Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	6.59	6.61
1961	6.58	6.75
1962	6.57	6.88
1963	6.51	6.81
1964	6.43	6.82
1965	6.32	6.81
1966	6.2	6.66
1967	6.04	6.57
1968	5.86	6.39
1969	5.7	6.34
1970	5.53	6.31
1971	5.36	6.28
1972	5.18	6.25
1973	5.01	6.16
1974	4.81	6.05
1975	4.63	5.92
1976	4.45	5.75
1977	4.26	5.54
1978	4.08	5.28
1979	3.93	5.16
1980	3.79	5.04
1981	3.75	4.91
1982	3.82	4.82
1983	3.87	4.71
1984	3.8	4.73
1985	3.71	4.69
1986	3.61	4.68
1987	3.53	4.53
1988	3.46	4.26
1989	3.39	4.1
1990	3.23	4.12
1991	3.09	4.19
1992	3.01	4.06
1993	2.94	3.86
1994	2.9	3.66
1995	2.9	3.57
1996	2.92	3.39
1997	2.95	3.19
1998	2.99	2.99
1999	3.02	2.83
2000	3.05	2.7
2001	3.06	2.61
2002	2.96	2.58
2003	2.84	2.5
2004	2.74	2.5
2005	2.71	2.44
2006	2.73	2.46
2007	2.74	2.57
2008	2.73	2.64
2009	2.71	2.56
2010	2.69	2.44
2011	2.67	2.35
2012	2.67	2.34
2013	2.65	2.44
2014	2.62	2.55
2015	2.57	2.58
2016	2.5	2.56
2017	2.43	2.57
2018	2.38	2.71
2019	2.35	2.87
2020	2.31	3.06
2021	2.3	3.27
2022	2.27	3.4
2023	2.25	3.5
2024	2.23	3.49
2025	2.21	3.45
2026	2.19	3.4
2027	2.16	3.36
2028	2.14	3.31
2029	2.13	3.27
2030	2.11	3.22
2031	2.09	3.18
2032	2.08	3.13
2033	2.06	3.09
2034	2.05	3.05
2035	2.04	3.01
2036	2.02	2.98
2037	2.01	2.94
2038	2	2.91
2039	1.99	2.87
2040	1.98	2.84
2041	1.97	2.81
2042	1.96	2.78
2043	1.95	2.75
2044	1.94	2.72
2045	1.93	2.69
2046	1.92	2.66
2047	1.91	2.63
2048	1.9	2.6
2049	1.9	2.58
2050	1.89	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Uzbekistan
1960	44.5%	39.8%
1961	44.6%	41.2%
1962	45.1%	42.4%
1963	46.1%	43.4%
1964	46.8%	44.2%
1965	47.4%	44.7%
1966	48%	44.8%
1967	48.5%	44.9%
1968	48.8%	44.8%
1969	48.9%	44.7%
1970	48.8%	44.6%
1971	48.5%	44.4%
1972	47.8%	44.3%
1973	46.8%	44%
1974	46%	43.7%
1975	45.1%	43.3%
1976	44.3%	42.8%
1977	43.4%	42.3%
1978	42.6%	41.7%
1979	41.8%	41.2%
1980	41%	40.8%
1981	40.1%	40.5%
1982	39.5%	40.3%
1983	39%	40.1%
1984	38.6%	40.1%
1985	38.3%	40.1%
1986	38%	40.1%
1987	37.8%	40.1%
1988	37.7%	40%
1989	37.5%	39.9%
1990	37.4%	39.9%
1991	37.3%	39.9%
1992	37.2%	39.8%
1993	37.1%	39.8%
1994	37%	39.7%
1995	36.7%	39.4%
1996	36.1%	39.2%
1997	35.3%	38.8%
1998	34.5%	38.2%
1999	33.7%	37.5%
2000	33%	36.7%
2001	32.3%	35.8%
2002	31.8%	34.9%
2003	31.3%	34%
2004	31%	33.1%
2005	30.9%	32.3%
2006	30.8%	31.4%
2007	30.7%	30.6%
2008	30.6%	29.9%
2009	30.5%	29.4%
2010	30.3%	28.9%
2011	30%	28.5%
2012	29.8%	28.2%
2013	29.4%	28.1%
2014	29.1%	28.1%
2015	28.7%	28.3%
2016	28.3%	28.5%
2017	27.9%	28.8%
2018	27.5%	29%
2019	27.2%	29.3%
2020	26.8%	29.7%
2021	26.5%	30.2%
2022	26.3%	30.6%
2023	25.9%	30.9%
2024	25.6%	31.1%
2025	25.3%	31.3%
2026	25%	31.5%
2027	24.8%	31.6%
2028	24.5%	31.6%
2029	24.2%	31.6%
2030	23.9%	31.4%
2031	23.6%	31.3%
2032	23.4%	31.1%
2033	23.2%	30.9%
2034	23%	30.6%
2035	22.8%	30.3%
2036	22.6%	29.8%
2037	22.4%	29.3%
2038	22.2%	28.8%
