Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Zambia

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	6.59	6.95
1961	6.58	6.98
1962	6.57	7.01
1963	6.51	7.06
1964	6.43	7.09
1965	6.32	7.12
1966	6.2	7.14
1967	6.04	7.15
1968	5.86	7.18
1969	5.7	7.18
1970	5.53	7.22
1971	5.36	7.26
1972	5.18	7.3
1973	5.01	7.34
1974	4.81	7.36
1975	4.63	7.42
1976	4.45	7.39
1977	4.26	7.35
1978	4.08	7.29
1979	3.93	7.22
1980	3.79	7.14
1981	3.75	7.07
1982	3.82	7.04
1983	3.87	7.01
1984	3.8	6.97
1985	3.71	6.93
1986	3.61	6.87
1987	3.53	6.8
1988	3.46	6.7
1989	3.39	6.64
1990	3.23	6.57
1991	3.09	6.46
1992	3.01	6.35
1993	2.94	6.3
1994	2.9	6.26
1995	2.9	6.23
1996	2.92	6.18
1997	2.95	6.12
1998	2.99	6.07
1999	3.02	6
2000	3.05	5.92
2001	3.06	5.85
2002	2.96	5.77
2003	2.84	5.71
2004	2.74	5.7
2005	2.71	5.7
2006	2.73	5.68
2007	2.74	5.61
2008	2.73	5.53
2009	2.71	5.45
2010	2.69	5.36
2011	2.67	5.26
2012	2.67	5.14
2013	2.65	5.01
2014	2.62	4.89
2015	2.57	4.78
2016	2.5	4.67
2017	2.43	4.57
2018	2.38	4.49
2019	2.35	4.42
2020	2.31	4.32
2021	2.3	4.25
2022	2.27	4.18
2023	2.25	4.1
2024	2.23	4.04
2025	2.21	3.97
2026	2.19	3.91
2027	2.16	3.85
2028	2.14	3.77
2029	2.13	3.72
2030	2.11	3.67
2031	2.09	3.61
2032	2.08	3.56
2033	2.06	3.5
2034	2.05	3.45
2035	2.04	3.4
2036	2.02	3.35
2037	2.01	3.3
2038	2	3.25
2039	1.99	3.19
2040	1.98	3.15
2041	1.97	3.11
2042	1.96	3.07
2043	1.95	3.03
2044	1.94	3
2045	1.93	2.96
2046	1.92	2.93
2047	1.91	2.9
2048	1.9	2.87
2049	1.9	2.84
2050	1.89	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Zambia
1960	44.5%	46%
1961	44.6%	46.2%
1962	45.1%	46.3%
1963	46.1%	46.5%
1964	46.8%	46.7%
1965	47.4%	46.9%
1966	48%	46.9%
1967	48.5%	47%
1968	48.8%	47.1%
1969	48.9%	47.2%
1970	48.8%	47.4%
1971	48.5%	47.7%
1972	47.8%	48%
1973	46.8%	48.3%
1974	46%	48.6%
1975	45.1%	48.8%
1976	44.3%	49.1%
1977	43.4%	49.2%
1978	42.6%	49.4%
1979	41.8%	49.5%
1980	41%	49.5%
1981	40.1%	49.4%
1982	39.5%	49.3%
1983	39%	49.1%
1984	38.6%	49%
1985	38.3%	48.9%
1986	38%	48.8%
1987	37.8%	48.7%
1988	37.7%	48.6%
1989	37.5%	48.5%
1990	37.4%	48.4%
1991	37.3%	48.3%
1992	37.2%	48.2%
1993	37.1%	48.2%
1994	37%	48.2%
1995	36.7%	48.2%
1996	36.1%	48.2%
1997	35.3%	48.2%
1998	34.5%	48.2%
1999	33.7%	48.1%
2000	33%	48%
2001	32.3%	47.8%
2002	31.8%	47.6%
2003	31.3%	47.4%
2004	31%	47.3%
2005	30.9%	47.1%
2006	30.8%	47%
2007	30.7%	46.8%
2008	30.6%	46.6%
2009	30.5%	46.4%
2010	30.3%	46.3%
2011	30%	46.1%
2012	29.8%	45.9%
2013	29.4%	45.7%
2014	29.1%	45.5%
2015	28.7%	45.2%
2016	28.3%	44.9%
2017	27.9%	44.5%
2018	27.5%	44.1%
2019	27.2%	43.8%
2020	26.8%	43.3%
2021	26.5%	42.9%
2022	26.3%	42.4%
2023	25.9%	42%
2024	25.6%	41.5%
2025	25.3%	41%
2026	25%	40.5%
2027	24.8%	40%
2028	24.5%	39.6%
2029	24.2%	39.2%
2030	23.9%	38.8%
2031	23.6%	38.5%
2032	23.4%	38.1%
2033	23.2%	37.8%
2034	23%	37.5%
2035	22.8%	37.1%
2036	22.6%	36.8%
2037	22.4%	36.5%
2038	22.2%	36.1%
2039	22%	35.8%
2040	21.8%	35.4%
2041	21.6%	35.1%
2042	21.4%	34.7%
2043	21.3%	34.4%
2044	21.1%	34%
2045	20.9%	33.7%
2046	20.7%	33.3%
2047	20.5%	33%
