Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Yemen

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.59	7.99
1961	6.58	8
1962	6.57	8.01
1963	6.51	8.03
1964	6.43	8.07
1965	6.32	8.1
1966	6.2	8.14
1967	6.04	8.17
1968	5.86	8.19
1969	5.7	8.22
1970	5.53	8.23
1971	5.36	8.26
1972	5.18	8.27
1973	5.01	8.29
1974	4.81	8.33
1975	4.63	8.37
1976	4.45	8.42
1977	4.26	8.47
1978	4.08	8.5
1979	3.93	8.67
1980	3.79	8.71
1981	3.75	8.75
1982	3.82	8.79
1983	3.87	8.83
1984	3.8	8.85
1985	3.71	8.86
1986	3.61	8.86
1987	3.53	8.83
1988	3.46	8.79
1989	3.39	8.71
1990	3.23	8.61
1991	3.09	8.46
1992	3.01	8.27
1993	2.94	8.05
1994	2.9	7.8
1995	2.9	7.53
1996	2.92	7
1997	2.95	6.82
1998	2.99	6.64
1999	3.02	6.49
2000	3.05	6.32
2001	3.06	6.14
2002	2.96	5.97
2003	2.84	5.84
2004	2.74	5.71
2005	2.71	5.56
2006	2.73	5.41
2007	2.74	5.26
2008	2.73	5.11
2009	2.71	5
2010	2.69	4.81
2011	2.67	4.63
2012	2.67	4.63
2013	2.65	4.62
2014	2.62	4.62
2015	2.57	4.62
2016	2.5	4.61
2017	2.43	4.61
2018	2.38	4.61
2019	2.35	4.6
2020	2.31	4.6
2021	2.3	4.6
2022	2.27	4.59
2023	2.25	4.59
2024	2.23	4.5
2025	2.21	4.41
2026	2.19	4.33
2027	2.16	4.23
2028	2.14	4.14
2029	2.13	4.06
2030	2.11	3.97
2031	2.09	3.87
2032	2.08	3.8
2033	2.06	3.73
2034	2.05	3.66
2035	2.04	3.59
2036	2.02	3.51
2037	2.01	3.44
2038	2	3.38
2039	1.99	3.32
2040	1.98	3.26
2041	1.97	3.21
2042	1.96	3.16
2043	1.95	3.12
2044	1.94	3.07
2045	1.93	3.02
2046	1.92	2.97
2047	1.91	2.93
2048	1.9	2.89
2049	1.9	2.85
2050	1.89	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Yemen
1960	44.5%	40.3%
1961	44.6%	40.4%
1962	45.1%	40.4%
1963	46.1%	40.6%
1964	46.8%	40.9%
1965	47.4%	41.3%
1966	48%	41.8%
1967	48.5%	42.3%
1968	48.8%	42.8%
1969	48.9%	43.3%
1970	48.8%	43.8%
1971	48.5%	44.3%
1972	47.8%	44.8%
1973	46.8%	45.3%
1974	46%	45.7%
1975	45.1%	46.2%
1976	44.3%	46.6%
1977	43.4%	47%
1978	42.6%	47.5%
1979	41.8%	47.9%
1980	41%	48.3%
1981	40.1%	48.7%
1982	39.5%	49.1%
1983	39%	49.4%
1984	38.6%	49.7%
1985	38.3%	50%
1986	38%	50.3%
1987	37.8%	50.5%
1988	37.7%	50.7%
1989	37.5%	50.9%
1990	37.4%	51.1%
1991	37.3%	51.2%
1992	37.2%	51.2%
1993	37.1%	51.2%
1994	37%	51.1%
1995	36.7%	50.9%
1996	36.1%	50.6%
1997	35.3%	50.3%
1998	34.5%	49.9%
1999	33.7%	49.5%
2000	33%	49%
2001	32.3%	48.6%
2002	31.8%	48.1%
2003	31.3%	47.6%
2004	31%	47.1%
2005	30.9%	46.5%
2006	30.8%	45.9%
2007	30.7%	45.3%
2008	30.6%	44.7%
2009	30.5%	44.1%
2010	30.3%	43.5%
2011	30%	43%
2012	29.8%	42.7%
2013	29.4%	42.3%
2014	29.1%	42.1%
2015	28.7%	41.8%
2016	28.3%	41.7%
2017	27.9%	41.6%
2018	27.5%	41.5%
2019	27.2%	41.4%
2020	26.8%	41.4%
2021	26.5%	41.4%
2022	26.3%	41.3%
2023	25.9%	41.2%
2024	25.6%	41.1%
2025	25.3%	41%
2026	25%	40.9%
2027	24.8%	40.8%
2028	24.5%	40.6%
2029	24.2%	40.3%
2030	23.9%	40%
2031	23.6%	39.6%
2032	23.4%	39.2%
2033	23.2%	38.7%
2034	23%	38.2%
2035	22.8%	37.7%
2036	22.6%	37.1%
2037	22.4%	36.5%
2038	22.2%	36%
2039	22%	35.4%
2040	21.8%	34.8%
2041	21.6%	34.3%
2042	21.4%	33.8%
2043	21.3%	33.4%
2044	21.1%	33%
2045	20.9%	32.6%
