Fertility & birth rates in India and Suriname

Fertility rate in India vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in India was 1.98 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 India 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
	India	Suriname
1960	5.92	6.59
1961	5.94	6.58
1962	5.95	6.57
1963	5.97	6.51
1964	5.98	6.43
1965	5.94	6.32
1966	5.88	6.2
1967	5.83	6.04
1968	5.76	5.86
1969	5.68	5.7
1970	5.62	5.53
1971	5.57	5.36
1972	5.48	5.18
1973	5.4	5.01
1974	5.33	4.81
1975	5.2	4.63
1976	5.13	4.45
1977	5.01	4.26
1978	4.89	4.08
1979	4.81	3.93
1980	4.78	3.79
1981	4.7	3.75
1982	4.62	3.82
1983	4.57	3.87
1984	4.52	3.8
1985	4.43	3.71
1986	4.4	3.61
1987	4.31	3.53
1988	4.22	3.46
1989	4.13	3.39
1990	4.05	3.23
1991	3.96	3.09
1992	3.88	3.01
1993	3.8	2.94
1994	3.72	2.9
1995	3.65	2.9
1996	3.58	2.92
1997	3.51	2.95
1998	3.45	2.99
1999	3.38	3.02
2000	3.35	3.05
2001	3.3	3.06
2002	3.22	2.96
2003	3.12	2.84
2004	3.05	2.74
2005	2.96	2.71
2006	2.87	2.73
2007	2.78	2.74
2008	2.71	2.73
2009	2.67	2.71
2010	2.6	2.69
2011	2.53	2.67
2012	2.47	2.67
2013	2.4	2.65
2014	2.29	2.62
2015	2.29	2.57
2016	2.28	2.5
2017	2.19	2.43
2018	2.18	2.38
2019	2.12	2.35
2020	2.05	2.31
2021	2.01	2.3
2022	1.99	2.27
2023	1.98	2.25
2024	1.96	2.23
2025	1.94	2.21
2026	1.93	2.19
2027	1.91	2.16
2028	1.9	2.14
2029	1.89	2.13
2030	1.88	2.11
2031	1.87	2.09
2032	1.86	2.08
2033	1.85	2.06
2034	1.84	2.05
2035	1.84	2.04
2036	1.83	2.02
2037	1.82	2.01
2038	1.81	2
2039	1.81	1.99
2040	1.8	1.98
2041	1.8	1.97
2042	1.79	1.96
2043	1.79	1.95
2044	1.78	1.94
2045	1.78	1.93
2046	1.78	1.92
2047	1.77	1.91
2048	1.77	1.9
2049	1.77	1.9
2050	1.76	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Suriname
1960	40.6%	44.5%
1961	40.9%	44.6%
1962	41.2%	45.1%
1963	41.5%	46.1%
1964	41.6%	46.8%
1965	41.7%	47.4%
1966	41.7%	48%
1967	41.6%	48.5%
1968	41.5%	48.8%
1969	41.5%	48.9%
1970	41.4%	48.8%
1971	41.2%	48.5%
1972	41.1%	47.8%
1973	41%	46.8%
1974	40.8%	46%
1975	40.7%	45.1%
1976	40.5%	44.3%
1977	40.3%	43.4%
1978	40.1%	42.6%
1979	40%	41.8%
1980	39.8%	41%
1981	39.7%	40.1%
1982	39.6%	39.5%
1983	39.5%	39%
1984	39.4%	38.6%
1985	39.3%	38.3%
1986	39.2%	38%
1987	39.1%	37.8%
1988	38.9%	37.7%
1989	38.8%	37.5%
1990	38.6%	37.4%
1991	38.4%	37.3%
1992	38.1%	37.2%
1993	37.9%	37.1%
1994	37.6%	37%
1995	37.3%	36.7%
1996	37%	36.1%
1997	36.7%	35.3%
1998	36.3%	34.5%
1999	35.9%	33.7%
2000	35.6%	33%
2001	35.2%	32.3%
2002	34.8%	31.8%
2003	34.4%	31.3%
2004	34%	31%
2005	33.6%	30.9%
2006	33.1%	30.8%
2007	32.7%	30.7%
2008	32.2%	30.6%
2009	31.8%	30.5%
2010	31.3%	30.3%
2011	30.9%	30%
2012	30.4%	29.8%
2013	29.9%	29.4%
2014	29.4%	29.1%
2015	28.9%	28.7%
2016	28.4%	28.3%
2017	27.8%	27.9%
2018	27.3%	27.5%
2019	26.8%	27.2%
2020	26.3%	26.8%
2021	25.9%	26.5%
2022	25.5%	26.3%
2023	25.1%	25.9%
2024	24.6%	25.6%
2025	24.2%	25.3%
2026	23.8%	25%
2027	23.4%	24.8%
2028	23%	24.5%
2029	22.7%	24.2%
2030	22.4%	23.9%
2031	22.1%	23.6%
2032	21.8%	23.4%
2033	21.5%	23.2%
2034	21.3%	23%
2035	21%	22.8%
2036	20.8%	22.6%
2037	20.6%	22.4%
2038	20.4%	22.2%
2039	20.2%	22%
2040	19.9%	21.8%
2041	19.7%	21.6%
2042	19.5%	21.4%
2043	19.3%	21.3%
2044	19.1%	21.1%
2045	18.8%	20.9%
2046	18.6%	20.7%
2047	18.4%	20.5%
2048	18.2%	20.3%
2049	18%	20.1%
2050	17.8%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in India vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India 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
