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Belarus vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 83rd vs. 90th).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Suriname
Population
9074112
644193
Population rank 101/197 165/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 83/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Belarus and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Suriname
Year GDP
Belarus Suriname
1960 - $99,650,000
1961 - $107,700,000
1962 - $116,150,000
1963 - $125,950,000
1964 - $134,400,000
1965 - $154,150,000
1966 - $190,350,000
1967 - $220,700,000
1968 - $241,350,000
1969 - $259,650,000
1970 - $274,900,000
1971 - $301,000,000
1972 - $311,950,000
1973 - $339,450,000
1974 - $409,850,000
1975 - $465,500,000
1976 - $505,500,000
1977 - $641,500,000
1978 - $735,500,000
1979 - $782,500,000
1980 - $795,000,000
1981 - $889,000,000
1982 - $915,000,000
1983 - $883,500,000
1984 - $864,000,000
1985 - $873,000,000
1986 - $891,000,000
1987 - $980,000,000
1988 - $1,161,000,000
1989 - $542,600,000
1990 $17,389,558,233 $388,400,000
1991 $18,404,907,975 $448,100,000
1992 $16,939,790,094 $404,600,000
1993 $16,275,073,527 $428,764,706
1994 $14,931,435,232 $605,492,537
1995 $13,972,683,274 $691,590,498
1996 $14,756,846,154 $861,372,806
1997 $14,130,585,516 $926,422,500
1998 $15,221,352,699 $1,110,850,000
1999 $12,138,243,081 $886,290,698
2000 $12,736,780,455 $947,671,970
2001 $12,354,820,144 $834,279,358
2002 $14,594,900,945 $1,093,574,468
2003 $17,825,444,724 $1,274,190,311
2004 $23,141,566,293 $1,484,092,538
2005 $30,210,091,837 $1,793,410,397
2006 $36,961,894,281 $2,626,380,435
2007 $45,275,711,996 $2,936,612,022
2008 $60,752,106,347 $3,532,969,035
2009 $50,873,167,326 $3,875,409,836
2010 $57,231,904,543 $4,368,370,998
2011 $61,762,382,328 $4,422,276,622
2012 $65,685,890,439 $4,980,000,000
2013 $75,527,558,966 $5,145,757,576
2014 $78,813,069,121 $5,240,606,061
2015 $56,454,769,845 $5,126,237,646
2016 $47,723,545,321 $3,317,421,648
2017 $54,725,405,751 $3,591,679,431
2018 $60,031,026,576 $3,996,198,867
2019 $64,410,170,653 $4,016,040,575
2020 $61,371,673,345 $2,911,807,496
2021 $69,673,747,132 $3,107,923,198
2022 $73,775,179,925 $3,791,603,200
2023 $72,478,760,370 $3,455,146,281
2024 $75,961,865,472 $4,714,267,822

Belarus and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Belarus Suriname
1960 - $378
1961 - $395
1962 - $409
1963 - $424
1964 - $435
1965 - $482
1966 - $575
1967 - $644
1968 - $681
1969 - $708
1970 - $724
1971 - $768
1972 - $785
1973 - $858
1974 - $1,041
1975 - $1,190
1976 - $1,302
1977 - $1,666
1978 - $1,928
1979 - $2,072
1980 - $2,118
1981 - $2,368
1982 - $2,430
1983 - $2,333
1984 - $2,261
1985 - $2,256
1986 - $2,271
1987 - $2,469
1988 - $2,886
1989 - $1,329
1990 $1,707 $942
1991 $1,805 $1,080
1992 $1,658 $969
1993 $1,590 $1,022
1994 $1,460 $1,434
1995 $1,371 $1,610
1996 $1,453 $1,963
1997 $1,397 $2,068
1998 $1,511 $2,429
1999 $1,211 $1,898
2000 $1,276 $1,988
2001 $1,244 $1,715
2002 $1,479 $2,202
2003 $1,820 $2,516
2004 $2,378 $2,888
2005 $3,126 $3,453
2006 $3,848 $5,003
2007 $4,735 $5,530
2008 $6,376 $6,576
2009 $5,352 $7,130
2010 $6,035 $7,944
2011 $6,528 $7,950
2012 $6,953 $8,851
2013 $7,998 $9,043
2014 $8,341 $9,108
2015 $5,967 $8,814
2016 $5,040 $5,644
2017 $5,786 $6,050
2018 $6,360 $6,666
2019 $6,838 $6,630
2020 $6,543 $4,755
2021 $7,490 $5,030
2022 $7,995 $6,084
2023 $7,897 $5,494
2024 $8,317 $7,431

