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Bolivia vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bolivia has a population of 12.4M (ranked 79/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Bolivia's land area is 418,264 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 27th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Bolivia ranks 94/197 ($49.7B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Bolivia ranks 129/197 ($4,001), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Bolivia Suriname
Population
12716350
644193
Population rank 79/197 165/197
GDP
$49.7B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 94/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$4,001
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 129/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,190
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$47.2B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
92.4%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,803
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 92/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,374
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
418,264 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
29.7 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.55
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
26 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
68.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Bolivia and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Bolivia and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Bolivia

Suriname
Year GDP
Bolivia Suriname
1960 $373,250,000 $99,650,000
1961 $406,000,000 $107,700,000
1962 $443,916,667 $116,150,000
1963 $478,000,000 $125,950,000
1964 $538,583,333 $134,400,000
1965 $598,333,333 $154,150,000
1966 $662,500,000 $190,350,000
1967 $748,250,000 $220,700,000
1968 $849,333,333 $241,350,000
1969 $920,333,333 $259,650,000
1970 $1,006,833,333 $274,900,000
1971 $1,084,666,667 $301,000,000
1972 $1,286,153,846 $311,950,000
1973 $1,263,600,000 $339,450,000
1974 $2,101,300,000 $409,850,000
1975 $2,405,900,000 $465,500,000
1976 $2,733,350,000 $505,500,000
1977 $3,229,050,000 $641,500,000
1978 $3,760,100,000 $735,500,000
1979 $4,510,500,000 $782,500,000
1980 $4,450,360,000 $795,000,000
1981 $5,778,480,000 $889,000,000
1982 $5,600,390,625 $915,000,000
1983 $5,414,008,621 $883,500,000
1984 $6,169,304,528 $864,000,000
1985 $5,377,276,657 $873,000,000
1986 $3,959,383,520 $891,000,000
1987 $4,347,956,338 $980,000,000
1988 $4,597,611,710 $1,161,000,000
1989 $4,715,973,437 $542,600,000
1990 $4,867,582,598 $388,400,000
1991 $5,343,262,457 $448,100,000
1992 $5,643,868,749 $404,600,000
1993 $5,734,699,489 $428,764,706
1994 $5,981,222,859 $605,492,537
1995 $6,715,161,732 $691,590,498
1996 $7,396,949,126 $861,372,806
1997 $7,925,736,821 $926,422,500
1998 $8,497,494,652 $1,110,850,000
1999 $8,285,064,435 $886,290,698
2000 $8,397,855,485 $947,671,970
2001 $8,141,516,928 $834,279,358
2002 $7,905,485,146 $1,093,574,468
2003 $8,082,399,640 $1,274,190,311
2004 $8,773,451,752 $1,484,092,538
2005 $9,549,122,905 $1,793,410,397
2006 $11,451,844,902 $2,626,380,435
2007 $13,120,108,008 $2,936,612,022
2008 $16,674,276,286 $3,532,969,035
2009 $17,339,992,194 $3,875,409,836
2010 $19,649,723,722 $4,368,370,998
2011 $23,963,164,697 $4,422,276,622
2012 $27,084,497,482 $4,980,000,000
2013 $30,659,338,886 $5,145,757,576
2014 $32,996,188,017 $5,240,606,061
2015 $33,000,198,249 $5,126,237,646
2016 $33,941,126,194 $3,317,421,648
2017 $37,508,642,171 $3,591,679,431
2018 $40,287,647,931 $3,996,198,867
2019 $40,895,322,851 $4,016,040,575
2020 $36,629,843,806 $2,911,807,496
2021 $40,406,111,693 $3,107,923,198
2022 $44,008,282,880 $3,791,603,200
2023 $45,135,398,003 $3,455,146,281
2024 $49,668,296,744 $4,714,267,822

Bolivia and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Bolivia

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Bolivia Suriname
1960 $100.8 $378
1961 $107.4 $395
1962 $115.1 $409
1963 $121.4 $424
1964 $133.9 $435
1965 $145.6 $482
1966 $157.8 $575
1967 $174.3 $644
1968 $193.5 $681
1969 $205.1 $708
1970 $219.4 $724
1971 $231.1 $768
1972 $267.9 $785
1973 $257.3 $858
1974 $418 $1,041
1975 $468 $1,190
1976 $520 $1,302
1977 $600 $1,666
1978 $683 $1,928
1979 $801 $2,072
1980 $773 $2,118
1981 $981 $2,368
1982 $931 $2,430
1983 $880 $2,333
1984 $982 $2,261
1985 $838 $2,256
1986 $604 $2,271
1987 $650 $2,469
1988 $673 $2,886
1989 $675 $1,329
1990 $683 $942
1991 $734 $1,080
1992 $760 $969
1993 $757 $1,022
1994 $774 $1,434
1995 $853 $1,610
1996 $922 $1,963
1997 $970 $2,068
1998 $1,022 $2,429
1999 $979 $1,898
2000 $976 $1,988
2001 $930 $1,715
2002 $888 $2,202
2003 $893 $2,516
2004 $953 $2,888
2005 $1,020 $3,453
2006 $1,203 $5,003
2007 $1,355 $5,530
2008 $1,693 $6,576
2009 $1,731 $7,130
2010 $1,930 $7,944
2011 $2,316 $7,950
2012 $2,576 $8,851
2013 $2,870 $9,043
2014 $3,041 $9,108
2015 $2,996 $8,814
2016 $3,036 $5,644
2017 $3,306 $6,050
2018 $3,501 $6,666
2019 $3,504 $6,630
2020 $3,100 $4,755
2021 $3,385 $5,030
2022 $3,644 $6,084
2023 $3,686 $5,494
2024 $4,001 $7,431

