Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Syria

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Syria chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Suriname was 2.25 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Syria population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Suriname	Syria
1960	6.59	7.51
1961	6.58	7.5
1962	6.57	7.51
1963	6.51	7.51
1964	6.43	7.53
1965	6.32	7.53
1966	6.2	7.55
1967	6.04	7.56
1968	5.86	7.57
1969	5.7	7.59
1970	5.53	7.62
1971	5.36	7.6
1972	5.18	7.57
1973	5.01	7.55
1974	4.81	7.52
1975	4.63	7.49
1976	4.45	7.45
1977	4.26	7.42
1978	4.08	7.35
1979	3.93	7.25
1980	3.79	7.12
1981	3.75	6.97
1982	3.82	6.81
1983	3.87	6.69
1984	3.8	6.59
1985	3.71	6.48
1986	3.61	6.37
1987	3.53	6.2
1988	3.46	6
1989	3.39	5.78
1990	3.23	5.56
1991	3.09	5.34
1992	3.01	5.14
1993	2.94	4.99
1994	2.9	4.86
1995	2.9	4.7
1996	2.92	4.54
1997	2.95	4.37
1998	2.99	4.25
1999	3.02	4.14
2000	3.05	4.07
2001	3.06	3.98
2002	2.96	3.87
2003	2.84	3.76
2004	2.74	3.68
2005	2.71	3.61
2006	2.73	3.56
2007	2.74	3.54
2008	2.73	3.48
2009	2.71	3.42
2010	2.69	3.36
2011	2.67	3.29
2012	2.67	3.22
2013	2.65	3.17
2014	2.62	3.12
2015	2.57	3.07
2016	2.5	3.01
2017	2.43	2.97
2018	2.38	2.93
2019	2.35	2.88
2020	2.31	2.84
2021	2.3	2.8
2022	2.27	2.75
2023	2.25	2.71
2024	2.23	2.7
2025	2.21	2.66
2026	2.19	2.62
2027	2.16	2.58
2028	2.14	2.54
2029	2.13	2.51
2030	2.11	2.48
2031	2.09	2.45
2032	2.08	2.42
2033	2.06	2.39
2034	2.05	2.36
2035	2.04	2.33
2036	2.02	2.31
2037	2.01	2.29
2038	2	2.26
2039	1.99	2.24
2040	1.98	2.22
2041	1.97	2.2
2042	1.96	2.18
2043	1.95	2.16
2044	1.94	2.14
2045	1.93	2.13
2046	1.92	2.11
2047	1.91	2.1
2048	1.9	2.08
2049	1.9	2.07
2050	1.89	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Syria
1960	44.5%	45.3%
1961	44.6%	45.7%
1962	45.1%	46.1%
1963	46.1%	46.3%
1964	46.8%	46.6%
1965	47.4%	46.9%
1966	48%	47.3%
1967	48.5%	47.5%
1968	48.8%	47.8%
1969	48.9%	48%
1970	48.8%	48.2%
1971	48.5%	48.3%
1972	47.8%	48.4%
1973	46.8%	48.5%
1974	46%	48.5%
1975	45.1%	48.6%
1976	44.3%	48.6%
1977	43.4%	48.7%
1978	42.6%	48.7%
1979	41.8%	48.7%
1980	41%	48.7%
1981	40.1%	48.7%
1982	39.5%	48.5%
1983	39%	48.4%
1984	38.6%	48.2%
1985	38.3%	48%
1986	38%	47.7%
1987	37.8%	47.5%
1988	37.7%	47.2%
1989	37.5%	46.9%
1990	37.4%	46.6%
1991	37.3%	46.1%
1992	37.2%	45.7%
1993	37.1%	45.2%
1994	37%	44.7%
1995	36.7%	44.2%
1996	36.1%	43.8%
1997	35.3%	43.3%
1998	34.5%	42.9%
1999	33.7%	42.4%
2000	33%	41.9%
2001	32.3%	41.3%
2002	31.8%	40.8%
2003	31.3%	40.2%
2004	31%	39.6%
2005	30.9%	39.1%
2006	30.8%	38.1%
2007	30.7%	36.7%
2008	30.6%	36.3%
2009	30.5%	36.3%
2010	30.3%	36.1%
2011	30%	36.1%
2012	29.8%	36.5%
2013	29.4%	38%
2014	29.1%	39.8%
2015	28.7%	40.6%
2016	28.3%	40.2%
2017	27.9%	39.3%
2018	27.5%	37.9%
2019	27.2%	36.1%
2020	26.8%	34.6%
2021	26.5%	33.4%
2022	26.3%	31.9%
2023	25.9%	30.3%
2024	25.6%	29.2%
2025	25.3%	28.4%
2026	25%	27.9%
2027	24.8%	27.5%
2028	24.5%	27.3%
2029	24.2%	27.3%
2030	23.9%	27.6%
2031	23.6%	27.9%
2032	23.4%	28.3%
2033	23.2%	28.6%
2034	23%	28.8%
2035	22.8%	29%
2036	22.6%	29%
2037	22.4%	28.9%
2038	22.2%	28.7%
2039	22%	28.4%
2040	21.8%	28%
2041	21.6%	27.5%
2042	21.4%	27%
2043	21.3%	26.4%
2044	21.1%	25.8%
2045	20.9%	25.1%
2046	20.7%	24.5%
2047	20.5%	23.9%
2048	20.3%	23.3%
