Fertility & birth rates in Serbia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Serbia vs Suriname chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Serbia was 1.61 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 Serbia 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
	Serbia	Suriname
1960	2.15	6.59
1961	2.13	6.58
1962	2.11	6.57
1963	2.08	6.51
1964	2.07	6.43
1965	2.06	6.32
1966	2.04	6.2
1967	2.02	6.04
1968	2.01	5.86
1969	1.99	5.7
1970	1.97	5.53
1971	1.96	5.36
1972	1.95	5.18
1973	1.94	5.01
1974	1.93	4.81
1975	1.92	4.63
1976	1.91	4.45
1977	1.9	4.26
1978	1.89	4.08
1979	1.88	3.93
1980	1.86	3.79
1981	1.85	3.75
1982	1.84	3.82
1983	1.83	3.87
1984	1.81	3.8
1985	1.8	3.71
1986	1.78	3.61
1987	1.75	3.53
1988	1.72	3.46
1989	1.69	3.39
1990	1.65	3.23
1991	1.61	3.09
1992	1.57	3.01
1993	1.54	2.94
1994	1.51	2.9
1995	1.47	2.9
1996	1.44	2.92
1997	1.4	2.95
1998	1.37	2.99
1999	1.35	3.02
2000	1.48	3.05
2001	1.58	3.06
2002	1.57	2.96
2003	1.59	2.84
2004	1.57	2.74
2005	1.45	2.71
2006	1.43	2.73
2007	1.38	2.74
2008	1.4	2.73
2009	1.44	2.71
2010	1.4	2.69
2011	1.4	2.67
2012	1.45	2.67
2013	1.43	2.65
2014	1.46	2.62
2015	1.46	2.57
2016	1.46	2.5
2017	1.49	2.43
2018	1.49	2.38
2019	1.52	2.35
2020	1.48	2.31
2021	1.52	2.3
2022	1.59	2.27
2023	1.61	2.25
2024	1.61	2.23
2025	1.61	2.21
2026	1.62	2.19
2027	1.62	2.16
2028	1.62	2.14
2029	1.63	2.13
2030	1.63	2.11
2031	1.63	2.09
2032	1.63	2.08
2033	1.64	2.06
2034	1.64	2.05
2035	1.65	2.04
2036	1.65	2.02
2037	1.65	2.01
2038	1.65	2
2039	1.65	1.99
2040	1.65	1.98
2041	1.66	1.97
2042	1.66	1.96
2043	1.66	1.95
2044	1.66	1.94
2045	1.67	1.93
2046	1.67	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
	Serbia	Suriname
1960	27.2%	44.5%
1961	27.1%	44.6%
1962	27%	45.1%
1963	26.7%	46.1%
1964	26.3%	46.8%
1965	25.8%	47.4%
1966	25.3%	48%
1967	24.7%	48.5%
1968	24.1%	48.8%
1969	23.5%	48.9%
1970	23%	48.8%
1971	22.5%	48.5%
1972	22.2%	47.8%
1973	22%	46.8%
1974	21.7%	46%
1975	21.5%	45.1%
1976	21.3%	44.3%
1977	21%	43.4%
1978	20.9%	42.6%
1979	20.7%	41.8%
1980	20.6%	41%
1981	20.6%	40.1%
1982	20.6%	39.5%
1983	20.5%	39%
1984	20.5%	38.6%
1985	20.3%	38.3%
1986	20.2%	38%
1987	20%	37.8%
1988	19.8%	37.7%
1989	19.6%	37.5%
1990	19.3%	37.4%
1991	19.1%	37.3%
1992	18.8%	37.2%
1993	18.6%	37.1%
1994	18.3%	37%
1995	18%	36.7%
1996	17.7%	36.1%
1997	17.4%	35.3%
1998	17.1%	34.5%
1999	16.7%	33.7%
2000	16.4%	33%
2001	16.1%	32.3%
2002	15.8%	31.8%
2003	15.6%	31.3%
2004	15.4%	31%
2005	15.2%	30.9%
2006	15%	30.8%
2007	14.9%	30.7%
2008	14.7%	30.6%
2009	14.6%	30.5%
2010	14.5%	30.3%
2011	14.4%	30%
2012	14.3%	29.8%
2013	14.3%	29.4%
2014	14.3%	29.1%
2015	14.3%	28.7%
2016	14.3%	28.3%
2017	14.3%	27.9%
2018	14.3%	27.5%
2019	14.3%	27.2%
2020	14.3%	26.8%
2021	14.3%	26.5%
2022	14.4%	26.3%
2023	14.4%	25.9%
2024	14.3%	25.6%
2025	14.3%	25.3%
2026	14.2%	25%
2027	14.1%	24.8%
2028	14.1%	24.5%
2029	14%	24.2%
2030	13.9%	23.9%
2031	13.8%	23.6%
2032	13.7%	23.4%
2033	13.6%	23.2%
2034	13.5%	23%
2035	13.4%	22.8%
2036	13.3%	22.6%
2037	13.3%	22.4%
2038	13.2%	22.2%
2039	13.2%	22%
2040	13.1%	21.8%
2041	13.1%	21.6%
2042	13.1%	21.4%
2043	13.1%	21.3%
2044	13.1%	21.1%
