Fertility & birth rates in Cyprus and Suriname

Fertility rate in Cyprus vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cyprus was 1.39 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 Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Suriname
1960	3.39	6.59
1961	3.62	6.58
1962	3.51	6.57
1963	3.49	6.51
1964	3.41	6.43
1965	3.47	6.32
1966	3.4	6.2
1967	3.32	6.04
1968	3.27	5.86
1969	3.19	5.7
1970	3.07	5.53
1971	3.04	5.36
1972	2.99	5.18
1973	2.4	5.01
1974	2.28	4.81
1975	2.11	4.63
1976	2.33	4.45
1977	2.09	4.26
1978	2.08	4.08
1979	2.14	3.93
1980	2.3	3.79
1981	2.15	3.75
1982	2.49	3.82
1983	2.49	3.87
1984	2.51	3.8
1985	2.43	3.71
1986	2.45	3.61
1987	2.39	3.53
1988	2.47	3.46
1989	2.37	3.39
1990	2.4	3.23
1991	2.34	3.09
1992	2.46	3.01
1993	2.25	2.94
1994	2.16	2.9
1995	2.03	2.9
1996	1.95	2.92
1997	1.86	2.95
1998	1.76	2.99
1999	1.67	3.02
2000	1.64	3.05
2001	1.57	3.06
2002	1.5	2.96
2003	1.51	2.84
2004	1.51	2.74
2005	1.48	2.71
2006	1.51	2.73
2007	1.45	2.74
2008	1.48	2.73
2009	1.48	2.71
2010	1.43	2.69
2011	1.36	2.67
2012	1.38	2.67
2013	1.3	2.65
2014	1.31	2.62
2015	1.32	2.57
2016	1.36	2.5
2017	1.32	2.43
2018	1.32	2.38
2019	1.33	2.35
2020	1.36	2.31
2021	1.39	2.3
2022	1.39	2.27
2023	1.39	2.25
2024	1.38	2.23
2025	1.37	2.21
2026	1.37	2.19
2027	1.36	2.16
2028	1.36	2.14
2029	1.36	2.13
2030	1.37	2.11
2031	1.37	2.09
2032	1.37	2.08
2033	1.37	2.06
2034	1.37	2.05
2035	1.38	2.04
2036	1.38	2.02
2037	1.38	2.01
2038	1.38	2
2039	1.39	1.99
2040	1.39	1.98
2041	1.39	1.97
2042	1.39	1.96
2043	1.4	1.95
2044	1.4	1.94
2045	1.4	1.93
2046	1.41	1.92
2047	1.41	1.91
2048	1.42	1.9
2049	1.42	1.9
2050	1.42	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cyprus	Suriname
1960	36.5%	44.5%
1961	36.4%	44.6%
1962	35.8%	45.1%
1963	35.1%	46.1%
1964	34.5%	46.8%
1965	34%	47.4%
1966	33.5%	48%
1967	33%	48.5%
1968	32.6%	48.8%
1969	32.1%	48.9%
1970	31.7%	48.8%
1971	31.2%	48.5%
1972	30.8%	47.8%
1973	30.3%	46.8%
1974	30%	46%
1975	29.6%	45.1%
1976	28.8%	44.3%
1977	27.9%	43.4%
1978	27%	42.6%
1979	26.2%	41.8%
1980	25.5%	41%
1981	25%	40.1%
1982	24.8%	39.5%
1983	24.9%	39%
1984	25.1%	38.6%
1985	25.2%	38.3%
1986	25.2%	38%
1987	25.2%	37.8%
1988	25.1%	37.7%
1989	25%	37.5%
1990	24.8%	37.4%
1991	24.7%	37.3%
1992	24.6%	37.2%
1993	24.6%	37.1%
1994	24.7%	37%
1995	24.6%	36.7%
1996	24.3%	36.1%
1997	23.9%	35.3%
1998	23.4%	34.5%
1999	22.9%	33.7%
2000	22.3%	33%
2001	21.7%	32.3%
2002	21.3%	31.8%
2003	21%	31.3%
2004	20.5%	31%
2005	19.9%	30.9%
2006	19.3%	30.8%
2007	18.7%	30.7%
2008	18%	30.6%
2009	17.5%	30.5%
2010	17%	30.3%
2011	16.6%	30%
2012	16.4%	29.8%
2013	16.2%	29.4%
2014	16.1%	29.1%
2015	16%	28.7%
2016	15.9%	28.3%
2017	15.9%	27.9%
2018	15.9%	27.5%
2019	15.9%	27.2%
2020	15.9%	26.8%
2021	16%	26.5%
2022	16%	26.3%
2023	16.1%	25.9%
2024	16.1%	25.6%
2025	16.1%	25.3%
2026	16%	25%
2027	16%	24.8%
2028	15.9%	24.5%
2029	15.8%	24.2%
2030	15.6%	23.9%
2031	15.4%	23.6%
2032	15.2%	23.4%
2033	15%	23.2%
2034	14.8%	23%
2035	14.6%	22.8%
2036	14.3%	22.6%
2037	14%	22.4%
2038	13.8%	22.2%
2039	13.5%	22%
2040	13.3%	21.8%
2041	13.1%	21.6%
2042	12.9%	21.4%
2043	12.7%	21.3%
2044	12.6%	21.1%
2045	12.5%	20.9%
