Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 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 Colombia 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
	Colombia	Suriname
1960	6.74	6.59
1961	6.71	6.58
1962	6.66	6.57
1963	6.58	6.51
1964	6.48	6.43
1965	6.33	6.32
1966	6.16	6.2
1967	5.96	6.04
1968	5.74	5.86
1969	5.51	5.7
1970	5.28	5.53
1971	5.06	5.36
1972	4.86	5.18
1973	4.68	5.01
1974	4.53	4.81
1975	4.4	4.63
1976	4.29	4.45
1977	4.16	4.26
1978	4	4.08
1979	3.89	3.93
1980	3.8	3.79
1981	3.71	3.75
1982	3.62	3.82
1983	3.5	3.87
1984	3.35	3.8
1985	3.23	3.71
1986	3.15	3.61
1987	3.09	3.53
1988	3.04	3.46
1989	3.01	3.39
1990	3	3.23
1991	2.98	3.09
1992	2.98	3.01
1993	2.98	2.94
1994	2.94	2.9
1995	2.85	2.9
1996	2.77	2.92
1997	2.74	2.95
1998	2.72	2.99
1999	2.64	3.02
2000	2.57	3.05
2001	2.52	3.06
2002	2.49	2.96
2003	2.45	2.84
2004	2.38	2.74
2005	2.31	2.71
2006	2.24	2.73
2007	2.19	2.74
2008	2.15	2.73
2009	2.1	2.71
2010	2.01	2.69
2011	1.94	2.67
2012	1.9	2.67
2013	1.86	2.65
2014	1.82	2.62
2015	1.77	2.57
2016	1.72	2.5
2017	1.72	2.43
2018	1.72	2.38
2019	1.71	2.35
2020	1.69	2.31
2021	1.68	2.3
2022	1.66	2.27
2023	1.65	2.25
2024	1.63	2.23
2025	1.62	2.21
2026	1.6	2.19
2027	1.6	2.16
2028	1.59	2.14
2029	1.59	2.13
2030	1.58	2.11
2031	1.58	2.09
2032	1.57	2.08
2033	1.57	2.06
2034	1.57	2.05
2035	1.57	2.04
2036	1.57	2.02
2037	1.57	2.01
2038	1.57	2
2039	1.57	1.99
2040	1.57	1.98
2041	1.57	1.97
2042	1.57	1.96
2043	1.57	1.95
2044	1.57	1.94
2045	1.57	1.93
2046	1.57	1.92
2047	1.58	1.91
2048	1.58	1.9
2049	1.58	1.9
2050	1.58	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Suriname
1960	46.8%	44.5%
1961	47%	44.6%
1962	47.1%	45.1%
1963	47.2%	46.1%
1964	47.3%	46.8%
1965	47.2%	47.4%
1966	47.1%	48%
1967	46.9%	48.5%
1968	46.7%	48.8%
1969	46.4%	48.9%
1970	46%	48.8%
1971	45.6%	48.5%
1972	45.1%	47.8%
1973	44.6%	46.8%
1974	44%	46%
1975	43.4%	45.1%
1976	42.8%	44.3%
1977	42.2%	43.4%
1978	41.5%	42.6%
1979	40.9%	41.8%
1980	40.3%	41%
1981	39.7%	40.1%
1982	39.1%	39.5%
1983	38.6%	39%
1984	38.1%	38.6%
1985	37.6%	38.3%
1986	37.2%	38%
1987	36.9%	37.8%
1988	36.5%	37.7%
1989	36.2%	37.5%
1990	35.9%	37.4%
1991	35.6%	37.3%
1992	35.3%	37.2%
1993	35%	37.1%
1994	34.7%	37%
1995	34.4%	36.7%
1996	34%	36.1%
1997	33.7%	35.3%
1998	33.3%	34.5%
1999	32.9%	33.7%
2000	32.5%	33%
2001	32.1%	32.3%
2002	31.7%	31.8%
2003	31.3%	31.3%
2004	30.9%	31%
2005	30.4%	30.9%
2006	29.9%	30.8%
2007	29.3%	30.7%
2008	28.7%	30.6%
2009	28.1%	30.5%
2010	27.5%	30.3%
2011	26.9%	30%
2012	26.3%	29.8%
2013	25.7%	29.4%
2014	25.1%	29.1%
2015	24.5%	28.7%
2016	23.9%	28.3%
2017	23.3%	27.9%
2018	22.7%	27.5%
2019	22.1%	27.2%
2020	21.7%	26.8%
2021	21.3%	26.5%
2022	21%	26.3%
2023	20.6%	25.9%
2024	20.3%	25.6%
2025	20%	25.3%
2026	19.7%	25%
2027	19.5%	24.8%
2028	19.3%	24.5%
2029	19.1%	24.2%
2030	18.8%	23.9%
2031	18.6%	23.6%
2032	18.4%	23.4%
2033	18.2%	23.2%
2034	18%	23%
2035	17.7%	22.8%
2036	17.4%	22.6%
2037	17.2%	22.4%
2038	16.9%	22.2%
2039	16.7%	22%
2040	16.4%	21.8%
2041	16.2%	21.6%
2042	16%	21.4%
