Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Suriname

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iceland was 1.59 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 Iceland 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
	Iceland	Suriname
1960	4.29	6.59
1961	3.88	6.58
1962	3.98	6.57
1963	3.99	6.51
1964	3.88	6.43
1965	3.73	6.32
1966	3.59	6.2
1967	3.28	6.04
1968	3.06	5.86
1969	2.99	5.7
1970	2.81	5.53
1971	2.92	5.36
1972	3.09	5.18
1973	2.94	5.01
1974	2.66	4.81
1975	2.65	4.63
1976	2.52	4.45
1977	2.31	4.26
1978	2.35	4.08
1979	2.49	3.93
1980	2.48	3.79
1981	2.33	3.75
1982	2.27	3.82
1983	2.24	3.87
1984	2.08	3.8
1985	1.93	3.71
1986	1.92	3.61
1987	2.06	3.53
1988	2.26	3.46
1989	2.19	3.39
1990	2.3	3.23
1991	2.18	3.09
1992	2.21	3.01
1993	2.22	2.94
1994	2.14	2.9
1995	2.08	2.9
1996	2.12	2.92
1997	2.04	2.95
1998	2.05	2.99
1999	1.99	3.02
2000	2.08	3.05
2001	1.95	3.06
2002	1.93	2.96
2003	1.99	2.84
2004	2.04	2.74
2005	2.05	2.71
2006	2.08	2.73
2007	2.09	2.74
2008	2.15	2.73
2009	2.23	2.71
2010	2.2	2.69
2011	2.02	2.67
2012	2.04	2.67
2013	1.93	2.65
2014	1.93	2.62
2015	1.8	2.57
2016	1.74	2.5
2017	1.71	2.43
2018	1.71	2.38
2019	1.74	2.35
2020	1.72	2.31
2021	1.82	2.3
2022	1.59	2.27
2023	1.59	2.25
2024	1.57	2.23
2025	1.55	2.21
2026	1.54	2.19
2027	1.53	2.16
2028	1.53	2.14
2029	1.53	2.13
2030	1.52	2.11
2031	1.52	2.09
2032	1.52	2.08
2033	1.53	2.06
2034	1.53	2.05
2035	1.53	2.04
2036	1.53	2.02
2037	1.53	2.01
2038	1.53	2
2039	1.54	1.99
2040	1.54	1.98
2041	1.54	1.97
2042	1.54	1.96
2043	1.54	1.95
2044	1.54	1.94
2045	1.54	1.93
2046	1.55	1.92
2047	1.55	1.91
2048	1.55	1.9
2049	1.55	1.9
2050	1.56	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Suriname
1960	34.9%	44.5%
1961	35%	44.6%
1962	34.9%	45.1%
1963	34.9%	46.1%
1964	34.7%	46.8%
1965	34.5%	47.4%
1966	34.3%	48%
1967	34%	48.5%
1968	33.6%	48.8%
1969	33.2%	48.9%
1970	32.6%	48.8%
1971	32.1%	48.5%
1972	31.6%	47.8%
1973	31.2%	46.8%
1974	30.7%	46%
1975	30.1%	45.1%
1976	29.5%	44.3%
1977	29%	43.4%
1978	28.4%	42.6%
1979	27.9%	41.8%
1980	27.5%	41%
1981	27.2%	40.1%
1982	26.9%	39.5%
1983	26.7%	39%
1984	26.5%	38.6%
1985	26.2%	38.3%
1986	25.9%	38%
1987	25.6%	37.8%
1988	25.2%	37.7%
1989	25%	37.5%
1990	25%	37.4%
1991	24.8%	37.3%
1992	24.8%	37.2%
1993	24.8%	37.1%
1994	24.7%	37%
1995	24.4%	36.7%
1996	24.1%	36.1%
1997	23.9%	35.3%
1998	23.6%	34.5%
1999	23.4%	33.7%
2000	23.3%	33%
2001	23.2%	32.3%
2002	23%	31.8%
2003	22.8%	31.3%
2004	22.5%	31%
2005	22.1%	30.9%
2006	21.5%	30.8%
2007	21.1%	30.7%
2008	20.9%	30.6%
2009	20.9%	30.5%
2010	20.9%	30.3%
2011	20.8%	30%
2012	20.7%	29.8%
2013	20.6%	29.4%
2014	20.4%	29.1%
2015	20.2%	28.7%
2016	19.9%	28.3%
2017	19.6%	27.9%
2018	19.2%	27.5%
2019	18.9%	27.2%
2020	18.7%	26.8%
2021	18.6%	26.5%
2022	18.4%	26.3%
2023	18.1%	25.9%
2024	17.8%	25.6%
2025	17.5%	25.3%
2026	17.3%	25%
2027	17.1%	24.8%
2028	17%	24.5%
2029	16.8%	24.2%
2030	16.7%	23.9%
2031	16.6%	23.6%
2032	16.5%	23.4%
2033	16.3%	23.2%
2034	16.1%	23%
2035	15.9%	22.8%
2036	15.6%	22.6%
2037	15.4%	22.4%
2038	15.2%	22.2%
2039	15%	22%
