Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Tunisia

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Tunisia 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 1.83 in Tunisia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Tunisia 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	Tunisia
1960	6.59	7.16
1961	6.58	7.16
1962	6.57	7.17
1963	6.51	7.17
1964	6.43	7.17
1965	6.32	7.11
1966	6.2	7.06
1967	6.04	6.95
1968	5.86	6.81
1969	5.7	6.62
1970	5.53	6.43
1971	5.36	6.29
1972	5.18	6.19
1973	5.01	6.12
1974	4.81	6.05
1975	4.63	5.97
1976	4.45	5.87
1977	4.26	5.68
1978	4.08	5.4
1979	3.93	5.18
1980	3.79	5.03
1981	3.75	5.02
1982	3.82	4.89
1983	3.87	4.77
1984	3.8	4.66
1985	3.71	4.52
1986	3.61	4.36
1987	3.53	4.1
1988	3.46	3.83
1989	3.39	3.57
1990	3.23	3.44
1991	3.09	3.31
1992	3.01	3.19
1993	2.94	3.06
1994	2.9	2.87
1995	2.9	2.67
1996	2.92	2.49
1997	2.95	2.34
1998	2.99	2.2
1999	3.02	2.08
2000	3.05	2.03
2001	3.06	1.98
2002	2.96	1.94
2003	2.84	1.96
2004	2.74	1.95
2005	2.71	1.95
2006	2.73	1.95
2007	2.74	1.96
2008	2.73	1.98
2009	2.71	2
2010	2.69	2.08
2011	2.67	2.19
2012	2.67	2.28
2013	2.65	2.31
2014	2.62	2.32
2015	2.57	2.31
2016	2.5	2.28
2017	2.43	2.21
2018	2.38	2.13
2019	2.35	2.1
2020	2.31	2
2021	2.3	1.8
2022	2.27	1.85
2023	2.25	1.83
2024	2.23	1.82
2025	2.21	1.8
2026	2.19	1.79
2027	2.16	1.78
2028	2.14	1.77
2029	2.13	1.76
2030	2.11	1.76
2031	2.09	1.75
2032	2.08	1.74
2033	2.06	1.74
2034	2.05	1.73
2035	2.04	1.73
2036	2.02	1.73
2037	2.01	1.72
2038	2	1.72
2039	1.99	1.72
2040	1.98	1.71
2041	1.97	1.71
2042	1.96	1.71
2043	1.95	1.71
2044	1.94	1.71
2045	1.93	1.71
2046	1.92	1.71
2047	1.91	1.71
2048	1.9	1.7
2049	1.9	1.7
2050	1.89	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Tunisia
1960	44.5%	43.2%
1961	44.6%	43.4%
1962	45.1%	43.5%
1963	46.1%	43.8%
1964	46.8%	44%
1965	47.4%	44.2%
1966	48%	44.5%
1967	48.5%	44.7%
1968	48.8%	44.8%
1969	48.9%	44.8%
1970	48.8%	44.7%
1971	48.5%	44.6%
1972	47.8%	44.4%
1973	46.8%	44.3%
1974	46%	44.1%
1975	45.1%	43.9%
1976	44.3%	43.7%
1977	43.4%	43.4%
1978	42.6%	43%
1979	41.8%	42.5%
1980	41%	42%
1981	40.1%	41.4%
1982	39.5%	40.8%
1983	39%	40.3%
1984	38.6%	39.9%
1985	38.3%	39.6%
1986	38%	39.3%
1987	37.8%	39%
1988	37.7%	38.6%
1989	37.5%	38.2%
1990	37.4%	37.6%
1991	37.3%	37.1%
1992	37.2%	36.4%
1993	37.1%	35.8%
1994	37%	35%
1995	36.7%	34.3%
1996	36.1%	33.5%
1997	35.3%	32.8%
1998	34.5%	32%
1999	33.7%	31.1%
2000	33%	30.2%
2001	32.3%	29.3%
2002	31.8%	28.4%
2003	31.3%	27.5%
2004	31%	26.7%
2005	30.9%	26%
2006	30.8%	25.4%
2007	30.7%	25%
2008	30.6%	24.6%
2009	30.5%	24.3%
2010	30.3%	24.2%
2011	30%	24.2%
2012	29.8%	24.2%
2013	29.4%	24.4%
2014	29.1%	24.6%
2015	28.7%	24.7%
2016	28.3%	24.9%
2017	27.9%	25%
2018	27.5%	25.1%
2019	27.2%	25.1%
2020	26.8%	25.1%
2021	26.5%	25%
2022	26.3%	24.7%
2023	25.9%	24.4%
2024	25.6%	24%
2025	25.3%	23.6%
2026	25%	23%
2027	24.8%	22.5%
2028	24.5%	21.8%
2029	24.2%	21.2%
2030	23.9%	20.5%
2031	23.6%	19.9%
2032	23.4%	19.2%
2033	23.2%	18.7%
2034	23%	18.2%
2035	22.8%	17.7%
2036	22.6%	17.4%
2037	22.4%	17.2%
2038	22.2%	17%
2039	22%	16.8%
2040	21.8%	16.7%
2041	21.6%	16.6%
2042	21.4%	16.5%
2043	21.3%	16.5%
2044	21.1%	16.5%
2045	20.9%	16.6%
2046	20.7%	16.6%
2047	20.5%	16.7%
2048	20.3%	16.7%
2049	20.1%	16.8%
2050	19.9%	16.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 24% in Tunisia in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 37.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Tunisia compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Tunisia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +1.05% in Tunisia. 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	Tunisia
1960	8,170	109,234
1961	8,361	111,459
1962	8,529	116,887
1963	8,838	120,865
1964	9,174	124,711
1965	9,270	127,673
1966	9,243	131,274
1967	9,104	132,626
1968	8,980	134,246
1969	8,880	135,257
1970	8,823	138,235
1971	8,814	142,296
1972	8,893	147,239
1973	8,877	153,525
1974	8,751	160,200
1975	8,587	166,991
1976	8,327	172,744
1977	7,998	174,539
1978	7,650	173,255
1979	7,312	171,463
1980	7,002	171,094
1981	7,541	176,628
1982	8,197	177,898
1983	8,797	179,878
1984	9,031	182,386
1985	9,177	186,344
1986	9,222	188,107
1987	9,319	184,101
1988	9,347	177,176
1989	9,441	169,221
1990	9,047	168,180
1991	8,637	166,245
1992	8,355	163,978
1993	8,127	160,922
1994	7,929	153,647
1995	7,968	144,345
1996	8,031	135,615
1997	8,106	128,327
1998	8,173	121,332
1999	8,236	114,829
2000	8,323	112,501
2001	8,349	110,146
2002	7,916	109,099
2003	7,396	111,926
2004	6,948	113,322
2005	7,037	115,374
2006	7,278	116,945
2007	7,468	118,920
2008	7,552	121,873
2009	7,559	125,465
2010	7,489	132,809
2011	7,401	143,401
2012	7,405	151,812
2013	7,350	154,687
2014	7,284	154,762
2015	7,150	153,007
2016	6,979	148,870
2017	6,772	140,971
2018	6,613	132,445
2019	6,564	127,312
2020	6,640	109,431
2021	5,291	68,087
2022	6,719	96,531
2023	6,697	93,663

