Jamaica vs Suriname statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 159th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 124/197 ($22B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.42B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 95/197 ($7,754), while Suriname ranks 102/197 ($6,962).

Jamaica and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Suriname economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Suriname
1960	$699,064,380	$99,650,000
1961	$748,043,501	$107,700,000
1962	$777,727,689	$116,150,000
1963	$826,706,669	$125,950,000
1964	$897,949,001	$134,400,000
1965	$972,159,611	$154,150,000
1966	$1,096,759,561	$190,350,000
1967	$1,148,014,311	$220,700,000
1968	$1,083,839,133	$241,350,000
1969	$1,191,239,047	$259,650,000
1970	$1,404,720,442	$274,900,000
1971	$1,539,861,816	$301,000,000
1972	$1,875,146,587	$311,950,000
1973	$1,905,917,553	$339,450,000
1974	$2,375,122,375	$409,850,000
1975	$2,860,442,750	$465,500,000
1976	$2,966,042,856	$505,500,000
1977	$3,249,733,140	$641,500,000
1978	$2,644,527,822	$735,500,000
1979	$2,425,064,229	$782,500,000
1980	$2,679,379,372	$795,000,000
1981	$2,979,027,966	$889,000,000
1982	$3,293,496,312	$915,000,000
1983	$3,619,262,277	$883,500,000
1984	$2,373,564,549	$864,000,000
1985	$2,100,239,019	$873,000,000
1986	$2,754,549,582	$891,000,000
1987	$3,287,007,322	$980,000,000
1988	$3,828,342,820	$1,161,000,000
1989	$4,404,937,853	$542,600,000
1990	$4,592,208,087	$388,400,000
1991	$4,106,207,649	$448,100,000
1992	$3,535,460,090	$404,600,000
1993	$5,440,075,676	$428,764,706
1994	$5,452,558,947	$605,492,537
1995	$6,577,520,643	$691,590,498
1996	$7,393,891,921	$861,372,806
1997	$8,400,041,724	$926,422,500
1998	$8,787,195,622	$1,110,850,000
1999	$8,887,057,997	$886,290,698
2000	$9,005,064,475	$947,671,970
2001	$9,194,727,831	$834,279,358
2002	$9,719,009,495	$1,093,574,468
2003	$9,430,234,811	$1,274,190,311
2004	$10,174,664,854	$1,484,092,538
2005	$11,243,865,778	$1,793,410,397
2006	$11,930,179,090	$2,626,380,435
2007	$12,799,600,047	$2,936,612,022
2008	$13,709,401,520	$3,532,969,035
2009	$12,120,458,115	$3,875,409,836
2010	$13,220,549,908	$4,368,370,998
2011	$14,444,661,522	$4,422,276,622
2012	$14,807,086,556	$4,980,000,000
2013	$14,264,205,153	$5,145,757,576
2014	$13,899,217,680	$5,240,606,061
2015	$14,963,589,916	$5,126,237,646
2016	$14,898,999,754	$3,317,421,648
2017	$15,783,583,237	$3,591,679,431
2018	$16,855,447,986	$3,996,198,867
2019	$17,026,269,263	$4,016,040,575
2020	$15,000,214,216	$2,911,807,496
2021	$15,963,885,376	$3,107,923,198
2022	$18,813,516,805	$3,791,603,200
2023	$21,418,804,320	$3,472,693,412
2024	$22,014,397,090	$4,416,775,112

Jamaica and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Suriname
1960	$424	$378
1961	$447	$395
1962	$458	$409
1963	$480	$424
1964	$514	$435
1965	$549	$482
1966	$612	$575
1967	$633	$644
1968	$591	$681
1969	$642	$708
1970	$748	$724
1971	$809	$768
1972	$971	$785
1973	$972	$858
1974	$1,193	$1,041
1975	$1,417	$1,190
1976	$1,450	$1,302
1977	$1,569	$1,666
1978	$1,262	$1,928
1979	$1,144	$2,072
1980	$1,249	$2,118
1981	$1,370	$2,368
1982	$1,494	$2,430
1983	$1,619	$2,333
1984	$1,048	$2,261
1985	$917	$2,256
1986	$1,191	$2,271
1987	$1,411	$2,469
1988	$1,632	$2,886
1989	$1,865	$1,329
1990	$1,930	$942
1991	$1,710	$1,080
1992	$1,458	$969
1993	$2,221	$1,022
1994	$2,203	$1,434
1995	$2,631	$1,610
1996	$2,929	$1,963
1997	$3,297	$2,068
1998	$3,419	$2,429
1999	$3,432	$1,898
2000	$3,453	$1,988
2001	$3,504	$1,715
2002	$3,681	$2,202
2003	$3,550	$2,516
2004	$3,808	$2,888
2005	$4,184	$3,453
2006	$4,417	$5,003
2007	$4,716	$5,530
2008	$5,030	$6,576
2009	$4,428	$7,130
2010	$4,810	$7,944
2011	$5,233	$7,950
2012	$5,341	$8,851
2013	$5,124	$9,043
2014	$4,975	$9,108
2015	$5,339	$8,814
2016	$5,302	$5,644
2017	$5,605	$6,050
2018	$5,977	$6,666
2019	$6,031	$6,630
2020	$5,299	$4,755
2021	$5,626	$5,030
2022	$6,626	$6,084
2023	$7,542	$5,522
2024	$7,754	$6,962

