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Brazil vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Brazil has a population of 212M (ranked 7/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Brazil's land area is 3,227,096 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 5th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Brazil ranks 10/197 ($2.18T) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Brazil ranks 85/197 ($10,280), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Brazil Suriname
Population
213415080
644193
Population rank 7/197 165/197
GDP
$2.18T
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 10/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$10,280
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 85/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,333
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$1.9T
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
92%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$8,973
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 60/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,664
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
3,227,096 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
65.7 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.62
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
35.4 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Brazil and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Brazil and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Brazil

Suriname
Year GDP
Brazil Suriname
1960 $17,030,465,539 $99,650,000
1961 $17,275,940,449 $107,700,000
1962 $19,231,747,852 $116,150,000
1963 $23,287,712,878 $125,950,000
1964 $20,963,733,695 $134,400,000
1965 $22,465,522,884 $154,150,000
1966 $28,283,323,733 $190,350,000
1967 $31,086,389,195 $220,700,000
1968 $33,930,457,425 $241,350,000
1969 $37,171,640,819 $259,650,000
1970 $42,327,664,794 $274,900,000
1971 $48,869,830,902 $301,000,000
1972 $58,434,858,375 $311,950,000
1973 $83,592,275,863 $339,450,000
1974 $109,794,519,728 $409,850,000
1975 $129,203,555,239 $465,500,000
1976 $153,168,949,208 $505,500,000
1977 $176,344,101,402 $641,500,000
1978 $200,278,646,124 $735,500,000
1979 $221,338,204,480 $782,500,000
1980 $237,393,489,893 $795,000,000
1981 $258,015,174,749 $889,000,000
1982 $271,314,113,768 $915,000,000
1983 $189,656,506,321 $883,500,000
1984 $188,339,974,087 $864,000,000
1985 $210,879,844,639 $873,000,000
1986 $256,480,852,471 $891,000,000
1987 $283,056,836,894 $980,000,000
1988 $307,881,930,752 $1,161,000,000
1989 $412,990,820,287 $542,600,000
1990 $384,959,818,182 $388,400,000
1991 $342,534,090,909 $448,100,000
1992 $328,191,909,882 $404,600,000
1993 $368,292,034,381 $428,764,706
1994 $525,369,467,296 $605,492,537
1995 $769,333,050,987 $691,590,498
1996 $850,426,432,992 $861,372,806
1997 $883,206,179,730 $926,422,500
1998 $863,710,759,256 $1,110,850,000
1999 $599,642,024,320 $886,290,698
2000 $655,448,231,984 $947,671,970
2001 $559,983,634,799 $834,279,358
2002 $509,795,273,807 $1,093,574,468
2003 $558,233,745,652 $1,274,190,311
2004 $669,289,424,806 $1,484,092,538
2005 $891,633,839,894 $1,793,410,397
2006 $1,107,626,541,435 $2,626,380,435
2007 $1,397,114,486,369 $2,936,612,022
2008 $1,695,855,083,498 $3,532,969,035
2009 $1,666,996,438,581 $3,875,409,836
2010 $2,208,837,745,101 $4,368,370,998
2011 $2,616,156,223,918 $4,422,276,622
2012 $2,465,227,802,807 $4,980,000,000
2013 $2,472,819,535,557 $5,145,757,576
2014 $2,456,043,727,199 $5,240,606,061
2015 $1,802,212,206,815 $5,126,237,646
2016 $1,795,693,482,853 $3,317,421,648
2017 $2,063,514,977,366 $3,591,679,431
2018 $1,916,933,898,011 $3,996,198,867
2019 $1,873,288,205,060 $4,016,040,575
2020 $1,476,107,231,310 $2,911,807,496
2021 $1,670,647,398,905 $3,107,923,198
2022 $1,951,923,942,083 $3,791,603,200
2023 $2,191,131,765,685 $3,455,146,281
2024 $2,179,412,080,829 $4,714,267,822

Brazil and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Brazil

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Brazil Suriname
1960 $235.3 $378
1961 $231.6 $395
1962 $250.2 $409
1963 $294.2 $424
1964 $257.3 $435
1965 $268 $482
1966 $328 $575
1967 $351 $644
1968 $374 $681
1969 $399 $708
1970 $444 $724
1971 $500 $768
1972 $583 $785
1973 $815 $858
1974 $1,045 $1,041
1975 $1,201 $1,190
1976 $1,390 $1,302
1977 $1,562 $1,666
1978 $1,733 $1,928
1979 $1,870 $2,072
1980 $1,959 $2,118
1981 $2,080 $2,368
1982 $2,138 $2,430
1983 $1,461 $2,333
1984 $1,420 $2,261
1985 $1,556 $2,256
1986 $1,854 $2,271
1987 $2,006 $2,469
1988 $2,141 $2,886
1989 $2,819 $1,329
1990 $2,581 $942
1991 $2,258 $1,080
1992 $2,127 $969
1993 $2,349 $1,022
1994 $3,299 $1,434
1995 $4,757 $1,610
1996 $5,179 $1,963
1997 $5,299 $2,068
1998 $5,106 $2,429
1999 $3,494 $1,898
2000 $3,767 $1,988
2001 $3,176 $1,715
2002 $2,856 $2,202
2003 $3,091 $2,516
2004 $3,664 $2,888
2005 $4,828 $3,453
2006 $5,934 $5,003
2007 $7,410 $5,530
2008 $8,908 $6,576
2009 $8,679 $7,130
2010 $11,403 $7,944
2011 $13,397 $7,950
2012 $12,522 $8,851
2013 $12,459 $9,043
2014 $12,275 $9,108
2015 $8,936 $8,814
2016 $8,836 $5,644
2017 $10,081 $6,050
2018 $9,301 $6,666
2019 $9,030 $6,630
2020 $7,074 $4,755
2021 $7,973 $5,030
2022 $9,281 $6,084
2023 $10,378 $5,494
2024 $10,280 $7,431