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Tunisia

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 36 deaths in Tunisia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Tunisia
1985	386	132
1986	377	121
1987	372	107
1988	364	96
1989	360	87
1990	350	85
1991	347	83
1992	346	82
1993	343	80
1994	334	77
1995	331	73
1996	323	68
1997	312	64
1998	302	60
1999	291	57
2000	282	56
2001	270	55
2002	253	53
2003	238	52
2004	219	50
2005	202	49
2006	187	48
2007	173	46
2008	161	45
2009	147	44
2010	134	44
2011	126	44
2012	122	43
2013	121	43
2014	120	42
2015	115	40
2016	109	39
2017	105	38
2018	101	38
2019	97	37
2020	94	40
2021	144	65
2022	88	38
2023	84	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 1.29% in Tunisia. 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	Tunisia
1962	-	27.2%
1963	-	26%
1964	-	24.8%
1965	-	23.6%
1966	-	22.4%
1967	-	21.3%
1968	-	20.2%
1969	-	19.1%
1970	-	18.1%
1971	-	17.1%
1972	-	16.1%
1973	-	15.2%
1974	-	14.3%
1975	-	13.4%
1976	-	12.5%
1977	-	11.7%
1978	-	10.9%
1979	-	10.2%
1980	-	9.52%
1981	-	8.94%
1982	-	8.42%
1983	5.67%	7.94%
1984	5.49%	7.48%
1985	5.31%	7.08%
1986	5.13%	6.69%
1987	4.97%	6.35%
1988	4.81%	6.03%
1989	4.65%	5.76%
1990	4.49%	5.5%
1991	4.34%	5.24%
1992	4.19%	5%
1993	4.03%	4.74%
1994	3.88%	4.48%
1995	3.74%	4.2%
1996	3.6%	3.92%
1997	3.47%	3.65%
1998	3.34%	3.38%
1999	3.22%	3.14%
2000	3.11%	2.92%
2001	3%	2.72%
2002	2.9%	2.55%
2003	2.81%	2.4%
2004	2.72%	2.27%
2005	2.64%	2.16%
2006	2.57%	2.07%
2007	2.5%	2%
2008	2.44%	1.94%
2009	2.38%	1.9%
2010	2.32%	1.87%
2011	2.26%	1.85%
2012	2.21%	1.84%
2013	2.16%	1.83%
2014	2.11%	1.83%
2015	2.05%	1.82%
2016	2%	1.81%
2017	1.95%	1.79%
2018	1.9%	1.75%
2019	1.84%	1.69%
2020	1.78%	1.6%
2021	1.73%	1.5%
2022	1.68%	1.39%
2023	1.62%	1.29%