Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Suriname

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland 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 Ireland 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
	Ireland	Suriname
1960	3.78	6.59
1961	3.78	6.58
1962	3.92	6.57
1963	4.01	6.51
1964	4.07	6.43
1965	4.04	6.32
1966	3.94	6.2
1967	3.84	6.04
1968	3.77	5.86
1969	3.83	5.7
1970	3.85	5.53
1971	3.93	5.36
1972	3.84	5.18
1973	3.71	5.01
1974	3.59	4.81
1975	3.37	4.63
1976	3.29	4.45
1977	3.24	4.26
1978	3.21	4.08
1979	3.21	3.93
1980	3.21	3.79
1981	3.05	3.75
1982	2.94	3.82
1983	2.74	3.87
1984	2.58	3.8
1985	2.48	3.71
1986	2.44	3.61
1987	2.32	3.53
1988	2.17	3.46
1989	2.08	3.39
1990	2.11	3.23
1991	2.08	3.09
1992	1.99	3.01
1993	1.9	2.94
1994	1.85	2.9
1995	1.84	2.9
1996	1.88	2.92
1997	1.93	2.95
1998	1.94	2.99
1999	1.9	3.02
2000	1.89	3.05
2001	1.94	3.06
2002	1.97	2.96
2003	1.96	2.84
2004	1.93	2.74
2005	1.86	2.71
2006	1.91	2.73
2007	2.01	2.74
2008	2.06	2.73
2009	2.06	2.71
2010	2.05	2.69
2011	2.03	2.67
2012	1.98	2.67
2013	1.93	2.65
2014	1.89	2.62
2015	1.85	2.57
2016	1.81	2.5
2017	1.77	2.43
2018	1.75	2.38
2019	1.71	2.35
2020	1.63	2.31
2021	1.78	2.3
2022	1.54	2.27
2023	1.5	2.25
2024	1.5	2.23
2025	1.5	2.21
2026	1.5	2.19
2027	1.5	2.16
2028	1.5	2.14
2029	1.5	2.13
2030	1.5	2.11
2031	1.5	2.09
2032	1.5	2.08
2033	1.5	2.06
2034	1.5	2.05
2035	1.5	2.04
2036	1.5	2.02
2037	1.5	2.01
2038	1.5	2
2039	1.51	1.99
2040	1.51	1.98
2041	1.5	1.97
2042	1.5	1.96
2043	1.5	1.95
2044	1.51	1.94
2045	1.51	1.93
2046	1.5	1.92
2047	1.5	1.91
2048	1.5	1.9
2049	1.5	1.9
2050	1.5	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Suriname
1960	30.9%	44.5%
1961	31%	44.6%
1962	30.9%	45.1%
1963	30.9%	46.1%
1964	30.9%	46.8%
1965	31.1%	47.4%
1966	31.1%	48%
1967	31.1%	48.5%
1968	31.1%	48.8%
1969	31.1%	48.9%
1970	31.1%	48.8%
1971	31.2%	48.5%
1972	31.2%	47.8%
1973	31.2%	46.8%
1974	31.2%	46%
1975	31.1%	45.1%
1976	31%	44.3%
1977	30.9%	43.4%
1978	30.7%	42.6%
1979	30.5%	41.8%
1980	30.4%	41%
1981	30.3%	40.1%
1982	30.1%	39.5%
1983	29.9%	39%
1984	29.6%	38.6%
1985	29.3%	38.3%
1986	28.9%	38%
1987	28.5%	37.8%
1988	28.1%	37.7%
1989	27.6%	37.5%
1990	27.1%	37.4%
1991	26.6%	37.3%
1992	26%	37.2%
1993	25.5%	37.1%
1994	24.9%	37%
1995	24.2%	36.7%
1996	23.6%	36.1%
1997	23%	35.3%
1998	22.5%	34.5%
1999	22.1%	33.7%
2000	21.8%	33%
2001	21.4%	32.3%
2002	21.1%	31.8%
2003	21%	31.3%
2004	20.8%	31%
2005	20.6%	30.9%
2006	20.4%	30.8%
2007	20.3%	30.7%
2008	20.5%	30.6%
2009	20.7%	30.5%
2010	21.1%	30.3%
2011	21.4%	30%
2012	21.5%	29.8%
2013	21.5%	29.4%
2014	21.4%	29.1%
2015	21.3%	28.7%
2016	21.2%	28.3%
2017	20.9%	27.9%
2018	20.7%	27.5%
2019	20.4%	27.2%
2020	20.1%	26.8%
2021	19.8%	26.5%
2022	19.5%	26.3%
2023	19%	25.9%
2024	18.6%	25.6%
2025	18.1%	25.3%
2026	17.6%	25%
2027	17.2%	24.8%
