Fertility & birth rates in France and Suriname

Fertility rate in France vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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 France 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
	France	Suriname
1960	2.85	6.59
1961	2.87	6.58
1962	2.89	6.57
1963	2.89	6.51
1964	2.87	6.43
1965	2.84	6.32
1966	2.8	6.2
1967	2.75	6.04
1968	2.69	5.86
1969	2.62	5.7
1970	2.55	5.53
1971	2.47	5.36
1972	2.38	5.18
1973	2.28	5.01
1974	2.18	4.81
1975	2.09	4.63
1976	2.01	4.45
1977	1.94	4.26
1978	1.89	4.08
1979	1.87	3.93
1980	1.85	3.79
1981	1.85	3.75
1982	1.86	3.82
1983	1.86	3.87
1984	1.86	3.8
1985	1.86	3.71
1986	1.85	3.61
1987	1.83	3.53
1988	1.81	3.46
1989	1.79	3.39
1990	1.77	3.23
1991	1.75	3.09
1992	1.74	3.01
1993	1.73	2.94
1994	1.73	2.9
1995	1.74	2.9
1996	1.75	2.92
1997	1.77	2.95
1998	1.78	2.99
1999	1.81	3.02
2000	1.89	3.05
2001	1.9	3.06
2002	1.88	2.96
2003	1.89	2.84
2004	1.92	2.74
2005	1.94	2.71
2006	2	2.73
2007	1.98	2.74
2008	2.01	2.73
2009	2	2.71
2010	2.03	2.69
2011	2.01	2.67
2012	2.01	2.67
2013	1.99	2.65
2014	2	2.62
2015	1.96	2.57
2016	1.92	2.5
2017	1.89	2.43
2018	1.87	2.38
2019	1.86	2.35
2020	1.83	2.31
2021	1.84	2.3
2022	1.79	2.27
2023	1.66	2.25
2024	1.66	2.23
2025	1.66	2.21
2026	1.66	2.19
2027	1.66	2.16
2028	1.66	2.14
2029	1.66	2.13
2030	1.66	2.11
2031	1.66	2.09
2032	1.66	2.08
2033	1.66	2.06
2034	1.66	2.05
2035	1.66	2.04
2036	1.66	2.02
2037	1.67	2.01
2038	1.66	2
2039	1.66	1.99
2040	1.66	1.98
2041	1.67	1.97
2042	1.67	1.96
2043	1.67	1.95
2044	1.67	1.94
2045	1.67	1.93
2046	1.67	1.92
2047	1.67	1.91
2048	1.67	1.9
2049	1.67	1.9
2050	1.67	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Suriname
1960	26.5%	44.5%
1961	26.5%	44.6%
1962	26.2%	45.1%
1963	26%	46.1%
1964	25.8%	46.8%
1965	25.6%	47.4%
1966	25.4%	48%
1967	25.3%	48.5%
1968	25.1%	48.8%
1969	25%	48.9%
1970	24.8%	48.8%
1971	24.7%	48.5%
1972	24.6%	47.8%
1973	24.4%	46.8%
1974	24.2%	46%
1975	23.9%	45.1%
1976	23.6%	44.3%
1977	23.3%	43.4%
1978	23%	42.6%
1979	22.7%	41.8%
1980	22.4%	41%
1981	22.1%	40.1%
1982	21.9%	39.5%
1983	21.7%	39%
1984	21.5%	38.6%
1985	21.3%	38.3%
1986	21%	38%
1987	20.7%	37.8%
1988	20.5%	37.7%
1989	20.3%	37.5%
1990	20.1%	37.4%
1991	20.1%	37.3%
1992	20%	37.2%
1993	19.9%	37.1%
1994	19.7%	37%
1995	19.5%	36.7%
1996	19.3%	36.1%
1997	19.1%	35.3%
1998	19%	34.5%
1999	19%	33.7%
2000	18.9%	33%
2001	18.9%	32.3%
2002	18.8%	31.8%
2003	18.7%	31.3%
2004	18.6%	31%
2005	18.5%	30.9%
2006	18.5%	30.8%
2007	18.4%	30.7%
2008	18.5%	30.6%
2009	18.5%	30.5%
2010	18.5%	30.3%
2011	18.5%	30%
2012	18.5%	29.8%
2013	18.4%	29.4%
2014	18.3%	29.1%
2015	18.2%	28.7%
2016	18.1%	28.3%
2017	17.9%	27.9%
2018	17.8%	27.5%
2019	17.6%	27.2%
2020	17.4%	26.8%
2021	17.2%	26.5%
2022	17%	26.3%
2023	16.8%	25.9%
2024	16.5%	25.6%
2025	16.2%	25.3%
2026	16%	25%
2027	15.7%	24.8%
2028	15.5%	24.5%
2029	15.3%	24.2%
2030	15.1%	23.9%
2031	15%	23.6%
2032	14.8%	23.4%
2033	14.8%	23.2%
2034	14.7%	23%
2035	14.7%	22.8%
2036	14.7%	22.6%
2037	14.7%	22.4%
2038	14.7%	22.2%
2039	14.8%	22%
2040	14.9%	21.8%
2041	15%	21.6%
2042	15.1%	21.4%