2046	12.4%	20.7%
2047	12.4%	20.5%
2048	12.4%	20.3%
2049	12.3%	20.1%
2050	12.3%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in Cyprus and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 24.8% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cyprus and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Cyprus vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Suriname
1960	8,385	8,170
1961	9,584	8,361
1962	9,455	8,529
1963	8,568	8,838
1964	8,322	9,174
1965	9,643	9,270
1966	9,478	9,243
1967	9,313	9,104
1968	9,153	8,980
1969	8,857	8,880
1970	8,412	8,823
1971	8,398	8,814
1972	8,244	8,893
1973	5,405	8,877
1974	321	8,751
1975	5,023	8,587
1976	6,546	8,327
1977	5,607	7,998
1978	5,949	7,650
1979	6,620	7,312
1980	7,954	7,002
1981	7,135	7,541
1982	9,282	8,197
1983	9,318	8,797
1984	9,516	9,031
1985	9,242	9,177
1986	9,412	9,222
1987	9,114	9,319
1988	9,595	9,347
1989	9,156	9,441
1990	9,417	9,047
1991	9,102	8,637
1992	9,844	8,355
1993	8,463	8,127
1994	7,973	7,929
1995	7,226	7,968
1996	6,911	8,031
1997	6,444	8,106
1998	5,879	8,173
1999	5,524	8,236
2000	5,570	8,323
2001	5,308	8,349
2002	5,225	7,916
2003	5,484	7,396
2004	5,705	6,948
2005	5,646	7,037
2006	6,166	7,278
2007	5,983	7,468
2008	6,429	7,552
2009	6,820	7,559
2010	6,723	7,489
2011	6,271	7,401
2012	6,726	7,405
2013	6,116	7,350
2014	6,193	7,284
2015	6,340	7,150
2016	6,643	6,979
2017	6,082	6,772
2018	5,905	6,613
2019	5,679	6,564
2020	5,826	6,640
2021	5,305	5,291
2022	4,466	6,719
2023	5,025	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Cyprus vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cyprus, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cyprus	Suriname
1985	19	386
1986	18	377
1987	17	372
1988	17	364
1989	16	360
1990	15	350
1991	15	347
1992	15	346
1993	15	343
1994	15	334
1995	14	331
1996	14	323
1997	13	312
1998	13	302
1999	12	291
2000	12	282
2001	11	270
2002	11	253
2003	10	238
2004	10	219
2005	10	202
2006	10	187
2007	10	173
2008	10	161
2009	10	147
2010	10	134
2011	10	126
2012	10	122
2013	10	121
2014	11	120
2015	11	115
2016	12	109
2017	12	105
2018	13	101
2019	13	97
2020	87	94
2021	98	144
2022	53	88
2023	14	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.35% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Suriname
1971	3.81%	-
1972	3.72%	-
1973	3.63%	-
1974	3.53%	-
1975	3.37%	-
1976	3.16%	-
1977	2.91%	-
1978	2.65%	-
1979	2.39%	-
1980	2.16%	-
1981	1.96%	-
1982	1.78%	-
1983	1.61%	5.67%
1984	1.45%	5.49%
1985	1.33%	5.31%
1986	1.23%	5.13%
1987	1.16%	4.97%
1988	1.13%	4.81%
1989	1.12%	4.65%
1990	1.11%	4.49%
1991	1.09%	4.34%
1992	1.06%	4.19%
1993	1.02%	4.03%
1994	0.97%	3.88%
1995	0.91%	3.74%
1996	0.86%	3.6%
1997	0.81%	3.47%
1998	0.76%	3.34%
1999	0.71%	3.22%
2000	0.66%	3.11%
2001	0.62%	3%
2002	0.58%	2.9%
2003	0.54%	2.81%
2004	0.5%	2.72%
2005	0.46%	2.64%
2006	0.42%	2.57%
2007	0.39%	2.5%
2008	0.37%	2.44%
2009	0.35%	2.38%
2010	0.33%	2.32%
2011	0.32%	2.26%
2012	0.3%	2.21%
2013	0.3%	2.16%
2014	0.29%	2.11%
2015	0.29%	2.05%
2016	0.29%	2%
2017	0.3%	1.95%
2018	0.3%	1.9%
2019	0.31%	1.84%
2020	0.32%	1.78%
2021	0.34%	1.73%
2022	0.35%	1.68%
2023	0.35%	1.62%