Fertility & birth rates in Morocco and Suriname

Fertility rate in Morocco vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Morocco was 2.23 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 Morocco 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
	Morocco	Suriname
1960	6.89	6.59
1961	6.97	6.58
1962	7.05	6.57
1963	7.01	6.51
1964	6.97	6.43
1965	6.93	6.32
1966	6.89	6.2
1967	6.85	6.04
1968	6.79	5.86
1969	6.73	5.7
1970	6.68	5.53
1971	6.62	5.36
1972	6.55	5.18
1973	6.48	5.01
1974	6.4	4.81
1975	6.3	4.63
1976	6.18	4.45
1977	6.04	4.26
1978	5.91	4.08
1979	5.85	3.93
1980	5.78	3.79
1981	5.71	3.75
1982	5.6	3.82
1983	5.41	3.87
1984	5.2	3.8
1985	4.99	3.71
1986	4.77	3.61
1987	4.58	3.53
1988	4.39	3.46
1989	4.22	3.39
1990	4.06	3.23
1991	3.95	3.09
1992	3.76	3.01
1993	3.55	2.94
1994	3.41	2.9
1995	3.3	2.9
1996	3.23	2.92
1997	3.15	2.95
1998	3.04	2.99
1999	2.88	3.02
2000	2.77	3.05
2001	2.69	3.06
2002	2.62	2.96
2003	2.61	2.84
2004	2.61	2.74
2005	2.61	2.71
2006	2.61	2.73
2007	2.62	2.74
2008	2.61	2.73
2009	2.62	2.71
2010	2.63	2.69
2011	2.6	2.67
2012	2.54	2.67
2013	2.48	2.65
2014	2.42	2.62
2015	2.41	2.57
2016	2.4	2.5
2017	2.38	2.43
2018	2.35	2.38
2019	2.34	2.35
2020	2.32	2.31
2021	2.29	2.3
2022	2.26	2.27
2023	2.23	2.25
2024	2.21	2.23
2025	2.18	2.21
2026	2.16	2.19
2027	2.14	2.16
2028	2.12	2.14
2029	2.1	2.13
2030	2.08	2.11
2031	2.06	2.09
2032	2.05	2.08
2033	2.03	2.06
2034	2.02	2.05
2035	2	2.04
2036	1.99	2.02
2037	1.98	2.01
2038	1.96	2
2039	1.95	1.99
2040	1.94	1.98
2041	1.93	1.97
2042	1.92	1.96
2043	1.91	1.95
2044	1.9	1.94
2045	1.89	1.93
2046	1.89	1.92
2047	1.88	1.91
2048	1.88	1.9
2049	1.87	1.9
2050	1.86	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Morocco	Suriname
1960	44.9%	44.5%
1961	45.4%	44.6%
1962	45.9%	45.1%
1963	46.3%	46.1%
1964	46.5%	46.8%
1965	46.6%	47.4%
1966	46.8%	48%
1967	46.8%	48.5%
1968	46.9%	48.8%
1969	46.8%	48.9%
1970	46.7%	48.8%
1971	46.6%	48.5%
1972	46.4%	47.8%
1973	46.3%	46.8%
1974	46.1%	46%
1975	45.8%	45.1%
1976	45.6%	44.3%
1977	45.3%	43.4%
1978	44.9%	42.6%
1979	44.6%	41.8%
1980	44.3%	41%
1981	44%	40.1%
1982	43.7%	39.5%
1983	43.4%	39%
1984	43.1%	38.6%
1985	42.7%	38.3%
1986	42.3%	38%
1987	41.8%	37.8%
1988	41.3%	37.7%
1989	40.8%	37.5%
1990	40.2%	37.4%
1991	39.6%	37.3%
1992	39%	37.2%
1993	38.4%	37.1%
1994	37.7%	37%
1995	37%	36.7%
1996	36.4%	36.1%
1997	35.8%	35.3%
1998	35.2%	34.5%
1999	34.6%	33.7%
2000	34%	33%
2001	33.5%	32.3%
2002	32.9%	31.8%
2003	32.4%	31.3%
2004	31.8%	31%
2005	31.2%	30.9%
2006	30.7%	30.8%
2007	30.2%	30.7%
2008	29.8%	30.6%
2009	29.5%	30.5%
2010	29.2%	30.3%
2011	29%	30%
2012	28.7%	29.8%
2013	28.5%	29.4%
2014	28.3%	29.1%
2015	28.1%	28.7%
2016	27.8%	28.3%
2017	27.6%	27.9%
2018	27.4%	27.5%
2019	27.2%	27.2%
2020	27%	26.8%
2021	26.7%	26.5%
2022	26.4%	26.3%
2023	26%	25.9%
2024	25.6%	25.6%
2025	25.2%	25.3%
2026	24.8%	25%
2027	24.3%	24.8%
2028	23.9%	24.5%
2029	23.6%	24.2%
2030	23.2%	23.9%
2031	22.9%	23.6%
2032	22.5%	23.4%
2033	22.2%	23.2%
2034	21.9%	23%
2035	21.6%	22.8%
2036	21.3%	22.6%
2037	21.1%	22.4%
2038	20.8%	22.2%
2039	20.6%	22%
2040	20.4%	21.8%
2041	20.2%	21.6%
2042	20.1%	21.4%
2043	19.9%	21.3%
2044	19.7%	21.1%
2045	19.6%	20.9%
2046	19.4%	20.7%
2047	19.3%	20.5%
2048	19.1%	20.3%
2049	19%	20.1%
