Fertility & birth rates in Suriname and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Suriname vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Suriname vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.59	7.2
1961	6.58	7.21
1962	6.57	7.23
1963	6.51	7.23
1964	6.43	7.23
1965	6.32	7.23
1966	6.2	7.2
1967	6.04	7.16
1968	5.86	7.11
1969	5.7	7.04
1970	5.53	6.98
1971	5.36	6.94
1972	5.18	6.94
1973	5.01	6.94
1974	4.81	6.88
1975	4.63	6.83
1976	4.45	6.77
1977	4.26	6.71
1978	4.08	6.66
1979	3.93	6.59
1980	3.79	6.52
1981	3.75	6.45
1982	3.82	6.33
1983	3.87	6.2
1984	3.8	6.04
1985	3.71	5.87
1986	3.61	5.69
1987	3.53	5.5
1988	3.46	5.28
1989	3.39	5.07
1990	3.23	4.88
1991	3.09	4.72
1992	3.01	4.57
1993	2.94	4.39
1994	2.9	4.28
1995	2.9	4.15
1996	2.92	4.11
1997	2.95	4.08
1998	2.99	4.07
1999	3.02	4.06
2000	3.05	4.01
2001	3.06	3.98
2002	2.96	3.93
2003	2.84	3.86
2004	2.74	3.78
2005	2.71	3.69
2006	2.73	3.64
2007	2.74	3.68
2008	2.73	3.78
2009	2.71	3.95
2010	2.69	4.04
2011	2.67	4.13
2012	2.67	4.13
2013	2.65	4.11
2014	2.62	4.01
2015	2.57	3.91
2016	2.5	3.83
2017	2.43	3.77
2018	2.38	3.74
2019	2.35	3.75
2020	2.31	3.75
2021	2.3	3.77
2022	2.27	3.77
2023	2.25	3.72
2024	2.23	3.67
2025	2.21	3.62
2026	2.19	3.57
2027	2.16	3.52
2028	2.14	3.47
2029	2.13	3.43
2030	2.11	3.38
2031	2.09	3.33
2032	2.08	3.29
2033	2.06	3.25
2034	2.05	3.21
2035	2.04	3.17
2036	2.02	3.13
2037	2.01	3.09
2038	2	3.06
2039	1.99	3.02
2040	1.98	2.99
2041	1.97	2.96
2042	1.96	2.93
2043	1.95	2.9
2044	1.94	2.87
2045	1.93	2.84
2046	1.92	2.81
2047	1.91	2.78
2048	1.9	2.75
2049	1.9	2.72
2050	1.89	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Suriname	Zimbabwe
1960	44.5%	47.3%
1961	44.6%	47.7%
1962	45.1%	48.1%
1963	46.1%	48.5%
1964	46.8%	48.8%
1965	47.4%	48.7%
1966	48%	48.6%
1967	48.5%	48.5%
1968	48.8%	48.5%
1969	48.9%	48.4%
1970	48.8%	48.3%
1971	48.5%	48.2%
1972	47.8%	48.2%
1973	46.8%	48.1%
1974	46%	48.1%
1975	45.1%	48.1%
1976	44.3%	48.2%
1977	43.4%	48.3%
1978	42.6%	48.5%
1979	41.8%	48.8%
1980	41%	48.7%
1981	40.1%	48.4%
1982	39.5%	48.3%
1983	39%	48.2%
1984	38.6%	48.1%
1985	38.3%	48%
1986	38%	47.9%
1987	37.8%	47.9%
1988	37.7%	47.9%
1989	37.5%	47.6%
1990	37.4%	47.1%
1991	37.3%	46.6%
1992	37.2%	46.8%
1993	37.1%	47.1%
1994	37%	46.6%
1995	36.7%	45.9%
1996	36.1%	45%
1997	35.3%	44%
1998	34.5%	43.1%
1999	33.7%	42.4%
2000	33%	41.9%
2001	32.3%	41.5%
2002	31.8%	41.4%
2003	31.3%	41.5%
2004	31%	41.7%
2005	30.9%	41.9%
2006	30.8%	42%
2007	30.7%	42.1%
2008	30.6%	42.4%
2009	30.5%	42.7%
2010	30.3%	43%
2011	30%	43.4%
2012	29.8%	43.7%
2013	29.4%	43.9%
2014	29.1%	43.9%
2015	28.7%	43.8%
2016	28.3%	43.6%
2017	27.9%	43.3%
2018	27.5%	42.9%
2019	27.2%	42.5%
2020	26.8%	42.2%
2021	26.5%	41.9%
2022	26.3%	41.6%
2023	25.9%	41.3%
2024	25.6%	40.9%
2025	25.3%	40.3%
2026	25%	39.6%
2027	24.8%	39%
2028	24.5%	38.4%
2029	24.2%	37.8%
2030	23.9%	37.4%
2031	23.6%	37%
2032	23.4%	36.8%
2033	23.2%	36.5%
2034	23%	36.3%
2035	22.8%	36.1%
2036	22.6%	35.8%
2037	22.4%	35.6%
2038	22.2%	35.3%
2039	22%	35.1%
2040	21.8%	34.8%
2041	21.6%	34.6%
2042	21.4%	34.3%
2043	21.3%	34.1%
2044	21.1%	33.8%
2045	20.9%	33.5%
2046	20.7%	33.2%
2047	20.5%	32.9%
2048	20.3%	32.6%
2049	20.1%	32.2%
