Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Turkey

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	6.59	6.38
1961	6.58	6.42
1962	6.57	6.38
1963	6.51	6.34
1964	6.43	6.29
1965	6.32	6.22
1966	6.2	6.15
1967	6.04	6.06
1968	5.86	5.96
1969	5.7	5.87
1970	5.53	5.78
1971	5.36	5.67
1972	5.18	5.55
1973	5.01	5.41
1974	4.81	5.24
1975	4.63	5.09
1976	4.45	4.93
1977	4.26	4.78
1978	4.08	4.69
1979	3.93	4.58
1980	3.79	4.45
1981	3.75	4.35
1982	3.82	4.21
1983	3.87	4.06
1984	3.8	3.91
1985	3.71	3.78
1986	3.61	3.66
1987	3.53	3.54
1988	3.46	3.45
1989	3.39	3.34
1990	3.23	3.11
1991	3.09	3
1992	3.01	2.94
1993	2.94	2.92
1994	2.9	2.87
1995	2.9	2.84
1996	2.92	2.78
1997	2.95	2.74
1998	2.99	2.71
1999	3.02	2.63
2000	3.05	2.49
2001	3.06	2.39
2002	2.96	2.27
2003	2.84	2.2
2004	2.74	2.2
2005	2.71	2.2
2006	2.73	2.19
2007	2.74	2.16
2008	2.73	2.15
2009	2.71	2.1
2010	2.69	2.08
2011	2.67	2.05
2012	2.67	2.11
2013	2.65	2.11
2014	2.62	2.19
2015	2.57	2.16
2016	2.5	2.11
2017	2.43	2.08
2018	2.38	2
2019	2.35	1.89
2020	2.31	1.77
2021	2.3	1.71
2022	2.27	1.63
2023	2.25	1.51
2024	2.23	1.51
2025	2.21	1.5
2026	2.19	1.5
2027	2.16	1.5
2028	2.14	1.5
2029	2.13	1.5
2030	2.11	1.5
2031	2.09	1.5
2032	2.08	1.5
2033	2.06	1.5
2034	2.05	1.5
2035	2.04	1.5
2036	2.02	1.5
2037	2.01	1.5
2038	2	1.5
2039	1.99	1.5
2040	1.98	1.5
2041	1.97	1.5
2042	1.96	1.5
2043	1.95	1.5
2044	1.94	1.5
2045	1.93	1.5
2046	1.92	1.5
2047	1.91	1.5
2048	1.9	1.5
2049	1.9	1.5
2050	1.89	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Turkey
1960	44.5%	42%
1961	44.6%	42.2%
1962	45.1%	42.4%
1963	46.1%	42.5%
1964	46.8%	42.7%
1965	47.4%	42.8%
1966	48%	42.8%
1967	48.5%	42.9%
1968	48.8%	42.9%
1969	48.9%	42.8%
1970	48.8%	42.7%
1971	48.5%	42.5%
1972	47.8%	42.3%
1973	46.8%	42.1%
1974	46%	41.8%
1975	45.1%	41.5%
1976	44.3%	41.1%
1977	43.4%	40.7%
1978	42.6%	40.4%
1979	41.8%	40.1%
1980	41%	39.8%
1981	40.1%	39.6%
1982	39.5%	39.3%
1983	39%	38.9%
1984	38.6%	38.5%
1985	38.3%	38.1%
1986	38%	37.6%
1987	37.8%	37.2%
1988	37.7%	36.7%
1989	37.5%	36.3%
1990	37.4%	35.8%
1991	37.3%	35.3%
1992	37.2%	34.8%
1993	37.1%	34.3%
1994	37%	33.8%
1995	36.7%	33.2%
1996	36.1%	32.6%
1997	35.3%	32%
1998	34.5%	31.4%
1999	33.7%	30.8%
2000	33%	30.2%
2001	32.3%	29.7%
2002	31.8%	29.2%
2003	31.3%	28.7%
2004	31%	28.3%
2005	30.9%	27.9%
2006	30.8%	27.5%
2007	30.7%	27.1%
2008	30.6%	26.7%
2009	30.5%	26.3%
2010	30.3%	25.9%
2011	30%	25.5%
2012	29.8%	25.1%
2013	29.4%	24.7%
2014	29.1%	24.3%
2015	28.7%	23.9%
2016	28.3%	23.6%
2017	27.9%	23.3%
2018	27.5%	23.1%
2019	27.2%	23%
2020	26.8%	22.8%
2021	26.5%	22.5%
2022	26.3%	22.2%
2023	25.9%	21.8%
2024	25.6%	21.4%
2025	25.3%	21%
2026	25%	20.6%
2027	24.8%	20.1%
2028	24.5%	19.6%
2029	24.2%	19.2%
2030	23.9%	18.7%
2031	23.6%	18.2%
2032	23.4%	17.8%
2033	23.2%	17.4%
2034	23%	17.1%
2035	22.8%	16.8%
2036	22.6%	16.5%
2037	22.4%	16.3%
2038	22.2%	16.2%
2039	22%	16.1%
2040	21.8%	16%
2041	21.6%	15.8%
2042	21.4%	15.7%
2043	21.3%	15.6%
2044	21.1%	15.5%
2045	20.9%	15.4%
2046	20.7%	15.3%
2047	20.5%	15.2%
