Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 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 Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Suriname
1960	6.41	6.59
1961	6.37	6.58
1962	6.3	6.57
1963	6.19	6.51
1964	6.03	6.43
1965	5.84	6.32
1966	5.64	6.2
1967	5.43	6.04
1968	5.29	5.86
1969	5.16	5.7
1970	5.04	5.53
1971	4.92	5.36
1972	4.82	5.18
1973	4.73	5.01
1974	4.62	4.81
1975	4.5	4.63
1976	4.4	4.45
1977	4.28	4.26
1978	4.18	4.08
1979	4.09	3.93
1980	4.04	3.79
1981	4	3.75
1982	3.97	3.82
1983	3.93	3.87
1984	3.89	3.8
1985	3.8	3.71
1986	3.7	3.61
1987	3.57	3.53
1988	3.5	3.46
1989	3.31	3.39
1990	3.3	3.23
1991	3.34	3.09
1992	3.37	3.01
1993	3.36	2.94
1994	3.35	2.9
1995	3.32	2.9
1996	3.3	2.92
1997	3.23	2.95
1998	3.12	2.99
1999	3.07	3.02
2000	2.94	3.05
2001	2.81	3.06
2002	2.66	2.96
2003	2.6	2.84
2004	2.49	2.74
2005	2.39	2.71
2006	2.31	2.73
2007	2.25	2.74
2008	2.26	2.73
2009	2.22	2.71
2010	2.14	2.69
2011	2.15	2.67
2012	2.12	2.67
2013	2.07	2.65
2014	2.06	2.62
2015	2.01	2.57
2016	1.94	2.5
2017	1.89	2.43
2018	1.84	2.38
2019	1.78	2.35
2020	1.68	2.31
2021	1.56	2.3
2022	1.55	2.27
2023	1.55	2.25
2024	1.54	2.23
2025	1.53	2.21
2026	1.52	2.19
2027	1.51	2.16
2028	1.51	2.14
2029	1.51	2.13
2030	1.51	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	1.51	2.02
2037	1.51	2.01
2038	1.51	2
2039	1.51	1.99
2040	1.51	1.98
2041	1.51	1.97
2042	1.51	1.96
2043	1.52	1.95
2044	1.52	1.94
2045	1.52	1.93
2046	1.52	1.92
2047	1.52	1.91
2048	1.53	1.9
2049	1.53	1.9
2050	1.53	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Suriname
1960	45.4%	44.5%
1961	45.9%	44.6%
1962	46.3%	45.1%
1963	46.5%	46.1%
1964	46.6%	46.8%
1965	46.5%	47.4%
1966	46.2%	48%
1967	45.9%	48.5%
1968	45.5%	48.8%
1969	45%	48.9%
1970	44.5%	48.8%
1971	44%	48.5%
1972	43.4%	47.8%
1973	42.8%	46.8%
1974	42.2%	46%
1975	41.7%	45.1%
1976	41.1%	44.3%
1977	40.6%	43.4%
1978	40.1%	42.6%
1979	39.6%	41.8%
1980	39.2%	41%
1981	38.8%	40.1%
1982	38.6%	39.5%
1983	38.4%	39%
1984	38.2%	38.6%
1985	38.1%	38.3%
1986	38%	38%
1987	37.9%	37.8%
1988	37.7%	37.7%
1989	37.5%	37.5%
1990	37.2%	37.4%
1991	36.9%	37.3%
1992	36.6%	37.2%
1993	36.3%	37.1%
1994	36%	37%
1995	35.7%	36.7%
1996	35.5%	36.1%
1997	35.3%	35.3%
1998	35%	34.5%
1999	34.6%	33.7%
2000	34.2%	33%
2001	33.7%	32.3%
2002	33.2%	31.8%
2003	32.6%	31.3%
2004	32%	31%
2005	31.4%	30.9%
2006	30.7%	30.8%
2007	30%	30.7%
2008	29.4%	30.6%
2009	28.6%	30.5%
2010	27.9%	30.3%
2011	27.4%	30%
2012	27%	29.8%
2013	26.6%	29.4%
2014	26.2%	29.1%
2015	25.8%	28.7%
2016	25.5%	28.3%
2017	25.2%	27.9%
2018	24.9%	27.5%
2019	24.5%	27.2%
2020	24%	26.8%
2021	23.4%	26.5%
2022	22.8%	26.3%
2023	22.3%	25.9%
2024	21.8%	25.6%
2025	21.3%	25.3%
2026	20.8%	25%
2027	20.4%	24.8%
2028	19.9%	24.5%
2029	19.4%	24.2%
2030	19%	23.9%
2031	18.5%	23.6%
2032	18.1%	23.4%
2033	17.8%	23.2%
2034	17.6%	23%
2035	17.4%	22.8%
2036	17.3%	22.6%
2037	17.3%	22.4%
2038	17.2%	22.2%
2039	17.1%	22%
2040	17%	21.8%
2041	17%	21.6%
2042	16.9%	21.4%
2043	16.8%	21.3%
2044	16.7%	21.1%
2045	16.7%	20.9%
2046	16.6%	20.7%
2047	16.5%	20.5%
