Fertility & birth rates in Greece and Suriname

Fertility rate in Greece vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Greece was 1.32 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 Greece 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
	Greece	Suriname
1960	2.23	6.59
1961	2.13	6.58
1962	2.16	6.57
1963	2.14	6.51
1964	2.24	6.43
1965	2.25	6.32
1966	2.32	6.2
1967	2.45	6.04
1968	2.42	5.86
1969	2.36	5.7
1970	2.4	5.53
1971	2.32	5.36
1972	2.32	5.18
1973	2.27	5.01
1974	2.38	4.81
1975	2.33	4.63
1976	2.35	4.45
1977	2.27	4.26
1978	2.28	4.08
1979	2.26	3.93
1980	2.23	3.79
1981	2.09	3.75
1982	2.03	3.82
1983	1.94	3.87
1984	1.83	3.8
1985	1.67	3.71
1986	1.6	3.61
1987	1.5	3.53
1988	1.5	3.46
1989	1.4	3.39
1990	1.39	3.23
1991	1.37	3.09
1992	1.36	3.01
1993	1.32	2.94
1994	1.33	2.9
1995	1.28	2.9
1996	1.26	2.92
1997	1.27	2.95
1998	1.24	2.99
1999	1.23	3.02
2000	1.25	3.05
2001	1.25	3.06
2002	1.28	2.96
2003	1.29	2.84
2004	1.31	2.74
2005	1.34	2.71
2006	1.4	2.73
2007	1.41	2.74
2008	1.5	2.73
2009	1.5	2.71
2010	1.48	2.69
2011	1.4	2.67
2012	1.34	2.67
2013	1.29	2.65
2014	1.3	2.62
2015	1.33	2.57
2016	1.38	2.5
2017	1.35	2.43
2018	1.35	2.38
2019	1.34	2.35
2020	1.39	2.31
2021	1.43	2.3
2022	1.32	2.27
2023	1.32	2.25
2024	1.32	2.23
2025	1.33	2.21
2026	1.33	2.19
2027	1.33	2.16
2028	1.34	2.14
2029	1.34	2.13
2030	1.34	2.11
2031	1.35	2.09
2032	1.35	2.08
2033	1.35	2.06
2034	1.35	2.05
2035	1.36	2.04
2036	1.36	2.02
2037	1.36	2.01
2038	1.37	2
2039	1.37	1.99
2040	1.37	1.98
2041	1.38	1.97
2042	1.38	1.96
2043	1.39	1.95
2044	1.39	1.94
2045	1.39	1.93
2046	1.39	1.92
2047	1.39	1.91
2048	1.39	1.9
2049	1.4	1.9
2050	1.4	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Greece	Suriname
1960	26.7%	44.5%
1961	26.4%	44.6%
1962	26.1%	45.1%
1963	26%	46.1%
1964	25.9%	46.8%
1965	25.3%	47.4%
1966	25.5%	48%
1967	25.3%	48.5%
1968	25.2%	48.8%
1969	25.2%	48.9%
1970	24.8%	48.8%
1971	25.1%	48.5%
1972	24.8%	47.8%
1973	24.5%	46.8%
1974	24.3%	46%
1975	24%	45.1%
1976	23.8%	44.3%
1977	23.6%	43.4%
1978	23.5%	42.6%
1979	23.2%	41.8%
1980	23.4%	41%
1981	23.6%	40.1%
1982	23.2%	39.5%
1983	22.8%	39%
1984	22.4%	38.6%
1985	21.9%	38.3%
1986	21.4%	38%
1987	20.9%	37.8%
1988	20.5%	37.7%
1989	19.9%	37.5%
1990	19.4%	37.4%
1991	18.9%	37.3%
1992	18.6%	37.2%
1993	18.2%	37.1%
1994	17.8%	37%
1995	17.3%	36.7%
1996	16.9%	36.1%
1997	16.5%	35.3%
1998	16.2%	34.5%
1999	16%	33.7%
2000	15.8%	33%
2001	15.7%	32.3%
2002	15.6%	31.8%
2003	15.4%	31.3%
2004	15.2%	31%
2005	15%	30.9%
2006	14.8%	30.8%
2007	14.7%	30.7%
2008	14.6%	30.6%
2009	14.6%	30.5%
2010	14.6%	30.3%
2011	14.6%	30%
2012	14.7%	29.8%
2013	14.7%	29.4%
2014	14.6%	29.1%
2015	14.5%	28.7%
2016	14.4%	28.3%
2017	14.4%	27.9%
2018	14.4%	27.5%
2019	14.3%	27.2%
2020	14.2%	26.8%
2021	14%	26.5%
2022	13.8%	26.3%
2023	13.6%	25.9%
2024	13.2%	25.6%
2025	12.9%	25.3%
2026	12.6%	25%
2027	12.3%	24.8%
2028	12.1%	24.5%
2029	11.9%	24.2%
2030	11.7%	23.9%
2031	11.5%	23.6%
2032	11.3%	23.4%
2033	11.2%	23.2%
2034	11.1%	23%
2035	11%	22.8%
2036	10.9%	22.6%
2037	10.9%	22.4%
2038	11%	22.2%
2039	11%	22%
2040	11.1%	21.8%
2041	11.2%	21.6%
2042	11.3%	21.4%
2043	11.4%	21.3%
2044	11.5%	21.1%
2045	11.7%	20.9%
2046	11.8%	20.7%
2047	11.9%	20.5%
2048	12%	20.3%
2049	12.1%	20.1%
