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France vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 48th vs. 90th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

France Suriname
Population
68701054
644193
Population rank 23/197 165/197
GDP
$3.16T
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 7/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$46,150
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 27/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,322
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$3.58T
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
116.3%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$52,199
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 8/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$33,898
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
208,090 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
329 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.66
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
43 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

France and Suriname: Comparison Charts

France and Suriname economies compared

GDP
France

Suriname
Year GDP
France Suriname
1960 $61,756,878,990 $99,650,000
1961 $66,806,595,975 $107,700,000
1962 $74,888,595,286 $116,150,000
1963 $83,957,182,115 $125,950,000
1964 $93,079,224,076 $134,400,000
1965 $100,522,559,916 $154,150,000
1966 $108,928,356,519 $190,350,000
1967 $117,751,396,249 $220,700,000
1968 $128,427,504,709 $241,350,000
1969 $140,361,802,782 $259,650,000
1970 $146,926,998,937 $274,900,000
1971 $164,238,872,973 $301,000,000
1972 $201,621,751,625 $311,950,000
1973 $262,343,828,816 $339,450,000
1974 $283,102,178,123 $409,850,000
1975 $356,780,728,163 $465,500,000
1976 $368,488,292,816 $505,500,000
1977 $406,736,454,934 $641,500,000
1978 $501,724,418,605 $735,500,000
1979 $608,218,624,730 $782,500,000
1980 $694,529,183,483 $795,000,000
1981 $609,184,791,792 $889,000,000
1982 $578,152,310,610 $915,000,000
1983 $553,356,312,936 $883,500,000
1984 $525,033,325,828 $864,000,000
1985 $547,220,981,165 $873,000,000
1986 $764,946,585,851 $891,000,000
1987 $926,320,855,615 $980,000,000
1988 $1,010,827,662,152 $1,161,000,000
1989 $1,016,742,237,302 $542,600,000
1990 $1,257,649,439,827 $388,400,000
1991 $1,258,961,748,634 $448,100,000
1992 $1,389,663,073,110 $404,600,000
1993 $1,314,383,368,080 $428,764,706
1994 $1,385,822,778,828 $605,492,537
1995 $1,595,219,345,512 $691,590,498
1996 $1,598,889,216,566 $861,372,806
1997 $1,449,392,222,971 $926,422,500
1998 $1,496,906,382,032 $1,110,850,000
1999 $1,486,915,879,702 $886,290,698
2000 $1,360,959,069,477 $947,671,970
2001 $1,370,376,677,299 $834,279,358
2002 $1,492,427,756,382 $1,093,574,468
2003 $1,835,095,983,049 $1,274,190,311
2004 $2,109,792,297,237 $1,484,092,538
2005 $2,192,146,403,028 $1,793,410,397
2006 $2,317,861,544,691 $2,626,380,435
2007 $2,655,816,911,867 $2,936,612,022
2008 $2,926,802,941,586 $3,532,969,035
2009 $2,700,075,882,519 $3,875,409,836
2010 $2,646,230,027,988 $4,368,370,998
2011 $2,870,408,553,990 $4,422,276,622
2012 $2,683,007,095,787 $4,980,000,000
2013 $2,816,077,607,875 $5,145,757,576
2014 $2,861,236,112,552 $5,240,606,061
2015 $2,442,483,452,643 $5,126,237,646
2016 $2,470,407,619,777 $3,317,421,648
2017 $2,588,868,323,335 $3,591,679,431
2018 $2,781,576,320,884 $3,996,198,867
2019 $2,722,793,515,172 $4,016,040,575
2020 $2,647,926,055,110 $2,911,807,496
2021 $2,966,433,692,008 $3,107,923,198
2022 $2,796,302,210,399 $3,791,603,200
2023 $3,051,831,611,385 $3,455,146,281
2024 $3,162,079,073,496 $4,714,267,822

France and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
France

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
France Suriname
1960 $1,303 $378
1961 $1,395 $395
1962 $1,548 $409
1963 $1,718 $424
1964 $1,884 $435
1965 $2,015 $482
1966 $2,165 $575
1967 $2,321 $644
1968 $2,513 $681
1969 $2,724 $708
1970 $2,825 $724
1971 $3,128 $768
1972 $3,807 $785
1973 $4,914 $858
1974 $5,267 $1,041
1975 $6,607 $1,190
1976 $6,795 $1,302
1977 $7,465 $1,666
1978 $9,167 $1,928
1979 $11,063 $2,072
1980 $12,565 $2,118
1981 $10,956 $2,368
1982 $10,360 $2,430
1983 $9,862 $2,333
1984 $9,312 $2,261
1985 $9,657 $2,256
1986 $13,430 $2,271
1987 $16,176 $2,469
1988 $17,550 $2,886
1989 $17,547 $1,329
1990 $21,586 $942
1991 $21,501 $1,080
1992 $23,615 $969
1993 $22,239 $1,022
1994 $23,360 $1,434
1995 $26,792 $1,610
1996 $26,758 $1,963
1997 $24,169 $2,068
1998 $24,869 $2,429
1999 $24,576 $1,898
2000 $22,341 $1,988
2001 $22,332 $1,715
2002 $24,145 $2,202
2003 $29,480 $2,516
2004 $33,645 $2,888
2005 $34,696 $3,453
2006 $36,432 $5,003
2007 $41,486 $5,530
2008 $45,465 $6,576
2009 $41,728 $7,130
2010 $40,695 $7,944
2011 $43,930 $7,950
2012 $40,864 $8,851
2013 $42,669 $9,043
2014 $43,148 $9,108
2015 $36,702 $8,814
2016 $37,024 $5,644
2017 $38,687 $6,050
2018 $41,418 $6,666
2019 $40,408 $6,630
2020 $39,170 $4,755
2021 $43,725 $5,030
2022 $41,083 $6,084
2023 $44,691 $5,494
2024 $46,150 $7,431

France vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
France

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
France Suriname
1950 66.4 50.7
1951 66.1 51.1
1952 67.4 51.4
1953 67.3 52.1
1954 68.2 52.8
1955 68.4 53.5
1956 68.5 54.1
1957 68.9 54.7
1958 70.1 55.4
1959 70.2 55.9
1960 70.4 56.6
1961 71 57.3
1962 70.5 58
1963 70.3 58.5
1964 71.3 58.9
1965 71.1 59.1
1966 71.5 59.2
1967 71.5 59.2
1968 71.5 59.3
1969 71.2 59.4
1970 72.1 59.5
1971 72.1 59.6
1972 72.3 59.7
1973 72.5 59.8
1974 72.8 59.9
1975 72.9 60
1976 73.1 60.2
1977 73.7 60.3
1978 73.8 60.4
1979 74.1 60.5
1980 74.2 60.7
1981 74.4 60.8
1982 74.8 60.9
1983 74.7 61.1
1984 75.2 61.2
1985 75.3 61.4
1986 75.6 61.2
1987 76.1 61.3
1988 76.4 61.5
1989 76.5 62
1990 76.8 62.1
1991 77 62.2
1992 77.3 62.2
1993 77.3 62.4
1994 77.8 62.5
1995 77.9 62.8
1996 78.1 63.1
1997 78.4 63.4
1998 78.6 63.7
1999 78.7 64
2000 79 64.4
2001 79.2 64.8
2002 79.4 65.3
2003 79.4 65.8
2004 80.3 66.4
2005 80.3 67
2006 80.7 67.6
2007 81 68.3
2008 81 68.9
2009 81.2 69.3
2010 81.4 69.6
2011 81.8 69.8
2012 81.7 70
2013 82 70.1
2014 82.4 70.3
2015 82.1 70.6
2016 82.4 71
2017 82.4 71.2
2018 82.6 71.5
2019 82.7 71.8
2020 82.2 72.3
2021 82.3 68.9
2022 82.5 73.3
2023 83.3 73.6
2024 83.5 73.8
2025 83.6 73.9

France and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
France

Suriname
Year Population
France Suriname
1960 47,412,964 263,918
1961 47,905,982 272,791
1962 48,389,516 283,912
1963 48,877,567 297,034
1964 49,401,492 309,041
1965 49,877,725 320,000
1966 50,311,637 331,135
1967 50,722,791 342,679
1968 51,112,980 354,616
1969 51,536,014 366,906
1970 52,007,169 379,442
1971 52,499,553 391,932
1972 52,962,356 397,413
1973 53,392,161 395,772
1974 53,746,571 393,676
1975 54,002,853 391,170
1976 54,232,383 388,289
1977 54,486,467 385,067
1978 54,734,030 381,502
1979 54,979,851 377,602
1980 55,274,184 375,377
1981 55,603,353 375,459
1982 55,806,789 376,555
1983 56,108,330 378,746
1984 56,383,085 382,193
1985 56,665,619 386,972
1986 56,956,002 392,330
1987 57,266,167 396,911
1988 57,598,186 402,227
1989 57,943,062 408,409
1990 58,261,012 412,493
1991 58,554,242 415,013
1992 58,846,584 417,589
1993 59,103,094 419,352
1994 59,324,863 422,375
1995 59,541,294 429,606
1996 59,754,504 438,830
1997 59,968,066 448,067
1998 60,190,684 457,406
1999 60,501,986 466,916
2000 60,918,661 476,643
2001 61,364,377 486,560
2002 61,812,142 496,551
2003 62,249,855 506,414
2004 62,707,588 513,923
2005 63,180,854 519,313
2006 63,622,342 524,997
2007 64,016,890 531,016
2008 64,375,116 537,245
2009 64,706,436 543,568
2010 65,026,211 549,923
2011 65,340,830 556,269
2012 65,657,659 562,633
2013 65,997,932 569,020
2014 66,312,067 575,373
2015 66,548,272 581,627
2016 66,724,104 587,757
2017 66,918,020 593,713
2018 67,158,348 599,513
2019 67,382,061 605,768
2020 67,601,110 612,317
2021 67,842,811 617,896
2022 68,065,015 623,164
2023 68,287,487 628,886
2024 68,516,699 634,431

