Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Tajikistan

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Tajikistan 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 3.07 in Tajikistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Tajikistan 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	Tajikistan
1960	6.59	6.24
1961	6.58	6.35
1962	6.57	6.48
1963	6.51	6.62
1964	6.43	6.68
1965	6.32	6.74
1966	6.2	6.82
1967	6.04	6.89
1968	5.86	6.91
1969	5.7	6.91
1970	5.53	6.91
1971	5.36	6.91
1972	5.18	6.89
1973	5.01	6.84
1974	4.81	6.77
1975	4.63	6.69
1976	4.45	6.6
1977	4.26	6.49
1978	4.08	6.4
1979	3.93	6.31
1980	3.79	6.21
1981	3.75	6.12
1982	3.82	6.03
1983	3.87	5.98
1984	3.8	5.96
1985	3.71	5.94
1986	3.61	5.91
1987	3.53	5.84
1988	3.46	5.75
1989	3.39	5.61
1990	3.23	5.46
1991	3.09	5.28
1992	3.01	5.06
1993	2.94	4.92
1994	2.9	4.79
1995	2.9	4.66
1996	2.92	3.94
1997	2.95	4.06
1998	2.99	4.07
1999	3.02	3.85
2000	3.05	3.49
2001	3.06	3.49
2002	2.96	3.47
2003	2.84	3.42
2004	2.74	3.51
2005	2.71	3.4
2006	2.73	3.34
2007	2.74	3.37
2008	2.73	3.39
2009	2.71	3.43
2010	2.69	3.46
2011	2.67	3.46
2012	2.67	3.42
2013	2.65	3.43
2014	2.62	3.46
2015	2.57	3.46
2016	2.5	3.38
2017	2.43	3.29
2018	2.38	3.29
2019	2.35	3.28
2020	2.31	3.21
2021	2.3	3.17
2022	2.27	3.13
2023	2.25	3.07
2024	2.23	3.04
2025	2.21	2.99
2026	2.19	2.96
2027	2.16	2.93
2028	2.14	2.89
2029	2.13	2.86
2030	2.11	2.83
2031	2.09	2.8
2032	2.08	2.76
2033	2.06	2.73
2034	2.05	2.7
2035	2.04	2.68
2036	2.02	2.65
2037	2.01	2.63
2038	2	2.6
2039	1.99	2.58
2040	1.98	2.55
2041	1.97	2.53
2042	1.96	2.51
2043	1.95	2.49
2044	1.94	2.46
2045	1.93	2.44
2046	1.92	2.42
2047	1.91	2.4
2048	1.9	2.38
2049	1.9	2.37
2050	1.89	2.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Tajikistan
1960	44.5%	40.2%
1961	44.6%	41.4%
1962	45.1%	42.5%
1963	46.1%	43.4%
1964	46.8%	44.1%
1965	47.4%	44.4%
1966	48%	44.6%
1967	48.5%	44.7%
1968	48.8%	44.7%
1969	48.9%	44.6%
1970	48.8%	44.6%
1971	48.5%	44.5%
1972	47.8%	44.4%
1973	46.8%	44.3%
1974	46%	44.2%
1975	45.1%	44%
1976	44.3%	43.8%
1977	43.4%	43.6%
1978	42.6%	43.4%
1979	41.8%	43.2%
1980	41%	43.2%
1981	40.1%	43.2%
1982	39.5%	43.2%
1983	39%	43.3%
1984	38.6%	43.3%
1985	38.3%	43.3%
1986	38%	43.1%
1987	37.8%	43.1%
1988	37.7%	43.2%
1989	37.5%	43.4%
1990	37.4%	43.7%
1991	37.3%	44%
1992	37.2%	44.3%
1993	37.1%	44.6%
1994	37%	44.8%
1995	36.7%	44.9%
1996	36.1%	44.7%
1997	35.3%	44.3%
1998	34.5%	43.7%
1999	33.7%	43%
2000	33%	42.3%
2001	32.3%	41.5%
2002	31.8%	40.7%
2003	31.3%	39.9%
2004	31%	39.3%
2005	30.9%	38.6%
2006	30.8%	38%
2007	30.7%	37.6%
2008	30.6%	37.3%
2009	30.5%	37%
2010	30.3%	36.8%
2011	30%	36.7%
2012	29.8%	36.7%
2013	29.4%	36.5%
2014	29.1%	36.4%
2015	28.7%	36.3%
2016	28.3%	36.3%
2017	27.9%	36.2%
2018	27.5%	36.2%
2019	27.2%	36.3%
2020	26.8%	36.4%
2021	26.5%	36.6%
2022	26.3%	36.6%
2023	25.9%	36.5%
2024	25.6%	36.3%
2025	25.3%	35.9%
2026	25%	35.4%
2027	24.8%	35%
2028	24.5%	34.5%
2029	24.2%	33.9%
2030	23.9%	33.2%
2031	23.6%	32.5%
2032	23.4%	32%
2033	23.2%	31.6%
2034	23%	31.2%
2035	22.8%	30.8%
2036	22.6%	30.4%
2037	22.4%	30.1%
2038	22.2%	29.8%
2039	22%	29.6%
2040	21.8%	29.4%
2041	21.6%	29.2%
2042	21.4%	29.1%
2043	21.3%	29%
2044	21.1%	28.9%
2045	20.9%	28.7%
2046	20.7%	28.6%
2047	20.5%	28.4%
2048	20.3%	28.1%
2049	20.1%	27.9%
2050	19.9%	27.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 36.3% in Tajikistan in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Tajikistan compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Tajikistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +2.42% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	8,170	65,415
1961	8,361	68,182
1962	8,529	70,700
1963	8,838	73,065
1964	9,174	74,030
1965	9,270	75,139
1966	9,243	76,702
1967	9,104	78,733
1968	8,980	80,698
1969	8,880	82,931
1970	8,823	85,645
1971	8,814	88,618
1972	8,893	91,677
1973	8,877	94,523
1974	8,751	97,481
1975	8,587	100,604
1976	8,327	103,777
1977	7,998	106,920
1978	7,650	110,564
1979	7,312	114,496
1980	7,002	117,888
1981	7,541	121,418
1982	8,197	127,838
1983	8,797	133,280
1984	9,031	139,145
1985	9,177	145,720
1986	9,222	155,987
1987	9,319	163,611
1988	9,347	172,805
1989	9,441	179,212
1990	9,047	178,429
1991	8,637	177,585
1992	8,355	163,652
1993	8,127	157,975
1994	7,929	167,590
1995	7,968	168,934
1996	8,031	138,287
1997	8,106	149,825
1998	8,173	153,508
1999	8,236	147,622
2000	8,323	136,549
2001	8,349	142,276
2002	7,916	146,492
2003	7,396	150,391
2004	6,948	161,201
2005	7,037	160,189
2006	7,278	164,046
2007	7,468	173,200
2008	7,552	182,337
2009	7,559	192,851
2010	7,489	201,389
2011	7,401	208,429
2012	7,405	213,078
2013	7,350	220,693
2014	7,284	227,304
2015	7,150	230,903
2016	6,979	228,547
2017	6,772	224,396
2018	6,613	228,597
2019	6,564	231,817
2020	6,640	219,467
2021	5,291	222,850
2022	6,719	228,336
2023	6,697	223,828

