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Madagascar vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 44th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Suriname
Population
33368335
644193
Population rank 49/197 165/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Madagascar and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Suriname
Year GDP
Madagascar Suriname
1960 $673,081,725 $99,650,000
1961 $699,161,945 $107,700,000
1962 $739,286,908 $116,150,000
1963 $759,345,864 $125,950,000
1964 $802,482,184 $134,400,000
1965 $833,563,473 $154,150,000
1966 $900,264,585 $190,350,000
1967 $956,436,932 $220,700,000
1968 $1,031,669,637 $241,350,000
1969 $1,056,391,056 $259,650,000
1970 $1,111,859,571 $274,900,000
1971 $1,199,507,631 $301,000,000
1972 $1,341,590,690 $311,950,000
1973 $1,653,062,335 $339,450,000
1974 $1,917,508,190 $409,850,000
1975 $2,283,049,215 $465,500,000
1976 $2,181,844,179 $505,500,000
1977 $2,358,930,406 $641,500,000
1978 $2,669,755,115 $735,500,000
1979 $3,463,565,854 $782,500,000
1980 $5,201,818,348 $795,000,000
1981 $4,759,333,998 $889,000,000
1982 $4,784,977,326 $915,000,000
1983 $4,686,457,031 $883,500,000
1984 $3,905,938,481 $864,000,000
1985 $3,802,557,895 $873,000,000
1986 $4,347,989,788 $891,000,000
1987 $3,212,900,556 $980,000,000
1988 $3,189,456,965 $1,161,000,000
1989 $3,175,638,333 $542,600,000
1990 $3,931,334,875 $388,400,000
1991 $3,254,713,056 $448,100,000
1992 $3,714,966,678 $404,600,000
1993 $4,063,298,919 $428,764,706
1994 $3,522,227,092 $605,492,537
1995 $3,838,100,904 $691,590,498
1996 $4,931,861,039 $861,372,806
1997 $4,262,965,420 $926,422,500
1998 $4,401,967,633 $1,110,850,000
1999 $4,277,903,780 $886,290,698
2000 $4,629,247,204 $947,671,970
2001 $5,438,332,602 $834,279,358
2002 $5,351,701,663 $1,093,574,468
2003 $6,372,498,890 $1,274,190,311
2004 $5,064,732,626 $1,484,092,538
2005 $5,859,269,753 $1,793,410,397
2006 $6,395,712,491 $2,626,380,435
2007 $8,524,620,890 $2,936,612,022
2008 $10,725,137,724 $3,532,969,035
2009 $9,616,879,409 $3,875,409,836
2010 $9,982,711,338 $4,368,370,998
2011 $11,551,819,618 $4,422,276,622
2012 $11,578,975,062 $4,980,000,000
2013 $12,423,555,455 $5,145,757,576
2014 $12,522,957,399 $5,240,606,061
2015 $11,323,020,701 $5,126,237,646
2016 $11,848,613,858 $3,317,421,648
2017 $13,176,313,594 $3,591,679,431
2018 $13,760,033,282 $3,996,198,867
2019 $14,104,664,679 $4,016,040,575
2020 $13,051,441,204 $2,911,807,496
2021 $14,354,731,964 $3,107,923,198
2022 $15,325,603,273 $3,791,603,200
2023 $15,869,945,478 $3,455,146,281
2024 $17,420,814,801 $4,714,267,822