Bolivia vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bolivia

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Bolivia Suriname
1950 40.7 50.7
1951 40.9 51.1
1952 41 51.4
1953 41.4 52.1
1954 41.7 52.8
1955 41.9 53.5
1956 42.2 54.1
1957 42.4 54.7
1958 42.7 55.4
1959 43 55.9
1960 43.3 56.6
1961 43.6 57.3
1962 44 58
1963 44.3 58.5
1964 44.7 58.9
1965 45.1 59.1
1966 45.5 59.2
1967 45.9 59.2
1968 46.3 59.3
1969 46.7 59.4
1970 47.1 59.5
1971 47.5 59.6
1972 47.8 59.7
1973 48.3 59.8
1974 48.8 59.9
1975 49.3 60
1976 50 60.2
1977 50.4 60.3
1978 50.8 60.4
1979 51.4 60.5
1980 51.8 60.7
1981 52.3 60.8
1982 52.5 60.9
1983 52.9 61.1
1984 53.4 61.2
1985 53.8 61.4
1986 54.2 61.2
1987 54.9 61.3
1988 55.5 61.5
1989 56.1 62
1990 56.8 62.1
1991 57.4 62.2
1992 57.9 62.2
1993 58.7 62.4
1994 59.3 62.5
1995 59.8 62.8
1996 60.3 63.1
1997 60.7 63.4
1998 61.2 63.7
1999 61.7 64
2000 62.1 64.4
2001 62.5 64.8
2002 63.1 65.3
2003 63.5 65.8
2004 63.8 66.4
2005 64.2 67
2006 64.5 67.6
2007 64.9 68.3
2008 65.3 68.9
2009 65.7 69.3
2010 66 69.6
2011 66.3 69.8
2012 66.6 70
2013 66.8 70.1
2014 67 70.3
2015 67.2 70.6
2016 67.4 71
2017 67.5 71.2
2018 67.7 71.5
2019 67.8 71.8
2020 62.9 72.3
2021 61.4 68.9
2022 67.4 73.3
2023 68.6 73.6
2024 68.7 73.8
2025 68.9 73.9

Bolivia and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Bolivia

Suriname
Year Population
Bolivia Suriname
1960 3,702,323 263,918
1961 3,778,731 272,791
1962 3,857,493 283,912
1963 3,938,913 297,034
1964 4,022,996 309,041
1965 4,109,796 320,000
1966 4,199,550 331,135
1967 4,292,572 342,679
1968 4,388,944 354,616
1969 4,488,232 366,906
1970 4,590,010 379,442
1971 4,694,342 391,932
1972 4,800,978 397,413
1973 4,910,200 395,772
1974 5,022,475 393,676
1975 5,137,539 391,170
1976 5,256,496 388,289
1977 5,379,166 385,067
1978 5,504,123 381,502
1979 5,630,849 377,602
1980 5,758,900 375,377
1981 5,888,109 375,459
1982 6,018,088 376,555
1983 6,149,060 378,746
1984 6,281,868 382,193
1985 6,416,185 386,972
1986 6,552,479 392,330
1987 6,692,162 396,911
1988 6,835,508 402,227
1989 6,981,766 408,409
1990 7,130,142 412,493
1991 7,280,289 415,013
1992 7,430,336 417,589
1993 7,579,195 419,352
1994 7,727,322 422,375
1995 7,874,676 429,606
1996 8,021,736 438,830
1997 8,167,900 448,067
1998 8,313,394 457,406
1999 8,459,806 466,916
2000 8,606,326 476,643
2001 8,752,736 486,560
2002 8,900,355 496,551
2003 9,050,700 506,414
2004 9,204,287 513,923
2005 9,360,754 519,313
2006 9,521,689 524,997
2007 9,685,960 531,016
2008 9,850,858 537,245
2009 10,016,275 543,568
2010 10,182,345 549,923
2011 10,348,929 556,269
2012 10,515,807 562,633
2013 10,682,608 569,020
2014 10,848,888 575,373
2015 11,014,705 581,627
2016 11,180,020 587,757
2017 11,344,587 593,713
2018 11,508,368 599,513
2019 11,671,386 605,768
2020 11,816,299 612,317
2021 11,937,360 617,896
2022 12,077,154 623,164
2023 12,244,159 628,886
2024 12,413,315 634,431