2040	14.8%	21.8%
2041	14.7%	21.6%
2042	14.5%	21.4%
2043	14.4%	21.3%
2044	14.2%	21.1%
2045	14.1%	20.9%
2046	14%	20.7%
2047	13.9%	20.5%
2048	13.8%	20.3%
2049	13.7%	20.1%
2050	13.6%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 25% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Suriname
1960	3,758	8,170
1961	3,312	8,361
1962	3,465	8,529
1963	3,490	8,838
1964	3,459	9,174
1965	3,442	9,270
1966	3,305	9,243
1967	3,021	9,104
1968	2,841	8,980
1969	2,766	8,880
1970	2,576	8,823
1971	2,782	8,814
1972	3,241	8,893
1973	3,121	8,877
1974	2,776	8,751
1975	2,965	8,587
1976	2,951	8,327
1977	2,551	7,998
1978	2,727	7,650
1979	2,980	7,312
1980	2,966	7,002
1981	2,677	7,541
1982	2,736	8,197
1983	2,702	8,797
1984	2,539	9,031
1985	2,221	9,177
1986	2,384	9,222
1987	2,360	9,319
1988	2,847	9,347
1989	2,832	9,441
1990	3,058	9,047
1991	2,733	8,637
1992	2,898	8,355
1993	2,875	8,127
1994	2,713	7,929
1995	2,354	7,968
1996	2,447	8,031
1997	2,305	8,106
1998	2,357	8,173
1999	2,192	8,236
2000	2,475	8,323
2001	2,365	8,349
2002	2,243	7,916
2003	2,317	7,396
2004	2,425	6,948
2005	2,433	7,037
2006	2,491	7,278
2007	2,617	7,468
2008	2,825	7,552
2009	3,026	7,559
2010	2,862	7,489
2011	2,521	7,401
2012	2,566	7,405
2013	2,169	7,350
2014	2,324	7,284
2015	1,952	7,150
2016	1,711	6,979
2017	1,854	6,772
2018	1,975	6,613
2019	2,163	6,564
2020	2,199	6,640
2021	2,534	5,291
2022	1,719	6,719
2023	1,730	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iceland, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iceland	Suriname
1985	11	386
1986	15	377
1987	13	372
1988	11	364
1989	14	360
1990	13	350
1991	11	347
1992	12	346
1993	10	343
1994	9	334
1995	13	331
1996	7	323
1997	8	312
1998	8	302
1999	7	291
2000	7	282
2001	6	270
2002	7	253
2003	6	238
2004	6	219
2005	5	202
2006	5	187
2007	5	173
2008	4	161
2009	5	147
2010	5	134
2011	4	126
2012	4	122
2013	4	121
2014	4	120
2015	4	115
2016	3	109
2017	3	105
2018	4	101
2019	4	97
2020	12	94
2021	5	144
2022	5	88
2023	3	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Suriname
1960	2.14%	-
1961	2.11%	-
1962	2.07%	-
1963	2.02%	-
1964	1.97%	-
1965	1.92%	-
1966	1.85%	-
1967	1.79%	-
1968	1.72%	-
1969	1.66%	-
1970	1.6%	-
1971	1.54%	-
1972	1.48%	-
1973	1.41%	-
1974	1.35%	-
1975	1.29%	-
1976	1.22%	-
1977	1.15%	-
1978	1.09%	-
1979	1.03%	-
1980	0.97%	-
1981	0.92%	-
1982	0.87%	-
1983	0.83%	5.67%
1984	0.79%	5.49%
1985	0.75%	5.31%
1986	0.73%	5.13%
1987	0.7%	4.97%
1988	0.67%	4.81%
1989	0.65%	4.65%
1990	0.63%	4.49%
1991	0.61%	4.34%
1992	0.58%	4.19%
1993	0.56%	4.03%
1994	0.54%	3.88%
1995	0.52%	3.74%
1996	0.49%	3.6%
1997	0.47%	3.47%
1998	0.45%	3.34%
1999	0.42%	3.22%
2000	0.4%	3.11%
2001	0.38%	3%
2002	0.36%	2.9%
2003	0.34%	2.81%
2004	0.33%	2.72%
2005	0.31%	2.64%
2006	0.3%	2.57%
2007	0.29%	2.5%
2008	0.28%	2.44%
2009	0.27%	2.38%
2010	0.27%	2.32%
2011	0.27%	2.26%
2012	0.26%	2.21%
2013	0.26%	2.16%
2014	0.26%	2.11%
2015	0.26%	2.05%
2016	0.26%	2%
2017	0.26%	1.95%
2018	0.27%	1.9%
2019	0.27%	1.84%
2020	0.27%	1.78%
2021	0.27%	1.73%
2022	0.26%	1.68%
2023	0.26%	1.62%