Madagascar and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Suriname
1960 $131.7 $378
1961 $133.3 $395
1962 $137.3 $409
1963 $137.4 $424
1964 $141.5 $435
1965 $143.2 $482
1966 $150.7 $575
1967 $155.9 $644
1968 $163.6 $681
1969 $162.9 $708
1970 $166.6 $724
1971 $174.6 $768
1972 $189.6 $785
1973 $226.8 $858
1974 $255.3 $1,041
1975 $295 $1,190
1976 $273.5 $1,302
1977 $286.9 $1,666
1978 $315 $1,928
1979 $396 $2,072
1980 $578 $2,118
1981 $513 $2,368
1982 $501 $2,430
1983 $476 $2,333
1984 $385 $2,261
1985 $364 $2,256
1986 $405 $2,271
1987 $290.8 $2,469
1988 $280.5 $2,886
1989 $271.3 $1,329
1990 $326 $942
1991 $262 $1,080
1992 $290.2 $969
1993 $308 $1,022
1994 $258.7 $1,434
1995 $273.1 $1,610
1996 $340 $1,963
1997 $284.4 $2,068
1998 $284.2 $2,429
1999 $267.4 $1,898
2000 $280.3 $1,988
2001 $319 $1,715
2002 $305 $2,202
2003 $353 $2,516
2004 $272.2 $2,888
2005 $306 $3,453
2006 $324 $5,003
2007 $420 $5,530
2008 $513 $6,576
2009 $446 $7,130
2010 $450 $7,944
2011 $506 $7,950
2012 $494 $8,851
2013 $515 $9,043
2014 $506 $9,108
2015 $445 $8,814
2016 $454 $5,644
2017 $492 $6,050
2018 $500 $6,666
2019 $500 $6,630
2020 $451 $4,755
2021 $483 $5,030
2022 $504 $6,084
2023 $509 $5,494
2024 $545 $7,431

Madagascar vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Suriname
1950 39.7 50.7
1951 39.9 51.1
1952 40.3 51.4
1953 40.7 52.1
1954 40.9 52.8
1955 41.3 53.5
1956 41.7 54.1
1957 42.1 54.7
1958 42.5 55.4
1959 43 55.9
1960 43.3 56.6
1961 43.8 57.3
1962 44.2 58
1963 44.6 58.5
1964 45 58.9
1965 45.4 59.1
1966 46 59.2
1967 46.5 59.2
1968 46.9 59.3
1969 47.3 59.4
1970 47.9 59.5
1971 48.2 59.6
1972 48.5 59.7
1973 48.9 59.8
1974 49.3 59.9
1975 49.6 60
1976 49.8 60.2
1977 49.9 60.3
1978 50 60.4
1979 50.1 60.5
1980 50 60.7
1981 49.8 60.8
1982 50 60.9
1983 50.1 61.1
1984 50.2 61.2
1985 50.4 61.4
1986 50.7 61.2
1987 51.1 61.3
1988 51.4 61.5
1989 51.8 62
1990 52.1 62.1
1991 52.6 62.2
1992 52.9 62.2
1993 53.7 62.4
1994 54.2 62.5
1995 54.8 62.8
1996 55.5 63.1
1997 56.1 63.4
1998 56.8 63.7
1999 57.4 64
2000 58 64.4
2001 58.7 64.8
2002 59.2 65.3
2003 59.7 65.8
2004 60.2 66.4
2005 60.7 67
2006 61.1 67.6
2007 61.5 68.3
2008 62 68.9
2009 62.3 69.3
2010 62.6 69.6
2011 62.9 69.8
2012 63 70
2013 63.2 70.1
2014 63.3 70.3
2015 63.4 70.6
2016 63.4 71
2017 63.4 71.2
2018 63.5 71.5
2019 63.5 71.8
2020 62.7 72.3
2021 62.5 68.9
2022 63.1 73.3
2023 63.6 73.6
2024 63.8 73.8
2025 64 73.9

