45.1%
1976	38.4%	44.3%
1977	37.8%	43.4%
1978	37%	42.6%
1979	36.1%	41.8%
1980	35.3%	41%
1981	34.4%	40.1%
1982	33.6%	39.5%
1983	32.8%	39%
1984	32%	38.6%
1985	31.2%	38.3%
1986	30.6%	38%
1987	30%	37.8%
1988	29.5%	37.7%
1989	29.2%	37.5%
1990	28.9%	37.4%
1991	28.7%	37.3%
1992	28.6%	37.2%
1993	28.6%	37.1%
1994	28.6%	37%
1995	28.5%	36.7%
1996	28.5%	36.1%
1997	28.4%	35.3%
1998	28.2%	34.5%
1999	28.1%	33.7%
2000	27.8%	33%
2001	27.5%	32.3%
2002	27.2%	31.8%
2003	26.8%	31.3%
2004	26.3%	31%
2005	25.9%	30.9%
2006	25.4%	30.8%
2007	24.9%	30.7%
2008	24.3%	30.6%
2009	23.8%	30.5%
2010	23.3%	30.3%
2011	22.8%	30%
2012	22.4%	29.8%
2013	22%	29.4%
2014	21.6%	29.1%
2015	21.3%	28.7%
2016	20.9%	28.3%
2017	20.6%	27.9%
2018	20.2%	27.5%
2019	19.8%	27.2%
2020	19.5%	26.8%
2021	19.1%	26.5%
2022	18.8%	26.3%
2023	18.3%	25.9%
2024	17.9%	25.6%
2025	17.5%	25.3%
2026	17.2%	25%
2027	16.9%	24.8%
2028	16.7%	24.5%
2029	16.4%	24.2%
2030	16.2%	23.9%
2031	16%	23.6%
2032	15.9%	23.4%
2033	15.8%	23.2%
2034	15.7%	23%
2035	15.6%	22.8%
2036	15.5%	22.6%
2037	15.4%	22.4%
2038	15.3%	22.2%
2039	15.3%	22%
2040	15.2%	21.8%
2041	15.1%	21.6%
2042	15%	21.4%
2043	14.9%	21.3%
2044	14.9%	21.1%
2045	14.8%	20.9%
2046	14.7%	20.7%
2047	14.7%	20.5%
2048	14.6%	20.3%
2049	14.5%	20.1%
2050	14.4%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Suriname
1960	3,351	8,170
1961	3,577	8,361
1962	3,748	8,529
1963	3,901	8,838
1964	4,037	9,174
1965	4,193	9,270
1966	4,339	9,243
1967	4,502	9,104
1968	4,622	8,980
1969	4,688	8,880
1970	4,726	8,823
1971	4,690	8,814
1972	4,583	8,893
1973	4,467	8,877
1974	4,352	8,751
1975	4,249	8,587
1976	4,167	8,327
1977	4,069	7,998
1978	3,987	7,650
1979	3,899	7,312
1980	3,845	7,002
1981	3,851	7,541
1982	3,863	8,197
1983	3,888	8,797
1984	3,892	9,031
1985	3,918	9,177
1986	3,998	9,222
1987	4,090	9,319
1988	4,198	9,347
1989	4,323	9,441
1990	4,432	9,047
1991	4,498	8,637
1992	5,064	8,355
1993	4,877	8,127
1994	4,558	7,929
1995	4,434	7,968
1996	4,265	8,031
1997	4,107	8,106
1998	3,949	8,173
1999	3,688	8,236
2000	3,487	8,323
2001	3,377	8,349
2002	3,249	7,916
2003	3,181	7,396
2004	3,165	6,948
2005	3,220	7,037
2006	3,205	7,278
2007	3,243	7,468
2008	3,134	7,552
2009	3,163	7,559
2010	2,662	7,489
2011	2,558	7,401
2012	2,485	7,405
2013	2,432	7,350
2014	2,259	7,284
2015	1,840	7,150
2016	1,569	6,979
2017	1,289	6,772
2018	1,173	6,613
2019	740	6,564
2020	631	6,640
2021	-93	5,291
2022	947	6,719
2023	854	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Suriname
1985	70	386
1986	68	377
1987	66	372
1988	66	364
1989	65	360
1990	65	350
1991	67	347
1992	67	346
1993	66	343
1994	64	334
1995	63	331
1996	62	323
1997	59	312
1998	57	302
1999	54	291
2000	51	282
2001	48	270
2002	46	253
2003	57	238
2004	69	219
2005	70	202
2006	74	187
2007	78	173
2008	80	161
2009	84	147
2010	79	134
2011	74	126
2012	71	122
2013	74	121
2014	78	120
2015	83	115
2016	77	109
2017	79	105
2018	82	101
2019	82	97
2020	84	94
2021	174	144
2022	80	88
2023	76	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Suriname
1968	2.94%	-
1969	2.99%	-
1970	3.03%	-
1971	3.07%	-
1972	3.1%	-
1973	3.13%	-
1974	3.14%	-
1975	3.13%	-
1976	3.1%	-
1977	3.07%	-
1978	3.03%	-
1979	2.99%	-
1980	2.95%	-
1981	2.91%	-
1982	2.88%	-
1983	2.84%	5.67%
1984	2.81%	5.49%
1985	2.78%	5.31%
1986	2.73%	5.13%
1987	2.65%	4.97%
1988	2.55%	4.81%
1989	2.45%	4.65%
1990	2.34%	4.49%
1991	2.23%	4.34%
1992	2.12%	4.19%
1993	2.03%	4.03%
1994	1.93%	3.88%
1995	1.84%	3.74%
1996	1.76%	3.6%
1997	1.69%	3.47%
1998	1.65%	3.34%
1999	1.62%	3.22%
2000	1.62%	3.11%
2001	1.63%	3%
2002	1.65%	2.9%
2003	1.67%	2.81%
2004	1.69%	2.72%
2005	1.69%	2.64%
2006	1.68%	2.57%
2007	1.65%	2.5%
2008	1.62%	2.44%
2009	1.58%	2.38%
2010	1.54%	2.32%
2011	1.5%	2.26%
2012	1.47%	2.21%
2013	1.44%	2.16%
2014	1.42%	2.11%
2015	1.39%	2.05%
2016	1.38%	2%
2017	1.36%	1.95%
2018	1.35%	1.9%
2019	2.35%	1.84%
2020	1.33%	1.78%
2021	1.31%	1.73%
2022	1.29%	1.68%
2023	1.27%	1.62%