Fertility & birth rates in Cuba and Suriname

Fertility rate in Cuba vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cuba was 1.44 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 Cuba 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
	Cuba	Suriname
1960	4.13	6.59
1961	4.26	6.58
1962	4.42	6.57
1963	4.56	6.51
1964	4.53	6.43
1965	4.5	6.32
1966	4.4	6.2
1967	4.29	6.04
1968	4.19	5.86
1969	4.12	5.7
1970	3.98	5.53
1971	3.8	5.36
1972	3.61	5.18
1973	3.4	5.01
1974	3.16	4.81
1975	2.82	4.63
1976	2.51	4.45
1977	2.21	4.26
1978	1.88	4.08
1979	1.77	3.93
1980	1.64	3.79
1981	1.59	3.75
1982	1.78	3.82
1983	1.8	3.87
1984	1.77	3.8
1985	1.77	3.71
1986	1.78	3.61
1987	1.8	3.53
1988	1.85	3.46
1989	1.83	3.39
1990	1.81	3.23
1991	1.66	3.09
1992	1.56	3.01
1993	1.49	2.94
1994	1.47	2.9
1995	1.48	2.9
1996	1.46	2.92
1997	1.59	2.95
1998	1.62	2.99
1999	1.64	3.02
2000	1.61	3.05
2001	1.6	3.06
2002	1.65	2.96
2003	1.63	2.84
2004	1.55	2.74
2005	1.49	2.71
2006	1.4	2.73
2007	1.44	2.74
2008	1.58	2.73
2009	1.68	2.71
2010	1.67	2.69
2011	1.73	2.67
2012	1.67	2.67
2013	1.68	2.65
2014	1.66	2.62
2015	1.69	2.57
2016	1.6	2.5
2017	1.59	2.43
2018	1.61	2.38
2019	1.54	2.35
2020	1.49	2.31
2021	1.43	2.3
2022	1.41	2.27
2023	1.44	2.25
2024	1.45	2.23
2025	1.45	2.21
2026	1.45	2.19
2027	1.46	2.16
2028	1.46	2.14
2029	1.46	2.13
2030	1.47	2.11
2031	1.47	2.09
2032	1.47	2.08
2033	1.48	2.06
2034	1.48	2.05
2035	1.49	2.04
2036	1.49	2.02
2037	1.49	2.01
2038	1.49	2
2039	1.49	1.99
2040	1.49	1.98
2041	1.49	1.97
2042	1.5	1.96
2043	1.5	1.95
2044	1.5	1.94
2045	1.5	1.93
2046	1.51	1.92
2047	1.51	1.91
2048	1.51	1.9
2049	1.51	1.9
2050	1.51	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cuba	Suriname
1960	36%	44.5%
1961	36.2%	44.6%
1962	36.5%	45.1%
1963	36.8%	46.1%
1964	37.1%	46.8%
1965	37.3%	47.4%
1966	37.5%	48%
1967	37.7%	48.5%
1968	37.8%	48.8%
1969	37.9%	48.9%
1970	38%	48.8%
1971	37.9%	48.5%
1972	37.8%	47.8%
1973	37.6%	46.8%
1974	37.3%	46%
1975	36.8%	45.1%
1976	36.2%	44.3%
1977	35.4%	43.4%
1978	34.3%	42.6%
1979	33.2%	41.8%
1980	31.9%	41%
1981	30.5%	40.1%
1982	29.3%	39.5%
1983	28.1%	39%
1984	27.1%	38.6%
1985	26.1%	38.3%
1986	25.2%	38%
1987	24.3%	37.8%
1988	23.6%	37.7%
1989	23.1%	37.5%
1990	22.8%	37.4%
1991	22.5%	37.3%
1992	22.4%	37.2%
1993	22.2%	37.1%
1994	22.1%	37%
1995	22.1%	36.7%
1996	22.1%	36.1%
1997	22%	35.3%
1998	21.8%	34.5%
1999	21.5%	33.7%
2000	21.3%	33%
2001	20.9%	32.3%
2002	20.6%	31.8%
2003	20.2%	31.3%
2004	19.8%	31%
2005	19.4%	30.9%
2006	18.9%	30.8%
2007	18.5%	30.7%
2008	18.2%	30.6%
2009	17.9%	30.5%
2010	17.7%	30.3%
2011	17.5%	30%
2012	17.3%	29.8%
2013	17.1%	29.4%
2014	16.9%	29.1%
2015	16.7%	28.7%
2016	16.5%	28.3%
2017	16.3%	27.9%
2018	16.1%	27.5%
2019	16%	27.2%
2020	15.8%	26.8%
2021	15.8%	26.5%
2022	15.7%	26.3%
2023	15.5%	25.9%
2024	15.3%	25.6%
2025	15%	25.3%
2026	14.7%	25%
2027	14.4%	24.8%
2028	14.1%	24.5%
2029	13.9%	24.2%
2030	13.6%	23.9%
2031	13.4%	23.6%
2032	13.2%	23.4%
2033	13%	23.2%
2034	12.8%	23%
2035	12.7%	22.8%
2036	12.6%	22.6%
2037	12.6%	22.4%
2038	12.5%	22.2%
2039	12.4%	22%
2040	12.4%	21.8%
2041	12.3%	21.6%
2042	12.3%	21.4%
2043	12.2%	21.3%
2044	12.2%	21.1%
2045	12.1%	20.9%
2046	12.1%	20.7%
2047	12%	20.5%
2048	12%	20.3%
2049	11.9%	20.1%
