Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Suriname

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 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 Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Suriname
1960	5.9	6.59
1961	5.9	6.58
1962	5.9	6.57
1963	5.91	6.51
1964	5.91	6.43
1965	5.91	6.32
1966	5.88	6.2
1967	5.84	6.04
1968	5.8	5.86
1969	5.75	5.7
1970	5.68	5.53
1971	5.62	5.36
1972	5.53	5.18
1973	5.44	5.01
1974	5.34	4.81
1975	5.25	4.63
1976	5.16	4.45
1977	5.07	4.26
1978	4.99	4.08
1979	4.9	3.93
1980	4.79	3.79
1981	4.69	3.75
1982	4.66	3.82
1983	4.63	3.87
1984	4.52	3.8
1985	4.32	3.71
1986	4.08	3.61
1987	3.86	3.53
1988	3.67	3.46
1989	3.59	3.39
1990	3.5	3.23
1991	3.43	3.09
1992	3.35	3.01
1993	3.28	2.94
1994	3.2	2.9
1995	3.13	2.9
1996	3.06	2.92
1997	2.99	2.95
1998	2.91	2.99
1999	2.85	3.02
2000	2.81	3.05
2001	2.79	3.06
2002	2.77	2.96
2003	2.68	2.84
2004	2.59	2.74
2005	2.52	2.71
2006	2.47	2.73
2007	2.45	2.74
2008	2.4	2.73
2009	2.37	2.71
2010	2.34	2.69
2011	2.31	2.67
2012	2.28	2.67
2013	2.26	2.65
2014	2.25	2.62
2015	2.27	2.57
2016	2.27	2.5
2017	2.25	2.43
2018	2.23	2.38
2019	2.21	2.35
2020	2.18	2.31
2021	2.16	2.3
2022	2.13	2.27
2023	2.12	2.25
2024	2.1	2.23
2025	2.08	2.21
2026	2.06	2.19
2027	2.04	2.16
2028	2.02	2.14
2029	2.01	2.13
2030	2	2.11
2031	1.98	2.09
2032	1.97	2.08
2033	1.96	2.06
2034	1.94	2.05
2035	1.93	2.04
2036	1.92	2.02
2037	1.92	2.01
2038	1.91	2
2039	1.9	1.99
2040	1.89	1.98
2041	1.89	1.97
2042	1.88	1.96
2043	1.87	1.95
2044	1.86	1.94
2045	1.86	1.93
2046	1.85	1.92
2047	1.85	1.91
2048	1.84	1.9
2049	1.83	1.9
2050	1.83	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Suriname
1960	39.9%	44.5%
1961	40.2%	44.6%
1962	40.6%	45.1%
1963	40.9%	46.1%
1964	41%	46.8%
1965	41.1%	47.4%
1966	41.1%	48%
1967	41%	48.5%
1968	40.9%	48.8%
1969	40.8%	48.9%
1970	40.7%	48.8%
1971	40.6%	48.5%
1972	40.5%	47.8%
1973	40.3%	46.8%
1974	40.2%	46%
1975	40.1%	45.1%
1976	40%	44.3%
1977	39.8%	43.4%
1978	39.6%	42.6%
1979	39.4%	41.8%
1980	39.2%	41%
1981	39%	40.1%
1982	38.8%	39.5%
1983	38.6%	39%
1984	38.3%	38.6%
1985	38.1%	38.3%
1986	37.8%	38%
1987	37.4%	37.8%
1988	37%	37.7%
1989	36.6%	37.5%
1990	36.2%	37.4%
1991	35.8%	37.3%
1992	35.4%	37.2%
1993	35.1%	37.1%
1994	34.7%	37%
1995	34.2%	36.7%
1996	33.8%	36.1%
1997	33.3%	35.3%
1998	32.8%	34.5%
1999	32.3%	33.7%
2000	31.8%	33%
2001	31.4%	32.3%
2002	31%	31.8%
2003	30.7%	31.3%
2004	30.4%	31%
2005	30.1%	30.9%
2006	29.7%	30.8%
2007	29.4%	30.7%
2008	29%	30.6%
2009	28.6%	30.5%
2010	28.2%	30.3%
2011	27.9%	30%
2012	27.5%	29.8%
2013	27.1%	29.4%
2014	26.8%	29.1%
2015	26.5%	28.7%
2016	26.2%	28.3%
2017	25.9%	27.9%
2018	25.6%	27.5%
2019	25.4%	27.2%
2020	25.1%	26.8%
2021	24.9%	26.5%
2022	24.7%	26.3%
2023	24.5%	25.9%
2024	24.3%	25.6%
2025	24.1%	25.3%
2026	23.9%	25%
2027	23.6%	24.8%
2028	23.4%	24.5%
2029	23.2%	24.2%
2030	23%	23.9%
2031	22.7%	23.6%
2032	22.4%	23.4%
2033	22.2%	23.2%
2034	21.9%	23%
2035	21.7%	22.8%
2036	21.4%	22.6%
2037	21.2%	22.4%
2038	21%	22.2%
2039	20.8%	22%