Belarus vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Suriname
1950 58.6 50.7
1951 59.4 51.1
1952 60.5 51.4
1953 61.5 52.1
1954 62.5 52.8
1955 63.5 53.5
1956 64.5 54.1
1957 65.4 54.7
1958 66.6 55.4
1959 68 55.9
1960 69.3 56.6
1961 70 57.3
1962 70.5 58
1963 70.8 58.5
1964 71.3 58.9
1965 71.6 59.1
1966 71.8 59.2
1967 71.9 59.2
1968 71.9 59.3
1969 71.7 59.4
1970 71.7 59.5
1971 71.6 59.6
1972 71.8 59.7
1973 71.7 59.8
1974 71.7 59.9
1975 71.4 60
1976 71.2 60.2
1977 71.1 60.3
1978 70.9 60.4
1979 70.8 60.5
1980 70.7 60.7
1981 70.8 60.8
1982 70.8 60.9
1983 70.7 61.1
1984 70.8 61.2
1985 71.2 61.4
1986 71.7 61.2
1987 71.9 61.3
1988 71.7 61.5
1989 71.5 62
1990 71.1 62.1
1991 70.7 62.2
1992 70.1 62.2
1993 69.5 62.4
1994 69 62.5
1995 68.8 62.8
1996 68.6 63.1
1997 68.5 63.4
1998 68.3 63.7
1999 68.4 64
2000 68.5 64.4
2001 68.4 64.8
2002 68.3 65.3
2003 68.4 65.8
2004 68.7 66.4
2005 69 67
2006 69.4 67.6
2007 70 68.3
2008 70.3 68.9
2009 70.4 69.3
2010 70.5 69.6
2011 71.1 69.8
2012 71.8 70
2013 72.7 70.1
2014 73.2 70.3
2015 73.8 70.6
2016 74.2 71
2017 74.4 71.2
2018 74.3 71.5
2019 74.3 71.8
2020 72.3 72.3
2021 72.2 68.9
2022 74.4 73.3
2023 74.4 73.6
2024 74.6 73.8
2025 74.8 73.9

Belarus and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Suriname
Year Population
Belarus Suriname
1960 8,198,000 263,918
1961 8,271,216 272,791
1962 8,351,928 283,912
1963 8,437,232 297,034
1964 8,524,224 309,041
1965 8,610,000 320,000
1966 8,696,496 331,135
1967 8,785,648 342,679
1968 8,874,552 354,616
1969 8,960,304 366,906
1970 9,040,000 379,442
1971 9,115,576 391,932
1972 9,188,968 397,413
1973 9,257,272 395,772
1974 9,317,584 393,676
1975 9,367,000 391,170
1976 9,411,000 388,289
1977 9,463,000 385,067
1978 9,525,000 381,502
1979 9,584,000 377,602
1980 9,643,000 375,377
1981 9,710,000 375,459
1982 9,776,000 376,555
1983 9,843,000 378,746
1984 9,910,000 382,193
1985 9,975,000 386,972
1986 10,043,000 392,330
1987 10,111,000 396,911
1988 10,140,000 402,227
1989 10,170,000 408,409
1990 10,189,348 412,493
1991 10,194,050 415,013
1992 10,216,470 417,589
1993 10,239,050 419,352
1994 10,226,955 422,375
1995 10,193,831 429,606
1996 10,159,569 438,830
1997 10,117,433 448,067
1998 10,071,963 457,406
1999 10,026,738 466,916
2000 9,979,610 476,643
2001 9,928,549 486,560
2002 9,865,548 496,551
2003 9,796,749 506,414
2004 9,730,146 513,923
2005 9,663,915 519,313
2006 9,604,924 524,997
2007 9,560,953 531,016
2008 9,527,985 537,245
2009 9,504,583 543,568
2010 9,483,836 549,923
2011 9,461,643 556,269
2012 9,446,836 562,633
2013 9,443,211 569,020
2014 9,448,515 575,373
2015 9,461,076 581,627
2016 9,469,379 587,757
2017 9,458,989 593,713
2018 9,438,785 599,513
2019 9,419,758 605,768
2020 9,379,952 612,317
2021 9,302,585 617,896
2022 9,228,071 623,164
2023 9,178,298 628,886
2024 9,133,712 634,431

