Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and Suriname

Fertility rate in Portugal vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Portugal was 1.44 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 Portugal 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
	Portugal	Suriname
1960	3.16	6.59
1961	3.21	6.58
1962	3.23	6.57
1963	3.12	6.51
1964	3.21	6.43
1965	3.15	6.32
1966	3.16	6.2
1967	3.16	6.04
1968	3.12	5.86
1969	3.12	5.7
1970	3.01	5.53
1971	3	5.36
1972	2.86	5.18
1973	2.77	5.01
1974	2.7	4.81
1975	2.75	4.63
1976	2.82	4.45
1977	2.69	4.26
1978	2.45	4.08
1979	2.31	3.93
1980	2.25	3.79
1981	2.13	3.75
1982	2.07	3.82
1983	1.95	3.87
1984	1.9	3.8
1985	1.72	3.71
1986	1.66	3.61
1987	1.62	3.53
1988	1.61	3.46
1989	1.57	3.39
1990	1.56	3.23
1991	1.56	3.09
1992	1.54	3.01
1993	1.52	2.94
1994	1.45	2.9
1995	1.41	2.9
1996	1.44	2.92
1997	1.47	2.95
1998	1.47	2.99
1999	1.5	3.02
2000	1.55	3.05
2001	1.45	3.06
2002	1.46	2.96
2003	1.44	2.84
2004	1.4	2.74
2005	1.41	2.71
2006	1.37	2.73
2007	1.35	2.74
2008	1.39	2.73
2009	1.34	2.71
2010	1.39	2.69
2011	1.35	2.67
2012	1.28	2.67
2013	1.21	2.65
2014	1.24	2.62
2015	1.31	2.57
2016	1.37	2.5
2017	1.38	2.43
2018	1.42	2.38
2019	1.44	2.35
2020	1.42	2.31
2021	1.35	2.3
2022	1.43	2.27
2023	1.44	2.25
2024	1.45	2.23
2025	1.45	2.21
2026	1.45	2.19
2027	1.46	2.16
2028	1.46	2.14
2029	1.46	2.13
2030	1.46	2.11
2031	1.47	2.09
2032	1.47	2.08
2033	1.47	2.06
2034	1.48	2.05
2035	1.48	2.04
2036	1.48	2.02
2037	1.48	2.01
2038	1.49	2
2039	1.49	1.99
2040	1.49	1.98
2041	1.49	1.97
2042	1.49	1.96
2043	1.49	1.95
2044	1.5	1.94
2045	1.5	1.93
2046	1.5	1.92
2047	1.5	1.91
2048	1.5	1.9
2049	1.5	1.9
2050	1.5	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	Suriname
1960	29.3%	44.5%
1961	29.1%	44.6%
1962	29.1%	45.1%
1963	29.1%	46.1%
1964	29.1%	46.8%
1965	29.1%	47.4%
1966	29.2%	48%
1967	29.2%	48.5%
1968	29.2%	48.8%
1969	29.1%	48.9%
1970	28.7%	48.8%
1971	28.4%	48.5%
1972	28.2%	47.8%
1973	27.9%	46.8%
1974	27.7%	46%
1975	27.4%	45.1%
1976	27.2%	44.3%
1977	27.1%	43.4%
1978	26.8%	42.6%
1979	26.4%	41.8%
1980	25.9%	41%
1981	25.4%	40.1%
1982	25%	39.5%
1983	24.5%	39%
1984	24.1%	38.6%
1985	23.7%	38.3%
1986	23.1%	38%
1987	22.5%	37.8%
1988	21.9%	37.7%
1989	21.2%	37.5%
1990	20.5%	37.4%
1991	19.7%	37.3%
1992	19.1%	37.2%
1993	18.6%	37.1%
1994	18.2%	37%
1995	17.8%	36.7%
1996	17.4%	36.1%
1997	17.1%	35.3%
1998	16.8%	34.5%
1999	16.6%	33.7%
2000	16.4%	33%
2001	16.2%	32.3%
2002	16.1%	31.8%
2003	16.1%	31.3%
2004	16%	31%
2005	15.9%	30.9%
2006	15.8%	30.8%
2007	15.6%	30.7%
2008	15.5%	30.6%
2009	15.4%	30.5%
2010	15.2%	30.3%
2011	15%	30%
2012	14.9%	29.8%
2013	14.8%	29.4%
2014	14.6%	29.1%
2015	14.3%	28.7%
2016	14.1%	28.3%
2017	13.9%	27.9%
2018	13.7%	27.5%
2019	13.5%	27.2%
2020	13.3%	26.8%
2021	13.1%	26.5%
2022	13%	26.3%
2023	12.9%	25.9%
2024	12.8%	25.6%
2025	12.7%	25.3%
2026	12.6%	25%
2027	12.6%	24.8%
2028	12.6%	24.5%
2029	12.6%	24.2%
2030	12.7%	23.9%
2031	12.7%	23.6%
2032	12.7%	23.4%
2033	12.7%	23.2%
2034	12.7%	23%
2035	12.8%	22.8%
2036	12.9%	22.6%
2037	12.9%	22.4%
2038	13%	22.2%