2050	12.2%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.2% of the population in Greece and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 19.4% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Greece and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Greece vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.39% in Greece 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
	Greece	Suriname
1960	96,648	8,170
1961	86,500	8,361
1962	85,327	8,529
1963	81,404	8,838
1964	83,402	9,174
1965	83,793	9,270
1966	86,998	9,243
1967	91,183	9,104
1968	87,408	8,980
1969	82,464	8,880
1970	71,222	8,823
1971	67,116	8,814
1972	64,887	8,893
1973	59,824	8,877
1974	68,111	8,751
1975	61,516	8,587
1976	65,236	8,327
1977	59,574	7,998
1978	64,124	7,650
1979	65,882	7,312
1980	60,748	7,002
1981	54,484	7,541
1982	50,906	8,197
1983	42,341	8,797
1984	37,604	9,031
1985	22,849	9,177
1986	20,931	9,222
1987	10,001	9,319
1988	15,055	9,347
1989	9,080	9,441
1990	8,157	9,047
1991	6,192	8,637
1992	6,239	8,355
1993	4,185	8,127
1994	6,307	7,929
1995	1,056	7,968
1996	0	8,031
1997	2,133	8,106
1998	-2,144	8,173
1999	-2,153	8,236
2000	-1,081	8,323
2001	0	8,349
2002	0	7,916
2003	-1,093	7,396
2004	0	6,948
2005	2,197	7,037
2006	6,612	7,278
2007	2,210	7,468
2008	11,077	7,552
2009	8,886	7,559
2010	5,560	7,489
2011	-4,441	7,401
2012	-16,568	7,405
2013	-17,545	7,350
2014	-20,696	7,284
2015	-29,216	7,150
2016	-25,862	6,979
2017	-36,566	6,772
2018	-33,272	6,613
2019	-41,814	6,564
2020	-46,004	6,640
2021	-58,131	5,291
2022	-63,665	6,719
2023	-56,191	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Greece vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Greece, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Greece	Suriname
1985	9	386
1986	8	377
1987	9	372
1988	7	364
1989	7	360
1990	7	350
1991	6	347
1992	6	346
1993	5	343
1994	5	334
1995	5	331
1996	4	323
1997	4	312
1998	4	302
1999	4	291
2000	4	282
2001	3	270
2002	3	253
2003	3	238
2004	3	219
2005	3	202
2006	3	187
2007	3	173
2008	3	161
2009	3	147
2010	4	134
2011	4	126
2012	4	122
2013	4	121
2014	4	120
2015	5	115
2016	5	109
2017	5	105
2018	5	101
2019	5	97
2020	7	94
2021	9	144
2022	10	88
2023	5	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Greece 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
	Greece	Suriname
1960	4.62%	-
1961	4.51%	-
1962	4.39%	-
1963	4.25%	-
1964	4.1%	-
1965	3.97%	-
1966	3.86%	-
1967	3.73%	-
1968	3.54%	-
1969	3.33%	-
1970	3.13%	-
1971	2.96%	-
1972	2.84%	-
1973	2.76%	-
1974	2.7%	-
1975	2.62%	-
1976	2.51%	-
1977	2.38%	-
1978	2.24%	-
1979	2.09%	-
1980	1.96%	-
1981	1.83%	-
1982	1.71%	-
1983	1.62%	5.67%
1984	1.54%	5.49%
1985	1.46%	5.31%
1986	1.37%	5.13%
1987	1.27%	4.97%
1988	1.19%	4.81%
1989	1.11%	4.65%
1990	1.05%	4.49%
1991	0.99%	4.34%
1992	0.95%	4.19%
1993	0.91%	4.03%
1994	0.88%	3.88%
1995	0.85%	3.74%
1996	0.81%	3.6%
1997	0.77%	3.47%
1998	0.73%	3.34%
1999	0.69%	3.22%
2000	0.64%	3.11%
2001	0.6%	3%
2002	0.56%	2.9%
2003	0.52%	2.81%
2004	0.49%	2.72%
2005	0.46%	2.64%
2006	0.43%	2.57%
2007	0.41%	2.5%
2008	0.4%	2.44%
2009	0.4%	2.38%
2010	0.39%	2.32%
2011	0.4%	2.26%
2012	0.4%	2.21%
2013	0.41%	2.16%
2014	0.42%	2.11%
2015	0.43%	2.05%
2016	0.43%	2%
2017	0.43%	1.95%
2018	0.42%	1.9%
2019	0.41%	1.84%
2020	0.4%	1.78%
2021	0.39%	1.73%
2022	0.38%	1.68%
2023	0.37%	1.62%