2050	19.9%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Suriname and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 37.4% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Suriname and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Suriname vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.11% in Suriname and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	8,170	126,959
1961	8,361	131,531
1962	8,529	136,317
1963	8,838	140,984
1964	9,174	145,848
1965	9,270	151,164
1966	9,243	156,014
1967	9,104	161,205
1968	8,980	166,865
1969	8,880	172,626
1970	8,823	178,979
1971	8,814	185,427
1972	8,893	193,725
1973	8,877	201,885
1974	8,751	208,806
1975	8,587	216,947
1976	8,327	221,419
1977	7,998	225,139
1978	7,650	222,979
1979	7,312	223,657
1980	7,002	241,179
1981	7,541	271,361
1982	8,197	279,934
1983	8,797	286,545
1984	9,031	290,052
1985	9,177	290,756
1986	9,222	289,894
1987	9,319	286,766
1988	9,347	277,498
1989	9,441	270,838
1990	9,047	265,444
1991	8,637	260,943
1992	8,355	255,291
1993	8,127	228,045
1994	7,929	216,343
1995	7,968	206,695
1996	8,031	205,269
1997	8,106	216,288
1998	8,173	225,614
1999	8,236	232,393
2000	8,323	236,343
2001	8,349	227,909
2002	7,916	244,170
2003	7,396	243,057
2004	6,948	248,307
2005	7,037	248,545
2006	7,278	248,963
2007	7,468	261,805
2008	7,552	280,527
2009	7,559	309,316
2010	7,489	335,570
2011	7,401	359,572
2012	7,405	371,135
2013	7,350	374,757
2014	7,284	366,350
2015	7,150	356,203
2016	6,979	348,772
2017	6,772	344,035
2018	6,613	345,883
2019	6,564	348,798
2020	6,640	354,790
2021	5,291	349,908
2022	6,719	371,243
2023	6,697	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Suriname vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Suriname	Zimbabwe
1985	386	573
1986	377	525
1987	372	480
1988	364	431
1989	360	382
1990	350	353
1991	347	332
1992	346	333
1993	343	331
1994	334	332
1995	331	332
1996	323	352
1997	312	357
1998	302	368
1999	291	399
2000	282	405
2001	270	467
2002	253	418
2003	238	455
2004	219	451
2005	202	454
2006	187	480
2007	173	519
2008	161	526
2009	147	540
2010	134	567
2011	126	564
2012	122	558
2013	121	525
2014	120	468
2015	115	428
2016	109	411
2017	105	389
2018	101	386
2019	97	388
2020	94	380
2021	144	446
2022	88	368
2023	84	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.62% in Suriname and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	-	11.5%
1972	-	11.5%
1973	-	11.4%
1974	-	11.4%
1975	-	11.4%
1976	-	11.5%
1977	-	11.5%
1978	-	11.5%
1979	-	11.3%
1980	-	11.1%
1981	-	10.7%
1982	-	10.1%
1983	5.67%	9.5%
1984	5.49%	8.87%
1985	5.31%	8.31%
1986	5.13%	7.86%
1987	4.97%	7.61%
1988	4.81%	7.55%
1989	4.65%	7.69%
1990	4.49%	7.97%
1991	4.34%	8.33%
1992	4.19%	8.73%
1993	4.03%	9.16%
1994	3.88%	9.52%
1995	3.74%	9.83%
1996	3.6%	10%
1997	3.47%	10.1%
1998	3.34%	10%
1999	3.22%	9.92%
2000	3.11%	9.83%
2001	3%	9.79%
2002	2.9%	8.48%
2003	2.81%	8.85%
2004	2.72%	9.17%
2005	2.64%	9.23%
2006	2.57%	9.4%
2007	2.5%	9.47%
2008	2.44%	9.34%
2009	2.38%	9.03%
2010	2.32%	8.5%
2011	2.26%	7.88%
2012	2.21%	7.14%
2013	2.16%	6.55%
2014	2.11%	6.18%
2015	2.05%	5.98%
2016	2%	5.69%
2017	1.95%	5.5%
2018	1.9%	5.23%
2019	1.84%	5.11%
2020	1.78%	5.01%
2021	1.73%	4.76%
2022	1.68%	4.6%
2023	1.62%	4.42%