Fertility & birth rates in Liberia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Liberia vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Liberia was 3.95 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 Liberia 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
	Liberia	Suriname
1960	6.39	6.59
1961	6.45	6.58
1962	6.5	6.57
1963	6.56	6.51
1964	6.59	6.43
1965	6.62	6.32
1966	6.63	6.2
1967	6.65	6.04
1968	6.66	5.86
1969	6.64	5.7
1970	6.58	5.53
1971	6.54	5.36
1972	6.6	5.18
1973	6.65	5.01
1974	6.69	4.81
1975	6.74	4.63
1976	6.79	4.45
1977	6.84	4.26
1978	6.88	4.08
1979	6.92	3.93
1980	6.87	3.79
1981	6.83	3.75
1982	6.79	3.82
1983	6.76	3.87
1984	6.73	3.8
1985	6.69	3.71
1986	6.64	3.61
1987	6.57	3.53
1988	6.51	3.46
1989	6.43	3.39
1990	6.37	3.23
1991	6.32	3.09
1992	6.28	3.01
1993	6.25	2.94
1994	6.21	2.9
1995	6.17	2.9
1996	6.13	2.92
1997	6.08	2.95
1998	6.02	2.99
1999	5.95	3.02
2000	5.88	3.05
2001	5.77	3.06
2002	5.65	2.96
2003	5.55	2.84
2004	5.51	2.74
2005	5.52	2.71
2006	5.53	2.73
2007	5.46	2.74
2008	5.33	2.73
2009	5.17	2.71
2010	5.06	2.69
2011	4.97	2.67
2012	4.88	2.67
2013	4.75	2.65
2014	4.62	2.62
2015	4.52	2.57
2016	4.46	2.5
2017	4.4	2.43
2018	4.34	2.38
2019	4.26	2.35
2020	4.17	2.31
2021	4.09	2.3
2022	4.02	2.27
2023	3.95	2.25
2024	3.86	2.23
2025	3.79	2.21
2026	3.71	2.19
2027	3.64	2.16
2028	3.57	2.14
2029	3.51	2.13
2030	3.43	2.11
2031	3.38	2.09
2032	3.31	2.08
2033	3.25	2.06
2034	3.2	2.05
2035	3.15	2.04
2036	3.11	2.02
2037	3.06	2.01
2038	3.02	2
2039	2.98	1.99
2040	2.94	1.98
2041	2.91	1.97
2042	2.87	1.96
2043	2.83	1.95
2044	2.8	1.94
2045	2.77	1.93
2046	2.73	1.92
2047	2.7	1.91
2048	2.68	1.9
2049	2.65	1.9
2050	2.62	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Liberia	Suriname
1960	41.1%	44.5%
1961	41.1%	44.6%
1962	41.2%	45.1%
1963	41.4%	46.1%
1964	41.7%	46.8%
1965	42%	47.4%
1966	42.2%	48%
1967	42.4%	48.5%
1968	42.6%	48.8%
1969	42.8%	48.9%
1970	42.9%	48.8%
1971	43%	48.5%
1972	43.2%	47.8%
1973	43.3%	46.8%
1974	43.4%	46%
1975	43.5%	45.1%
1976	43.6%	44.3%
1977	43.7%	43.4%
1978	43.8%	42.6%
1979	43.9%	41.8%
1980	44%	41%
1981	44.1%	40.1%
1982	44.2%	39.5%
1983	44.2%	39%
1984	44.2%	38.6%
1985	44.2%	38.3%
1986	44.3%	38%
1987	44.3%	37.8%
1988	44.2%	37.7%
1989	44.1%	37.5%
1990	44.1%	37.4%
1991	44.2%	37.3%
1992	44.1%	37.2%
1993	43.9%	37.1%
1994	43.8%	37%
1995	43.6%	36.7%
1996	43.4%	36.1%
1997	43.3%	35.3%
1998	43.2%	34.5%
1999	43.1%	33.7%
2000	43%	33%
2001	43%	32.3%
2002	42.9%	31.8%
2003	42.9%	31.3%
2004	42.9%	31%
2005	43%	30.9%
2006	43.1%	30.8%
2007	43.2%	30.7%
2008	43.2%	30.6%
2009	43.1%	30.5%
2010	43.1%	30.3%
2011	42.7%	30%
2012	42.4%	29.8%
2013	42.5%	29.4%
2014	42.5%	29.1%
2015	42.4%	28.7%
2016	42.3%	28.3%
2017	42.1%	27.9%
2018	42%	27.5%
2019	41.7%	27.2%
2020	41.4%	26.8%
2021	41%	26.5%
2022	40.5%	26.3%
2023	40%	25.9%
2024	39.5%	25.6%
2025	39.1%	25.3%
2026	38.6%	25%
2027	38.1%	24.8%
2028	37.7%	24.5%
2029	37.2%	24.2%
2030	36.9%	23.9%
2031	36.5%	23.6%
2032	36.2%	23.4%
2033	35.8%	23.2%
2034	35.5%	23%
2035	35.2%	22.8%
2036	34.9%	22.6%
2037	34.5%	22.4%
2038	34.2%	22.2%
2039	33.9%	22%
2040	33.6%	21.8%
2041	33.2%	21.6%
2042	32.9%	21.4%
2043	32.6%	21.3%
2044	32.3%	21.1%
2045	32%	20.9%
2046	31.6%	20.7%
2047	31.3%	20.5%
2048	31%	20.3%
2049	30.7%	20.1%