2048	16.4%	20.3%
2049	16.3%	20.1%
2050	16.2%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Suriname
1960	251,090	8,170
1961	257,270	8,361
1962	262,140	8,529
1963	265,815	8,838
1964	266,406	9,174
1965	264,836	9,270
1966	262,162	9,243
1967	258,764	9,104
1968	260,705	8,980
1969	264,327	8,880
1970	269,341	8,823
1971	272,323	8,814
1972	276,263	8,893
1973	284,611	8,877
1974	289,880	8,751
1975	294,541	8,587
1976	300,615	8,327
1977	305,515	7,998
1978	311,027	7,650
1979	317,439	7,312
1980	326,947	7,002
1981	339,991	7,541
1982	353,138	8,197
1983	365,290	8,797
1984	376,797	9,031
1985	383,243	9,177
1986	385,799	9,222
1987	381,999	9,319
1988	386,507	9,347
1989	373,277	9,441
1990	384,518	9,047
1991	401,938	8,637
1992	418,900	8,355
1993	429,910	8,127
1994	437,873	7,929
1995	443,349	7,968
1996	450,174	8,031
1997	447,768	8,106
1998	436,316	8,173
1999	432,355	8,236
2000	417,371	8,323
2001	400,939	8,349
2002	381,084	7,916
2003	377,425	7,396
2004	365,138	6,948
2005	355,324	7,037
2006	349,509	7,278
2007	348,711	7,468
2008	362,380	7,552
2009	366,157	7,559
2010	360,260	7,489
2011	372,836	7,401
2012	371,497	7,405
2013	366,738	7,350
2014	367,587	7,284
2015	358,302	7,150
2016	345,681	6,979
2017	336,434	6,772
2018	324,568	6,613
2019	309,426	6,564
2020	283,282	6,640
2021	212,002	5,291
2022	237,560	6,719
2023	254,806	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Suriname
1985	63	386
1986	59	377
1987	56	372
1988	55	364
1989	52	360
1990	51	350
1991	49	347
1992	48	346
1993	46	343
1994	44	334
1995	43	331
1996	42	323
1997	40	312
1998	39	302
1999	38	291
2000	37	282
2001	36	270
2002	34	253
2003	34	238
2004	33	219
2005	31	202
2006	30	187
2007	30	173
2008	29	161
2009	29	147
2010	29	134
2011	29	126
2012	29	122
2013	29	121
2014	30	120
2015	30	115
2016	30	109
2017	29	105
2018	29	101
2019	28	97
2020	29	94
2021	52	144
2022	38	88
2023	26	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia 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
	Malaysia	Suriname
1960	9.46%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.25%	-
1963	7.74%	-
1964	7.28%	-
1965	6.89%	-
1966	6.56%	-
1967	6.27%	-
1968	6.02%	-
1969	5.79%	-
1970	5.56%	-
1971	5.32%	-
1972	5.06%	-
1973	4.79%	-
1974	4.5%	-
1975	4.23%	-
1976	3.97%	-
1977	3.71%	-
1978	3.48%	-
1979	3.25%	-
1980	3.04%	-
1981	2.84%	-
1982	2.65%	-
1983	2.47%	5.67%
1984	2.32%	5.49%
1985	2.18%	5.31%
1986	2.05%	5.13%
1987	1.93%	4.97%
1988	1.83%	4.81%
1989	1.74%	4.65%
1990	1.66%	4.49%
1991	1.58%	4.34%
1992	1.51%	4.19%
1993	1.45%	4.03%
1994	1.39%	3.88%
1995	1.34%	3.74%
1996	1.29%	3.6%
1997	1.23%	3.47%
1998	1.15%	3.34%
1999	1.07%	3.22%
2000	1%	3.11%
2001	0.93%	3%
2002	0.88%	2.9%
2003	0.85%	2.81%
2004	0.84%	2.72%
2005	0.83%	2.64%
2006	0.83%	2.57%
2007	0.82%	2.5%
2008	0.82%	2.44%
2009	0.82%	2.38%
2010	0.81%	2.32%
2011	0.81%	2.26%
2012	0.8%	2.21%
2013	0.81%	2.16%
2014	0.81%	2.11%
2015	0.81%	2.05%
2016	0.82%	2%
2017	0.82%	1.95%
2018	0.82%	1.9%
2019	0.82%	1.84%
2020	0.81%	1.78%
2021	0.81%	1.73%
2022	0.81%	1.68%
2023	0.81%	1.62%