Brazil vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Brazil

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Brazil Suriname
1950 48.5 50.7
1951 49 51.1
1952 49.6 51.4
1953 50 52.1
1954 50.4 52.8
1955 50.9 53.5
1956 51.3 54.1
1957 51.8 54.7
1958 52.2 55.4
1959 52.7 55.9
1960 53.2 56.6
1961 53.6 57.3
1962 54 58
1963 54.5 58.5
1964 54.8 58.9
1965 55.2 59.1
1966 55.6 59.2
1967 56 59.2
1968 56.5 59.3
1969 56.9 59.4
1970 57.3 59.5
1971 57.8 59.6
1972 58.3 59.7
1973 58.7 59.8
1974 59.1 59.9
1975 59.6 60
1976 60 60.2
1977 60.5 60.3
1978 60.9 60.4
1979 61.4 60.5
1980 61.8 60.7
1981 62.3 60.8
1982 62.7 60.9
1983 63.1 61.1
1984 63.6 61.2
1985 64 61.4
1986 64.4 61.2
1987 64.8 61.3
1988 65.2 61.5
1989 65.5 62
1990 65.9 62.1
1991 66.2 62.2
1992 66.5 62.2
1993 66.9 62.4
1994 67.3 62.5
1995 67.7 62.8
1996 68.1 63.1
1997 68.5 63.4
1998 68.8 63.7
1999 69.2 64
2000 69.6 64.4
2001 70 64.8
2002 70.4 65.3
2003 70.9 65.8
2004 71.4 66.4
2005 71.8 67
2006 72.3 67.6
2007 72.7 68.3
2008 73.1 68.9
2009 73.5 69.3
2010 73.8 69.6
2011 74 69.8
2012 74.3 70
2013 74.6 70.1
2014 74.8 70.3
2015 75.1 70.6
2016 75.1 71
2017 75.4 71.2
2018 75.6 71.5
2019 75.8 71.8
2020 74.5 72.3
2021 73 68.9
2022 74.9 73.3
2023 75.8 73.6
2024 76 73.8
2025 76.2 73.9

Brazil and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Brazil

Suriname
Year Population
Brazil Suriname
1960 72,388,126 263,918
1961 74,605,447 272,791
1962 76,865,323 283,912
1963 79,164,235 297,034
1964 81,488,595 309,041
1965 83,817,583 320,000
1966 86,139,359 331,135
1967 88,446,124 342,679
1968 90,741,240 354,616
1969 93,045,777 366,906
1970 95,375,651 379,442
1971 97,739,273 391,932
1972 100,146,797 397,413
1973 102,600,976 395,772
1974 105,089,675 393,676
1975 107,619,565 391,170
1976 110,213,349 388,289
1977 112,875,292 385,067
1978 115,600,942 381,502
1979 118,380,821 377,602
1980 121,207,461 375,377
1981 124,063,109 375,459
1982 126,923,155 376,555
1983 129,790,077 378,746
1984 132,658,864 382,193
1985 135,515,595 386,972
1986 138,336,370 392,330
1987 141,104,944 396,911
1988 143,826,357 402,227
1989 146,502,972 408,409
1990 149,143,223 412,493
1991 151,724,256 415,013
1992 154,275,079 417,589
1993 156,794,577 419,352
1994 159,265,006 422,375
1995 161,735,073 429,606
1996 164,202,549 438,830
1997 166,661,659 448,067
1998 169,159,655 457,406
1999 171,641,543 466,916
2000 174,018,282 476,643
2001 176,301,203 486,560
2002 178,503,484 496,551
2003 180,622,688 506,414
2004 182,675,143 513,923
2005 184,688,101 519,313
2006 186,653,106 524,997
2007 188,552,320 531,016
2008 190,367,302 537,245
2009 192,079,951 543,568
2010 193,701,929 549,923
2011 195,284,734 556,269
2012 196,876,111 562,633
2013 198,478,299 569,020
2014 200,085,127 575,373
2015 201,675,532 581,627
2016 203,218,114 587,757
2017 204,703,445 593,713
2018 206,107,261 599,513
2019 207,455,459 605,768
2020 208,660,842 612,317
2021 209,550,294 617,896
2022 210,306,415 623,164
2023 211,140,729 628,886
2024 211,998,573 634,431