Fertility rates in Bolivia and Suriname

Fertility rate
Bolivia

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Bolivia Suriname
1960 6.27 6.59
1961 6.26 6.58
1962 6.25 6.57
1963 6.23 6.51
1964 6.21 6.43
1965 6.18 6.32
1966 6.16 6.2
1967 6.13 6.04
1968 6.1 5.86
1969 6.06 5.7
1970 6 5.53
1971 5.95 5.36
1972 5.89 5.18
1973 5.85 5.01
1974 5.8 4.81
1975 5.75 4.63
1976 5.74 4.45
1977 5.67 4.26
1978 5.61 4.08
1979 5.54 3.93
1980 5.47 3.79
1981 5.41 3.75
1982 5.35 3.82
1983 5.29 3.87
1984 5.24 3.8
1985 5.15 3.71
1986 5.12 3.61
1987 5.06 3.53
1988 5.03 3.46
1989 4.97 3.39
1990 4.9 3.23
1991 4.85 3.09
1992 4.71 3.01
1993 4.59 2.94
1994 4.49 2.9
1995 4.41 2.9
1996 4.34 2.92
1997 4.22 2.95
1998 4.15 2.99
1999 4.09 3.02
2000 3.99 3.05
2001 3.89 3.06
2002 3.8 2.96
2003 3.72 2.84
2004 3.63 2.74
2005 3.56 2.71
2006 3.53 2.73
2007 3.45 2.74
2008 3.36 2.73
2009 3.29 2.71
2010 3.21 2.69
2011 3.14 2.67
2012 3.08 2.67
2013 3.01 2.65
2014 2.95 2.62
2015 2.89 2.57
2016 2.83 2.5
2017 2.78 2.43
2018 2.73 2.38
2019 2.69 2.35
2020 2.65 2.31
2021 2.62 2.3
2022 2.58 2.27
2023 2.55 2.25

Bolivia and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Bolivia

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Bolivia Suriname
1960 19.6 18.1
1961 19.6 18.2
1962 19.6 17.8
1963 19.5 17.3
1964 19.5 16.8
1965 19.5 16.4
1966 19.5 16.1
1967 19.5 15.8
1968 19.5 15.6
1969 19.5 15.6
1970 19.4 15.6
1971 19.4 15.7
1972 19.4 16
1973 19.3 16.3
1974 19.3 16.7
1975 19.3 17
1976 19.3 17.4
1977 19.3 17.6
1978 19.3 17.9
1979 19.3 18.1
1980 19.3 18.4
1981 19.3 18.7
1982 19.4 18.9
1983 19.4 19.2
1984 19.4 19.5
1985 19.4 19.7
1986 19.5 20
1987 19.5 20.2
1988 19.6 20.4
1989 19.6 20.6
1990 19.6 20.8
1991 19.7 21
1992 19.8 21.2
1993 19.8 21.5
1994 20 21.7
1995 20.1 22
1996 20.3 22.4
1997 20.4 22.8
1998 20.6 23.2
1999 20.8 23.6
2000 20.9 24
2001 21.1 24.4
2002 21.3 24.7
2003 21.4 25
2004 21.6 25.3
2005 21.7 25.5
2006 21.9 25.6
2007 22.1 25.8
2008 22.2 26.1
2009 22.4 26.3
2010 22.6 26.5
2011 22.9 26.7
2012 23.1 26.9
2013 23.3 27.1
2014 23.5 27.3
2015 23.8 27.5
2016 24 27.7
2017 24.3 27.9
2018 24.5 28.1
2019 24.8 28.3
2020 25 28.6
2021 25.2 28.7
2022 25.4 28.9
2023 25.7 29.2
2024 26 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bolivia Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$45.8B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
35.6%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
8.32%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.39%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
71,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-10.7%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.73%
2024
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
51.1%
2023
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
24.2%
2023
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
44.1
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.3%
2023
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.8%
2023
2.2%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$1.98B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.29B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
323,299
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
3.27%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
56.8%
2024
n/a

Energy

Bolivia Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
798 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
23.8 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.94 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
84.8%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.8%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.25%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-67.3%
2022
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
859 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
38.3%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
25%
2022
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.8%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Bolivia Suriname
% of world population
0.15%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,000
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
71.5%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.1 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
39.2
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
28
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
40
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.37
2023
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
21.1
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
95.6%
2023
95%
2021
English speaking
4%
2025
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
70.2%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Bolivia Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$307
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$67.2
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
68.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
4.92%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.27
2021
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
21.1 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
146
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
23.1
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
29.5%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
3.4%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
47
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.59 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Bolivia Suriname
% of world land
0.73%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
33,695 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
149,867 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193,848 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
2,674 mi
2003

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