Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	Suriname
1960	6.24	6.59
1961	6.29	6.58
1962	6.35	6.57
1963	6.41	6.51
1964	6.43	6.43
1965	6.45	6.32
1966	6.47	6.2
1967	6.49	6.04
1968	6.5	5.86
1969	6.51	5.7
1970	6.52	5.53
1971	6.52	5.36
1972	6.53	5.18
1973	6.54	5.01
1974	6.55	4.81
1975	6.53	4.63
1976	6.49	4.45
1977	6.44	4.26
1978	6.38	4.08
1979	6.31	3.93
1980	6.24	3.79
1981	6.16	3.75
1982	6.08	3.82
1983	6	3.87
1984	5.94	3.8
1985	5.88	3.71
1986	5.79	3.61
1987	5.7	3.53
1988	5.61	3.46
1989	5.52	3.39
1990	5.4	3.23
1991	5.29	3.09
1992	5.11	3.01
1993	4.91	2.94
1994	4.68	2.9
1995	4.42	2.9
1996	4.2	2.92
1997	4.17	2.95
1998	4.18	2.99
1999	4.14	3.02
2000	3.99	3.05
2001	3.83	3.06
2002	3.69	2.96
2003	3.58	2.84
2004	3.55	2.74
2005	3.57	2.71
2006	3.6	2.73
2007	3.61	2.74
2008	3.62	2.73
2009	3.63	2.71
2010	3.66	2.69
2011	3.66	2.67
2012	3.68	2.67
2013	3.65	2.65
2014	3.64	2.62
2015	3.6	2.57
2016	3.57	2.5
2017	3.51	2.43
2018	3.46	2.38
2019	3.4	2.35
2020	3.35	2.31
2021	3.3	2.3
2022	3.25	2.27
2023	3.21	2.25
2024	3.21	2.23
2025	3.17	2.21
2026	3.13	2.19
2027	3.09	2.16
2028	3.06	2.14
2029	3.02	2.13
2030	2.98	2.11
2031	2.94	2.09
2032	2.91	2.08
2033	2.88	2.06
2034	2.84	2.05
2035	2.81	2.04
2036	2.78	2.02
2037	2.75	2.01
2038	2.72	2
2039	2.68	1.99
2040	2.66	1.98
2041	2.63	1.97
2042	2.6	1.96
2043	2.58	1.95
2044	2.56	1.94
2045	2.53	1.93
2046	2.51	1.92
2047	2.49	1.91
2048	2.47	1.9
2049	2.45	1.9
2050	2.43	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Suriname
1960	42.2%	44.5%
1961	42.4%	44.6%
1962	42.6%	45.1%
1963	42.7%	46.1%
1964	42.9%	46.8%
1965	43%	47.4%
1966	43.2%	48%
1967	43.3%	48.5%
1968	43.5%	48.8%
1969	43.6%	48.9%
1970	43.8%	48.8%
1971	43.9%	48.5%
1972	44.1%	47.8%
1973	44.3%	46.8%
1974	44.6%	46%
1975	44.8%	45.1%
1976	45%	44.3%
1977	45.3%	43.4%
1978	45.9%	42.6%
1979	46.3%	41.8%
1980	46.6%	41%
1981	47.1%	40.1%
1982	47.2%	39.5%
1983	46.9%	39%
1984	46.6%	38.6%
1985	46.2%	38.3%
1986	45.8%	38%
1987	45.3%	37.8%
1988	44.8%	37.7%
1989	43.4%	37.5%
1990	42.3%	37.4%
1991	42.2%	37.3%
1992	42.2%	37.2%
1993	42.2%	37.1%
1994	42.2%	37%
1995	42.1%	36.7%
1996	42%	36.1%
1997	41.9%	35.3%
1998	41.8%	34.5%
1999	41.7%	33.7%
2000	41.5%	33%
2001	41.3%	32.3%
2002	41%	31.8%
2003	40.5%	31.3%
2004	40%	31%
2005	39.4%	30.9%
2006	38.7%	30.8%
2007	38.1%	30.7%
2008	37.5%	30.6%
2009	37.1%	30.5%
2010	36.8%	30.3%
2011	36.7%	30%
2012	36.6%	29.8%
2013	36.6%	29.4%
2014	36.5%	29.1%
2015	36.5%	28.7%
2016	36.5%	28.3%
2017	36.7%	27.9%
2018	36.8%	27.5%
2019	37%	27.2%
2020	37.1%	26.8%
2021	37.4%	26.5%
2022	37.5%	26.3%
2023	37.3%	25.9%
2024	37%	25.6%
2025	36.7%	25.3%
2026	36.3%	25%
2027	35.9%	24.8%
2028	35.5%	24.5%
2029	35.1%	24.2%
2030	34.6%	23.9%
2031	34%	23.6%
2032	33.5%	23.4%
2033	32.9%	23.2%
2034	32.4%	23%
2035	31.8%	22.8%
2036	31.1%	22.6%
2037	30.6%	22.4%
2038	30.3%	22.2%
2039	30%	22%
2040	29.7%	21.8%
2041	29.5%	21.6%
2042	29.2%	21.4%
2043	29%	21.3%