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Tajikistan

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 14 deaths in Tajikistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Tajikistan
1985	386	98
1986	377	91
1987	372	91
1988	364	83
1989	360	85
1990	350	80
1991	347	79
1992	346	84
1993	343	84
1994	334	85
1995	331	81
1996	323	82
1997	312	76
1998	302	72
1999	291	64
2000	282	58
2001	270	58
2002	253	48
2003	238	39
2004	219	36
2005	202	36
2006	187	35
2007	173	30
2008	161	29
2009	147	29
2010	134	26
2011	126	25
2012	122	23
2013	121	21
2014	120	21
2015	115	20
2016	109	20
2017	105	17
2018	101	16
2019	97	16
2020	94	25
2021	144	25
2022	88	14
2023	84	14

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 2.73% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1972	-	15.5%
1973	-	15%
1974	-	14.4%
1975	-	14%
1976	-	13.5%
1977	-	13.2%
1978	-	13%
1979	-	12.8%
1980	-	12.7%
1981	-	12.6%
1982	-	12.5%
1983	5.67%	12.3%
1984	5.49%	12%
1985	5.31%	11.6%
1986	5.13%	11.1%
1987	4.97%	10.5%
1988	4.81%	10.1%
1989	4.65%	9.88%
1990	4.49%	9.92%
1991	4.34%	10.2%
1992	4.19%	10.6%
1993	4.03%	10.9%
1994	3.88%	11%
1995	3.74%	10.8%
1996	3.6%	10.4%
1997	3.47%	9.86%
1998	3.34%	9.26%
1999	3.22%	8.62%
2000	3.11%	7.97%
2001	3%	7.34%
2002	2.9%	6.75%
2003	2.81%	6.18%
2004	2.72%	5.67%
2005	2.64%	5.22%
2006	2.57%	4.82%
2007	2.5%	4.47%
2008	2.44%	4.17%
2009	2.38%	3.92%
2010	2.32%	3.7%
2011	2.26%	3.52%
2012	2.21%	3.36%
2013	2.16%	3.23%
2014	2.11%	3.12%
2015	2.05%	3.02%
2016	2%	2.94%
2017	1.95%	2.88%
2018	1.9%	2.83%
2019	1.84%	2.81%
2020	1.78%	2.8%
2021	1.73%	2.79%
2022	1.68%	2.77%
2023	1.62%	2.73%