Fertility & birth rates in Bulgaria and Suriname

Fertility rate in Bulgaria vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bulgaria was 1.81 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 Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Suriname
1960	2.31	6.59
1961	2.29	6.58
1962	2.24	6.57
1963	2.21	6.51
1964	2.19	6.43
1965	2.09	6.32
1966	2.03	6.2
1967	2.02	6.04
1968	2.27	5.86
1969	2.27	5.7
1970	2.17	5.53
1971	2.1	5.36
1972	2.03	5.18
1973	2.15	5.01
1974	2.29	4.81
1975	2.23	4.63
1976	2.24	4.45
1977	2.21	4.26
1978	2.15	4.08
1979	2.16	3.93
1980	2.05	3.79
1981	2	3.75
1982	2.01	3.82
1983	2.01	3.87
1984	2.01	3.8
1985	1.97	3.71
1986	2.02	3.61
1987	1.96	3.53
1988	1.97	3.46
1989	1.9	3.39
1990	1.82	3.23
1991	1.66	3.09
1992	1.55	3.01
1993	1.46	2.94
1994	1.37	2.9
1995	1.23	2.9
1996	1.23	2.92
1997	1.09	2.95
1998	1.11	2.99
1999	1.23	3.02
2000	1.26	3.05
2001	1.21	3.06
2002	1.23	2.96
2003	1.26	2.84
2004	1.33	2.74
2005	1.37	2.71
2006	1.44	2.73
2007	1.49	2.74
2008	1.56	2.73
2009	1.66	2.71
2010	1.57	2.69
2011	1.51	2.67
2012	1.5	2.67
2013	1.54	2.65
2014	1.62	2.62
2015	1.64	2.57
2016	1.67	2.5
2017	1.71	2.43
2018	1.73	2.38
2019	1.79	2.35
2020	1.77	2.31
2021	1.8	2.3
2022	1.78	2.27
2023	1.81	2.25
2024	1.81	2.23
2025	1.8	2.21
2026	1.8	2.19
2027	1.8	2.16
2028	1.8	2.14
2029	1.79	2.13
2030	1.79	2.11
2031	1.79	2.09
2032	1.79	2.08
2033	1.79	2.06
2034	1.79	2.05
2035	1.78	2.04
2036	1.78	2.02
2037	1.78	2.01
2038	1.77	2
2039	1.77	1.99
2040	1.77	1.98
2041	1.77	1.97
2042	1.77	1.96
2043	1.76	1.95
2044	1.76	1.94
2045	1.76	1.93
2046	1.76	1.92
2047	1.76	1.91
2048	1.76	1.9
2049	1.76	1.9
2050	1.76	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bulgaria	Suriname
1960	26.1%	44.5%
1961	25.8%	44.6%
1962	25.4%	45.1%
1963	25.1%	46.1%
1964	24.7%	46.8%
1965	24.2%	47.4%
1966	23.8%	48%
1967	23.4%	48.5%
1968	23.2%	48.8%
1969	23%	48.9%
1970	22.8%	48.8%
1971	22.6%	48.5%
1972	22.4%	47.8%
1973	22.3%	46.8%
1974	22.2%	46%
1975	22.3%	45.1%
1976	22.3%	44.3%
1977	22.2%	43.4%
1978	22.2%	42.6%
1979	22.1%	41.8%
1980	22.1%	41%
1981	22.1%	40.1%
1982	22.1%	39.5%
1983	22%	39%
1984	21.8%	38.6%
1985	21.6%	38.3%
1986	21.4%	38%
1987	21.3%	37.8%
1988	21.1%	37.7%
1989	20.8%	37.5%
1990	20.3%	37.4%
1991	19.8%	37.3%
1992	19.3%	37.2%
1993	18.8%	37.1%
1994	18.3%	37%
1995	17.9%	36.7%
1996	17.4%	36.1%
1997	17%	35.3%
1998	16.5%	34.5%
1999	16.1%	33.7%
2000	15.7%	33%
2001	15.2%	32.3%
2002	14.8%	31.8%
2003	14.4%	31.3%
2004	14%	31%
2005	13.7%	30.9%
2006	13.5%	30.8%
2007	13.4%	30.7%
2008	13.3%	30.6%
2009	13.4%	30.5%
2010	13.5%	30.3%
2011	13.5%	30%
2012	13.6%	29.8%
2013	13.7%	29.4%
2014	13.8%	29.1%
2015	13.9%	28.7%
2016	14%	28.3%
2017	14.2%	27.9%
2018	14.3%	27.5%
2019	14.4%	27.2%
2020	14.4%	26.8%
2021	14.5%	26.5%
2022	14.5%	26.3%
2023	14.5%	25.9%
2024	14.5%	25.6%
2025	14.4%	25.3%
2026	14.3%	25%
2027	14.3%	24.8%
2028	14.2%	24.5%
2029	14.1%	24.2%
2030	14%	23.9%
2031	14%	23.6%
2032	13.9%	23.4%
2033	13.8%	23.2%
2034	13.8%	23%
2035	13.7%	22.8%
2036	13.7%	22.6%
2037	13.7%	22.4%
2038	13.6%	22.2%
2039	13.6%	22%
2040	13.6%	21.8%
2041	13.6%	21.6%
2042	13.6%	21.4%
2043	13.6%	21.3%
2044	13.6%	21.1%
2045	13.6%	20.9%
2046	13.7%	20.7%
2047	13.7%	20.5%
2048	13.7%	20.3%
2049	13.8%	20.1%