2039	13%	22%
2040	13.1%	21.8%
2041	13.1%	21.6%
2042	13.2%	21.4%
2043	13.2%	21.3%
2044	13.3%	21.1%
2045	13.3%	20.9%
2046	13.4%	20.7%
2047	13.4%	20.5%
2048	13.4%	20.3%
2049	13.5%	20.1%
2050	13.5%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Suriname
1960	118,693	8,170
1961	117,867	8,361
1962	123,217	8,529
1963	113,783	8,838
1964	120,170	9,174
1965	115,182	9,270
1966	107,171	9,243
1967	106,495	9,104
1968	100,737	8,980
1969	89,329	8,880
1970	87,672	8,823
1971	82,980	8,814
1972	83,715	8,893
1973	76,835	8,877
1974	74,412	8,751
1975	81,841	8,587
1976	85,138	8,327
1977	84,156	7,998
1978	70,731	7,650
1979	67,628	7,312
1980	63,481	7,002
1981	56,152	7,541
1982	58,479	8,197
1983	47,798	8,797
1984	45,983	9,031
1985	33,077	9,177
1986	31,102	9,222
1987	28,084	9,319
1988	24,047	9,347
1989	22,011	9,441
1990	13,976	9,047
1991	12,948	8,637
1992	13,933	8,355
1993	7,972	8,127
1994	9,991	7,929
1995	4,011	7,968
1996	4,026	8,031
1997	8,087	8,106
1998	7,112	8,173
1999	8,175	8,236
2000	15,435	8,323
2001	8,290	8,349
2002	8,335	7,916
2003	4,184	7,396
2004	7,339	6,948
2005	2,101	7,037
2006	3,156	7,278
2007	-1,055	7,468
2008	0	7,552
2009	-5,284	7,559
2010	-4,230	7,489
2011	-5,279	7,401
2012	-17,875	7,405
2013	-24,052	7,350
2014	-22,882	7,284
2015	-23,823	7,150
2016	-23,749	6,979
2017	-23,691	6,772
2018	-25,709	6,613
2019	-24,687	6,564
2020	-39,129	6,640
2021	-45,592	5,291
2022	-40,694	6,719
2023	-32,792	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Portugal, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	Suriname
1985	20	386
1986	19	377
1987	19	372
1988	18	364
1989	18	360
1990	17	350
1991	17	347
1992	16	346
1993	15	343
1994	13	334
1995	12	331
1996	12	323
1997	12	312
1998	11	302
1999	10	291
2000	9	282
2001	9	270
2002	9	253
2003	8	238
2004	8	219
2005	8	202
2006	8	187
2007	8	173
2008	9	161
2009	9	147
2010	10	134
2011	10	126
2012	10	122
2013	10	121
2014	11	120
2015	11	115
2016	12	109
2017	13	105
2018	14	101
2019	15	97
2020	14	94
2021	19	144
2022	16	88
2023	15	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	Suriname
1960	11.4%	-
1961	11%	-
1962	10.4%	-
1963	9.76%	-
1964	9.1%	-
1965	8.53%	-
1966	8.09%	-
1967	7.76%	-
1968	7.51%	-
1969	7.22%	-
1970	6.81%	-
1971	6.3%	-
1972	5.78%	-
1973	5.27%	-
1974	4.79%	-
1975	4.35%	-
1976	3.94%	-
1977	3.57%	-
1978	3.24%	-
1979	2.97%	-
1980	2.75%	-
1981	2.58%	-
1982	2.43%	-
1983	2.29%	5.67%
1984	2.16%	5.49%
1985	2.04%	5.31%
1986	1.93%	5.13%
1987	1.82%	4.97%
1988	1.7%	4.81%
1989	1.59%	4.65%
1990	1.47%	4.49%
1991	1.36%	4.34%
1992	1.25%	4.19%
1993	1.14%	4.03%
1994	1.05%	3.88%
1995	0.98%	3.74%
1996	0.92%	3.6%
1997	0.86%	3.47%
1998	0.82%	3.34%
1999	0.77%	3.22%
2000	0.72%	3.11%
2001	0.66%	3%
2002	0.61%	2.9%
2003	0.55%	2.81%
2004	0.5%	2.72%
2005	0.47%	2.64%
2006	0.44%	2.57%
2007	0.42%	2.5%
2008	0.4%	2.44%
2009	0.39%	2.38%
2010	0.38%	2.32%
2011	0.37%	2.26%
2012	0.37%	2.21%
2013	0.36%	2.16%
2014	0.36%	2.11%
2015	0.36%	2.05%
2016	0.36%	2%
2017	0.36%	1.95%
2018	0.35%	1.9%
2019	0.35%	1.84%
2020	0.34%	1.78%
2021	0.33%	1.73%
2022	0.32%	1.68%
2023	0.32%	1.62%