	India	Suriname
1960	10,237,489	8,170
1961	10,468,816	8,361
1962	10,743,409	8,529
1963	11,016,705	8,838
1964	11,285,378	9,174
1965	10,925,714	9,270
1966	11,089,894	9,243
1967	11,279,897	9,104
1968	12,006,807	8,980
1969	12,167,671	8,880
1970	12,417,866	8,823
1971	12,787,104	8,814
1972	13,041,792	8,893
1973	13,412,707	8,877
1974	13,795,836	8,751
1975	13,958,642	8,587
1976	14,435,504	8,327
1977	14,575,662	7,998
1978	14,898,145	7,650
1979	15,392,957	7,312
1980	16,018,786	7,002
1981	16,422,159	7,541
1982	16,790,507	8,197
1983	17,219,127	8,797
1984	17,698,810	9,031
1985	17,968,697	9,177
1986	18,455,495	9,222
1987	18,496,213	9,319
1988	18,702,916	9,347
1989	18,848,915	9,441
1990	18,893,588	9,047
1991	19,049,524	8,637
1992	19,132,757	8,355
1993	19,152,399	8,127
1994	19,310,798	7,929
1995	19,396,161	7,968
1996	19,442,699	8,031
1997	19,494,098	8,106
1998	19,569,575	8,173
1999	19,648,424	8,236
2000	19,984,160	8,323
2001	20,182,573	8,349
2002	20,024,621	7,916
2003	19,720,507	7,396
2004	19,469,758	6,948
2005	19,034,839	7,037
2006	18,641,737	7,278
2007	18,331,648	7,468
2008	18,234,926	7,552
2009	18,286,055	7,559
2010	17,991,935	7,489
2011	17,793,362	7,401
2012	17,552,365	7,405
2013	17,107,541	7,350
2014	16,165,943	7,284
2015	16,211,195	7,150
2016	16,202,593	6,979
2017	15,394,041	6,772
2018	15,451,168	6,613
2019	14,859,846	6,564
2020	13,366,946	6,640
2021	10,227,523	5,291
2022	13,912,130	6,719
2023	13,711,993	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 80 deaths per 100,000 live births in India, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Suriname
1985	658	386
1986	624	377
1987	592	372
1988	562	364
1989	538	360
1990	516	350
1991	498	347
1992	482	346
1993	467	343
1994	451	334
1995	437	331
1996	422	323
1997	407	312
1998	393	302
1999	378	291
2000	362	282
2001	349	270
2002	330	253
2003	313	238
2004	296	219
2005	277	202
2006	258	187
2007	240	173
2008	223	161
2009	205	147
2010	188	134
2011	173	126
2012	160	122
2013	148	121
2014	137	120
2015	129	115
2016	121	109
2017	113	105
2018	107	101
2019	101	97
2020	101	94
2021	155	144
2022	90	88
2023	80	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India 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
	India	Suriname
1960	24.1%	-
1961	23.8%	-
1962	23.5%	-
1963	23.2%	-
1964	22.9%	-
1965	22.7%	-
1966	22.4%	-
1967	22.2%	-
1968	22%	-
1969	21.7%	-
1970	21.5%	-
1971	21.2%	-
1972	20.8%	-
1973	20.5%	-
1974	20.1%	-
1975	19.6%	-
1976	19.1%	-
1977	18.6%	-
1978	18%	-
1979	17.5%	-
1980	16.9%	-
1981	16.4%	-
1982	15.9%	-
1983	15.5%	5.67%
1984	15%	5.49%
1985	14.6%	5.31%
1986	14.2%	5.13%
1987	13.8%	4.97%
1988	13.4%	4.81%
1989	13%	4.65%
1990	12.7%	4.49%
1991	12.3%	4.34%
1992	12%	4.19%
1993	11.6%	4.03%
1994	11.3%	3.88%
1995	11%	3.74%
1996	10.6%	3.6%
1997	10.3%	3.47%
1998	9.89%	3.34%
1999	9.53%	3.22%
2000	9.16%	3.11%
2001	8.8%	3%
2002	8.45%	2.9%
2003	8.11%	2.81%
2004	7.77%	2.72%
2005	7.44%	2.64%
2006	7.11%	2.57%
2007	6.79%	2.5%
2008	6.46%	2.44%
2009	6.14%	2.38%
2010	5.82%	2.32%
2011	5.5%	2.26%
2012	5.2%	2.21%
2013	4.91%	2.16%
2014	4.63%	2.11%
2015	4.36%	2.05%
2016	4.11%	2%
2017	3.87%	1.95%
2018	3.64%	1.9%
2019	3.43%	1.84%
2020	3.24%	1.78%
2021	3.06%	1.73%
2022	2.91%	1.68%
2023	2.77%	1.62%