2049	20.1%	22.8%
2050	19.9%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +1.46% in Syria. 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
	Suriname	Syria
1960	8,170	143,687
1961	8,361	151,485
1962	8,529	159,155
1963	8,838	166,555
1964	9,174	174,549
1965	9,270	182,560
1966	9,243	191,122
1967	9,104	199,223
1968	8,980	209,454
1969	8,880	219,114
1970	8,823	230,117
1971	8,814	239,610
1972	8,893	249,027
1973	8,877	254,687
1974	8,751	270,735
1975	8,587	282,299
1976	8,327	294,267
1977	7,998	306,630
1978	7,650	316,724
1979	7,312	324,943
1980	7,002	332,464
1981	7,541	330,237
1982	8,197	319,664
1983	8,797	355,375
1984	9,031	366,768
1985	9,177	379,231
1986	9,222	390,821
1987	9,319	399,159
1988	9,347	404,285
1989	9,441	406,111
1990	9,047	409,177
1991	8,637	410,830
1992	8,355	412,878
1993	8,127	420,244
1994	7,929	426,996
1995	7,968	430,172
1996	8,031	430,765
1997	8,106	429,887
1998	8,173	433,447
1999	8,236	439,261
2000	8,323	446,211
2001	8,349	451,503
2002	7,916	453,967
2003	7,396	457,000
2004	6,948	461,209
2005	7,037	468,960
2006	7,278	480,616
2007	7,468	529,162
2008	7,552	576,593
2009	7,559	559,314
2010	7,489	558,666
2011	7,401	543,950
2012	7,405	475,520
2013	7,350	419,341
2014	7,284	333,116
2015	7,150	253,977
2016	6,979	236,007
2017	6,772	237,214
2018	6,613	242,530
2019	6,564	293,762
2020	6,640	327,992
2021	5,291	350,560
2022	6,719	369,750
2023	6,697	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Syria

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 84 deaths per 100,000 live births in Suriname, compared to 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Syria
1985	386	55
1986	377	52
1987	372	48
1988	364	44
1989	360	41
1990	350	37
1991	347	35
1992	346	33
1993	343	32
1994	334	32
1995	331	33
1996	323	34
1997	312	34
1998	302	34
1999	291	32
2000	282	31
2001	270	29
2002	253	26
2003	238	24
2004	219	22
2005	202	21
2006	187	20
2007	173	19
2008	161	20
2009	147	19
2010	134	19
2011	126	21
2012	122	22
2013	121	25
2014	120	25
2015	115	24
2016	109	23
2017	105	23
2018	101	21
2019	97	24
2020	94	23
2021	144	30
2022	88	21
2023	84	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 2.06% in Syria. 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
	Suriname	Syria
1960	-	16.9%
1961	-	16.1%
1962	-	15.3%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.5%
1966	-	12.9%
1967	-	12.3%
1968	-	11.7%
1969	-	11.1%
1970	-	10.5%
1971	-	9.91%
1972	-	9.4%
1973	-	8.92%
1974	-	8.47%
1975	-	8.03%
1976	-	7.61%
1977	-	7.19%
1978	-	6.79%
1979	-	6.4%
1980	-	6.03%
1981	-	6.33%
1982	-	7.06%
1983	5.67%	5.1%
1984	5.49%	4.84%
1985	5.31%	4.6%
1986	5.13%	4.39%
1987	4.97%	4.19%
1988	4.81%	4.02%
1989	4.65%	3.85%
1990	4.49%	3.7%
1991	4.34%	3.55%
1992	4.19%	3.4%
1993	4.03%	3.24%
1994	3.88%	3.09%
1995	3.74%	2.94%
1996	3.6%	2.8%
1997	3.47%	2.66%
1998	3.34%	2.53%
1999	3.22%	2.42%
2000	3.11%	2.32%
2001	3%	2.23%
2002	2.9%	2.15%
2003	2.81%	2.09%
2004	2.72%	2.03%
2005	2.64%	1.98%
2006	2.57%	1.95%
2007	2.5%	1.92%
2008	2.44%	1.9%
2009	2.38%	1.9%
2010	2.32%	1.9%
2011	2.26%	2.17%
2012	2.21%	3.39%
2013	2.16%	3.65%
2014	2.11%	3.53%
2015	2.05%	3.7%
2016	2%	3.22%
2017	1.95%	3.3%
2018	1.9%	3.26%
2019	1.84%	2.5%
2020	1.78%	2.24%
2021	1.73%	2.1%
2022	1.68%	2.11%
2023	1.62%	2.06%