2050	30.4%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.5% of the population in Liberia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Liberia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Liberia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.41% in Liberia 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
	Liberia	Suriname
1960	25,713	8,170
1961	26,670	8,361
1962	27,679	8,529
1963	28,708	8,838
1964	29,592	9,174
1965	30,618	9,270
1966	31,454	9,243
1967	32,519	9,104
1968	33,536	8,980
1969	34,677	8,880
1970	35,196	8,823
1971	36,015	8,814
1972	37,860	8,893
1973	39,694	8,877
1974	41,499	8,751
1975	43,478	8,587
1976	45,528	8,327
1977	47,582	7,998
1978	49,813	7,650
1979	52,125	7,312
1980	53,452	7,002
1981	55,003	7,541
1982	56,127	8,197
1983	57,562	8,797
1984	59,460	9,031
1985	59,988	9,177
1986	61,924	9,222
1987	62,147	9,319
1988	62,703	9,347
1989	63,238	9,441
1990	52,770	9,047
1991	47,426	8,637
1992	50,204	8,355
1993	51,609	8,127
1994	52,101	7,929
1995	53,407	7,968
1996	56,392	8,031
1997	61,444	8,106
1998	72,146	8,173
1999	78,130	8,236
2000	83,143	8,323
2001	86,217	8,349
2002	88,643	7,916
2003	87,534	7,396
2004	91,755	6,948
2005	96,478	7,037
2006	104,099	7,278
2007	109,165	7,468
2008	112,032	7,552
2009	113,429	7,559
2010	114,249	7,489
2011	115,496	7,401
2012	121,973	7,405
2013	120,138	7,350
2014	116,667	7,284
2015	115,479	7,150
2016	118,852	6,979
2017	119,376	6,772
2018	120,231	6,613
2019	120,635	6,564
2020	120,632	6,640
2021	121,038	5,291
2022	123,747	6,719
2023	125,730	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Liberia vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 628 deaths per 100,000 live births in Liberia, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Liberia	Suriname
1985	1,749	386
1986	1,678	377
1987	1,655	372
1988	1,647	364
1989	1,633	360
1990	2,146	350
1991	1,627	347
1992	1,643	346
1993	1,709	343
1994	1,811	334
1995	1,530	331
1996	1,438	323
1997	1,043	312
1998	962	302
1999	852	291
2000	786	282
2001	720	270
2002	700	253
2003	759	238
2004	645	219
2005	619	202
2006	647	187
2007	659	173
2008	663	161
2009	674	147
2010	712	134
2011	726	126
2012	728	122
2013	725	121
2014	801	120
2015	784	115
2016	690	109
2017	703	105
2018	707	101
2019	689	97
2020	664	94
2021	667	144
2022	634	88
2023	628	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.29% in Liberia 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
	Liberia	Suriname
1960	31.3%	-
1961	31.3%	-
1962	31.3%	-
1963	31.2%	-
1964	31.1%	-
1965	30.8%	-
1966	30.6%	-
1967	30.2%	-
1968	29.8%	-
1969	29.3%	-
1970	28.8%	-
1971	28.3%	-
1972	27.8%	-
1973	27.4%	-
1974	26.9%	-
1975	26.5%	-
1976	26%	-
1977	25.6%	-
1978	25.3%	-
1979	24.9%	-
1980	24.6%	-
1981	24.3%	-
1982	24.1%	-
1983	24%	5.67%
1984	24.1%	5.49%
1985	24.3%	5.31%
1986	24.7%	5.13%
1987	25.2%	4.97%
1988	25.8%	4.81%
1989	26.4%	4.65%
1990	26.8%	4.49%
1991	27%	4.34%
1992	26.9%	4.19%
1993	26.6%	4.03%
1994	25.9%	3.88%
1995	25.1%	3.74%
1996	24.1%	3.6%
1997	23%	3.47%
1998	21.8%	3.34%
1999	20.5%	3.22%
2000	19.2%	3.11%
2001	17.9%	3%
2002	16.7%	2.9%
2003	15.4%	2.81%
2004	14.3%	2.72%
2005	13.3%	2.64%
2006	12.5%	2.57%
2007	11.8%	2.5%
2008	11.3%	2.44%
2009	10.8%	2.38%
2010	10.4%	2.32%
2011	10.1%	2.26%
2012	9.82%	2.21%
2013	9.54%	2.16%
2014	9.5%	2.11%
2015	9.08%	2.05%
2016	8.83%	2%
2017	8.6%	1.95%
2018	8.4%	1.9%
2019	8.19%	1.84%
2020	7.97%	1.78%
2021	7.74%	1.73%
2022	7.51%	1.68%
2023	7.29%	1.62%