2044	28.8%	21.1%
2045	28.5%	20.9%
2046	28.3%	20.7%
2047	28.1%	20.5%
2048	27.9%	20.3%
2049	27.7%	20.1%
2050	27.5%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Suriname
1960	14,307	8,170
1961	14,936	8,361
1962	15,656	8,529
1963	16,430	8,838
1964	17,134	9,174
1965	17,902	9,270
1966	18,635	9,243
1967	19,498	9,104
1968	20,470	8,980
1969	21,387	8,880
1970	22,414	8,823
1971	23,467	8,814
1972	24,606	8,893
1973	25,754	8,877
1974	26,844	8,751
1975	27,882	8,587
1976	28,785	8,327
1977	29,241	7,998
1978	29,821	7,650
1979	28,930	7,312
1980	28,142	7,002
1981	27,938	7,541
1982	27,474	8,197
1983	28,307	8,797
1984	29,395	9,031
1985	30,575	9,177
1986	31,764	9,222
1987	33,340	9,319
1988	34,798	9,347
1989	37,715	9,441
1990	43,956	9,047
1991	44,523	8,637
1992	43,945	8,355
1993	42,861	8,127
1994	41,316	7,929
1995	39,119	7,968
1996	37,177	8,031
1997	37,256	8,106
1998	37,500	8,173
1999	37,233	8,236
2000	35,280	8,323
2001	32,942	8,349
2002	31,947	7,916
2003	31,115	7,396
2004	31,478	6,948
2005	32,909	7,037
2006	34,690	7,278
2007	36,430	7,468
2008	38,147	7,552
2009	39,942	7,559
2010	42,046	7,489
2011	43,557	7,401
2012	46,204	7,405
2013	47,801	7,350
2014	49,581	7,284
2015	50,846	7,150
2016	52,228	6,979
2017	52,975	6,772
2018	53,970	6,613
2019	54,769	6,564
2020	55,034	6,640
2021	50,160	5,291
2022	54,534	6,719
2023	58,435	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Suriname
1985	354	386
1986	348	377
1987	336	372
1988	342	364
1989	306	360
1990	325	350
1991	337	347
1992	346	346
1993	354	343
1994	367	334
1995	369	331
1996	387	323
1997	383	312
1998	396	302
1999	371	291
2000	384	282
2001	376	270
2002	313	253
2003	290	238
2004	282	219
2005	344	202
2006	408	187
2007	489	173
2008	537	161
2009	547	147
2010	531	134
2011	498	126
2012	439	122
2013	402	121
2014	369	120
2015	307	115
2016	250	109
2017	213	105
2018	198	101
2019	175	97
2020	143	94
2021	254	144
2022	127	88
2023	139	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Suriname
1967	9.66%	-
1968	9.64%	-
1969	9.65%	-
1970	9.65%	-
1971	9.67%	-
1972	9.68%	-
1973	9.73%	-
1974	9.79%	-
1975	9.89%	-
1976	10%	-
1977	10.2%	-
1978	10.3%	-
1979	10.3%	-
1980	10.3%	-
1981	10.2%	-
1982	9.93%	-
1983	9.61%	5.67%
1984	9.22%	5.49%
1985	8.81%	5.31%
1986	8.43%	5.13%
1987	8.09%	4.97%
1988	7.81%	4.81%
1989	7.57%	4.65%
1990	7.39%	4.49%
1991	7.24%	4.34%
1992	7.14%	4.19%
1993	7.1%	4.03%
1994	7.13%	3.88%
1995	7.24%	3.74%
1996	7.39%	3.6%
1997	7.56%	3.47%
1998	7.7%	3.34%
1999	7.79%	3.22%
2000	7.79%	3.11%
2001	7.71%	3%
2002	7.61%	2.9%
2003	7.51%	2.81%
2004	7.41%	2.72%
2005	7.05%	2.64%
2006	6.49%	2.57%
2007	6.06%	2.5%
2008	5.64%	2.44%
2009	5.29%	2.38%
2010	5.08%	2.32%
2011	5.16%	2.26%
2012	5.51%	2.21%
2013	5.4%	2.16%
2014	5.31%	2.11%
2015	5.5%	2.05%
2016	5.42%	2%
2017	5.19%	1.95%
2018	5.01%	1.9%
2019	4.78%	1.84%
2020	4.57%	1.78%
2021	4.38%	1.73%
2022	4.2%	1.68%
2023	4.07%	1.62%