Fertility rates in Brazil and Suriname

Fertility rate
Brazil

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Brazil Suriname
1960 6.05 6.59
1961 6.02 6.58
1962 5.98 6.57
1963 5.93 6.51
1964 5.82 6.43
1965 5.68 6.32
1966 5.52 6.2
1967 5.34 6.04
1968 5.17 5.86
1969 5.04 5.7
1970 4.93 5.53
1971 4.84 5.36
1972 4.74 5.18
1973 4.64 5.01
1974 4.5 4.81
1975 4.42 4.63
1976 4.34 4.45
1977 4.27 4.26
1978 4.2 4.08
1979 4.12 3.93
1980 4.04 3.79
1981 3.94 3.75
1982 3.84 3.82
1983 3.72 3.87
1984 3.6 3.8
1985 3.48 3.71
1986 3.36 3.61
1987 3.23 3.53
1988 3.11 3.46
1989 3.01 3.39
1990 2.9 3.23
1991 2.81 3.09
1992 2.71 3.01
1993 2.66 2.94
1994 2.6 2.9
1995 2.57 2.9
1996 2.51 2.92
1997 2.47 2.95
1998 2.42 2.99
1999 2.34 3.02
2000 2.25 3.05
2001 2.16 3.06
2002 2.08 2.96
2003 2.01 2.84
2004 1.97 2.74
2005 1.94 2.71
2006 1.9 2.73
2007 1.85 2.74
2008 1.82 2.73
2009 1.8 2.71
2010 1.79 2.69
2011 1.78 2.67
2012 1.77 2.67
2013 1.76 2.65
2014 1.78 2.62
2015 1.78 2.57
2016 1.73 2.5
2017 1.74 2.43
2018 1.74 2.38
2019 1.71 2.35
2020 1.65 2.31
2021 1.64 2.3
2022 1.63 2.27
2023 1.62 2.25

Brazil and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Brazil

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Brazil Suriname
1960 18 18.1
1961 17.9 18.2
1962 17.9 17.8
1963 17.8 17.3
1964 17.8 16.8
1965 17.9 16.4
1966 17.9 16.1
1967 18 15.8
1968 18.1 15.6
1969 18.2 15.6
1970 18.4 15.6
1971 18.5 15.7
1972 18.7 16
1973 18.9 16.3
1974 19.1 16.7
1975 19.2 17
1976 19.4 17.4
1977 19.6 17.6
1978 19.8 17.9
1979 20 18.1
1980 20.2 18.4
1981 20.4 18.7
1982 20.6 18.9
1983 20.8 19.2
1984 21 19.5
1985 21.2 19.7
1986 21.5 20
1987 21.7 20.2
1988 21.9 20.4
1989 22.1 20.6
1990 22.4 20.8
1991 22.7 21
1992 22.9 21.2
1993 23.2 21.5
1994 23.5 21.7
1995 23.7 22
1996 24 22.4
1997 24.3 22.8
1998 24.6 23.2
1999 24.9 23.6
2000 25.2 24
2001 25.5 24.4
2002 25.9 24.7
2003 26.3 25
2004 26.7 25.3
2005 27.1 25.5
2006 27.5 25.6
2007 27.9 25.8
2008 28.3 26.1
2009 28.8 26.3
2010 29.2 26.5
2011 29.7 26.7
2012 30.1 26.9
2013 30.6 27.1
2014 31 27.3
2015 31.5 27.5
2016 31.9 27.7
2017 32.4 27.9
2018 32.8 28.1
2019 33.2 28.3
2020 33.7 28.6
2021 34.1 28.7
2022 34.5 28.9
2023 34.9 29.2
2024 35.4 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Brazil Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$2.11T
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
47.7%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.62%
2022
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.08%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
762,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-8.52%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.8%
2024
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
59.3%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
21.3%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
55.1
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
40.8%
2023
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.3%
2023
2.2%
2022
Number of millionaires
380,585
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
0.24%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
56
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
331
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$659B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$330B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$4.9B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
6,353,000
2019
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
1.3%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
86.4%
2024
n/a

Energy

Brazil Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,481 kg
2023
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
480 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.27 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
49.4%
2023
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
46.5%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
17.3%
2023
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-13.7%
2023
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,916 kWh
2023
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
77.4%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
60.2%
2023
61%
2023
Nuclear share
2.05%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.8%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Brazil Suriname
% of world population
2.6%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-225,510
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
88%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
34
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
92
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
20.6
2022
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
16
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
164
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.8%
2024
95%
2021
English speaking
5.56%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
84.5%
2024
78.4%
2023

Health

Brazil Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$849
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$232.2
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.08%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.14
2021
1.48
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
67
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.4
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
28.9%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.6%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
58
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.7 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Brazil Suriname
% of world land
5.61%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
15,222 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
914,131 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,903,402 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,242,742 mi
2023
2,674 mi
2003

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