2050	13.8%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.5% of the population in Bulgaria and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 20.3% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bulgaria and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Bulgaria vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.79% in Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Suriname
1960	76,314	8,170
1961	75,460	8,361
1962	64,104	8,529
1963	66,241	8,838
1964	66,783	9,174
1965	58,249	9,270
1966	54,504	9,243
1967	49,861	9,104
1968	69,468	8,980
1969	63,256	8,880
1970	61,125	8,823
1971	52,925	8,814
1972	47,169	8,893
1973	57,760	8,877
1974	64,223	8,751
1975	54,941	8,587
1976	56,055	8,327
1977	47,543	7,998
1978	44,070	7,650
1979	40,599	7,312
1980	30,129	7,002
1981	29,341	7,541
1982	24,077	8,197
1983	21,455	8,797
1984	20,610	9,031
1985	11,649	9,177
1986	16,125	9,222
1987	8,971	9,319
1988	9,879	9,347
1989	5,326	9,441
1990	-3,487	9,047
1991	-14,675	8,637
1992	-18,789	8,355
1993	-24,569	8,127
1994	-32,086	7,929
1995	-42,030	7,968
1996	-45,159	8,031
1997	-58,185	8,106
1998	-52,844	8,173
1999	-39,411	8,236
2000	-41,668	8,323
2001	-44,050	8,349
2002	-46,240	7,916
2003	-44,319	7,396
2004	-40,128	6,948
2005	-42,124	7,037
2006	-39,526	7,278
2007	-37,727	7,468
2008	-32,967	7,552
2009	-26,800	7,559
2010	-34,759	7,489
2011	-37,477	7,401
2012	-40,183	7,405
2013	-37,948	7,350
2014	-41,027	7,284
2015	-44,699	7,150
2016	-42,744	6,979
2017	-45,583	6,772
2018	-46,304	6,613
2019	-46,317	6,564
2020	-65,507	6,640
2021	-90,452	5,291
2022	-62,065	6,719
2023	-43,837	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Bulgaria vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bulgaria, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bulgaria	Suriname
1985	26	386
1986	25	377
1987	25	372
1988	26	364
1989	25	360
1990	27	350
1991	25	347
1992	25	346
1993	23	343
1994	25	334
1995	23	331
1996	22	323
1997	23	312
1998	20	302
1999	20	291
2000	19	282
2001	17	270
2002	15	253
2003	14	238
2004	14	219
2005	13	202
2006	12	187
2007	11	173
2008	10	161
2009	9	147
2010	9	134
2011	8	126
2012	7	122
2013	7	121
2014	7	120
2015	7	115
2016	7	109
2017	7	105
2018	7	101
2019	6	97
2020	9	94
2021	9	144
2022	10	88
2023	6	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Suriname
1960	5.47%	-
1961	4.89%	-
1962	4.43%	-
1963	4.08%	-
1964	3.86%	-
1965	3.75%	-
1966	3.7%	-
1967	3.64%	-
1968	3.54%	-
1969	3.4%	-
1970	3.25%	-
1971	3.11%	-
1972	3.01%	-
1973	2.95%	-
1974	2.91%	-
1975	2.86%	-
1976	2.8%	-
1977	2.72%	-
1978	2.6%	-
1979	2.49%	-
1980	2.38%	-
1981	2.3%	-
1982	2.22%	-
1983	2.15%	5.67%
1984	2.07%	5.49%
1985	1.97%	5.31%
1986	1.87%	5.13%
1987	1.8%	4.97%
1988	1.78%	4.81%
1989	1.79%	4.65%
1990	1.83%	4.49%
1991	1.89%	4.34%
1992	1.92%	4.19%
1993	1.92%	4.03%
1994	1.91%	3.88%
1995	1.92%	3.74%
1996	1.94%	3.6%
1997	1.93%	3.47%
1998	1.89%	3.34%
1999	1.82%	3.22%
2000	1.75%	3.11%
2001	1.68%	3%
2002	1.6%	2.9%
2003	1.51%	2.81%
2004	1.42%	2.72%
2005	1.33%	2.64%
2006	1.24%	2.57%
2007	1.18%	2.5%
2008	1.14%	2.44%
2009	1.12%	2.38%
2010	1.08%	2.32%
2011	1.04%	2.26%
2012	0.99%	2.21%
2013	0.93%	2.16%
2014	0.87%	2.11%
2015	0.82%	2.05%
2016	0.77%	2%
2017	0.73%	1.95%
2018	0.7%	1.9%
2019	0.67%	1.84%
2020	0.65%	1.78%
2021	0.63%	1.73%
2022	0.62%	1.68%
2023	0.61%	1.62%