Fertility rates in France and Suriname

Fertility rate
France

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
France Suriname
1960 2.85 6.59
1961 2.87 6.58
1962 2.89 6.57
1963 2.89 6.51
1964 2.87 6.43
1965 2.84 6.32
1966 2.8 6.2
1967 2.75 6.04
1968 2.69 5.86
1969 2.62 5.7
1970 2.55 5.53
1971 2.47 5.36
1972 2.38 5.18
1973 2.28 5.01
1974 2.18 4.81
1975 2.09 4.63
1976 2.01 4.45
1977 1.94 4.26
1978 1.89 4.08
1979 1.87 3.93
1980 1.85 3.79
1981 1.85 3.75
1982 1.86 3.82
1983 1.86 3.87
1984 1.86 3.8
1985 1.86 3.71
1986 1.85 3.61
1987 1.83 3.53
1988 1.81 3.46
1989 1.79 3.39
1990 1.77 3.23
1991 1.75 3.09
1992 1.74 3.01
1993 1.73 2.94
1994 1.73 2.9
1995 1.74 2.9
1996 1.75 2.92
1997 1.77 2.95
1998 1.78 2.99
1999 1.81 3.02
2000 1.89 3.05
2001 1.9 3.06
2002 1.88 2.96
2003 1.89 2.84
2004 1.92 2.74
2005 1.94 2.71
2006 2 2.73
2007 1.98 2.74
2008 2.01 2.73
2009 2 2.71
2010 2.03 2.69
2011 2.01 2.67
2012 2.01 2.67
2013 1.99 2.65
2014 2 2.62
2015 1.96 2.57
2016 1.92 2.5
2017 1.89 2.43
2018 1.87 2.38
2019 1.86 2.35
2020 1.83 2.31
2021 1.84 2.3
2022 1.79 2.27
2023 1.66 2.25

France and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
France

Suriname
Year Median age, years
France Suriname
1960 32.8 18.1
1961 32.8 18.2
1962 32.9 17.8
1963 32.8 17.3
1964 32.8 16.8
1965 32.7 16.4
1966 32.7 16.1
1967 32.7 15.8
1968 32.6 15.6
1969 32.5 15.6
1970 32.4 15.6
1971 32.2 15.7
1972 32 16
1973 31.8 16.3
1974 31.7 16.7
1975 31.6 17
1976 31.7 17.4
1977 31.9 17.6
1978 32.1 17.9
1979 32.3 18.1
1980 32.4 18.4
1981 32.6 18.7
1982 32.8 18.9
1983 33 19.2
1984 33.3 19.5
1985 33.5 19.7
1986 33.7 20
1987 34 20.2
1988 34.2 20.4
1989 34.5 20.6
1990 34.7 20.8
1991 35 21
1992 35.3 21.2
1993 35.6 21.5
1994 35.9 21.7
1995 36.2 22
1996 36.5 22.4
1997 36.8 22.8
1998 37.1 23.2
1999 37.4 23.6
2000 37.7 24
2001 37.9 24.4
2002 38.2 24.7
2003 38.4 25
2004 38.6 25.3
2005 38.9 25.5
2006 39.1 25.6
2007 39.4 25.8
2008 39.6 26.1
2009 39.8 26.3
2010 40 26.5
2011 40.3 26.7
2012 40.5 26.9
2013 40.8 27.1
2014 41 27.3
2015 41.2 27.5
2016 41.4 27.7
2017 41.6 27.9
2018 41.9 28.1
2019 42.1 28.3
2020 42.3 28.6
2021 42.4 28.7
2022 42.6 28.9
2023 42.8 29.2
2024 43 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

France Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$3.1T
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.3%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2022
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
304,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.46%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.39%
2024
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
70.4%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
17.5%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2023
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2023
2.2%
2022
Number of millionaires
2,868,031
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
5.42%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
52
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
457
2018
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.37T
2018
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$283B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$38.8B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
117,109,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
4.8%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
n/a

Energy

France Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,140 kg
2023
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
282.4 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.14 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.5%
2023
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
16.2%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
46.7%
2023
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
47.1%
2023
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
6,423 kWh
2023
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
11.6%
2023
61%
2023
Nuclear share
64.3%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

France Suriname
% of world population
0.84%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
+90,527
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
82%
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
5.4 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
85.5
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
67
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
85
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.34
2023
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
95%
2021
English speaking
57.3%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
88.7%
2024
78.4%
2023

Health

France Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,865
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$434
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.34
2021
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.1 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.3
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
10%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
80
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.6%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

France Suriname
% of world land
0.36%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
3,037 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
109,256 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
67,580 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
654,437 mi
2011
2,674 mi
2003

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