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Croatia vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Croatia has a population of 3.87M (ranked 129/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Croatia's land area is 21,606 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 123rd vs. 90th).

By GDP, Croatia ranks 74/197 ($92.5B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Croatia ranks 50/197 ($23,931), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Croatia Suriname
Population
3839202
644193
Population rank 129/197 165/197
GDP
$92.5B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 74/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$23,931
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 50/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,575
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$53.3B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.9%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,796
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 42/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,265
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
21,606 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
178.9 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
46 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Croatia and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Croatia and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Croatia

Suriname
Year GDP
Croatia 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 $25,650,213,280 $388,400,000
1991 $18,760,386,775 $448,100,000
1992 $10,621,169,291 $404,600,000
1993 $11,259,647,874 $428,764,706
1994 $15,062,911,617 $605,492,537
1995 $22,772,394,547 $691,590,498
1996 $24,150,978,347 $861,372,806
1997 $24,175,764,812 $926,422,500
1998 $25,890,228,430 $1,110,850,000
1999 $23,777,026,779 $886,290,698
2000 $22,134,411,297 $947,671,970
2001 $23,066,883,850 $834,279,358
2002 $26,757,722,429 $1,093,574,468
2003 $35,245,317,002 $1,274,190,311
2004 $41,836,292,157 $1,484,092,538
2005 $45,013,119,282 $1,793,410,397
2006 $49,590,197,657 $2,626,380,435
2007 $59,298,265,770 $2,936,612,022
2008 $68,478,776,206 $3,532,969,035
2009 $62,321,642,125 $3,875,409,836
2010 $58,981,738,869 $4,368,370,998
2011 $62,903,737,380 $4,422,276,622
2012 $57,551,963,753 $4,980,000,000
2013 $59,852,401,272 $5,145,757,576
2014 $59,612,144,078 $5,240,606,061
2015 $51,005,200,670 $5,126,237,646
2016 $52,654,855,638 $3,317,421,648
2017 $56,186,190,438 $3,591,679,431
2018 $61,668,130,123 $3,996,198,867
2019 $61,467,582,194 $4,016,040,575
2020 $57,963,370,885 $2,911,807,496
2021 $69,006,802,299 $3,107,923,198
2022 $71,198,635,102 $3,791,603,200
2023 $84,393,795,502 $3,455,146,281
2024 $92,526,176,109 $4,714,267,822

Croatia and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Croatia

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Croatia 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 $5,369 $942
1991 $4,001 $1,080
1992 $2,321 $969
1993 $2,448 $1,022
1994 $3,238 $1,434
1995 $4,929 $1,610
1996 $5,300 $1,963
1997 $5,331 $2,068
1998 $5,713 $2,429
1999 $5,269 $1,898
2000 $4,954 $1,988
2001 $5,365 $1,715
2002 $6,220 $2,202
2003 $8,190 $2,516
2004 $9,719 $2,888
2005 $10,444 $3,453
2006 $11,503 $5,003
2007 $13,758 $5,530
2008 $15,889 $6,576
2009 $14,476 $7,130
2010 $13,731 $7,944
2011 $14,695 $7,950
2012 $13,509 $8,851
2013 $14,136 $9,043
2014 $14,188 $9,108
2015 $12,285 $8,814
2016 $12,821 $5,644
2017 $13,903 $6,050
2018 $15,460 $6,666
2019 $15,564 $6,630
2020 $14,808 $4,755
2021 $17,790 $5,030
2022 $18,466 $6,084
2023 $21,865 $5,494
2024 $23,931 $7,431