Jamaica vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Suriname

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Suriname
1950	56.6	50.7
1951	57.1	51.1
1952	58.1	51.4
1953	58.9	52.1
1954	59.6	52.8
1955	60.4	53.5
1956	61.2	54.1
1957	61.9	54.7
1958	62.6	55.4
1959	63.2	55.9
1960	63.8	56.6
1961	64.3	57.3
1962	64.6	58
1963	65	58.5
1964	65.3	58.9
1965	65.7	59.1
1966	65.9	59.2
1967	66.1	59.2
1968	66.3	59.3
1969	66.5	59.4
1970	66.7	59.5
1971	67	59.6
1972	67.3	59.7
1973	67.6	59.8
1974	67.9	59.9
1975	68.2	60
1976	68.4	60.2
1977	68.6	60.3
1978	68.7	60.4
1979	68.8	60.5
1980	69	60.7
1981	69.1	60.8
1982	69.3	60.9
1983	69.5	61.1
1984	69.8	61.2
1985	70.1	61.4
1986	70.4	61.2
1987	70.9	61.3
1988	71.2	61.5
1989	71.5	62
1990	71.7	62.1
1991	71.8	62.2
1992	71.8	62.2
1993	71.8	62.4
1994	71.6	62.5
1995	71.5	62.8
1996	71.3	63.1
1997	71.2	63.4
1998	71.2	63.7
1999	71.2	64
2000	71.3	64.4
2001	71.3	64.8
2002	71.5	65.3
2003	71.6	65.8
2004	71.5	66.4
2005	71.5	67
2006	71.4	67.6
2007	71.4	68.3
2008	71.5	68.9
2009	71.7	69.3
2010	72	69.6
2011	72.2	69.8
2012	72.4	70
2013	72.4	70.1
2014	72.4	70.3
2015	72.2	70.6
2016	72.1	71
2017	71.9	71.2
2018	71.6	71.5
2019	71.5	71.8
2020	71.5	72.3
2021	69.1	68.9
2022	71.5	73.3
2023	71.5	73.6
2024	71.6	73.8
2025	71.7	73.9
2026	71.9	74

Jamaica and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Suriname

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Suriname
1960	1,650,005	263,918
1961	1,673,261	272,791
1962	1,696,932	283,912
1963	1,721,099	297,034
1964	1,745,568	309,041
1965	1,769,192	320,000
1966	1,791,475	331,135
1967	1,812,865	342,679
1968	1,833,765	354,616
1969	1,855,127	366,906
1970	1,878,196	379,442
1971	1,903,728	391,932
1972	1,931,542	397,413
1973	1,961,219	395,772
1974	1,990,906	393,676
1975	2,018,981	391,170
1976	2,045,578	388,289
1977	2,070,657	385,067
1978	2,094,836	381,502
1979	2,119,486	377,602
1980	2,145,658	375,377
1981	2,173,818	375,459
1982	2,203,889	376,555
1983	2,234,832	378,746
1984	2,264,562	382,193
1985	2,290,656	386,972
1986	2,312,125	392,330
1987	2,329,813	396,911
1988	2,345,777	402,227
1989	2,361,916	408,409
1990	2,379,877	412,493
1991	2,400,869	415,013
1992	2,424,701	417,589
1993	2,449,916	419,352
1994	2,475,220	422,375
1995	2,500,151	429,606
1996	2,524,463	438,830
1997	2,547,848	448,067
1998	2,569,736	457,406
1999	2,589,795	466,916
2000	2,607,826	476,643
2001	2,624,403	486,560
2002	2,640,572	496,551
2003	2,656,623	506,414
2004	2,672,225	513,923
2005	2,687,066	519,313
2006	2,700,968	524,997
2007	2,713,800	531,016
2008	2,725,635	537,245
2009	2,736,995	543,568
2010	2,748,568	549,923
2011	2,760,494	556,269
2012	2,772,430	562,633
2013	2,783,687	569,020
2014	2,793,749	575,373
2015	2,802,534	581,627
2016	2,809,915	587,757
2017	2,815,764	593,713
2018	2,820,097	599,513
2019	2,823,271	605,768
2020	2,830,739	612,317
2021	2,837,682	617,896
2022	2,839,144	623,164
2023	2,839,786	628,886
2024	2,839,175	634,431

