Fertility & birth rates in Denmark and Suriname

Fertility rate in Denmark vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Denmark was 1.5 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 Denmark 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
	Denmark	Suriname
1960	2.57	6.59
1961	2.55	6.58
1962	2.55	6.57
1963	2.67	6.51
1964	2.6	6.43
1965	2.61	6.32
1966	2.62	6.2
1967	2.35	6.04
1968	2.12	5.86
1969	2	5.7
1970	1.95	5.53
1971	2.04	5.36
1972	2.03	5.18
1973	1.92	5.01
1974	1.9	4.81
1975	1.92	4.63
1976	1.75	4.45
1977	1.66	4.26
1978	1.67	4.08
1979	1.6	3.93
1980	1.55	3.79
1981	1.44	3.75
1982	1.43	3.82
1983	1.38	3.87
1984	1.4	3.8
1985	1.45	3.71
1986	1.48	3.61
1987	1.5	3.53
1988	1.56	3.46
1989	1.62	3.39
1990	1.67	3.23
1991	1.68	3.09
1992	1.76	3.01
1993	1.75	2.94
1994	1.81	2.9
1995	1.8	2.9
1996	1.75	2.92
1997	1.75	2.95
1998	1.72	2.99
1999	1.73	3.02
2000	1.77	3.05
2001	1.74	3.06
2002	1.72	2.96
2003	1.76	2.84
2004	1.78	2.74
2005	1.8	2.71
2006	1.85	2.73
2007	1.84	2.74
2008	1.89	2.73
2009	1.84	2.71
2010	1.87	2.69
2011	1.75	2.67
2012	1.73	2.67
2013	1.67	2.65
2014	1.69	2.62
2015	1.71	2.57
2016	1.79	2.5
2017	1.75	2.43
2018	1.73	2.38
2019	1.7	2.35
2020	1.68	2.31
2021	1.72	2.3
2022	1.55	2.27
2023	1.5	2.25
2024	1.51	2.23
2025	1.51	2.21
2026	1.51	2.19
2027	1.52	2.16
2028	1.52	2.14
2029	1.52	2.13
2030	1.53	2.11
2031	1.53	2.09
2032	1.53	2.08
2033	1.53	2.06
2034	1.53	2.05
2035	1.54	2.04
2036	1.54	2.02
2037	1.54	2.01
2038	1.54	2
2039	1.54	1.99
2040	1.55	1.98
2041	1.55	1.97
2042	1.55	1.96
2043	1.55	1.95
2044	1.56	1.94
2045	1.56	1.93
2046	1.56	1.92
2047	1.56	1.91
2048	1.56	1.9
2049	1.56	1.9
2050	1.56	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Denmark	Suriname
1960	25.2%	44.5%
1961	24.7%	44.6%
1962	24.2%	45.1%
1963	24%	46.1%
1964	23.8%	46.8%
1965	23.8%	47.4%
1966	23.8%	48%
1967	23.8%	48.5%
1968	23.7%	48.8%
1969	23.5%	48.9%
1970	23.3%	48.8%
1971	23.1%	48.5%
1972	23%	47.8%
1973	22.9%	46.8%
1974	22.7%	46%
1975	22.6%	45.1%
1976	22.4%	44.3%
1977	22.1%	43.4%
1978	21.8%	42.6%
1979	21.3%	41.8%
1980	20.8%	41%
1981	20.3%	40.1%
1982	19.7%	39.5%
1983	19.2%	39%
1984	18.8%	38.6%
1985	18.4%	38.3%
1986	18.1%	38%
1987	17.7%	37.8%
1988	17.5%	37.7%
1989	17.2%	37.5%
1990	17.1%	37.4%
1991	17%	37.3%
1992	17%	37.2%
1993	17.1%	37.1%
1994	17.2%	37%
1995	17.4%	36.7%
1996	17.6%	36.1%
1997	17.9%	35.3%
1998	18.1%	34.5%
1999	18.3%	33.7%
2000	18.5%	33%
2001	18.7%	32.3%
2002	18.8%	31.8%
2003	18.8%	31.3%
2004	18.8%	31%
2005	18.8%	30.9%
2006	18.7%	30.8%
2007	18.5%	30.7%
2008	18.4%	30.6%
2009	18.2%	30.5%
2010	18%	30.3%
2011	17.8%	30%
2012	17.6%	29.8%
2013	17.3%	29.4%
2014	17.1%	29.1%
2015	16.9%	28.7%
2016	16.8%	28.3%
2017	16.7%	27.9%
2018	16.6%	27.5%
2019	16.4%	27.2%
2020	16.3%	26.8%
2021	16.2%	26.5%
2022	16%	26.3%
2023	15.9%	25.9%
2024	15.7%	25.6%
2025	15.6%	25.3%
2026	15.5%	25%
2027	15.4%	24.8%
2028	15.4%	24.5%
2029	15.4%	24.2%
2030	15.4%	23.9%
2031	15.4%	23.6%
2032	15.3%	23.4%
2033	15.2%	23.2%
2034	15.2%	23%
2035	15.1%	22.8%
2036	15%	22.6%
2037	15%	22.4%
2038	15%	22.2%
2039	15%	22%
2040	14.9%	21.8%
2041	14.9%	21.6%
2042	14.9%	21.4%
2043	14.8%	21.3%
2044	14.8%	21.1%
2045	14.7%	20.9%
2046	14.7%	20.7%
