Fertility & birth rates in Montenegro and Suriname

Fertility rate in Montenegro vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Montenegro was 1.74 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 Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	Suriname
1960	3.53	6.59
1961	3.49	6.58
1962	3.44	6.57
1963	3.38	6.51
1964	3.28	6.43
1965	3.19	6.32
1966	3.09	6.2
1967	2.91	6.04
1968	2.8	5.86
1969	2.79	5.7
1970	2.69	5.53
1971	2.67	5.36
1972	2.61	5.18
1973	2.51	5.01
1974	2.43	4.81
1975	2.38	4.63
1976	2.35	4.45
1977	2.31	4.26
1978	2.25	4.08
1979	2.2	3.93
1980	2.22	3.79
1981	2.19	3.75
1982	2.19	3.82
1983	2.17	3.87
1984	2.14	3.8
1985	2.13	3.71
1986	2.09	3.61
1987	2.07	3.53
1988	2.01	3.46
1989	1.94	3.39
1990	1.95	3.23
1991	2.02	3.09
1992	2.01	3.01
1993	1.96	2.94
1994	1.94	2.9
1995	1.96	2.9
1996	1.92	2.92
1997	1.89	2.95
1998	1.89	2.99
1999	1.88	3.02
2000	1.9	3.05
2001	1.86	3.06
2002	1.81	2.96
2003	1.8	2.84
2004	1.73	2.74
2005	1.69	2.71
2006	1.73	2.73
2007	1.8	2.74
2008	1.89	2.73
2009	1.98	2.71
2010	1.7	2.69
2011	1.65	2.67
2012	1.72	2.67
2013	1.73	2.65
2014	1.75	2.62
2015	1.7	2.57
2016	1.8	2.5
2017	1.8	2.43
2018	1.8	2.38
2019	1.8	2.35
2020	1.75	2.31
2021	1.75	2.3
2022	1.8	2.27
2023	1.74	2.25
2024	1.74	2.23
2025	1.73	2.21
2026	1.73	2.19
2027	1.73	2.16
2028	1.73	2.14
2029	1.72	2.13
2030	1.72	2.11
2031	1.72	2.09
2032	1.71	2.08
2033	1.71	2.06
2034	1.71	2.05
2035	1.7	2.04
2036	1.7	2.02
2037	1.7	2.01
2038	1.69	2
2039	1.69	1.99
2040	1.69	1.98
2041	1.69	1.97
2042	1.68	1.96
2043	1.68	1.95
2044	1.68	1.94
2045	1.68	1.93
2046	1.68	1.92
2047	1.67	1.91
2048	1.67	1.9
2049	1.67	1.9
2050	1.67	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Montenegro	Suriname
1960	36.1%	44.5%
1961	36.3%	44.6%
1962	36.4%	45.1%
1963	36.2%	46.1%
1964	35.9%	46.8%
1965	35.5%	47.4%
1966	35.1%	48%
1967	34.5%	48.5%
1968	33.9%	48.8%
1969	33.3%	48.9%
1970	32.6%	48.8%
1971	32%	48.5%
1972	31.4%	47.8%
1973	30.9%	46.8%
1974	30.4%	46%
1975	29.9%	45.1%
1976	29.5%	44.3%
1977	29%	43.4%
1978	28.5%	42.6%
1979	28.1%	41.8%
1980	27.8%	41%
1981	27.5%	40.1%
1982	27.1%	39.5%
1983	26.9%	39%
1984	26.6%	38.6%
1985	26.4%	38.3%
1986	26.2%	38%
1987	26%	37.8%
1988	25.9%	37.7%
1989	25.7%	37.5%
1990	25.6%	37.4%
1991	25.4%	37.3%
1992	25.1%	37.2%
1993	24.7%	37.1%
1994	24.4%	37%
1995	24%	36.7%
1996	23.6%	36.1%
1997	23.2%	35.3%
1998	22.8%	34.5%
1999	22.4%	33.7%
2000	21.9%	33%
2001	21.5%	32.3%
2002	21.2%	31.8%
2003	20.9%	31.3%
2004	20.6%	31%
2005	20.4%	30.9%
2006	20.1%	30.8%
2007	19.9%	30.7%
2008	19.6%	30.6%
2009	19.4%	30.5%
2010	19.2%	30.3%
2011	19%	30%
2012	18.8%	29.8%
2013	18.7%	29.4%
2014	18.6%	29.1%
2015	18.6%	28.7%
2016	18.6%	28.3%
2017	18.5%	27.9%
2018	18.4%	27.5%
2019	18.4%	27.2%
2020	18.4%	26.8%
2021	18.5%	26.5%
2022	18.5%	26.3%
2023	18.3%	25.9%
2024	18.1%	25.6%
