Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	6.59	5.15
1961	6.58	5.09
1962	6.57	5
1963	6.51	4.91
1964	6.43	4.83
1965	6.32	4.73
1966	6.2	4.64
1967	6.04	4.49
1968	5.86	4.36
1969	5.7	4.23
1970	5.53	4.08
1971	5.36	3.94
1972	5.18	3.81
1973	5.01	3.71
1974	4.81	3.63
1975	4.63	3.58
1976	4.45	3.55
1977	4.26	3.56
1978	4.08	3.59
1979	3.93	3.65
1980	3.79	3.73
1981	3.75	3.8
1982	3.82	3.88
1983	3.87	3.91
1984	3.8	3.95
1985	3.71	3.97
1986	3.61	3.97
1987	3.53	3.94
1988	3.46	3.88
1989	3.39	3.8
1990	3.23	3.75
1991	3.09	3.79
1992	3.01	3.86
1993	2.94	3.92
1994	2.9	3.92
1995	2.9	3.96
1996	2.92	3.95
1997	2.95	3.95
1998	2.99	3.95
1999	3.02	3.92
2000	3.05	3.84
2001	3.06	3.75
2002	2.96	3.64
2003	2.84	3.58
2004	2.74	3.55
2005	2.71	3.55
2006	2.73	3.53
2007	2.74	3.45
2008	2.73	3.42
2009	2.71	3.43
2010	2.69	3.44
2011	2.67	3.46
2012	2.67	3.47
2013	2.65	3.39
2014	2.62	3.33
2015	2.57	3.31
2016	2.5	3.3
2017	2.43	3.3
2018	2.38	3.33
2019	2.35	3.33
2020	2.31	3.31
2021	2.3	3.28
2022	2.27	3.24
2023	2.25	3.21
2024	2.23	3.17
2025	2.21	3.14
2026	2.19	3.1
2027	2.16	3.06
2028	2.14	3.03
2029	2.13	3
2030	2.11	2.97
2031	2.09	2.94
2032	2.08	2.91
2033	2.06	2.88
2034	2.05	2.84
2035	2.04	2.82
2036	2.02	2.79
2037	2.01	2.77
2038	2	2.74
2039	1.99	2.72
2040	1.98	2.69
2041	1.97	2.67
2042	1.96	2.65
2043	1.95	2.63
2044	1.94	2.61
2045	1.93	2.58
2046	1.92	2.57
2047	1.91	2.54
2048	1.9	2.52
2049	1.9	2.5
2050	1.89	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Tuvalu
1960	44.5%	41%
1961	44.6%	42.1%
1962	45.1%	43.1%
1963	46.1%	43.9%
1964	46.8%	44.1%
1965	47.4%	43.9%
1966	48%	43.9%
1967	48.5%	44.1%
1968	48.8%	44.3%
1969	48.9%	43.9%
1970	48.8%	43.2%
1971	48.5%	42.3%
1972	47.8%	41.3%
1973	46.8%	40.2%
1974	46%	39.4%
1975	45.1%	38.9%
1976	44.3%	38.1%
1977	43.4%	37%
1978	42.6%	35.5%
1979	41.8%	34.5%
1980	41%	34%
1981	40.1%	33.4%
1982	39.5%	32.8%
1983	39%	32.1%
1984	38.6%	31.6%
1985	38.3%	31.7%
1986	38%	32.3%
1987	37.8%	32.9%
1988	37.7%	33.5%
1989	37.5%	34.1%
1990	37.4%	34.5%
1991	37.3%	35%
1992	37.2%	35.4%
1993	37.1%	35.9%
1994	37%	36.1%
1995	36.7%	36.2%
1996	36.1%	36.3%
1997	35.3%	36.3%
1998	34.5%	36.3%
1999	33.7%	36.2%
2000	33%	36.3%
2001	32.3%	36.3%
2002	31.8%	36.3%
2003	31.3%	36%
2004	31%	35.5%
2005	30.9%	35%
2006	30.8%	34.5%
2007	30.7%	34%
2008	30.6%	33.5%
2009	30.5%	33.1%
2010	30.3%	32.8%
2011	30%	32.6%
2012	29.8%	32.5%
2013	29.4%	32.4%
2014	29.1%	32.1%
2015	28.7%	31.9%
2016	28.3%	31.8%
2017	27.9%	31.6%
2018	27.5%	31.6%
2019	27.2%	31.7%
2020	26.8%	31.7%
2021	26.5%	31.6%
2022	26.3%	32%
2023	25.9%	32.6%
2024	25.6%	32.9%
2025	25.3%	33%
2026	25%	32.9%
2027	24.8%	32.7%
2028	24.5%	32.3%
2029	24.2%	31.8%
2030	23.9%	31.2%
2031	23.6%	30.6%
2032	23.4%	29.9%
2033	23.2%	29.3%
2034	23%	28.7%
2035	22.8%	28.2%
2036	22.6%	27.8%
2037	22.4%	27.5%
2038	22.2%	27.1%
2039	22%	26.9%
2040	21.8%	26.9%
