Fertility & birth rates in Congo and Suriname

Fertility rate in Congo vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Congo was 4.16 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 the Congo 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
	Congo	Suriname
1960	6.09	6.59
1961	6.09	6.58
1962	6.1	6.57
1963	6.15	6.51
1964	6.18	6.43
1965	6.23	6.32
1966	6.27	6.2
1967	6.29	6.04
1968	6.33	5.86
1969	6.35	5.7
1970	6.38	5.53
1971	6.42	5.36
1972	6.44	5.18
1973	6.42	5.01
1974	6.39	4.81
1975	6.36	4.63
1976	6.32	4.45
1977	6.27	4.26
1978	6.21	4.08
1979	6.14	3.93
1980	6.07	3.79
1981	5.98	3.75
1982	5.85	3.82
1983	5.76	3.87
1984	5.66	3.8
1985	5.59	3.71
1986	5.51	3.61
1987	5.46	3.53
1988	5.39	3.46
1989	5.33	3.39
1990	5.27	3.23
1991	5.22	3.09
1992	5.18	3.01
1993	5.13	2.94
1994	5.1	2.9
1995	5.07	2.9
1996	5.03	2.92
1997	5	2.95
1998	4.91	2.99
1999	4.81	3.02
2000	4.72	3.05
2001	4.67	3.06
2002	4.7	2.96
2003	4.7	2.84
2004	4.69	2.74
2005	4.67	2.71
2006	4.65	2.73
2007	4.65	2.74
2008	4.73	2.73
2009	4.81	2.71
2010	4.85	2.69
2011	4.83	2.67
2012	4.79	2.67
2013	4.73	2.65
2014	4.67	2.62
2015	4.61	2.57
2016	4.55	2.5
2017	4.5	2.43
2018	4.44	2.38
2019	4.38	2.35
2020	4.33	2.31
2021	4.28	2.3
2022	4.22	2.27
2023	4.16	2.25
2024	4.11	2.23
2025	4.05	2.21
2026	3.99	2.19
2027	3.93	2.16
2028	3.88	2.14
2029	3.83	2.13
2030	3.78	2.11
2031	3.73	2.09
2032	3.68	2.08
2033	3.64	2.06
2034	3.59	2.05
2035	3.54	2.04
2036	3.5	2.02
2037	3.46	2.01
2038	3.42	2
2039	3.38	1.99
2040	3.35	1.98
2041	3.31	1.97
2042	3.27	1.96
2043	3.24	1.95
2044	3.2	1.94
2045	3.16	1.93
2046	3.13	1.92
2047	3.09	1.91
2048	3.06	1.9
2049	3.03	1.9
2050	3	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Congo	Suriname
1960	42.7%	44.5%
1961	43%	44.6%
1962	43.3%	45.1%
1963	43.5%	46.1%
1964	43.7%	46.8%
1965	43.9%	47.4%
1966	44%	48%
1967	44.2%	48.5%
1968	44.3%	48.8%
1969	44.5%	48.9%
1970	44.7%	48.8%
1971	44.8%	48.5%
1972	45%	47.8%
1973	45.2%	46.8%
1974	45.4%	46%
1975	45.5%	45.1%
1976	45.7%	44.3%
1977	45.8%	43.4%
1978	45.8%	42.6%
1979	45.8%	41.8%
1980	45.7%	41%
1981	45.6%	40.1%
1982	45.4%	39.5%
1983	45.2%	39%
1984	45%	38.6%
1985	44.9%	38.3%
1986	44.7%	38%
1987	44.6%	37.8%
1988	44.5%	37.7%
1989	44.3%	37.5%
1990	44.2%	37.4%
1991	44%	37.3%
1992	43.8%	37.2%
1993	43.6%	37.1%
1994	43.4%	37%
1995	43.3%	36.7%
1996	43.2%	36.1%
1997	43.3%	35.3%
1998	43.3%	34.5%
1999	43.1%	33.7%
2000	42.5%	33%
2001	41.9%	32.3%
2002	41.9%	31.8%
2003	41.7%	31.3%
2004	41.4%	31%
2005	41.1%	30.9%
2006	40.9%	30.8%
2007	40.7%	30.7%
2008	40.7%	30.6%
2009	40.5%	30.5%
2010	40.4%	30.3%
2011	40.6%	30%
2012	41%	29.8%
2013	41.3%	29.4%
2014	41.7%	29.1%
2015	41.9%	28.7%
2016	42.1%	28.3%
2017	42.1%	27.9%
2018	42.1%	27.5%
2019	41.9%	27.2%
2020	41.8%	26.8%
2021	41.5%	26.5%
2022	41.3%	26.3%
2023	40.9%	25.9%
2024	40.4%	25.6%
2025	39.9%	25.3%
2026	39.4%	25%
2027	38.9%	24.8%
2028	38.4%	24.5%
2029	38%	24.2%
2030	37.6%	23.9%
2031	37.3%	23.6%
2032	37%	23.4%
2033	36.8%	23.2%
2034	36.6%	23%
2035	36.4%	22.8%
2036	36.2%	22.6%
2037	36%	22.4%
2038	35.8%	22.2%
2039	35.6%	22%
2040	35.5%	21.8%
2041	35.3%	21.6%
2042	35.1%	21.4%
2043	34.9%	21.3%
2044	34.7%	21.1%
2045	34.4%	20.9%
2046	34.2%	20.7%
2047	33.9%	20.5%
2048	33.6%	20.3%
2049	33.4%	20.1%
