Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Suriname vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	6.59	6.5
1961	6.58	6.49
1962	6.57	6.49
1963	6.51	6.5
1964	6.43	6.49
1965	6.32	6.5
1966	6.2	6.5
1967	6.04	6.51
1968	5.86	6.53
1969	5.7	6.52
1970	5.53	6.52
1971	5.36	6.52
1972	5.18	6.5
1973	5.01	6.46
1974	4.81	6.41
1975	4.63	6.35
1976	4.45	6.29
1977	4.26	6.22
1978	4.08	6.15
1979	3.93	6.06
1980	3.79	5.95
1981	3.75	5.81
1982	3.82	5.66
1983	3.87	5.48
1984	3.8	5.3
1985	3.71	5.13
1986	3.61	5
1987	3.53	4.88
1988	3.46	4.77
1989	3.39	4.65
1990	3.23	4.51
1991	3.09	4.25
1992	3.01	4.09
1993	2.94	3.82
1994	2.9	3.76
1995	2.9	3.28
1996	2.92	3.06
1997	2.95	2.83
1998	2.99	2.77
1999	3.02	2.79
2000	3.05	2.73
2001	3.06	2.62
2002	2.96	2.54
2003	2.84	2.49
2004	2.74	2.38
2005	2.71	2.23
2006	2.73	1.96
2007	2.74	1.79
2008	2.73	1.52
2009	2.71	1.58
2010	2.69	1.57
2011	2.67	1.54
2012	2.67	1.53
2013	2.65	1.53
2014	2.62	1.48
2015	2.57	1.42
2016	2.5	1.37
2017	2.43	1.35
2018	2.38	1.29
2019	2.35	1.25
2020	2.31	1.29
2021	2.3	1.16
2022	2.27	1.15
2023	2.25	1.2
2024	2.23	1.21
2025	2.21	1.21
2026	2.19	1.21
2027	2.16	1.21
2028	2.14	1.22
2029	2.13	1.22
2030	2.11	1.23
2031	2.09	1.23
2032	2.08	1.24
2033	2.06	1.25
2034	2.05	1.25
2035	2.04	1.26
2036	2.02	1.26
2037	2.01	1.27
2038	2	1.28
2039	1.99	1.28
2040	1.98	1.28
2041	1.97	1.29
2042	1.96	1.29
2043	1.95	1.3
2044	1.94	1.3
2045	1.93	1.31
2046	1.92	1.31
2047	1.91	1.31
2048	1.9	1.32
2049	1.9	1.32
2050	1.89	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	UAE
1960	44.5%	37.8%
1961	44.6%	36.7%
1962	45.1%	35.8%
1963	46.1%	35.1%
1964	46.8%	34.5%
1965	47.4%	33.9%
1966	48%	33.2%
1967	48.5%	32.1%
1968	48.8%	31.2%
1969	48.9%	30.6%
1970	48.8%	29.8%
1971	48.5%	29%
1972	47.8%	28.3%
1973	46.8%	27.8%
1974	46%	27.4%
1975	45.1%	27.2%
1976	44.3%	26.9%
1977	43.4%	26.8%
1978	42.6%	26.9%
1979	41.8%	27.1%
1980	41%	27.4%
1981	40.1%	28%
1982	39.5%	28.8%
1983	39%	29.5%
1984	38.6%	30.2%
1985	38.3%	30.7%
1986	38%	31.2%
1987	37.8%	31.2%
1988	37.7%	30.9%
1989	37.5%	30.3%
1990	37.4%	29.6%
1991	37.3%	28.8%
1992	37.2%	28.1%
1993	37.1%	27.4%
1994	37%	26.7%
1995	36.7%	25.9%
1996	36.1%	25.2%
1997	35.3%	24.3%
1998	34.5%	23.1%
1999	33.7%	22%
2000	33%	20.8%
2001	32.3%	19.8%
2002	31.8%	18.9%
2003	31.3%	18.3%
2004	31%	17.8%
2005	30.9%	17.5%
2006	30.8%	17.2%
2007	30.7%	17%
2008	30.6%	16.9%
2009	30.5%	16.9%
2010	30.3%	16.9%
2011	30%	16.8%
2012	29.8%	16.8%
2013	29.4%	16.8%
2014	29.1%	16.8%
2015	28.7%	16.8%
2016	28.3%	16.8%
2017	27.9%	16.8%
2018	27.5%	16.7%
2019	27.2%	16.6%
2020	26.8%	16.6%
2021	26.5%	16.5%
2022	26.3%	16.5%
2023	25.9%	16.3%
2024	25.6%	16.1%
2025	25.3%	16%
2026	25%	15.9%
2027	24.8%	15.9%
2028	24.5%	15.9%
2029	24.2%	15.9%
2030	23.9%	16%
2031	23.6%	16.1%
2032	23.4%	16.3%
2033	23.2%	16.5%
2034	23%	16.7%
2035	22.8%	16.9%
2036	22.6%	17.1%
2037	22.4%	17.3%
2038	22.2%	17.5%
2039	22%	17.7%
2040	21.8%	17.9%