Fertility rates in Belarus and Suriname

Fertility rate
Belarus

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Suriname
1960 2.67 6.59
1961 2.59 6.58
1962 2.5 6.57
1963 2.4 6.51
1964 2.31 6.43
1965 2.27 6.32
1966 2.29 6.2
1967 2.26 6.04
1968 2.22 5.86
1969 2.26 5.7
1970 2.31 5.53
1971 2.31 5.36
1972 2.28 5.18
1973 2.25 5.01
1974 2.21 4.81
1975 2.17 4.63
1976 2.12 4.45
1977 2.08 4.26
1978 2.06 4.08
1979 2.05 3.93
1980 2.03 3.79
1981 2.02 3.75
1982 2.05 3.82
1983 2.11 3.87
1984 2.11 3.8
1985 2.09 3.71
1986 2.09 3.61
1987 2.03 3.53
1988 2.03 3.46
1989 2.03 3.39
1990 1.91 3.23
1991 1.81 3.09
1992 1.76 3.01
1993 1.62 2.94
1994 1.53 2.9
1995 1.41 2.9
1996 1.34 2.92
1997 1.25 2.95
1998 1.3 2.99
1999 1.31 3.02
2000 1.32 3.05
2001 1.29 3.06
2002 1.24 2.96
2003 1.23 2.84
2004 1.23 2.74
2005 1.25 2.71
2006 1.34 2.73
2007 1.43 2.74
2008 1.49 2.73
2009 1.51 2.71
2010 1.49 2.69
2011 1.52 2.67
2012 1.62 2.67
2013 1.67 2.65
2014 1.7 2.62
2015 1.72 2.57
2016 1.73 2.5
2017 1.54 2.43
2018 1.45 2.38
2019 1.38 2.35
2020 1.37 2.31
2021 1.37 2.3
2022 1.33 2.27
2023 1.21 2.25

Belarus and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Belarus Suriname
1960 26.6 18.1
1961 26.9 18.2
1962 27.3 17.8
1963 27.6 17.3
1964 27.9 16.8
1965 28.2 16.4
1966 28.6 16.1
1967 28.9 15.8
1968 29.3 15.6
1969 29.7 15.6
1970 30.1 15.6
1971 30.4 15.7
1972 30.5 16
1973 30.5 16.3
1974 30.5 16.7
1975 30.4 17
1976 30.4 17.4
1977 30.6 17.6
1978 30.9 17.9
1979 31.1 18.1
1980 31.2 18.4
1981 31.2 18.7
1982 31.4 18.9
1983 31.5 19.2
1984 31.7 19.5
1985 31.9 19.7
1986 32.1 20
1987 32.4 20.2
1988 32.6 20.4
1989 32.8 20.6
1990 33 20.8
1991 33.3 21
1992 33.6 21.2
1993 33.9 21.5
1994 34.2 21.7
1995 34.6 22
1996 35 22.4
1997 35.4 22.8
1998 35.8 23.2
1999 36.1 23.6
2000 36.5 24
2001 36.8 24.4
2002 37.1 24.7
2003 37.4 25
2004 37.7 25.3
2005 38 25.5
2006 38.3 25.6
2007 38.5 25.8
2008 38.7 26.1
2009 38.8 26.3
2010 38.9 26.5
2011 39.1 26.7
2012 39.2 26.9
2013 39.3 27.1
2014 39.4 27.3
2015 39.5 27.5
2016 39.7 27.7
2017 39.8 27.9
2018 40 28.1
2019 40.3 28.3
2020 40.6 28.6
2021 40.9 28.7
2022 41.2 28.9
2023 41.6 29.2
2024 42 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
2.2%
2022
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
n/a

Energy

Belarus Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
61%
2023
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Belarus Suriname
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
95%
2021
English speaking
12%
2025
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
78.4%
2023

Health

Belarus Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Suriname
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
2,674 mi
2003

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