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Suriname

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Suriname

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Suriname
1960	5.54	6.59
1961	5.6	6.58
1962	5.64	6.57
1963	5.73	6.51
1964	5.79	6.43
1965	5.72	6.32
1966	5.69	6.2
1967	5.67	6.04
1968	5.58	5.86
1969	5.47	5.7
1970	5.35	5.53
1971	5.21	5.36
1972	5.06	5.18
1973	5	5.01
1974	4.67	4.81
1975	4.44	4.63
1976	4.21	4.45
1977	4	4.26
1978	3.84	4.08
1979	3.72	3.93
1980	3.59	3.79
1981	3.51	3.75
1982	3.46	3.82
1983	3.41	3.87
1984	3.32	3.8
1985	3.21	3.71
1986	3.11	3.61
1987	3.02	3.53
1988	2.98	3.46
1989	2.93	3.39
1990	2.96	3.23
1991	3	3.09
1992	3.03	3.01
1993	2.99	2.94
1994	2.93	2.9
1995	2.85	2.9
1996	2.77	2.92
1997	2.68	2.95
1998	2.57	2.99
1999	2.47	3.02
2000	2.35	3.05
2001	2.3	3.06
2002	2.27	2.96
2003	2.24	2.84
2004	2.2	2.74
2005	2.15	2.71
2006	2.09	2.73
2007	2.02	2.74
2008	1.95	2.73
2009	1.88	2.71
2010	1.8	2.69
2011	1.72	2.67
2012	1.65	2.67
2013	1.59	2.65
2014	1.54	2.62
2015	1.51	2.57
2016	1.46	2.5
2017	1.43	2.43
2018	1.4	2.38
2019	1.39	2.35
2020	1.38	2.31
2021	1.38	2.3
2022	1.37	2.27
2023	1.36	2.25

Jamaica and Suriname demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Suriname

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Suriname
1960	19.8	18.1
1961	19.5	18.2
1962	19.3	17.8
1963	19	17.3
1964	18.8	16.8
1965	18.5	16.4
1966	18.3	16.1
1967	18.1	15.8
1968	17.9	15.6
1969	17.8	15.6
1970	17.7	15.6
1971	17.7	15.7
1972	17.8	16
1973	17.9	16.3
1974	18	16.7
1975	18.2	17
1976	18.4	17.4
1977	18.6	17.6
1978	18.9	17.9
1979	19.1	18.1
1980	19.4	18.4
1981	19.6	18.7
1982	19.9	18.9
1983	20.1	19.2
1984	20.4	19.5
1985	20.6	19.7
1986	20.8	20
1987	21.1	20.2
1988	21.3	20.4
1989	21.6	20.6
1990	21.8	20.8
1991	22	21
1992	22.2	21.2
1993	22.3	21.5
1994	22.4	21.7
1995	22.5	22
1996	22.6	22.4
1997	22.7	22.8
1998	22.9	23.2
1999	23.1	23.6
2000	23.3	24
2001	23.6	24.4
2002	23.8	24.7
2003	24.1	25
2004	24.4	25.3
2005	24.6	25.5
2006	24.9	25.6
2007	25.3	25.8
2008	25.7	26.1
2009	26.1	26.3
2010	26.5	26.5
2011	27	26.7
2012	27.4	26.9
2013	27.9	27.1
2014	28.3	27.3
2015	28.8	27.5
2016	29.3	27.7
2017	29.8	27.9
2018	30.3	28.1
2019	30.8	28.3
2020	31.3	28.6
2021	31.7	28.7
2022	32.2	28.9
2023	32.8	29.2
2024	33.3	29.4

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