2028	16.9%	24.5%
2029	16.6%	24.2%
2030	16.3%	23.9%
2031	16%	23.6%
2032	15.8%	23.4%
2033	15.6%	23.2%
2034	15.4%	23%
2035	15.3%	22.8%
2036	15.2%	22.6%
2037	15.1%	22.4%
2038	15.1%	22.2%
2039	15.2%	22%
2040	15.2%	21.8%
2041	15.3%	21.6%
2042	15.4%	21.4%
2043	15.4%	21.3%
2044	15.5%	21.1%
2045	15.6%	20.9%
2046	15.6%	20.7%
2047	15.7%	20.5%
2048	15.7%	20.3%
2049	15.7%	20.1%
2050	15.6%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Suriname
1960	28,286	8,170
1961	25,137	8,361
1962	28,077	8,529
1963	29,667	8,838
1964	31,532	9,174
1965	30,500	9,270
1966	26,866	9,243
1967	29,895	9,104
1968	27,697	8,980
1969	29,326	8,880
1970	30,756	8,823
1971	35,606	8,814
1972	34,316	8,893
1973	34,562	8,877
1974	34,199	8,751
1975	34,128	8,587
1976	33,676	8,327
1977	35,448	7,998
1978	36,288	7,650
1979	38,798	7,312
1980	40,612	7,002
1981	39,364	7,541
1982	38,344	8,197
1983	34,053	8,797
1984	31,791	9,031
1985	29,013	9,177
1986	27,963	9,222
1987	26,904	9,319
1988	22,912	9,347
1989	20,012	9,441
1990	21,787	9,047
1991	21,206	8,637
1992	20,283	8,355
1993	17,166	8,127
1994	17,234	7,929
1995	16,601	7,968
1996	18,915	8,031
1997	21,311	8,106
1998	22,277	8,173
1999	21,402	8,236
2000	23,592	8,323
2001	27,837	8,349
2002	31,062	7,916
2003	32,372	7,396
2004	33,376	6,948
2005	33,279	7,037
2006	36,752	7,278
2007	43,109	7,468
2008	46,691	7,552
2009	47,168	7,559
2010	47,426	7,489
2011	45,801	7,401
2012	42,775	7,405
2013	39,302	7,350
2014	37,728	7,284
2015	35,265	7,150
2016	33,339	6,979
2017	31,379	6,772
2018	29,878	6,613
2019	28,365	6,564
2020	23,687	6,640
2021	26,064	5,291
2022	19,287	6,719
2023	19,638	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland 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 Ireland, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Suriname
1960	3.53%	-
1961	3.38%	-
1962	3.25%	-
1963	3.13%	-
1964	3.01%	-
1965	2.87%	-
1966	2.71%	-
1967	2.55%	-
1968	2.41%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.22%	-
1971	2.17%	-
1972	2.14%	-
1973	2.11%	-
1974	2.06%	-
1975	2%	-
1976	1.91%	-
1977	1.81%	-
1978	1.69%	-
1979	1.56%	-
1980	1.43%	-
1981	1.32%	-
1982	1.23%	-
1983	1.17%	5.67%
1984	1.11%	5.49%
1985	1.07%	5.31%
1986	1.04%	5.13%
1987	1.02%	4.97%
1988	0.99%	4.81%
1989	0.96%	4.65%
1990	0.92%	4.49%
1991	0.87%	4.34%
1992	0.81%	4.19%
1993	0.77%	4.03%
1994	0.74%	3.88%
1995	0.73%	3.74%
1996	0.73%	3.6%
1997	0.73%	3.47%
1998	0.73%	3.34%
1999	0.73%	3.22%
2000	0.72%	3.11%
2001	0.69%	3%
2002	0.65%	2.9%
2003	0.6%	2.81%
2004	0.56%	2.72%
2005	0.52%	2.64%
2006	0.49%	2.57%
2007	0.46%	2.5%
2008	0.44%	2.44%
2009	0.43%	2.38%
2010	0.42%	2.32%
2011	0.41%	2.26%
2012	0.4%	2.21%
2013	0.39%	2.16%
2014	0.38%	2.11%
2015	0.37%	2.05%
2016	0.36%	2%
2017	0.35%	1.95%
2018	0.34%	1.9%
2019	0.34%	1.84%
2020	0.35%	1.78%
2021	0.36%	1.73%
2022	0.37%	1.68%
2023	0.38%	1.62%