Botswana vs Suriname statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 47th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Botswana and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Suriname economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Suriname
1960	$30,411,414	$99,650,000
1961	$32,902,613	$107,700,000
1962	$35,644,957	$116,150,000
1963	$38,091,843	$125,950,000
1964	$41,616,348	$134,400,000
1965	$45,788,696	$154,150,000
1966	$51,465,655	$190,350,000
1967	$58,642,354	$220,700,000
1968	$66,248,441	$241,350,000
1969	$77,361,547	$259,650,000
1970	$96,243,234	$274,900,000
1971	$127,448,614	$301,000,000
1972	$164,460,915	$311,950,000
1973	$244,124,164	$339,450,000
1974	$306,044,208	$409,850,000
1975	$355,168,572	$465,500,000
1976	$372,025,093	$505,500,000
1977	$451,624,780	$641,500,000
1978	$590,407,374	$735,500,000
1979	$819,870,259	$782,500,000
1980	$1,060,889,704	$795,000,000
1981	$1,073,812,830	$889,000,000
1982	$1,014,945,696	$915,000,000
1983	$1,172,230,397	$883,500,000
1984	$1,240,822,167	$864,000,000
1985	$1,114,783,343	$873,000,000
1986	$1,392,602,164	$891,000,000
1987	$1,965,226,890	$980,000,000
1988	$2,644,554,159	$1,161,000,000
1989	$3,083,822,112	$542,600,000
1990	$3,790,636,324	$388,400,000
1991	$3,942,876,703	$448,100,000
1992	$4,146,464,587	$404,600,000
1993	$4,160,129,175	$428,764,706
1994	$4,259,259,604	$605,492,537
1995	$4,730,599,122	$691,590,498
1996	$4,847,757,218	$861,372,806
1997	$5,020,265,627	$926,422,500
1998	$4,790,481,509	$1,110,850,000
1999	$5,484,263,347	$886,290,698
2000	$5,788,329,609	$947,671,970
2001	$5,489,608,300	$834,279,358
2002	$5,438,863,983	$1,093,574,468
2003	$7,511,582,173	$1,274,190,311
2004	$8,957,467,707	$1,484,092,538
2005	$9,918,907,108	$1,793,410,397
2006	$9,919,158,482	$2,626,380,435
2007	$10,567,270,656	$2,936,612,022
2008	$10,730,829,116	$3,532,969,035
2009	$10,118,459,242	$3,875,409,836
2010	$12,637,273,429	$4,368,370,998
2011	$15,110,643,612	$4,422,276,622
2012	$13,907,464,500	$4,980,000,000
2013	$14,271,738,933	$5,145,757,576
2014	$15,470,088,501	$5,240,606,061
2015	$13,530,748,845	$5,126,237,646
2016	$15,082,637,184	$3,317,421,648
2017	$16,105,155,857	$3,591,679,431
2018	$17,031,943,186	$3,996,198,867
2019	$16,725,908,149	$4,016,040,575
2020	$14,960,251,611	$2,911,807,496
2021	$18,750,182,235	$3,107,923,198
2022	$20,321,150,598	$3,791,603,200
2023	$19,411,266,967	$3,455,146,281
2024	$19,400,774,882	$4,714,267,822

Botswana and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Suriname
1960	$58.9	$378
1961	$62.3	$395
1962	$66	$409
1963	$68.9	$424
1964	$73.5	$435
1965	$79.7	$482
1966	$89.1	$575
1967	$100.9	$644
1968	$113.4	$681
1969	$131.8	$708
1970	$163	$724
1971	$212.2	$768
1972	$264.2	$785
1973	$374	$858
1974	$446	$1,041
1975	$493	$1,190
1976	$490	$1,302
1977	$565	$1,666
1978	$695	$1,928
1979	$909	$2,072
1980	$1,132	$2,118
1981	$1,107	$2,368
1982	$1,006	$2,430
1983	$1,121	$2,333
1984	$1,145	$2,261
1985	$994	$2,256
1986	$1,200	$2,271
1987	$1,639	$2,469
1988	$2,141	$2,886
1989	$2,428	$1,329
1990	$2,903	$942
1991	$2,939	$1,080
1992	$3,005	$969
1993	$2,929	$1,022
1994	$2,917	$1,434
1995	$3,156	$1,610
1996	$3,156	$1,963
1997	$3,194	$2,068
1998	$2,981	$2,429
1999	$3,340	$1,898
2000	$3,451	$1,988
2001	$3,206	$1,715
2002	$3,117	$2,202
2003	$4,230	$2,516
2004	$4,957	$2,888
2005	$5,391	$3,453
2006	$5,292	$5,003
2007	$5,529	$5,530
2008	$5,503	$6,576
2009	$5,083	$7,130
2010	$6,216	$7,944
2011	$7,287	$7,950
2012	$6,596	$8,851
2013	$6,667	$9,043
2014	$7,122	$9,108
2015	$6,141	$8,814
2016	$6,749	$5,644
2017	$7,105	$6,050
2018	$7,408	$6,666
2019	$7,172	$6,630
2020	$6,323	$4,755
2021	$7,808	$5,030
2022	$8,329	$6,084
2023	$7,826	$5,494
2024	$7,695	$7,431