2045	13.1%	20.9%
2046	13.1%	20.7%
2047	13.1%	20.5%
2048	13.1%	20.3%
2049	13.1%	20.1%
2050	13.1%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.3% of the population in Serbia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Serbia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Serbia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.63% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	Suriname
1960	63,642	8,170
1961	61,065	8,361
1962	59,307	8,529
1963	55,580	8,838
1964	54,185	9,174
1965	53,383	9,270
1966	53,338	9,243
1967	53,120	9,104
1968	51,653	8,980
1969	50,304	8,880
1970	48,343	8,823
1971	47,424	8,814
1972	48,248	8,893
1973	49,596	8,877
1974	51,583	8,751
1975	52,502	8,587
1976	51,399	8,327
1977	48,105	7,998
1978	43,636	7,650
1979	39,022	7,312
1980	36,273	7,002
1981	34,304	7,541
1982	30,603	8,197
1983	27,515	8,797
1984	23,815	9,031
1985	22,090	9,177
1986	19,407	9,222
1987	16,711	9,319
1988	13,852	9,347
1989	11,872	9,441
1990	7,416	9,047
1991	2,210	8,637
1992	-3,779	8,355
1993	-5,703	8,127
1994	-7,157	7,929
1995	-7,628	7,968
1996	-16,007	8,031
1997	-18,389	8,106
1998	-23,006	8,173
1999	-29,408	8,236
2000	-30,065	8,323
2001	-20,259	8,349
2002	-24,750	7,916
2003	-24,686	7,396
2004	-26,121	6,948
2005	-34,227	7,037
2006	-31,870	7,278
2007	-34,693	7,468
2008	-33,590	7,552
2009	-33,676	7,559
2010	-34,999	7,489
2011	-36,906	7,401
2012	-35,288	7,405
2013	-34,399	7,350
2014	-34,946	7,284
2015	-37,605	7,150
2016	-35,998	6,979
2017	-39,317	6,772
2018	-37,707	6,613
2019	-36,810	6,564
2020	-55,193	6,640
2021	-74,494	5,291
2022	-46,651	6,719
2023	-36,427	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Serbia vs Suriname

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Serbia, compared to 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Serbia	Suriname
1985	15	386
1986	15	377
1987	15	372
1988	14	364
1989	14	360
1990	14	350
1991	14	347
1992	15	346
1993	16	343
1994	16	334
1995	17	331
1996	17	323
1997	17	312
1998	19	302
1999	17	291
2000	16	282
2001	15	270
2002	14	253
2003	14	238
2004	13	219
2005	13	202
2006	12	187
2007	12	173
2008	12	161
2009	12	147
2010	13	134
2011	13	126
2012	13	122
2013	13	121
2014	13	120
2015	13	115
2016	13	109
2017	13	105
2018	12	101
2019	12	97
2020	16	94
2021	26	144
2022	14	88
2023	11	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.52% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	Suriname
1983	-	5.67%
1984	4.07%	5.49%
1985	3.93%	5.31%
1986	3.78%	5.13%
1987	3.59%	4.97%
1988	3.36%	4.81%
1989	3.1%	4.65%
1990	2.85%	4.49%
1991	2.61%	4.34%
1992	2.43%	4.19%
1993	2.29%	4.03%
1994	2.14%	3.88%
1995	1.95%	3.74%
1996	1.74%	3.6%
1997	1.56%	3.47%
1998	1.42%	3.34%
1999	1.32%	3.22%
2000	1.26%	3.11%
2001	1.2%	3%
2002	1.14%	2.9%
2003	1.05%	2.81%
2004	0.97%	2.72%
2005	0.9%	2.64%
2006	0.85%	2.57%
2007	0.82%	2.5%
2008	0.79%	2.44%
2009	0.78%	2.38%
2010	0.76%	2.32%
2011	0.73%	2.26%
2012	0.71%	2.21%
2013	0.68%	2.16%
2014	0.66%	2.11%
2015	0.63%	2.05%
2016	0.61%	2%
2017	0.59%	1.95%
2018	0.58%	1.9%
2019	0.57%	1.84%
2020	0.55%	1.78%
2021	0.54%	1.73%
2022	0.53%	1.68%
2023	0.52%	1.62%