2050	33.1%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.4% of the population in the Congo and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 44.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Congo and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Congo vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Congo 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
	Congo	Suriname
1960	27,094	8,170
1961	28,220	8,361
1962	29,342	8,529
1963	30,832	8,838
1964	32,270	9,174
1965	33,865	9,270
1966	35,452	9,243
1967	36,866	9,104
1968	38,786	8,980
1969	40,532	8,880
1970	42,374	8,823
1971	44,431	8,814
1972	46,427	8,893
1973	48,017	8,877
1974	49,563	8,751
1975	51,155	8,587
1976	52,148	8,327
1977	53,179	7,998
1978	53,885	7,650
1979	54,723	7,312
1980	55,550	7,002
1981	56,603	7,541
1982	57,036	8,197
1983	58,120	8,797
1984	59,028	9,031
1985	60,359	9,177
1986	61,669	9,222
1987	63,183	9,319
1988	64,629	9,347
1989	65,944	9,441
1990	67,241	9,047
1991	68,534	8,637
1992	69,973	8,355
1993	71,119	8,127
1994	72,857	7,929
1995	74,189	7,968
1996	75,628	8,031
1997	66,149	8,106
1998	72,450	8,173
1999	76,204	8,236
2000	78,491	8,323
2001	84,876	8,349
2002	88,497	7,916
2003	91,326	7,396
2004	96,577	6,948
2005	101,344	7,037
2006	106,876	7,278
2007	112,459	7,468
2008	120,711	7,552
2009	126,904	7,559
2010	136,908	7,489
2011	140,371	7,401
2012	142,464	7,405
2013	142,080	7,350
2014	141,674	7,284
2015	141,539	7,150
2016	141,358	6,979
2017	141,973	6,772
2018	142,704	6,613
2019	139,513	6,564
2020	143,492	6,640
2021	144,241	5,291
2022	147,076	6,719
2023	150,486	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Congo vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 241 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Congo, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Congo	Suriname
1985	546	386
1986	535	377
1987	519	372
1988	510	364
1989	506	360
1990	505	350
1991	514	347
1992	531	346
1993	541	343
1994	551	334
1995	551	331
1996	545	323
1997	650	312
1998	597	302
1999	554	291
2000	509	282
2001	489	270
2002	464	253
2003	436	238
2004	400	219
2005	385	202
2006	394	187
2007	370	173
2008	395	161
2009	414	147
2010	382	134
2011	378	126
2012	374	122
2013	320	121
2014	302	120
2015	284	115
2016	263	109
2017	262	105
2018	259	101
2019	245	97
2020	247	94
2021	301	144
2022	241	88
2023	241	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.05% in the Congo 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
	Congo	Suriname
1960	19.4%	-
1961	18.6%	-
1962	18%	-
1963	17.3%	-
1964	16.7%	-
1965	16.1%	-
1966	15.6%	-
1967	15.1%	-
1968	14.6%	-
1969	14.2%	-
1970	13.7%	-
1971	13.4%	-
1972	13%	-
1973	12.6%	-
1974	12.4%	-
1975	12.1%	-
1976	11.8%	-
1977	11.5%	-
1978	11.2%	-
1979	11%	-
1980	10.7%	-
1981	10.5%	-
1982	10.2%	-
1983	9.95%	5.67%
1984	9.68%	5.49%
1985	9.44%	5.31%
1986	9.25%	5.13%
1987	9.11%	4.97%
1988	9.04%	4.81%
1989	9.05%	4.65%
1990	9.15%	4.49%
1991	9.31%	4.34%
1992	9.54%	4.19%
1993	9.84%	4.03%
1994	10.2%	3.88%
1995	10.5%	3.74%
1996	10.9%	3.6%
1997	11.2%	3.47%
1998	11.4%	3.34%
1999	11.5%	3.22%
2000	11.4%	3.11%
2001	11.1%	3%
2002	10.6%	2.9%
2003	10%	2.81%
2004	9.35%	2.72%
2005	8.66%	2.64%
2006	8.02%	2.57%
2007	7.43%	2.5%
2008	6.95%	2.44%
2009	6.55%	2.38%
2010	6.25%	2.32%
2011	6.02%	2.26%
2012	5.82%	2.21%
2013	5.64%	2.16%
2014	5.45%	2.11%
2015	5.27%	2.05%
2016	5.09%	2%
2017	4.93%	1.95%
2018	4.77%	1.9%
2019	5.24%	1.84%
2020	4.47%	1.78%
2021	4.33%	1.73%
2022	4.19%	1.68%
2023	4.05%	1.62%