2050	11.8%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.3% of the population in Cuba and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 22.8% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cuba and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Cuba vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.06% in Cuba 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
	Cuba	Suriname
1960	172,816	8,170
1961	183,806	8,361
1962	196,423	8,529
1963	205,788	8,838
1964	209,315	9,174
1965	211,322	9,270
1966	209,179	9,243
1967	207,245	9,104
1968	205,487	8,980
1969	205,581	8,880
1970	201,823	8,823
1971	195,106	8,814
1972	187,588	8,893
1973	177,387	8,877
1974	165,099	8,751
1975	144,964	8,587
1976	125,383	8,327
1977	106,875	7,998
1978	86,864	7,650
1979	81,192	7,312
1980	74,271	7,002
1981	74,067	7,541
1982	95,866	8,197
1983	101,858	8,797
1984	101,670	9,031
1985	103,228	9,177
1986	105,997	9,222
1987	109,617	9,319
1988	116,626	9,347
1989	114,865	9,441
1990	112,378	9,047
1991	95,398	8,637
1992	83,461	8,355
1993	73,221	8,127
1994	68,604	7,929
1995	66,809	7,968
1996	61,837	8,031
1997	71,828	8,106
1998	71,284	8,173
1999	69,069	8,236
2000	61,133	8,323
2001	57,325	8,349
2002	58,212	7,916
2003	56,170	7,396
2004	44,258	6,948
2005	36,660	7,037
2006	24,508	7,278
2007	24,617	7,468
2008	32,848	7,552
2009	37,543	7,559
2010	37,021	7,489
2011	40,753	7,401
2012	33,864	7,405
2013	29,827	7,350
2014	22,448	7,284
2015	20,464	7,150
2016	9,677	6,979
2017	2,306	6,772
2018	3,436	6,613
2019	-4,245	6,564
2020	-12,808	6,640
2021	-71,616	5,291
2022	-17,961	6,719
2023	-15,880	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Cuba vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 35 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cuba, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cuba	Suriname
1985	70	386
1986	70	377
1987	69	372
1988	68	364
1989	66	360
1990	66	350
1991	66	347
1992	66	346
1993	65	343
1994	64	334
1995	62	331
1996	59	323
1997	57	312
1998	54	302
1999	51	291
2000	48	282
2001	46	270
2002	45	253
2003	44	238
2004	44	219
2005	43	202
2006	42	187
2007	42	173
2008	44	161
2009	45	147
2010	44	134
2011	44	126
2012	42	122
2013	42	121
2014	42	120
2015	41	115
2016	40	109
2017	39	105
2018	39	101
2019	40	97
2020	40	94
2021	172	144
2022	41	88
2023	35	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.83% in Cuba 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
	Cuba	Suriname
1960	4.41%	-
1961	4.44%	-
1962	4.45%	-
1963	4.45%	-
1964	4.43%	-
1965	4.38%	-
1966	4.31%	-
1967	4.22%	-
1968	4.11%	-
1969	3.97%	-
1970	3.82%	-
1971	3.65%	-
1972	3.47%	-
1973	3.29%	-
1974	3.11%	-
1975	2.94%	-
1976	2.77%	-
1977	2.62%	-
1978	2.47%	-
1979	2.34%	-
1980	2.22%	-
1981	2.11%	-
1982	2%	-
1983	1.9%	5.67%
1984	1.81%	5.49%
1985	1.73%	5.31%
1986	1.64%	5.13%
1987	1.56%	4.97%
1988	1.49%	4.81%
1989	1.41%	4.65%
1990	1.34%	4.49%
1991	1.28%	4.34%
1992	1.22%	4.19%
1993	1.16%	4.03%
1994	1.11%	3.88%
1995	1.06%	3.74%
1996	1.01%	3.6%
1997	0.97%	3.47%
1998	0.93%	3.34%
1999	0.89%	3.22%
2000	0.86%	3.11%
2001	0.82%	3%
2002	0.79%	2.9%
2003	0.76%	2.81%
2004	0.73%	2.72%
2005	0.71%	2.64%
2006	0.69%	2.57%
2007	0.66%	2.5%
2008	0.65%	2.44%
2009	0.63%	2.38%
2010	0.62%	2.32%
2011	0.61%	2.26%
2012	0.6%	2.21%
2013	0.6%	2.16%
2014	0.6%	2.11%
2015	0.61%	2.05%
2016	0.62%	2%
2017	0.64%	1.95%
2018	0.66%	1.9%
2019	0.69%	1.84%
2020	0.72%	1.78%
2021	0.76%	1.73%
2022	0.79%	1.68%
2023	0.83%	1.62%