2041	21.6%	18%
2042	21.4%	18.1%
2043	21.3%	18.2%
2044	21.1%	18.3%
2045	20.9%	18.3%
2046	20.7%	18.3%
2047	20.5%	18.3%
2048	20.3%	18.3%
2049	20.1%	18.2%
2050	19.9%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	8,170	3,418
1961	8,361	3,657
1962	8,529	3,901
1963	8,838	4,157
1964	9,174	4,410
1965	9,270	4,675
1966	9,243	4,955
1967	9,104	5,264
1968	8,980	5,588
1969	8,880	6,138
1970	8,823	6,922
1971	8,814	7,839
1972	8,893	8,818
1973	8,877	9,822
1974	8,751	10,835
1975	8,587	11,859
1976	8,327	12,876
1977	7,998	15,787
1978	7,650	18,879
1979	7,312	21,987
1980	7,002	25,005
1981	7,541	27,560
1982	8,197	29,585
1983	8,797	31,480
1984	9,031	33,250
1985	9,177	34,855
1986	9,222	36,829
1987	9,319	37,741
1988	9,347	38,861
1989	9,441	40,148
1990	9,047	41,339
1991	8,637	41,409
1992	8,355	42,119
1993	8,127	41,324
1994	7,929	42,976
1995	7,968	38,685
1996	8,031	37,886
1997	8,106	38,207
1998	8,173	41,176
1999	8,236	46,198
2000	8,323	49,993
2001	8,349	52,789
2002	7,916	55,922
2003	7,396	59,118
2004	6,948	60,344
2005	7,037	60,046
2006	7,278	54,338
2007	7,468	55,048
2008	7,552	55,426
2009	7,559	66,521
2010	7,489	69,907
2011	7,401	73,496
2012	7,405	78,682
2013	7,350	82,977
2014	7,284	84,277
2015	7,150	85,044
2016	6,979	87,028
2017	6,772	89,382
2018	6,613	86,840
2019	6,564	86,296
2020	6,640	87,871
2021	5,291	76,802
2022	6,719	81,758
2023	6,697	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	UAE
1985	386	19
1986	377	19
1987	372	19
1988	364	19
1989	360	19
1990	350	19
1991	347	19
1992	346	19
1993	343	19
1994	334	19
1995	331	18
1996	323	16
1997	312	14
1998	302	12
1999	291	10
2000	282	8
2001	270	7
2002	253	5
2003	238	5
2004	219	4
2005	202	4
2006	187	3
2007	173	3
2008	161	3
2009	147	3
2010	134	3
2011	126	4
2012	122	4
2013	121	4
2014	120	3
2015	115	3
2016	109	3
2017	105	3
2018	101	3
2019	97	3
2020	94	6
2021	144	6
2022	88	2
2023	84	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	16.9%
1964	-	15.8%
1965	-	14.8%
1966	-	13.7%
1967	-	12.6%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.6%
1970	-	9.62%
1971	-	8.72%
1972	-	7.89%
1973	-	7.12%
1974	-	6.43%
1975	-	5.8%
1976	-	5.23%
1977	-	4.7%
1978	-	4.22%
1979	-	3.78%
1980	-	3.4%
1981	-	3.06%
1982	-	2.77%
1983	5.67%	2.52%
1984	5.49%	2.31%
1985	5.31%	2.12%
1986	5.13%	1.97%
1987	4.97%	1.83%
1988	4.81%	1.71%
1989	4.65%	1.61%
1990	4.49%	1.51%
1991	4.34%	1.43%
1992	4.19%	1.37%
1993	4.03%	1.31%
1994	3.88%	1.26%
1995	3.74%	1.21%
1996	3.6%	1.18%
1997	3.47%	1.15%
1998	3.34%	1.12%
1999	3.22%	1.09%
2000	3.11%	1.07%
2001	3%	1.05%
2002	2.9%	1.03%
2003	2.81%	1.01%
2004	2.72%	1%
2005	2.64%	0.98%
2006	2.57%	0.96%
2007	2.5%	0.94%
2008	2.44%	0.92%
2009	2.38%	0.9%
2010	2.32%	0.88%
2011	2.26%	0.86%
2012	2.21%	0.84%
2013	2.16%	0.82%
2014	2.11%	0.79%
2015	2.05%	0.77%
2016	2%	0.73%
2017	1.95%	0.7%
2018	1.9%	0.67%
2019	1.84%	0.63%
2020	1.78%	0.6%
2021	1.73%	0.56%
2022	1.68%	0.53%
2023	1.62%	0.5%