2040	20.6%	21.8%
2041	20.4%	21.6%
2042	20.2%	21.4%
2043	20.1%	21.3%
2044	19.9%	21.1%
2045	19.8%	20.9%
2046	19.6%	20.7%
2047	19.5%	20.5%
2048	19.4%	20.3%
2049	19.2%	20.1%
2050	19.1%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Suriname
1960	465,049	8,170
1961	474,818	8,361
1962	487,925	8,529
1963	501,548	8,838
1964	516,334	9,174
1965	533,443	9,270
1966	546,378	9,243
1967	559,577	9,104
1968	571,123	8,980
1969	584,979	8,880
1970	595,337	8,823
1971	608,784	8,814
1972	616,411	8,893
1973	624,619	8,877
1974	628,458	8,751
1975	635,005	8,587
1976	642,829	8,327
1977	649,915	7,998
1978	658,068	7,650
1979	669,338	7,312
1980	673,815	7,002
1981	679,851	7,541
1982	701,212	8,197
1983	719,710	8,797
1984	723,623	9,031
1985	705,905	9,177
1986	679,467	9,222
1987	652,960	9,319
1988	630,392	9,347
1989	636,610	9,441
1990	636,081	9,047
1991	637,622	8,637
1992	634,484	8,355
1993	633,576	8,127
1994	626,411	7,929
1995	620,376	7,968
1996	619,488	8,031
1997	613,103	8,106
1998	606,110	8,173
1999	597,916	8,236
2000	596,979	8,323
2001	601,524	8,349
2002	602,873	7,916
2003	582,173	7,396
2004	556,494	6,948
2005	537,429	7,037
2006	527,165	7,278
2007	523,745	7,468
2008	373,287	7,552
2009	505,144	7,559
2010	497,745	7,489
2011	492,271	7,401
2012	487,210	7,405
2013	487,648	7,350
2014	488,114	7,284
2015	495,769	7,150
2016	499,508	6,979
2017	492,276	6,772
2018	482,316	6,613
2019	469,924	6,564
2020	448,626	6,640
2021	394,104	5,291
2022	415,647	6,719
2023	408,331	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Suriname
1985	674	386
1986	652	377
1987	631	372
1988	616	364
1989	603	360
1990	586	350
1991	566	347
1992	542	346
1993	522	343
1994	498	334
1995	472	331
1996	442	323
1997	416	312
1998	398	302
1999	388	291
2000	375	282
2001	361	270
2002	347	253
2003	335	238
2004	324	219
2005	312	202
2006	301	187
2007	290	173
2008	286	161
2009	268	147
2010	259	134
2011	249	126
2012	243	122
2013	237	121
2014	228	120
2015	222	115
2016	215	109
2017	209	105
2018	201	101
2019	195	97
2020	198	94
2021	231	144
2022	193	88
2023	185	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Suriname
1968	18%	-
1969	17.7%	-
1970	17.4%	-
1971	17%	-
1972	16.7%	-
1973	16.3%	-
1974	16%	-
1975	15.6%	-
1976	15.3%	-
1977	14.9%	-
1978	14.6%	-
1979	14.3%	-
1980	14%	-
1981	13.7%	-
1982	13.4%	-
1983	13.1%	5.67%
1984	12.9%	5.49%
1985	12.7%	5.31%
1986	12.5%	5.13%
1987	12.2%	4.97%
1988	12%	4.81%
1989	11.8%	4.65%
1990	11.5%	4.49%
1991	11.3%	4.34%
1992	11%	4.19%
1993	10.7%	4.03%
1994	10.5%	3.88%
1995	10.2%	3.74%
1996	9.94%	3.6%
1997	9.68%	3.47%
1998	9.43%	3.34%
1999	9.19%	3.22%
2000	8.95%	3.11%
2001	8.71%	3%
2002	8.47%	2.9%
2003	8.22%	2.81%
2004	7.97%	2.72%
2005	7.71%	2.64%
2006	7.44%	2.57%
2007	7.16%	2.5%
2008	10.1%	2.44%
2009	6.6%	2.38%
2010	6.32%	2.32%
2011	6.05%	2.26%
2012	5.8%	2.21%
2013	5.56%	2.16%
2014	5.34%	2.11%
2015	5.13%	2.05%
2016	4.95%	2%
2017	4.77%	1.95%
2018	4.6%	1.9%
2019	4.44%	1.84%
2020	4.29%	1.78%
2021	4.14%	1.73%
2022	4%	1.68%
2023	3.87%	1.62%