Botswana vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Suriname

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Suriname
1950	46.2	50.7
1951	46.6	51.1
1952	47	51.4
1953	47.5	52.1
1954	48	52.8
1955	48.5	53.5
1956	49	54.1
1957	49.5	54.7
1958	50.1	55.4
1959	50.7	55.9
1960	51.2	56.6
1961	51.8	57.3
1962	52.3	58
1963	52.8	58.5
1964	53.4	58.9
1965	53.9	59.1
1966	54.4	59.2
1967	54.9	59.2
1968	55.4	59.3
1969	55.9	59.4
1970	56.4	59.5
1971	57.1	59.6
1972	57.7	59.7
1973	58.3	59.8
1974	58.9	59.9
1975	59.5	60
1976	60.2	60.2
1977	60.9	60.3
1978	61.5	60.4
1979	62	60.5
1980	62.5	60.7
1981	63	60.8
1982	63.4	60.9
1983	63.6	61.1
1984	63.7	61.2
1985	63.6	61.4
1986	63.4	61.2
1987	62.8	61.3
1988	61.7	61.5
1989	61.2	62
1990	60.1	62.1
1991	58.9	62.2
1992	58.2	62.2
1993	57.3	62.4
1994	56	62.5
1995	54.7	62.8
1996	54.3	63.1
1997	53.6	63.4
1998	53	63.7
1999	52.5	64
2000	52.3	64.4
2001	52.2	64.8
2002	52.4	65.3
2003	52.9	65.8
2004	53.6	66.4
2005	54.4	67
2006	55.1	67.6
2007	56.7	68.3
2008	57.7	68.9
2009	58.3	69.3
2010	59.1	69.6
2011	59.7	69.8
2012	60.4	70
2013	61.2	70.1
2014	62.2	70.3
2015	63.2	70.6
2016	64.3	71
2017	65.4	71.2
2018	66.4	71.5
2019	67.2	71.8
2020	67.6	72.3
2021	63.3	68.9
2022	68.7	73.3
2023	69.2	73.6
2024	69.3	73.8
2025	69.4	73.9

Botswana and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Suriname

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Suriname
1960	516,165	263,918
1961	527,942	272,791
1962	540,186	283,912
1963	552,966	297,034
1964	566,266	309,041
1965	574,664	320,000
1966	577,866	331,135
1967	580,933	342,679
1968	583,966	354,616
1969	587,066	366,906
1970	590,334	379,442
1971	600,481	391,932
1972	622,407	397,413
1973	652,408	395,772
1974	685,448	393,676
1975	720,380	391,170
1976	758,508	388,289
1977	799,574	385,067
1978	849,239	381,502
1979	901,742	377,602
1980	937,485	375,377
1981	969,996	375,459
1982	1,009,269	376,555
1983	1,046,137	378,746
1984	1,083,660	382,193
1985	1,121,945	386,972
1986	1,160,650	392,330
1987	1,199,167	396,911
1988	1,235,476	402,227
1989	1,270,274	408,409
1990	1,305,696	412,493
1991	1,341,756	415,013
1992	1,380,033	417,589
1993	1,420,115	419,352
1994	1,460,023	422,375
1995	1,498,836	429,606
1996	1,535,914	438,830
1997	1,571,691	448,067
1998	1,606,899	457,406
1999	1,641,997	466,916
2000	1,677,382	476,643
2001	1,712,254	486,560
2002	1,744,763	496,551
2003	1,775,736	506,414
2004	1,807,146	513,923
2005	1,839,877	519,313
2006	1,874,516	524,997
2007	1,911,201	531,016
2008	1,949,970	537,245
2009	1,990,673	543,568
2010	2,033,111	549,923
2011	2,073,535	556,269
2012	2,108,617	562,633
2013	2,140,682	569,020
2014	2,172,044	575,373
2015	2,203,273	581,627
2016	2,234,776	587,757
2017	2,266,747	593,713
2018	2,299,141	599,513
2019	2,332,083	605,768
2020	2,365,894	612,317
2021	2,401,441	617,896
2022	2,439,892	623,164
2023	2,480,244	628,886
2024	2,521,139	634,431