2048	20.3%	15.1%
2049	20.1%	15%
2050	19.9%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	8,170	773,009
1961	8,361	816,911
1962	8,529	837,473
1963	8,838	862,626
1964	9,174	884,152
1965	9,270	904,016
1966	9,243	925,790
1967	9,104	936,727
1968	8,980	950,778
1969	8,880	970,958
1970	8,823	991,950
1971	8,814	1,014,165
1972	8,893	1,023,781
1973	8,877	1,025,675
1974	8,751	1,020,053
1975	8,587	1,012,904
1976	8,327	1,009,999
1977	7,998	1,023,779
1978	7,650	1,054,863
1979	7,312	1,076,707
1980	7,002	1,090,538
1981	7,541	1,100,082
1982	8,197	1,091,863
1983	8,797	1,095,106
1984	9,031	1,096,529
1985	9,177	1,098,846
1986	9,222	1,102,660
1987	9,319	1,099,042
1988	9,347	1,101,266
1989	9,441	1,094,036
1990	9,047	1,044,467
1991	8,637	1,041,229
1992	8,355	1,039,125
1993	8,127	1,064,168
1994	7,929	1,078,208
1995	7,968	1,090,630
1996	8,031	1,091,827
1997	8,106	1,099,738
1998	8,173	1,103,242
1999	8,236	1,063,312
2000	8,323	1,020,515
2001	8,349	980,560
2002	7,916	922,927
2003	7,396	893,683
2004	6,948	896,025
2005	7,037	898,650
2006	7,278	897,351
2007	7,468	876,626
2008	7,552	868,749
2009	7,559	900,491
2010	7,489	892,334
2011	7,401	875,839
2012	7,405	917,145
2013	7,350	921,386
2014	7,284	957,055
2015	7,150	930,799
2016	6,979	895,841
2017	6,772	875,408
2018	6,613	830,353
2019	6,564	751,472
2020	6,640	608,708
2021	5,291	521,713
2022	6,719	535,373
2023	6,697	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Turkey
1985	386	56
1986	377	53
1987	372	50
1988	364	47
1989	360	44
1990	350	42
1991	347	41
1992	346	40
1993	343	39
1994	334	38
1995	331	37
1996	323	36
1997	312	35
1998	302	34
1999	291	34
2000	282	32
2001	270	31
2002	253	30
2003	238	29
2004	219	28
2005	202	27
2006	187	26
2007	173	25
2008	161	24
2009	147	23
2010	134	23
2011	126	23
2012	122	21
2013	121	20
2014	120	20
2015	115	19
2016	109	19
2017	105	18
2018	101	17
2019	97	17
2020	94	19
2021	144	20
2022	88	21
2023	84	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	-	25.8%
1961	-	25%
1962	-	24.1%
1963	-	23.3%
1964	-	22.5%
1965	-	21.7%
1966	-	21%
1967	-	20.4%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.2%
1970	-	18.6%
1971	-	18%
1972	-	17.5%
1973	-	16.9%
1974	-	16.3%
1975	-	15.7%
1976	-	15.1%
1977	-	14.5%
1978	-	13.9%
1979	-	13.3%
1980	-	12.7%
1981	-	12.1%
1982	-	11.5%
1983	5.67%	10.9%
1984	5.49%	10.3%
1985	5.31%	9.79%
1986	5.13%	9.27%
1987	4.97%	8.77%
1988	4.81%	8.29%
1989	4.65%	7.83%
1990	4.49%	7.38%
1991	4.34%	6.95%
1992	4.19%	6.52%
1993	4.03%	6.11%
1994	3.88%	5.73%
1995	3.74%	5.35%
1996	3.6%	5%
1997	3.47%	4.66%
1998	3.34%	4.33%
1999	3.22%	4.03%
2000	3.11%	3.74%
2001	3%	3.47%
2002	2.9%	3.22%
2003	2.81%	2.99%
2004	2.72%	2.77%
2005	2.64%	2.57%
2006	2.57%	2.38%
2007	2.5%	2.21%
2008	2.44%	2.06%
2009	2.38%	1.92%
2010	2.32%	1.79%
2011	2.26%	1.68%
2012	2.21%	1.58%
2013	2.16%	1.49%
2014	2.11%	1.4%
2015	2.05%	1.33%
2016	2%	1.26%
2017	1.95%	1.2%
2018	1.9%	1.15%
2019	1.84%	1.1%
2020	1.78%	1.05%
2021	1.73%	1.01%
2022	1.68%	0.96%
2023	1.62%	1.28%