2043	15.7%	21.3%
2044	15.5%	21.1%
2045	15.4%	20.9%
2046	15.2%	20.7%
2047	15%	20.5%
2048	14.8%	20.3%
2049	14.7%	20.1%
2050	14.6%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Suriname
1960	529,316	8,170
1961	545,627	8,361
1962	559,985	8,529
1963	572,355	8,838
1964	581,435	9,174
1965	587,677	9,270
1966	590,855	9,243
1967	591,649	9,104
1968	589,407	8,980
1969	586,559	8,880
1970	583,396	8,823
1971	582,011	8,814
1972	581,361	8,893
1973	583,608	8,877
1974	589,035	8,751
1975	598,580	8,587
1976	612,265	8,327
1977	622,814	7,998
1978	626,378	7,650
1979	635,747	7,312
1980	649,872	7,002
1981	662,195	7,541
1982	675,339	8,197
1983	674,767	8,797
1984	666,315	9,031
1985	625,379	9,177
1986	659,701	9,222
1987	659,429	9,319
1988	663,796	9,347
1989	674,102	9,441
1990	682,409	9,047
1991	690,266	8,637
1992	697,763	8,355
1993	709,287	8,127
1994	708,660	7,929
1995	694,968	7,968
1996	682,547	8,031
1997	686,073	8,106
1998	687,704	8,173
1999	668,576	8,236
2000	652,176	8,323
2001	642,933	8,349
2002	640,840	7,916
2003	642,144	7,396
2004	628,424	6,948
2005	610,618	7,037
2006	594,388	7,278
2007	583,115	7,468
2008	576,654	7,552
2009	559,017	7,559
2010	533,657	7,489
2011	511,524	7,401
2012	503,285	7,405
2013	489,069	7,350
2014	470,916	7,284
2015	446,778	7,150
2016	425,087	6,979
2017	426,538	6,772
2018	433,622	6,613
2019	441,087	6,564
2020	378,965	6,640
2021	311,122	5,291
2022	406,143	6,719
2023	422,598	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Suriname
1985	143	386
1986	123	377
1987	120	372
1988	113	364
1989	106	360
1990	102	350
1991	99	347
1992	97	346
1993	94	343
1994	93	334
1995	91	331
1996	89	323
1997	90	312
1998	92	302
1999	96	291
2000	95	282
2001	94	270
2002	91	253
2003	87	238
2004	84	219
2005	82	202
2006	81	187
2007	80	173
2008	78	161
2009	77	147
2010	76	134
2011	75	126
2012	73	122
2013	72	121
2014	71	120
2015	70	115
2016	69	109
2017	68	105
2018	67	101
2019	66	97
2020	94	94
2021	147	144
2022	74	88
2023	59	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Suriname
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	-
1964	11.8%	-
1965	11.5%	-
1966	11.1%	-
1967	10.8%	-
1968	10.4%	-
1969	10.1%	-
1970	9.72%	-
1971	9.36%	-
1972	8.99%	-
1973	8.6%	-
1974	8.2%	-
1975	7.8%	-
1976	7.39%	-
1977	6.98%	-
1978	6.58%	-
1979	6.2%	-
1980	5.84%	-
1981	5.5%	-
1982	5.17%	-
1983	4.88%	5.67%
1984	4.62%	5.49%
1985	4.89%	5.31%
1986	4.17%	5.13%
1987	3.99%	4.97%
1988	3.84%	4.81%
1989	3.7%	4.65%
1990	3.57%	4.49%
1991	3.45%	4.34%
1992	3.33%	4.19%
1993	3.21%	4.03%
1994	3.1%	3.88%
1995	2.99%	3.74%
1996	2.88%	3.6%
1997	2.78%	3.47%
1998	2.68%	3.34%
1999	2.59%	3.22%
2000	2.51%	3.11%
2001	2.43%	3%
2002	2.35%	2.9%
2003	2.28%	2.81%
2004	2.22%	2.72%
2005	2.15%	2.64%
2006	2.09%	2.57%
2007	2.02%	2.5%
2008	1.96%	2.44%
2009	1.89%	2.38%
2010	1.83%	2.32%
2011	1.77%	2.26%
2012	1.72%	2.21%
2013	1.66%	2.16%
2014	1.61%	2.11%
2015	1.56%	2.05%
2016	1.51%	2%
2017	1.46%	1.95%
2018	1.41%	1.9%
2019	1.37%	1.84%
2020	1.32%	1.78%
2021	1.28%	1.73%
2022	1.24%	1.68%
2023	1.2%	1.62%