2025	17.9%	25.3%
2026	17.7%	25%
2027	17.5%	24.8%
2028	17.2%	24.5%
2029	17%	24.2%
2030	16.8%	23.9%
2031	16.6%	23.6%
2032	16.3%	23.4%
2033	16.2%	23.2%
2034	16%	23%
2035	15.8%	22.8%
2036	15.7%	22.6%
2037	15.5%	22.4%
2038	15.4%	22.2%
2039	15.3%	22%
2040	15.2%	21.8%
2041	15.1%	21.6%
2042	15.1%	21.4%
2043	15%	21.3%
2044	15%	21.1%
2045	15%	20.9%
2046	14.9%	20.7%
2047	14.9%	20.5%
2048	14.9%	20.3%
2049	14.9%	20.1%
2050	14.8%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in Montenegro and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 25.6% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Montenegro and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Montenegro vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.07% in Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	Suriname
1960	9,144	8,170
1961	9,278	8,361
1962	9,402	8,529
1963	9,449	8,838
1964	9,227	9,174
1965	9,010	9,270
1966	8,661	9,243
1967	7,961	9,104
1968	7,497	8,980
1969	7,449	8,880
1970	7,069	8,823
1971	7,168	8,814
1972	7,252	8,893
1973	7,096	8,877
1974	6,919	8,751
1975	6,878	8,587
1976	6,845	8,327
1977	6,650	7,998
1978	6,408	7,650
1979	6,139	7,312
1980	6,383	7,002
1981	6,275	7,541
1982	6,419	8,197
1983	6,482	8,797
1984	6,337	9,031
1985	6,283	9,177
1986	6,097	9,222
1987	5,958	9,319
1988	5,529	9,347
1989	5,129	9,441
1990	5,010	9,047
1991	5,191	8,637
1992	5,015	8,355
1993	4,638	8,127
1994	4,381	7,929
1995	4,527	7,968
1996	4,155	8,031
1997	3,597	8,106
1998	3,889	8,173
1999	3,454	8,236
2000	3,751	8,323
2001	3,462	8,349
2002	2,988	7,916
2003	2,632	7,396
2004	2,146	6,948
2005	1,536	7,037
2006	1,599	7,278
2007	1,848	7,468
2008	2,530	7,552
2009	2,783	7,559
2010	1,797	7,489
2011	1,365	7,401
2012	1,554	7,405
2013	1,557	7,350
2014	1,560	7,284
2015	1,062	7,150
2016	1,125	6,979
2017	939	6,772
2018	752	6,613
2019	627	6,564
2020	-188	6,640
2021	-2,062	5,291
2022	0	6,719
2023	686	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Montenegro vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Montenegro, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	Suriname
1983	-	5.67%
1984	2.72%	5.49%
1985	2.48%	5.31%
1986	2.25%	5.13%
1987	2.05%	4.97%
1988	1.89%	4.81%
1989	1.75%	4.65%
1990	1.65%	4.49%
1991	1.58%	4.34%
1992	1.54%	4.19%
1993	1.52%	4.03%
1994	1.51%	3.88%
1995	1.51%	3.74%
1996	1.51%	3.6%
1997	1.51%	3.47%
1998	1.49%	3.34%
1999	1.46%	3.22%
2000	1.42%	3.11%
2001	1.37%	3%
2002	1.3%	2.9%
2003	1.22%	2.81%
2004	1.14%	2.72%
2005	1.06%	2.64%
2006	0.97%	2.57%
2007	0.89%	2.5%
2008	0.8%	2.44%
2009	0.73%	2.38%
2010	0.66%	2.32%
2011	0.59%	2.26%
2012	0.54%	2.21%
2013	0.49%	2.16%
2014	0.45%	2.11%
2015	0.41%	2.05%
2016	0.38%	2%
2017	0.36%	1.95%
2018	0.33%	1.9%
2019	0.32%	1.84%
2020	0.3%	1.78%
2021	0.28%	1.73%
2022	0.27%	1.68%
2023	0.26%	1.62%