Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Suriname

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 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 Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Suriname
1960	6.7	6.59
1961	6.7	6.58
1962	6.69	6.57
1963	6.69	6.51
1964	6.68	6.43
1965	6.68	6.32
1966	6.67	6.2
1967	6.67	6.04
1968	6.66	5.86
1969	6.66	5.7
1970	6.65	5.53
1971	6.64	5.36
1972	6.64	5.18
1973	6.63	5.01
1974	6.62	4.81
1975	6.62	4.63
1976	6.62	4.45
1977	6.61	4.26
1978	6.58	4.08
1979	6.55	3.93
1980	6.51	3.79
1981	6.46	3.75
1982	6.4	3.82
1983	6.34	3.87
1984	6.26	3.8
1985	6.18	3.71
1986	6.1	3.61
1987	6	3.53
1988	5.88	3.46
1989	5.76	3.39
1990	5.6	3.23
1991	5.45	3.09
1992	5.27	3.01
1993	5.07	2.94
1994	4.87	2.9
1995	4.62	2.9
1996	4.37	2.92
1997	4.09	2.95
1998	3.85	2.99
1999	3.61	3.02
2000	3.38	3.05
2001	3.19	3.06
2002	3.01	2.96
2003	2.87	2.84
2004	2.78	2.74
2005	2.73	2.71
2006	2.66	2.73
2007	2.59	2.74
2008	2.48	2.73
2009	2.36	2.71
2010	2.25	2.69
2011	2.15	2.67
2012	2.07	2.67
2013	2	2.65
2014	1.92	2.62
2015	1.84	2.57
2016	1.74	2.5
2017	1.62	2.43
2018	1.52	2.38
2019	1.45	2.35
2020	1.5	2.31
2021	1.49	2.3
2022	1.48	2.27
2023	1.46	2.25
2024	1.45	2.23
2025	1.44	2.21
2026	1.43	2.19
2027	1.42	2.16
2028	1.42	2.14
2029	1.42	2.13
2030	1.42	2.11
2031	1.42	2.09
2032	1.42	2.08
2033	1.42	2.06
2034	1.42	2.05
2035	1.42	2.04
2036	1.43	2.02
2037	1.43	2.01
2038	1.43	2
2039	1.43	1.99
2040	1.43	1.98
2041	1.44	1.97
2042	1.44	1.96
2043	1.44	1.95
2044	1.44	1.94
2045	1.44	1.93
2046	1.45	1.92
2047	1.45	1.91
2048	1.45	1.9
2049	1.46	1.9
2050	1.46	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Suriname
1960	42.3%	44.5%
1961	42.1%	44.6%
1962	41.9%	45.1%
1963	41.8%	46.1%
1964	41.8%	46.8%
1965	41.7%	47.4%
1966	41.7%	48%
1967	41.7%	48.5%
1968	41.8%	48.8%
1969	41.8%	48.9%
1970	41.8%	48.8%
1971	41.9%	48.5%
1972	42%	47.8%
1973	42.1%	46.8%
1974	42.2%	46%
1975	42.3%	45.1%
1976	42.4%	44.3%
1977	42.5%	43.4%
1978	42.6%	42.6%
1979	42.7%	41.8%
1980	42.8%	41%
1981	42.9%	40.1%
1982	43%	39.5%
1983	43.1%	39%
1984	43.1%	38.6%
1985	43.1%	38.3%
1986	43.1%	38%
1987	43.1%	37.8%
1988	43%	37.7%
1989	43%	37.5%
1990	42.9%	37.4%
1991	42.8%	37.3%
1992	42.6%	37.2%
1993	42.4%	37.1%
1994	42.1%	37%
1995	41.7%	36.7%
1996	41.3%	36.1%
1997	40.7%	35.3%
1998	40.1%	34.5%
1999	39.4%	33.7%
2000	38.6%	33%
2001	37.7%	32.3%
2002	36.6%	31.8%
2003	35.5%	31.3%
2004	34.3%	31%
2005	33.2%	30.9%
2006	32.4%	30.8%
2007	31.6%	30.7%
2008	30.8%	30.6%
2009	30.1%	30.5%
2010	29.4%	30.3%
2011	28.8%	30%
2012	28.3%	29.8%
2013	27.8%	29.4%
2014	27.4%	29.1%
2015	27%	28.7%
2016	26.5%	28.3%
2017	25.8%	27.9%
2018	25%	27.5%
2019	24.2%	27.2%
2020	23.4%	26.8%
2021	22.7%	26.5%
2022	22%	26.3%
2023	21.5%	25.9%
2024	20.9%	25.6%
2025	20.4%	25.3%
2026	19.8%	25%
2027	19.3%	24.8%
2028	18.7%	24.5%
2029	18.3%	24.2%
2030	17.9%	23.9%
2031	17.6%	23.6%
2032	17.4%	23.4%
2033	17.2%	23.2%
2034	17.1%	23%
2035	17%	22.8%