2047	14.6%	20.5%
2048	14.6%	20.3%
2049	14.5%	20.1%
2050	14.5%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Denmark and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Denmark and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Denmark vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.09% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Suriname
1960	32,515	8,170
1961	33,205	8,361
1962	32,070	8,529
1963	36,539	8,838
1964	36,832	9,174
1965	37,596	9,270
1966	38,858	9,243
1967	33,363	9,104
1968	27,243	8,980
1969	23,481	8,880
1970	22,673	8,823
1971	26,801	8,814
1972	24,958	8,893
1973	21,092	8,877
1974	19,676	8,751
1975	20,746	8,587
1976	11,667	8,327
1977	11,703	7,998
1978	9,187	7,650
1979	4,605	7,312
1980	1,537	7,002
1981	-3,073	7,541
1982	-2,559	8,197
1983	-6,649	8,797
1984	-5,623	9,031
1985	-4,603	9,177
1986	-2,561	9,222
1987	-1,538	9,319
1988	0	9,347
1989	2,053	9,441
1990	2,056	9,047
1991	4,639	8,637
1992	6,722	8,355
1993	4,670	8,127
1994	8,850	7,929
1995	6,280	7,968
1996	6,842	8,031
1997	7,927	8,106
1998	7,956	8,173
1999	6,919	8,236
2000	9,078	8,323
2001	6,967	8,349
2002	5,376	7,916
2003	7,007	7,396
2004	9,188	6,948
2005	9,755	7,037
2006	9,787	7,278
2007	8,192	7,468
2008	10,438	7,552
2009	8,285	7,559
2010	8,876	7,489
2011	6,685	7,401
2012	5,592	7,405
2013	3,931	7,350
2014	5,644	7,284
2015	5,683	7,150
2016	9,165	6,979
2017	8,071	6,772
2018	6,373	6,613
2019	6,977	6,564
2020	5,831	6,640
2021	5,857	5,291
2022	-1,180	6,719
2023	-595	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Denmark vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Denmark	Suriname
1985	12	386
1986	12	377
1987	12	372
1988	13	364
1989	13	360
1990	12	350
1991	12	347
1992	12	346
1993	12	343
1994	12	334
1995	12	331
1996	11	323
1997	10	312
1998	9	302
1999	9	291
2000	9	282
2001	9	270
2002	9	253
2003	8	238
2004	8	219
2005	8	202
2006	7	187
2007	7	173
2008	7	161
2009	7	147
2010	7	134
2011	6	126
2012	6	122
2013	5	121
2014	5	120
2015	5	115
2016	5	109
2017	5	105
2018	5	101
2019	4	97
2020	4	94
2021	8	144
2022	6	88
2023	4	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Suriname
1960	2.5%	-
1961	2.45%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.3%	-
1964	2.21%	-
1965	2.11%	-
1966	2.01%	-
1967	1.9%	-
1968	1.81%	-
1969	1.73%	-
1970	1.66%	-
1971	1.58%	-
1972	1.49%	-
1973	1.39%	-
1974	1.31%	-
1975	1.23%	-
1976	1.17%	-
1977	1.11%	-
1978	1.06%	-
1979	1.03%	-
1980	1%	-
1981	0.98%	-
1982	0.96%	-
1983	0.96%	5.67%
1984	0.96%	5.49%
1985	0.97%	5.31%
1986	0.97%	5.13%
1987	0.97%	4.97%
1988	0.96%	4.81%
1989	0.93%	4.65%
1990	0.89%	4.49%
1991	0.84%	4.34%
1992	0.79%	4.19%
1993	0.74%	4.03%
1994	0.69%	3.88%
1995	0.65%	3.74%
1996	0.63%	3.6%
1997	0.6%	3.47%
1998	0.59%	3.34%
1999	0.57%	3.22%
2000	0.56%	3.11%
2001	0.55%	3%
2002	0.54%	2.9%
2003	0.52%	2.81%
2004	0.5%	2.72%
2005	0.48%	2.64%
2006	0.46%	2.57%
2007	0.45%	2.5%
2008	0.43%	2.44%
2009	0.42%	2.38%
2010	0.41%	2.32%
2011	0.41%	2.26%
2012	0.41%	2.21%
2013	0.41%	2.16%
2014	0.41%	2.11%
2015	0.41%	2.05%
2016	0.4%	2%
2017	0.4%	1.95%
2018	0.39%	1.9%
2019	0.38%	1.84%
2020	0.37%	1.78%
2021	0.36%	1.73%
2022	0.35%	1.68%
2023	0.34%	1.62%