2039	22%	28.3%
2040	21.8%	28%
2041	21.6%	27.6%
2042	21.4%	27.4%
2043	21.3%	27.2%
2044	21.1%	27%
2045	20.9%	26.9%
2046	20.7%	26.8%
2047	20.5%	26.8%
2048	20.3%	26.7%
2049	20.1%	26.7%
2050	19.9%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	8,170	267,165
1961	8,361	279,841
1962	8,529	292,788
1963	8,838	293,432
1964	9,174	298,790
1965	9,270	302,264
1966	9,243	297,844
1967	9,104	298,350
1968	8,980	295,651
1969	8,880	302,833
1970	8,823	313,216
1971	8,814	323,171
1972	8,893	333,230
1973	8,877	341,807
1974	8,751	350,422
1975	8,587	357,382
1976	8,327	363,110
1977	7,998	369,572
1978	7,650	372,068
1979	7,312	387,754
1980	7,002	401,557
1981	7,541	413,897
1982	8,197	431,389
1983	8,797	454,464
1984	9,031	485,617
1985	9,177	508,893
1986	9,222	533,234
1987	9,319	537,292
1988	9,347	525,126
1989	9,441	522,323
1990	9,047	540,581
1991	8,637	557,886
1992	8,355	548,793
1993	8,127	527,557
1994	7,929	502,279
1995	7,968	493,966
1996	8,031	471,010
1997	8,106	441,631
1998	8,173	408,532
1999	8,236	385,448
2000	8,323	365,138
2001	8,349	356,483
2002	7,916	359,231
2003	7,396	355,098
2004	6,948	363,994
2005	7,037	363,462
2006	7,278	383,265
2007	7,468	426,880
2008	7,552	461,665
2009	7,559	471,839
2010	7,489	461,293
2011	7,401	454,858
2012	7,405	463,333
2013	7,350	501,742
2014	7,284	536,881
2015	7,150	552,781
2016	6,979	549,045
2017	6,772	548,372
2018	6,613	585,119
2019	6,564	618,154
2020	6,640	643,750
2021	5,291	689,325
2022	6,719	715,410
2023	6,697	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Uzbekistan
1985	386	72
1986	377	69
1987	372	63
1988	364	58
1989	360	53
1990	350	50
1991	347	47
1992	346	46
1993	343	47
1994	334	49
1995	331	46
1996	323	44
1997	312	42
1998	302	42
1999	291	43
2000	282	42
2001	270	42
2002	253	41
2003	238	40
2004	219	39
2005	202	39
2006	187	38
2007	173	37
2008	161	35
2009	147	34
2010	134	34
2011	126	33
2012	122	33
2013	121	32
2014	120	32
2015	115	31
2016	109	31
2017	105	30
2018	101	29
2019	97	29
2020	94	29
2021	144	28
2022	88	27
2023	84	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1979	-	12.5%
1980	-	11.7%
1981	-	10.9%
1982	-	10.2%
1983	5.67%	9.5%
1984	5.49%	8.91%
1985	5.31%	8.4%
1986	5.13%	7.96%
1987	4.97%	7.59%
1988	4.81%	7.31%
1989	4.65%	7.13%
1990	4.49%	7.04%
1991	4.34%	7.01%
1992	4.19%	7.01%
1993	4.03%	6.99%
1994	3.88%	6.95%
1995	3.74%	6.91%
1996	3.6%	6.83%
1997	3.47%	6.72%
1998	3.34%	6.57%
1999	3.22%	6.38%
2000	3.11%	6.15%
2001	3%	5.88%
2002	2.9%	5.57%
2003	2.81%	5.25%
2004	2.72%	4.92%
2005	2.64%	4.57%
2006	2.57%	4.24%
2007	2.5%	3.9%
2008	2.44%	3.59%
2009	2.38%	3.29%
2010	2.32%	3.01%
2011	2.26%	2.75%
2012	2.21%	2.52%
2013	2.16%	2.32%
2014	2.11%	2.14%
2015	2.05%	1.98%
2016	2%	1.85%
2017	1.95%	1.73%
2018	1.9%	1.64%
2019	1.84%	1.56%
2020	1.78%	1.5%
2021	1.73%	1.44%
2022	1.68%	1.38%
2023	1.62%	1.33%