2048	20.3%	32.6%
2049	20.1%	32.3%
2050	19.9%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	8,170	102,335
1961	8,361	106,318
1962	8,529	110,173
1963	8,838	114,555
1964	9,174	117,197
1965	9,270	122,814
1966	9,243	127,164
1967	9,104	131,938
1968	8,980	137,315
1969	8,880	142,660
1970	8,823	149,380
1971	8,814	155,249
1972	8,893	161,648
1973	8,877	168,258
1974	8,751	174,484
1975	8,587	182,258
1976	8,327	186,762
1977	7,998	191,557
1978	7,650	194,933
1979	7,312	197,578
1980	7,002	198,817
1981	7,541	202,822
1982	8,197	207,621
1983	8,797	212,712
1984	9,031	216,695
1985	9,177	221,351
1986	9,222	224,768
1987	9,319	227,813
1988	9,347	230,118
1989	9,441	233,429
1990	9,047	235,835
1991	8,637	237,957
1992	8,355	239,953
1993	8,127	245,917
1994	7,929	252,023
1995	7,968	257,897
1996	8,031	262,468
1997	8,106	268,198
1998	8,173	275,568
1999	8,236	283,297
2000	8,323	293,186
2001	8,349	302,682
2002	7,916	316,041
2003	7,396	331,189
2004	6,948	349,352
2005	7,037	368,756
2006	7,278	387,891
2007	7,468	403,729
2008	7,552	419,560
2009	7,559	434,458
2010	7,489	448,337
2011	7,401	459,743
2012	7,405	469,406
2013	7,350	476,846
2014	7,284	483,663
2015	7,150	491,021
2016	6,979	497,521
2017	6,772	504,630
2018	6,613	515,644
2019	6,564	528,089
2020	6,640	536,484
2021	5,291	535,629
2022	6,719	563,456
2023	6,697	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Zambia
1985	386	596
1986	377	619
1987	372	630
1988	364	635
1989	360	635
1990	350	625
1991	347	611
1992	346	581
1993	343	532
1994	334	507
1995	331	466
1996	323	433
1997	312	403
1998	302	392
1999	291	378
2000	282	340
2001	270	306
2002	253	274
2003	238	250
2004	219	260
2005	202	264
2006	187	262
2007	173	324
2008	161	394
2009	147	406
2010	134	332
2011	126	291
2012	122	256
2013	121	213
2014	120	174
2015	115	154
2016	109	158
2017	105	141
2018	101	117
2019	97	103
2020	94	99
2021	144	140
2022	88	89
2023	84	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	-	20.5%
1961	-	20.1%
1962	-	19.8%
1963	-	19.5%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	19%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	-	18.7%
1968	-	18.5%
1969	-	18.3%
1970	-	17.9%
1971	-	17.4%
1972	-	16.9%
1973	-	16.3%
1974	-	15.9%
1975	-	15.5%
1976	-	15.4%
1977	-	15.3%
1978	-	15.3%
1979	-	15.4%
1980	-	15.5%
1981	-	15.6%
1982	-	15.7%
1983	5.67%	15.9%
1984	5.49%	16.2%
1985	5.31%	16.6%
1986	5.13%	17%
1987	4.97%	17.3%
1988	4.81%	17.7%
1989	4.65%	17.9%
1990	4.49%	18.1%
1991	4.34%	18.1%
1992	4.19%	18.1%
1993	4.03%	17.9%
1994	3.88%	17.7%
1995	3.74%	17.3%
1996	3.6%	17%
1997	3.47%	16.7%
1998	3.34%	16.3%
1999	3.22%	15.9%
2000	3.11%	15.3%
2001	3%	14.4%
2002	2.9%	13.4%
2003	2.81%	12.4%
2004	2.72%	11.4%
2005	2.64%	10.5%
2006	2.57%	9.71%
2007	2.5%	9.14%
2008	2.44%	8.62%
2009	2.38%	8%
2010	2.32%	7.57%
2011	2.26%	7.31%
2012	2.21%	7.04%
2013	2.16%	6.72%
2014	2.11%	6.38%
2015	2.05%	6.15%
2016	2%	5.9%
2017	1.95%	5.61%
2018	1.9%	5.52%
2019	1.84%	5.41%
2020	1.78%	5.24%
2021	1.73%	4.92%
2022	1.68%	4.67%
2023	1.62%	4.47%