2041	21.6%	26.9%
2042	21.4%	26.9%
2043	21.3%	27%
2044	21.1%	27.1%
2045	20.9%	27.3%
2046	20.7%	27.4%
2047	20.5%	27.6%
2048	20.3%	27.7%
2049	20.1%	27.8%
2050	19.9%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	8,170	126
1961	8,361	120
1962	8,529	113
1963	8,838	106
1964	9,174	98
1965	9,270	93
1966	9,243	91
1967	9,104	92
1968	8,980	97
1969	8,880	102
1970	8,823	102
1971	8,814	101
1972	8,893	94
1973	8,877	101
1974	8,751	102
1975	8,587	108
1976	8,327	117
1977	7,998	128
1978	7,650	141
1979	7,312	158
1980	7,002	173
1981	7,541	186
1982	8,197	198
1983	8,797	206
1984	9,031	212
1985	9,177	215
1986	9,222	219
1987	9,319	219
1988	9,347	215
1989	9,441	208
1990	9,047	204
1991	8,637	203
1992	8,355	196
1993	8,127	202
1994	7,929	195
1995	7,968	191
1996	8,031	182
1997	8,106	177
1998	8,173	172
1999	8,236	166
2000	8,323	159
2001	8,349	151
2002	7,916	141
2003	7,396	136
2004	6,948	132
2005	7,037	131
2006	7,278	129
2007	7,468	125
2008	7,552	125
2009	7,559	130
2010	7,489	136
2011	7,401	142
2012	7,405	148
2013	7,350	148
2014	7,284	149
2015	7,150	153
2016	6,979	157
2017	6,772	163
2018	6,613	169
2019	6,564	166
2020	6,640	161
2021	5,291	151
2022	6,719	150
2023	6,697	137

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Tuvalu
1985	386	230
1986	377	226
1987	372	252
1988	364	300
1989	360	296
1990	350	291
1991	347	289
1992	346	312
1993	343	286
1994	334	284
1995	331	281
1996	323	277
1997	312	249
1998	302	245
1999	291	242
2000	282	237
2001	270	235
2002	253	234
2003	238	210
2004	219	209
2005	202	230
2006	187	226
2007	173	222
2008	161	219
2009	147	215
2010	134	213
2011	126	169
2012	122	168
2013	121	168
2014	120	168
2015	115	169
2016	109	170
2017	105	171
2018	101	153
2019	97	155
2020	94	206
2021	144	157
2022	88	220
2023	84	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	-	17.7%
1961	-	17%
1962	-	16.3%
1963	-	15.6%
1964	-	14.9%
1965	-	14.2%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	12.9%
1968	-	12.3%
1969	-	11.7%
1970	-	11.1%
1971	-	10.5%
1972	-	9.93%
1973	-	9.37%
1974	-	8.81%
1975	-	8.31%
1976	-	7.84%
1977	-	7.43%
1978	-	7.08%
1979	-	6.76%
1980	-	6.49%
1981	-	6.26%
1982	-	6.06%
1983	5.67%	5.9%
1984	5.49%	5.76%
1985	5.31%	5.66%
1986	5.13%	5.59%
1987	4.97%	5.53%
1988	4.81%	5.47%
1989	4.65%	5.42%
1990	4.49%	5.37%
1991	4.34%	5.31%
1992	4.19%	5.24%
1993	4.03%	5.15%
1994	3.88%	5.05%
1995	3.74%	4.94%
1996	3.6%	4.81%
1997	3.47%	4.67%
1998	3.34%	4.52%
1999	3.22%	4.39%
2000	3.11%	4.26%
2001	3%	4.16%
2002	2.9%	4.07%
2003	2.81%	3.98%
2004	2.72%	3.89%
2005	2.64%	3.8%
2006	2.57%	3.68%
2007	2.5%	3.56%
2008	2.44%	3.42%
2009	2.38%	3.28%
2010	2.32%	3.14%
2011	2.26%	3.02%
2012	2.21%	2.91%
2013	2.16%	2.8%
2014	2.11%	2.71%
2015	2.05%	2.61%
2016	2%	2.52%
2017	1.95%	2.43%
2018	1.9%	2.35%
2019	1.84%	2.27%
2020	1.78%	2.19%
2021	1.73%	2.12%
2022	1.68%	2.05%
2023	1.62%	1.99%