Croatia vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Croatia

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Croatia Suriname
1950 58.5 50.7
1951 59 51.1
1952 59.8 51.4
1953 61.5 52.1
1954 62.2 52.8
1955 63.1 53.5
1956 63.6 54.1
1957 64.4 54.7
1958 65 55.4
1959 65.5 55.9
1960 65.9 56.6
1961 66.5 57.3
1962 67.3 58
1963 67.6 58.5
1964 68 58.9
1965 68.5 59.1
1966 68.9 59.2
1967 69 59.2
1968 68.9 59.3
1969 69 59.4
1970 69.2 59.5
1971 69.4 59.6
1972 69.8 59.7
1973 70.1 59.8
1974 70.6 59.9
1975 71 60
1976 71.4 60.2
1977 71.4 60.3
1978 71.3 60.4
1979 71.1 60.5
1980 71 60.7
1981 70.9 60.8
1982 70.7 60.9
1983 70.7 61.1
1984 71 61.2
1985 71.5 61.4
1986 71.8 61.2
1987 71.9 61.3
1988 72.2 61.5
1989 72.5 62
1990 72.2 62.1
1991 70.6 62.2
1992 71.7 62.2
1993 72.3 62.4
1994 72.6 62.5
1995 72.6 62.8
1996 73 63.1
1997 73 63.4
1998 73.2 63.7
1999 73.6 64
2000 74 64.4
2001 74.4 64.8
2002 74.6 65.3
2003 74.7 65.8
2004 75.3 66.4
2005 75.6 67
2006 75.7 67.6
2007 75.9 68.3
2008 76 68.9
2009 76.3 69.3
2010 76.7 69.6
2011 77 69.8
2012 77.3 70
2013 77.5 70.1
2014 77.5 70.3
2015 77.6 70.6
2016 77.6 71
2017 77.7 71.2
2018 77.9 71.5
2019 78.2 71.8
2020 77.5 72.3
2021 77.1 68.9
2022 78.3 73.3
2023 78.6 73.6
2024 78.8 73.8
2025 78.9 73.9

Croatia and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Croatia

Suriname
Year Population
Croatia Suriname
1960 4,140,181 263,918
1961 4,167,292 272,791
1962 4,196,712 283,912
1963 4,225,675 297,034
1964 4,252,876 309,041
1965 4,280,923 320,000
1966 4,310,701 331,135
1967 4,338,683 342,679
1968 4,365,628 354,616
1969 4,391,490 366,906
1970 4,412,252 379,442
1971 4,431,275 391,932
1972 4,450,564 397,413
1973 4,470,161 395,772
1974 4,490,660 393,676
1975 4,512,082 391,170
1976 4,535,934 388,289
1977 4,559,571 385,067
1978 4,581,085 381,502
1979 4,594,778 377,602
1980 4,599,782 375,377
1981 4,611,509 375,459
1982 4,634,234 376,555
1983 4,658,254 378,746
1984 4,680,285 382,193
1985 4,701,417 386,972
1986 4,721,446 392,330
1987 4,739,745 396,911
1988 4,755,207 402,227
1989 4,767,260 408,409
1990 4,777,368 412,493
1991 4,689,022 415,013
1992 4,575,818 417,589
1993 4,600,463 419,352
1994 4,652,024 422,375
1995 4,620,030 429,606
1996 4,557,097 438,830
1997 4,534,920 448,067
1998 4,532,135 457,406
1999 4,512,597 466,916
2000 4,468,302 476,643
2001 4,299,642 486,560
2002 4,302,174 496,551
2003 4,303,399 506,414
2004 4,304,600 513,923
2005 4,310,145 519,313
2006 4,311,159 524,997
2007 4,310,217 531,016
2008 4,309,705 537,245
2009 4,305,181 543,568
2010 4,295,427 549,923
2011 4,280,622 556,269
2012 4,260,368 562,633
2013 4,233,922 569,020
2014 4,201,598 575,373
2015 4,151,725 581,627
2016 4,106,867 587,757
2017 4,041,407 593,713
2018 3,988,775 599,513
2019 3,949,390 605,768
2020 3,914,206 612,317
2021 3,878,981 617,896
2022 3,855,641 623,164
2023 3,859,686 628,886
2024 3,866,300 634,431