2050	18.8%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Morocco and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Morocco and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Morocco vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.25% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Suriname
1960	323,499	8,170
1961	348,650	8,361
1962	363,843	8,529
1963	369,250	8,838
1964	375,835	9,174
1965	383,989	9,270
1966	391,881	9,243
1967	400,594	9,104
1968	407,437	8,980
1969	414,931	8,880
1970	426,015	8,823
1971	435,104	8,814
1972	446,449	8,893
1973	455,699	8,877
1974	464,147	8,751
1975	474,631	8,587
1976	482,130	8,327
1977	489,173	7,998
1978	498,834	7,650
1979	515,554	7,312
1980	534,448	7,002
1981	552,936	7,541
1982	564,904	8,197
1983	566,301	8,797
1984	564,159	9,031
1985	560,810	9,177
1986	558,105	9,222
1987	553,005	9,319
1988	545,800	9,347
1989	538,996	9,441
1990	535,506	9,047
1991	539,850	8,637
1992	525,680	8,355
1993	507,707	8,127
1994	501,426	7,929
1995	496,573	7,968
1996	501,499	8,031
1997	500,807	8,106
1998	492,604	8,173
1999	473,071	8,236
2000	461,341	8,323
2001	452,621	8,349
2002	446,147	7,916
2003	452,650	7,396
2004	461,756	6,948
2005	474,285	7,037
2006	483,200	7,278
2007	493,526	7,468
2008	499,766	7,552
2009	509,386	7,559
2010	515,804	7,489
2011	513,305	7,401
2012	504,698	7,405
2013	492,284	7,350
2014	481,295	7,284
2015	477,654	7,150
2016	474,637	6,979
2017	471,011	6,772
2018	464,375	6,613
2019	457,307	6,564
2020	415,999	6,640
2021	407,829	5,291
2022	427,903	6,719
2023	417,213	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Morocco vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 70 deaths per 100,000 live births in Morocco, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Morocco	Suriname
1985	752	386
1986	697	377
1987	650	372
1988	602	364
1989	559	360
1990	522	350
1991	490	347
1992	458	346
1993	428	343
1994	401	334
1995	378	331
1996	354	323
1997	333	312
1998	313	302
1999	291	291
2000	271	282
2001	254	270
2002	238	253
2003	224	238
2004	213	219
2005	196	202
2006	182	187
2007	169	173
2008	158	161
2009	148	147
2010	140	134
2011	130	126
2012	121	122
2013	113	121
2014	106	120
2015	100	115
2016	94	109
2017	88	105
2018	83	101
2019	79	97
2020	81	94
2021	92	144
2022	71	88
2023	70	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.66% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Suriname
1960	24.4%	-
1961	23.9%	-
1962	23.4%	-
1963	22.9%	-
1964	22.3%	-
1965	21.8%	-
1966	21.2%	-
1967	20.6%	-
1968	20.1%	-
1969	19.6%	-
1970	19.1%	-
1971	18.7%	-
1972	18.3%	-
1973	17.8%	-
1974	17.4%	-
1975	16.8%	-
1976	16.2%	-
1977	15.6%	-
1978	14.9%	-
1979	14.2%	-
1980	13.5%	-
1981	12.8%	-
1982	12.1%	-
1983	11.5%	5.67%
1984	10.9%	5.49%
1985	10.3%	5.31%
1986	9.79%	5.13%
1987	9.3%	4.97%
1988	8.86%	4.81%
1989	8.45%	4.65%
1990	8.08%	4.49%
1991	7.73%	4.34%
1992	7.4%	4.19%
1993	7.09%	4.03%
1994	6.78%	3.88%
1995	6.49%	3.74%
1996	6.21%	3.6%
1997	5.94%	3.47%
1998	5.69%	3.34%
1999	5.45%	3.22%
2000	5.22%	3.11%
2001	5.01%	3%
2002	4.79%	2.9%
2003	4.57%	2.81%
2004	4.36%	2.72%
2005	4.13%	2.64%
2006	3.91%	2.57%
2007	3.7%	2.5%
2008	3.49%	2.44%
2009	3.29%	2.38%
2010	3.11%	2.32%
2011	2.93%	2.26%
2012	2.77%	2.21%
2013	2.62%	2.16%
2014	2.47%	2.11%
2015	2.34%	2.05%
2016	2.22%	2%
2017	2.11%	1.95%
2018	2.02%	1.9%
2019	1.94%	1.84%
2020	1.86%	1.78%
2021	1.79%	1.73%
2022	1.72%	1.68%
2023	1.66%	1.62%