2036	16.9%	22.6%
2037	16.8%	22.4%
2038	16.6%	22.2%
2039	16.5%	22%
2040	16.3%	21.8%
2041	16.2%	21.6%
2042	16%	21.4%
2043	15.9%	21.3%
2044	15.7%	21.1%
2045	15.6%	20.9%
2046	15.4%	20.7%
2047	15.2%	20.5%
2048	15%	20.3%
2049	14.8%	20.1%
2050	14.6%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Suriname
1960	4,888	8,170
1961	5,081	8,361
1962	5,297	8,529
1963	5,551	8,838
1964	5,818	9,174
1965	6,109	9,270
1966	6,418	9,243
1967	6,744	9,104
1968	7,085	8,980
1969	7,435	8,880
1970	7,791	8,823
1971	8,161	8,814
1972	8,549	8,893
1973	8,939	8,877
1974	9,324	8,751
1975	9,775	8,587
1976	10,228	8,327
1977	10,679	7,998
1978	11,133	7,650
1979	11,583	7,312
1980	12,016	7,002
1981	12,444	7,541
1982	12,872	8,197
1983	13,284	8,797
1984	13,688	9,031
1985	14,061	9,177
1986	14,516	9,222
1987	14,887	9,319
1988	15,212	9,347
1989	15,516	9,441
1990	15,704	9,047
1991	15,801	8,637
1992	15,594	8,355
1993	13,915	8,127
1994	13,536	7,929
1995	12,938	7,968
1996	12,153	8,031
1997	11,668	8,106
1998	11,320	8,173
1999	10,940	8,236
2000	10,142	8,323
2001	9,904	8,349
2002	9,464	7,916
2003	9,132	7,396
2004	9,056	6,948
2005	9,102	7,037
2006	9,197	7,278
2007	9,322	7,468
2008	9,200	7,552
2009	8,913	7,559
2010	8,598	7,489
2011	8,282	7,401
2012	7,967	7,405
2013	7,689	7,350
2014	7,290	7,284
2015	6,762	7,150
2016	6,164	6,979
2017	5,367	6,772
2018	4,909	6,613
2019	4,643	6,564
2020	5,142	6,640
2021	5,162	5,291
2022	5,204	6,719
2023	5,153	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Suriname
1985	969	386
1986	911	377
1987	857	372
1988	798	364
1989	747	360
1990	704	350
1991	671	347
1992	656	346
1993	578	343
1994	544	334
1995	498	331
1996	450	323
1997	415	312
1998	378	302
1999	346	291
2000	324	282
2001	286	270
2002	257	253
2003	229	238
2004	207	219
2005	186	202
2006	167	187
2007	149	173
2008	133	161
2009	121	147
2010	107	134
2011	96	126
2012	86	122
2013	79	121
2014	73	120
2015	68	115
2016	63	109
2017	58	105
2018	55	101
2019	52	97
2020	51	94
2021	50	144
2022	49	88
2023	47	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Suriname
1968	27.4%	-
1969	26.7%	-
1970	26.2%	-
1971	25.5%	-
1972	24.9%	-
1973	24.3%	-
1974	23.6%	-
1975	22.9%	-
1976	22.3%	-
1977	21.6%	-
1978	20.9%	-
1979	20.2%	-
1980	19.5%	-
1981	18.7%	-
1982	18%	-
1983	17.3%	5.67%
1984	16.6%	5.49%
1985	15.9%	5.31%
1986	15.3%	5.13%
1987	14.6%	4.97%
1988	14%	4.81%
1989	13.4%	4.65%
1990	12.8%	4.49%
1991	12.3%	4.34%
1992	11.8%	4.19%
1993	11.3%	4.03%
1994	10.8%	3.88%
1995	10.3%	3.74%
1996	9.75%	3.6%
1997	9.26%	3.47%
1998	8.77%	3.34%
1999	8.3%	3.22%
2000	7.85%	3.11%
2001	7.4%	3%
2002	6.96%	2.9%
2003	6.54%	2.81%
2004	6.12%	2.72%
2005	5.71%	2.64%
2006	5.32%	2.57%
2007	4.96%	2.5%
2008	4.62%	2.44%
2009	4.31%	2.38%
2010	4.03%	2.32%
2011	3.77%	2.26%
2012	3.56%	2.21%
2013	3.38%	2.16%
2014	3.22%	2.11%
2015	3.08%	2.05%
2016	2.96%	2%
2017	2.85%	1.95%
2018	2.74%	1.9%
2019	2.65%	1.84%
2020	2.55%	1.78%
2021	2.47%	1.73%
2022	2.39%	1.68%
2023	2.31%	1.62%