Fertility rates in Croatia and Suriname

Fertility rate
Croatia

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Croatia Suriname
1960 2.24 6.59
1961 2.22 6.58
1962 2.19 6.57
1963 2.15 6.51
1964 2.14 6.43
1965 2.22 6.32
1966 2.23 6.2
1967 2.1 6.04
1968 2.03 5.86
1969 1.95 5.7
1970 1.88 5.53
1971 1.97 5.36
1972 2.01 5.18
1973 2.01 5.01
1974 1.98 4.81
1975 1.95 4.63
1976 1.94 4.45
1977 1.95 4.26
1978 1.96 4.08
1979 1.95 3.93
1980 1.93 3.79
1981 1.93 3.75
1982 1.9 3.82
1983 1.88 3.87
1984 1.87 3.8
1985 1.82 3.71
1986 1.76 3.61
1987 1.64 3.53
1988 1.79 3.46
1989 1.63 3.39
1990 1.63 3.23
1991 1.53 3.09
1992 1.48 3.01
1993 1.52 2.94
1994 1.47 2.9
1995 1.58 2.9
1996 1.67 2.92
1997 1.69 2.95
1998 1.45 2.99
1999 1.38 3.02
2000 1.39 3.05
2001 1.46 3.06
2002 1.42 2.96
2003 1.41 2.84
2004 1.43 2.74
2005 1.5 2.71
2006 1.47 2.73
2007 1.48 2.74
2008 1.47 2.73
2009 1.5 2.71
2010 1.46 2.69
2011 1.41 2.67
2012 1.52 2.67
2013 1.46 2.65
2014 1.46 2.62
2015 1.41 2.57
2016 1.43 2.5
2017 1.42 2.43
2018 1.47 2.38
2019 1.47 2.35
2020 1.48 2.31
2021 1.62 2.3
2022 1.53 2.27
2023 1.46 2.25

Croatia and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Croatia

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Croatia Suriname
1960 29 18.1
1961 29.4 18.2
1962 29.7 17.8
1963 30 17.3
1964 30.3 16.8
1965 30.6 16.4
1966 30.9 16.1
1967 31.2 15.8
1968 31.5 15.6
1969 31.8 15.6
1970 32.1 15.6
1971 32.3 15.7
1972 32.5 16
1973 32.7 16.3
1974 32.8 16.7
1975 33 17
1976 33.1 17.4
1977 33.2 17.6
1978 33.3 17.9
1979 33.4 18.1
1980 33.4 18.4
1981 33.5 18.7
1982 33.6 18.9
1983 33.8 19.2
1984 34 19.5
1985 34.2 19.7
1986 34.4 20
1987 34.7 20.2
1988 35 20.4
1989 35.3 20.6
1990 35.6 20.8
1991 36 21
1992 36.4 21.2
1993 36.9 21.5
1994 37.3 21.7
1995 37.8 22
1996 38.2 22.4
1997 38.6 22.8
1998 38.9 23.2
1999 39.2 23.6
2000 39.6 24
2001 39.9 24.4
2002 40.2 24.7
2003 40.5 25
2004 40.7 25.3
2005 40.9 25.5
2006 41.2 25.6
2007 41.4 25.8
2008 41.6 26.1
2009 41.8 26.3
2010 41.9 26.5
2011 42.2 26.7
2012 42.5 26.9
2013 42.7 27.1
2014 43 27.3
2015 43.3 27.5
2016 43.7 27.7
2017 44.2 27.9
2018 44.6 28.1
2019 45 28.3
2020 45.2 28.6
2021 45.4 28.7
2022 45.6 28.9
2023 45.8 29.2
2024 46 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Croatia Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$85.4B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
48.9%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2021
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.78%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
20,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.36%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.03%
2024
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
19.8%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.3%
2023
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2023
2.2%
2022
Number of billionaires
1
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
81
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$27.8B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$3.34B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$6.74B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
21,608,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
23.4%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
92.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Croatia Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,237 kg
2023
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.4
2023
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.5 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.52 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
34.1%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.5%
2023
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
57.3%
2023
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,484 kWh
2023
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
69.9%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
47%
2023
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Croatia Suriname
% of world population
0.05%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,186
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
58.9%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
73
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
47
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
83
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2022
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.9
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
95%
2021
English speaking
57.1%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
83.6%
2024
78.4%
2023

Health

Croatia Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,344
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$123.5
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.009%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.61
2021
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.3 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.6
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
31.4%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
64
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
37%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.65 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Croatia Suriname
% of world land
0.04%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
5,588 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,737 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,516 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
16,751 mi
2015
2,674 mi
2003

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