Fertility rates in Botswana and Suriname

Fertility rate

Botswana

Suriname

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Suriname
1960	6.6	6.59
1961	6.56	6.58
1962	6.54	6.57
1963	6.58	6.51
1964	6.61	6.43
1965	6.6	6.32
1966	6.61	6.2
1967	6.6	6.04
1968	6.58	5.86
1969	6.56	5.7
1970	6.55	5.53
1971	6.54	5.36
1972	6.56	5.18
1973	6.59	5.01
1974	6.61	4.81
1975	6.61	4.63
1976	6.6	4.45
1977	6.54	4.26
1978	6.48	4.08
1979	6.4	3.93
1980	6.29	3.79
1981	6.16	3.75
1982	5.97	3.82
1983	5.79	3.87
1984	5.63	3.8
1985	5.48	3.71
1986	5.33	3.61
1987	5.1	3.53
1988	4.88	3.46
1989	4.67	3.39
1990	4.51	3.23
1991	4.37	3.09
1992	4.26	3.01
1993	4.15	2.94
1994	4.02	2.9
1995	3.79	2.9
1996	3.57	2.92
1997	3.43	2.95
1998	3.36	2.99
1999	3.31	3.02
2000	3.29	3.05
2001	3.25	3.06
2002	3.18	2.96
2003	3.11	2.84
2004	3.06	2.74
2005	3.08	2.71
2006	3.11	2.73
2007	3.13	2.74
2008	3.13	2.73
2009	3.13	2.71
2010	3.14	2.69
2011	3.1	2.67
2012	3.07	2.67
2013	3.05	2.65
2014	3.03	2.62
2015	3.01	2.57
2016	2.99	2.5
2017	2.97	2.43
2018	2.94	2.38
2019	2.91	2.35
2020	2.86	2.31
2021	2.83	2.3
2022	2.79	2.27
2023	2.73	2.25

Botswana and Suriname demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Suriname

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Suriname
1960	17.7	18.1
1961	17.4	18.2
1962	17.1	17.8
1963	16.8	17.3
1964	16.6	16.8
1965	16.4	16.4
1966	16.2	16.1
1967	15.9	15.8
1968	15.7	15.6
1969	15.6	15.6
1970	15.4	15.6
1971	15.3	15.7
1972	15.4	16
1973	15.6	16.3
1974	15.8	16.7
1975	16	17
1976	16.2	17.4
1977	16.4	17.6
1978	16.6	17.9
1979	16.9	18.1
1980	16.8	18.4
1981	16.8	18.7
1982	16.8	18.9
1983	16.8	19.2
1984	16.8	19.5
1985	16.8	19.7
1986	16.9	20
1987	16.9	20.2
1988	17	20.4
1989	17.1	20.6
1990	17.3	20.8
1991	17.4	21
1992	17.6	21.2
1993	17.8	21.5
1994	18	21.7
1995	18.3	22
1996	18.6	22.4
1997	18.8	22.8
1998	19.1	23.2
1999	19.4	23.6
2000	19.7	24
2001	20	24.4
2002	20.3	24.7
2003	20.6	25
2004	20.9	25.3
2005	21.2	25.5
2006	21.5	25.6
2007	21.7	25.8
2008	22	26.1
2009	22.2	26.3
2010	22.5	26.5
2011	22.7	26.7
2012	22.8	26.9
2013	22.7	27.1
2014	22.7	27.3
2015	22.7	27.5
2016	22.7	27.7
2017	22.8	27.9
2018	22.9	28.1
2019	23.1	28.3
2020	23.3	28.6
2021	23.4	28.7
2022	23.6	28.9
2023	23.9	29.2
2024	24.2	29.4

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