2043	15.2%	21.3%
2044	15.3%	21.1%
2045	15.4%	20.9%
2046	15.5%	20.7%
2047	15.5%	20.5%
2048	15.5%	20.3%
2049	15.6%	20.1%
2050	15.6%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in France vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	Suriname
1960	346,115	8,170
1961	354,504	8,361
1962	358,082	8,529
1963	361,694	8,838
1964	360,631	9,174
1965	354,132	9,270
1966	352,181	9,243
1967	339,843	9,104
1968	337,346	8,980
1969	329,831	8,880
1970	322,444	8,823
1971	309,747	8,814
1972	296,589	8,893
1973	282,979	8,877
1974	268,733	8,751
1975	248,413	8,587
1976	227,776	8,327
1977	217,946	7,998
1978	213,462	7,650
1979	208,923	7,312
1980	210,042	7,002
1981	222,414	7,541
1982	234,389	8,197
1983	235,655	8,797
1984	248,086	9,031
1985	249,328	9,177
1986	250,606	9,222
1987	251,971	9,319
1988	247,672	9,347
1989	243,361	9,441
1990	238,870	9,047
1991	234,216	8,637
1992	229,502	8,355
1993	224,592	8,127
1994	201,704	7,929
1995	220,303	7,968
1996	221,092	8,031
1997	215,885	8,106
1998	222,705	8,173
1999	229,907	8,236
2000	268,042	8,323
2001	263,867	8,349
2002	253,430	7,916
2003	230,325	7,396
2004	282,185	6,948
2005	271,677	7,037
2006	305,387	7,278
2007	288,076	7,468
2008	283,250	7,552
2009	278,238	7,559
2010	286,116	7,489
2011	280,966	7,401
2012	256,065	7,405
2013	244,192	7,350
2014	265,248	7,284
2015	206,300	7,150
2016	193,500	6,979
2017	160,604	6,772
2018	147,749	6,613
2019	141,503	6,564
2020	67,602	6,640
2021	74,627	5,291
2022	54,452	6,719
2023	47,802	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Suriname
1985	20	386
1986	20	377
1987	19	372
1988	19	364
1989	19	360
1990	18	350
1991	18	347
1992	17	346
1993	16	343
1994	15	334
1995	15	331
1996	13	323
1997	11	312
1998	10	302
1999	10	291
2000	9	282
2001	9	270
2002	9	253
2003	9	238
2004	9	219
2005	9	202
2006	9	187
2007	9	173
2008	10	161
2009	10	147
2010	9	134
2011	9	126
2012	9	122
2013	9	121
2014	9	120
2015	9	115
2016	9	109
2017	8	105
2018	9	101
2019	8	97
2020	9	94
2021	9	144
2022	9	88
2023	7	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	Suriname
1960	2.85%	-
1961	2.7%	-
1962	2.57%	-
1963	2.45%	-
1964	2.34%	-
1965	2.24%	-
1966	2.14%	-
1967	2.06%	-
1968	1.99%	-
1969	1.91%	-
1970	1.82%	-
1971	1.74%	-
1972	1.66%	-
1973	1.6%	-
1974	1.54%	-
1975	1.49%	-
1976	1.44%	-
1977	1.39%	-
1978	1.34%	-
1979	1.28%	-
1980	1.24%	-
1981	1.19%	-
1982	1.15%	-
1983	1.11%	5.67%
1984	1.07%	5.49%
1985	1.04%	5.31%
1986	1.01%	5.13%
1987	0.98%	4.97%
1988	0.96%	4.81%
1989	0.93%	4.65%
1990	0.9%	4.49%
1991	0.86%	4.34%
1992	0.81%	4.19%
1993	0.75%	4.03%
1994	0.7%	3.88%
1995	0.65%	3.74%
1996	0.61%	3.6%
1997	0.58%	3.47%
1998	0.57%	3.34%
1999	0.55%	3.22%
2000	0.54%	3.11%
2001	0.52%	3%
2002	0.51%	2.9%
2003	0.49%	2.81%
2004	0.48%	2.72%
2005	0.46%	2.64%
2006	0.45%	2.57%
2007	0.44%	2.5%
2008	0.44%	2.44%
2009	0.43%	2.38%
2010	0.42%	2.32%
2011	0.42%	2.26%
2012	0.41%	2.21%
2013	0.41%	2.16%
2014	0.41%	2.11%
2015	0.42%	2.05%
2016	0.42%	2%
2017	0.42%	1.95%
2018	0.42%	1.9%
2019	0.42%	1.84%
2020	0.42%	1.78%
2021	0.43%	1.73%
2022	0.43%	1.68%
2023	0.43%	1.62%