2046	20.7%	32.3%
2047	20.5%	32%
2048	20.3%	31.7%
2049	20.1%	31.4%
2050	19.9%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	8,170	122,994
1961	8,361	129,787
1962	8,529	131,262
1963	8,838	133,781
1964	9,174	147,299
1965	9,270	155,398
1966	9,243	164,091
1967	9,104	173,637
1968	8,980	182,518
1969	8,880	196,305
1970	8,823	207,613
1971	8,814	219,095
1972	8,893	229,322
1973	8,877	240,235
1974	8,751	252,737
1975	8,587	266,815
1976	8,327	281,078
1977	7,998	296,115
1978	7,650	312,439
1979	7,312	336,378
1980	7,002	355,767
1981	7,541	374,482
1982	8,197	392,302
1983	8,797	414,823
1984	9,031	434,674
1985	9,177	455,576
1986	9,222	464,665
1987	9,319	493,337
1988	9,347	513,296
1989	9,441	530,464
1990	9,047	549,654
1991	8,637	565,837
1992	8,355	582,072
1993	8,127	595,459
1994	7,929	602,363
1995	7,968	607,966
1996	8,031	588,786
1997	8,106	604,443
1998	8,173	615,488
1999	8,236	633,166
2000	8,323	646,694
2001	8,349	658,704
2002	7,916	672,494
2003	7,396	694,457
2004	6,948	710,493
2005	7,037	726,708
2006	7,278	750,082
2007	7,468	764,780
2008	7,552	779,123
2009	7,559	798,911
2010	7,489	803,246
2011	7,401	806,359
2012	7,405	845,645
2013	7,350	884,929
2014	7,284	920,330
2015	7,150	939,922
2016	6,979	975,697
2017	6,772	1,006,725
2018	6,613	1,020,238
2019	6,564	1,056,432
2020	6,640	1,086,322
2021	5,291	1,103,622
2022	6,719	1,153,375
2023	6,697	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Yemen
1985	386	430
1986	377	430
1987	372	400
1988	364	388
1989	360	371
1990	350	359
1991	347	341
1992	346	330
1993	343	319
1994	334	311
1995	331	296
1996	323	282
1997	312	271
1998	302	260
1999	291	250
2000	282	241
2001	270	231
2002	253	218
2003	238	205
2004	219	194
2005	202	181
2006	187	171
2007	173	161
2008	161	153
2009	147	149
2010	134	144
2011	126	140
2012	122	137
2013	121	135
2014	120	134
2015	115	135
2016	109	134
2017	105	142
2018	101	134
2019	97	131
2020	94	135
2021	144	156
2022	88	125
2023	84	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	-	42.9%
1961	-	42.2%
1962	-	41.5%
1963	-	40.8%
1964	-	40%
1965	-	39%
1966	-	38%
1967	-	36.8%
1968	-	35.6%
1969	-	34.3%
1970	-	33%
1971	-	31.8%
1972	-	30.6%
1973	-	29.5%
1974	-	28.4%
1975	-	27.2%
1976	-	26%
1977	-	24.7%
1978	-	23.4%
1979	-	22.1%
1980	-	20.8%
1981	-	19.6%
1982	-	18.4%
1983	5.67%	17.2%
1984	5.49%	16.2%
1985	5.31%	15.3%
1986	5.13%	14.6%
1987	4.97%	14%
1988	4.81%	13.4%
1989	4.65%	12.9%
1990	4.49%	12.5%
1991	4.34%	12.1%
1992	4.19%	11.8%
1993	4.03%	11.6%
1994	3.88%	11.3%
1995	3.74%	11.1%
1996	3.6%	10.8%
1997	3.47%	10.5%
1998	3.34%	10.2%
1999	3.22%	9.77%
2000	3.11%	9.32%
2001	3%	8.84%
2002	2.9%	8.36%
2003	2.81%	7.9%
2004	2.72%	7.47%
2005	2.64%	7.06%
2006	2.57%	6.68%
2007	2.5%	6.33%
2008	2.44%	6.02%
2009	2.38%	5.74%
2010	2.32%	5.49%
2011	2.26%	5.3%
2012	2.21%	5.14%
2013	2.16%	4.95%
2014	2.11%	4.84%
2015	2.05%	4.9%
2016	2%	4.77%
2017	1.95%	4.66%
2018	1.9%	4.7%
2019	1.84%	4.59%
2020	1.78%	4.32%
2021	1.73%	4.24%
2022	1.68%	4.08%
2023	1.62%	3.93%