Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Suriname

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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 Belarus 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
	Belarus	Suriname
1960	2.67	6.59
1961	2.59	6.58
1962	2.5	6.57
1963	2.4	6.51
1964	2.31	6.43
1965	2.27	6.32
1966	2.29	6.2
1967	2.26	6.04
1968	2.22	5.86
1969	2.26	5.7
1970	2.31	5.53
1971	2.31	5.36
1972	2.28	5.18
1973	2.25	5.01
1974	2.21	4.81
1975	2.17	4.63
1976	2.12	4.45
1977	2.08	4.26
1978	2.06	4.08
1979	2.05	3.93
1980	2.03	3.79
1981	2.02	3.75
1982	2.05	3.82
1983	2.11	3.87
1984	2.11	3.8
1985	2.09	3.71
1986	2.09	3.61
1987	2.03	3.53
1988	2.03	3.46
1989	2.03	3.39
1990	1.91	3.23
1991	1.81	3.09
1992	1.76	3.01
1993	1.62	2.94
1994	1.53	2.9
1995	1.41	2.9
1996	1.34	2.92
1997	1.25	2.95
1998	1.3	2.99
1999	1.31	3.02
2000	1.32	3.05
2001	1.29	3.06
2002	1.24	2.96
2003	1.23	2.84
2004	1.23	2.74
2005	1.25	2.71
2006	1.34	2.73
2007	1.43	2.74
2008	1.49	2.73
2009	1.51	2.71
2010	1.49	2.69
2011	1.52	2.67
2012	1.62	2.67
2013	1.67	2.65
2014	1.7	2.62
2015	1.72	2.57
2016	1.73	2.5
2017	1.54	2.43
2018	1.45	2.38
2019	1.38	2.35
2020	1.37	2.31
2021	1.37	2.3
2022	1.33	2.27
2023	1.21	2.25
2024	1.22	2.23
2025	1.23	2.21
2026	1.23	2.19
2027	1.24	2.16
2028	1.25	2.14
2029	1.25	2.13
2030	1.26	2.11
2031	1.27	2.09
2032	1.28	2.08
2033	1.28	2.06
2034	1.29	2.05
2035	1.3	2.04
2036	1.31	2.02
2037	1.31	2.01
2038	1.32	2
2039	1.32	1.99
2040	1.33	1.98
2041	1.34	1.97
2042	1.34	1.96
2043	1.35	1.95
2044	1.35	1.94
2045	1.36	1.93
2046	1.36	1.92
2047	1.37	1.91
2048	1.37	1.9
2049	1.38	1.9
2050	1.38	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Suriname
1960	30.8%	44.5%
1961	31.2%	44.6%
1962	31.2%	45.1%
1963	31.1%	46.1%
1964	30.8%	46.8%
1965	30.5%	47.4%
1966	30.2%	48%
1967	29.9%	48.5%
1968	29.6%	48.8%
1969	29.3%	48.9%
1970	28.7%	48.8%
1971	27.9%	48.5%
1972	27.2%	47.8%
1973	26.4%	46.8%
1974	25.7%	46%
1975	25%	45.1%
1976	24.4%	44.3%
1977	23.9%	43.4%
1978	23.5%	42.6%
1979	23.1%	41.8%
1980	22.9%	41%
1981	22.8%	40.1%
1982	22.7%	39.5%
1983	22.7%	39%
1984	22.8%	38.6%
1985	22.9%	38.3%
1986	23%	38%
1987	23%	37.8%
1988	23.1%	37.7%
1989	23.1%	37.5%
1990	23.1%	37.4%
1991	23%	37.3%
1992	22.8%	37.2%
1993	22.6%	37.1%
1994	22.2%	37%
1995	21.8%	36.7%
1996	21.3%	36.1%
1997	20.7%	35.3%
1998	20%	34.5%
1999	19.3%	33.7%
2000	18.6%	33%
2001	17.9%	32.3%
2002	17.3%	31.8%
2003	16.6%	31.3%
2004	16%	31%
2005	15.5%	30.9%
2006	15.2%	30.8%
2007	14.9%	30.7%
2008	14.8%	30.6%
2009	14.8%	30.5%
2010	14.8%	30.3%
2011	15%	30%
2012	15.3%	29.8%
2013	15.6%	29.4%
2014	15.9%	29.1%
2015	16.2%	28.7%
2016	16.5%	28.3%
2017	16.7%	27.9%
2018	16.9%	27.5%
2019	17%	27.2%
2020	17%	26.8%
2021	17.1%	26.5%
2022	17%	26.3%
2023	16.7%	25.9%
2024	16.3%	25.6%
2025	15.9%	25.3%
2026	15.5%	25%
2027	15%	24.8%
2028	14.4%	24.5%
2029	13.8%	24.2%
2030	13.2%	23.9%
2031	12.6%	23.6%
2032	12.1%	23.4%
2033	11.7%	23.2%
2034	11.5%	23%
2035	11.3%	22.8%
2036	11.1%	22.6%
2037	11%	22.4%
