Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Suriname

Fertility rate in Canada vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Suriname
1960	3.81	6.59
1961	3.75	6.58
1962	3.68	6.57
1963	3.61	6.51
1964	3.46	6.43
1965	3.12	6.32
1966	2.75	6.2
1967	2.53	6.04
1968	2.39	5.86
1969	2.33	5.7
1970	2.26	5.53
1971	2.14	5.36
1972	1.98	5.18
1973	1.89	5.01
1974	1.84	4.81
1975	1.82	4.63
1976	1.8	4.45
1977	1.78	4.26
1978	1.77	4.08
1979	1.75	3.93
1980	1.74	3.79
1981	1.7	3.75
1982	1.69	3.82
1983	1.68	3.87
1984	1.65	3.8
1985	1.67	3.71
1986	1.68	3.61
1987	1.68	3.53
1988	1.68	3.46
1989	1.77	3.39
1990	1.83	3.23
1991	1.72	3.09
1992	1.71	3.01
1993	1.69	2.94
1994	1.69	2.9
1995	1.67	2.9
1996	1.63	2.92
1997	1.57	2.95
1998	1.56	2.99
1999	1.55	3.02
2000	1.51	3.05
2001	1.54	3.06
2002	1.52	2.96
2003	1.55	2.84
2004	1.56	2.74
2005	1.58	2.71
2006	1.63	2.73
2007	1.67	2.74
2008	1.7	2.73
2009	1.69	2.71
2010	1.65	2.69
2011	1.63	2.67
2012	1.63	2.67
2013	1.61	2.65
2014	1.61	2.62
2015	1.6	2.57
2016	1.59	2.5
2017	1.55	2.43
2018	1.51	2.38
2019	1.47	2.35
2020	1.41	2.31
2021	1.44	2.3
2022	1.33	2.27
2023	1.26	2.25
2024	1.25	2.23
2025	1.24	2.21
2026	1.24	2.19
2027	1.23	2.16
2028	1.24	2.14
2029	1.23	2.13
2030	1.24	2.11
2031	1.24	2.09
2032	1.24	2.08
2033	1.25	2.06
2034	1.25	2.05
2035	1.25	2.04
2036	1.26	2.02
2037	1.26	2.01
2038	1.26	2
2039	1.27	1.99
2040	1.27	1.98
2041	1.27	1.97
2042	1.28	1.96
2043	1.28	1.95
2044	1.28	1.94
2045	1.28	1.93
2046	1.29	1.92
2047	1.29	1.91
2048	1.29	1.9
2049	1.3	1.9
2050	1.3	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Suriname
1960	33.8%	44.5%
1961	33.9%	44.6%
1962	33.9%	45.1%
1963	33.9%	46.1%
1964	33.7%	46.8%
1965	33.3%	47.4%
1966	32.9%	48%
1967	32.3%	48.5%
1968	31.6%	48.8%
1969	31%	48.9%
1970	30.2%	48.8%
1971	29.3%	48.5%
1972	28.6%	47.8%
1973	27.8%	46.8%
1974	27%	46%
1975	26.2%	45.1%
1976	25.5%	44.3%
1977	24.7%	43.4%
1978	24%	42.6%
1979	23.4%	41.8%
1980	22.8%	41%
1981	22.3%	40.1%
1982	22%	39.5%
1983	21.8%	39%
1984	21.6%	38.6%
1985	21.3%	38.3%
1986	21.1%	38%
1987	20.9%	37.8%
1988	20.8%	37.7%
1989	20.8%	37.5%
1990	20.7%	37.4%
1991	20.7%	37.3%
1992	20.7%	37.2%
1993	20.7%	37.1%
1994	20.6%	37%
1995	20.4%	36.7%
1996	20.2%	36.1%
1997	20%	35.3%
1998	19.8%	34.5%
1999	19.5%	33.7%
2000	19.2%	33%
2001	18.9%	32.3%
2002	18.6%	31.8%
2003	18.3%	31.3%
2004	18%	31%
2005	17.7%	30.9%
2006	17.4%	30.8%
2007	17.1%	30.7%
2008	16.9%	30.6%
2009	16.7%	30.5%
2010	16.6%	30.3%
2011	16.4%	30%
2012	16.3%	29.8%
2013	16.3%	29.4%
2014	16.2%	29.1%
2015	16.2%	28.7%
2016	16.2%	28.3%
2017	16.2%	27.9%
2018	16.1%	27.5%
2019	16%	27.2%
2020	15.9%	26.8%
2021	15.7%	26.5%
2022	15.5%	26.3%
2023	15.3%	25.9%
2024	15.1%	25.6%
2025	15%	25.3%
2026	14.9%	25%
2027	14.7%	24.8%
2028	14.6%	24.5%
2029	14.5%	24.2%
2030	14.4%	23.9%
2031	14.3%	23.6%
2032	14.2%	23.4%
2033	14.1%	23.2%
2034	14%	23%
2035	13.9%	22.8%
2036	13.9%	22.6%
2037	13.8%	22.4%
2038	13.8%	22.2%
2039	13.7%	22%
2040	13.7%	21.8%
2041	13.6%	21.6%
2042	13.6%	21.4%
2043	13.6%	21.3%
2044	13.5%	21.1%
2045	13.5%	20.9%
2046	13.5%	20.7%
2047	13.5%	20.5%
2048	13.5%	20.3%
2049	13.5%	20.1%
2050	13.5%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Suriname
1960	338,487	8,170
1961	334,360	8,361
1962	325,745	8,529
1963	318,595	8,838
1964	307,268	9,174
1965	269,589	9,270
1966	236,566	9,243
1967	220,450	9,104
1968	211,589	8,980
1969	216,588	8,880
1970	215,372	8,823
1971	208,640	8,814
1972	188,857	8,893
1973	184,432	8,877
1974	182,464	8,751
1975	196,718	8,587
1976	196,979	8,327
1977	199,297	7,998
1978	194,102	7,650
1979	203,293	7,312
1980	203,480	7,002
1981	206,005	7,541
1982	200,935	8,197
1983	202,931	8,797
1984	204,856	9,031
1985	204,153	9,177
1986	190,532	9,222
1987	190,416	9,319
1988	192,901	9,347
1989	207,304	9,441
1990	213,222	9,047
1991	207,477	8,637
1992	204,273	8,355
1993	186,451	8,127
1994	179,804	7,929
1995	167,023	7,968
1996	153,973	8,031
1997	134,577	8,106
1998	126,651	8,173
1999	118,565	8,236
2000	110,469	8,323
2001	114,777	8,349
2002	106,621	7,916
2003	110,749	7,396
2004	111,786	6,948
2005	116,074	7,037
2006	130,285	7,278
2007	134,845	7,468
2008	142,963	7,552
2009	144,609	7,559
2010	139,425	7,489
2011	133,923	7,401
2012	135,382	7,405
2013	129,799	7,350
2014	127,563	7,284
2015	117,825	7,150
2016	115,555	6,979
2017	98,672	6,772
2018	88,974	6,613
2019	86,523	6,564
2020	53,241	6,640
2021	57,360	5,291
2022	15,574	6,719
2023	28,058	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Suriname
1960	3.26%	-
1961	3.15%	-
1962	3.05%	-
1963	2.94%	-
1964	2.82%	-
1965	2.71%	-
1966	2.6%	-
1967	2.5%	-
1968	2.4%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.19%	-
1971	2.09%	-
1972	1.99%	-
1973	1.89%	-
1974	1.79%	-
1975	1.7%	-
1976	1.6%	-
1977	1.51%	-
1978	1.42%	-
1979	1.33%	-
1980	1.25%	-
1981	1.18%	-
1982	1.12%	-
1983	1.06%	5.67%
1984	1.01%	5.49%
1985	0.98%	5.31%
1986	0.94%	5.13%
1987	0.91%	4.97%
1988	0.88%	4.81%
1989	0.85%	4.65%
1990	0.82%	4.49%
1991	0.8%	4.34%
1992	0.77%	4.19%
1993	0.74%	4.03%
1994	0.72%	3.88%
1995	0.69%	3.74%
1996	0.67%	3.6%
1997	0.65%	3.47%
1998	0.64%	3.34%
1999	0.63%	3.22%
2000	0.62%	3.11%
2001	0.62%	3%
2002	0.62%	2.9%
2003	0.62%	2.81%
2004	0.61%	2.72%
2005	0.61%	2.64%
2006	0.6%	2.57%
2007	0.6%	2.5%
2008	0.59%	2.44%
2009	0.58%	2.38%
2010	0.57%	2.32%
2011	0.56%	2.26%
2012	0.56%	2.21%
2013	0.55%	2.16%
2014	0.54%	2.11%
2015	0.54%	2.05%
2016	0.53%	2%
2017	0.52%	1.95%
2018	0.52%	1.9%
2019	0.51%	1.84%
2020	0.51%	1.78%
2021	0.51%	1.73%
2022	0.51%	1.68%
2023	0.51%	1.62%