2038	11%	22.2%
2039	11.1%	22%
2040	11.2%	21.8%
2041	11.3%	21.6%
2042	11.5%	21.4%
2043	11.6%	21.3%
2044	11.8%	21.1%
2045	12%	20.9%
2046	12.2%	20.7%
2047	12.3%	20.5%
2048	12.5%	20.3%
2049	12.6%	20.1%
2050	12.7%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Suriname
1960	136,399	8,170
1961	134,490	8,361
1962	124,945	8,529
1963	113,160	8,838
1964	101,618	9,174
1965	90,611	9,270
1966	84,191	9,243
1967	81,136	9,104
1968	76,782	8,980
1969	74,567	8,880
1970	75,520	8,823
1971	77,464	8,814
1972	74,036	8,893
1973	70,911	8,877
1974	71,158	8,751
1975	65,494	8,587
1976	66,677	8,327
1977	67,434	7,998
1978	67,342	7,650
1979	64,481	7,312
1980	62,101	7,002
1981	65,057	7,541
1982	65,499	8,197
1983	75,791	8,797
1984	64,415	9,031
1985	58,852	9,177
1986	74,318	9,222
1987	62,689	9,319
1988	60,840	9,347
1989	49,833	9,441
1990	32,606	9,047
1991	18,349	8,637
1992	11,238	8,355
1993	-11,263	8,127
1994	-19,431	7,929
1995	-32,621	7,968
1996	-37,591	8,031
1997	-46,540	8,106
1998	-44,316	8,173
1999	-49,131	8,236
2000	-40,916	8,323
2001	-48,650	8,349
2002	-58,207	7,916
2003	-53,882	7,396
2004	-50,597	6,948
2005	-50,252	7,037
2006	-41,301	7,278
2007	-28,683	7,468
2008	-25,726	7,552
2009	-25,662	7,559
2010	-29,400	7,489
2011	-26,493	7,401
2012	-11,336	7,405
2013	-6,610	7,350
2014	-2,834	7,284
2015	-946	7,150
2016	-1,894	6,979
2017	-17,026	6,772
2018	-26,429	6,613
2019	-32,969	6,564
2020	-64,703	6,640
2021	-67,118	5,291
2022	-47,839	6,719
2023	-56,924	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Suriname
1985	30	386
1986	30	377
1987	30	372
1988	32	364
1989	33	360
1990	33	350
1991	32	347
1992	32	346
1993	31	343
1994	30	334
1995	29	331
1996	28	323
1997	27	312
1998	25	302
1999	23	291
2000	20	282
2001	18	270
2002	16	253
2003	14	238
2004	12	219
2005	9	202
2006	7	187
2007	6	173
2008	4	161
2009	4	147
2010	3	134
2011	2	126
2012	2	122
2013	2	121
2014	2	120
2015	1	115
2016	1	109
2017	1	105
2018	1	101
2019	1	97
2020	2	94
2021	2	144
2022	1	88
2023	1	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Suriname
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.56%	-
1968	2.45%	-
1969	2.37%	-
1970	2.3%	-
1971	2.25%	-
1972	2.22%	-
1973	2.2%	-
1974	2.19%	-
1975	2.18%	-
1976	2.18%	-
1977	2.16%	-
1978	2.14%	-
1979	2.11%	-
1980	2.06%	-
1981	2%	-
1982	1.94%	-
1983	1.88%	5.67%
1984	1.82%	5.49%
1985	1.76%	5.31%
1986	1.7%	5.13%
1987	1.64%	4.97%
1988	1.59%	4.81%
1989	1.55%	4.65%
1990	1.52%	4.49%
1991	1.52%	4.34%
1992	1.53%	4.19%
1993	1.55%	4.03%
1994	1.57%	3.88%
1995	1.57%	3.74%
1996	1.55%	3.6%
1997	1.51%	3.47%
1998	1.45%	3.34%
1999	1.37%	3.22%
2000	1.28%	3.11%
2001	1.18%	3%
2002	1.1%	2.9%
2003	1.02%	2.81%
2004	0.94%	2.72%
2005	0.87%	2.64%
2006	0.8%	2.57%
2007	0.73%	2.5%
2008	0.66%	2.44%
2009	0.61%	2.38%
2010	0.56%	2.32%
2011	0.52%	2.26%
2012	0.49%	2.21%
2013	0.46%	2.16%
2014	0.43%	2.11%
2015	0.41%	2.05%
2016	0.39%	2%
2017	0.36%	1.95%
2018	0.34%	1.9%
2019	0.31%	1.84%
2020	0.29%	1.78%
2021	0.27%	1.73%
2022	0.26%	1.68%
2023	0.24%	1.62%