Madagascar and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Suriname
Year Population
Madagascar Suriname
1960 5,111,029 263,918
1961 5,246,158 272,791
1962 5,384,150 283,912
1963 5,525,185 297,034
1964 5,669,863 309,041
1965 5,819,116 320,000
1966 5,974,279 331,135
1967 6,136,486 342,679
1968 6,306,493 354,616
1969 6,484,716 366,906
1970 6,672,003 379,442
1971 6,868,868 391,932
1972 7,074,398 397,413
1973 7,288,048 395,772
1974 7,509,726 393,676
1975 7,739,336 391,170
1976 7,976,831 388,289
1977 8,222,240 385,067
1978 8,475,864 381,502
1979 8,737,581 377,602
1980 9,006,032 375,377
1981 9,279,011 375,459
1982 9,557,671 376,555
1983 9,843,044 378,746
1984 10,134,550 382,193
1985 10,433,142 386,972
1986 10,736,857 392,330
1987 11,047,291 396,911
1988 11,369,462 402,227
1989 11,704,998 408,409
1990 12,055,639 412,493
1991 12,421,412 415,013
1992 12,800,870 417,589
1993 13,197,345 419,352
1994 13,613,850 422,375
1995 14,051,275 429,606
1996 14,510,711 438,830
1997 14,990,814 448,067
1998 15,489,364 457,406
1999 16,000,506 466,916
2000 16,516,338 476,643
2001 17,032,939 486,560
2002 17,549,913 496,551
2003 18,071,854 506,414
2004 18,606,608 513,923
2005 19,159,707 519,313
2006 19,730,909 524,997
2007 20,318,583 531,016
2008 20,923,840 537,245
2009 21,547,280 543,568
2010 22,183,340 549,923
2011 22,822,300 556,269
2012 23,462,438 562,633
2013 24,109,290 569,020
2014 24,764,348 575,373
2015 25,426,702 581,627
2016 26,099,952 587,757
2017 26,788,375 593,713
2018 27,494,926 599,513
2019 28,219,554 605,768
2020 28,953,556 612,317
2021 29,691,083 617,896
2022 30,437,261 623,164
2023 31,195,932 628,886
2024 31,964,956 634,431

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Suriname

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Suriname
1960 7.34 6.59
1961 7.3 6.58
1962 7.26 6.57
1963 7.21 6.51
1964 7.19 6.43
1965 7.17 6.32
1966 7.16 6.2
1967 7.14 6.04
1968 7.13 5.86
1969 7.12 5.7
1970 7.1 5.53
1971 7.07 5.36
1972 7.04 5.18
1973 7.01 5.01
1974 6.99 4.81
1975 6.97 4.63
1976 6.95 4.45
1977 6.93 4.26
1978 6.9 4.08
1979 6.87 3.93
1980 6.84 3.79
1981 6.77 3.75
1982 6.7 3.82
1983 6.63 3.87
1984 6.55 3.8
1985 6.46 3.71
1986 6.34 3.61
1987 6.24 3.53
1988 6.18 3.46
1989 6.15 3.39
1990 6.14 3.23
1991 6.12 3.09
1992 6.08 3.01
1993 6.06 2.94
1994 6.04 2.9
1995 6.04 2.9
1996 6.03 2.92
1997 6.02 2.95
1998 5.99 2.99
1999 5.84 3.02
2000 5.67 3.05
2001 5.53 3.06
2002 5.41 2.96
2003 5.33 2.84
2004 5.26 2.74
2005 5.2 2.71
2006 5.13 2.73
2007 5.08 2.74
2008 5.04 2.73
2009 5 2.71
2010 4.9 2.69
2011 4.74 2.67
2012 4.61 2.67
2013 4.53 2.65
2014 4.42 2.62
2015 4.34 2.57
2016 4.29 2.5
2017 4.26 2.43
2018 4.25 2.38
2019 4.22 2.35
2020 4.17 2.31
2021 4.1 2.3
2022 4.04 2.27
2023 3.97 2.25

Madagascar and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Suriname
1960 17.9 18.1
1961 17.5 18.2
1962 17.2 17.8
1963 17 17.3
1964 16.8 16.8
1965 16.8 16.4
1966 16.7 16.1
1967 16.7 15.8
1968 16.7 15.6
1969 16.6 15.6
1970 16.7 15.6
1971 16.7 15.7
1972 16.6 16
1973 16.6 16.3
1974 16.6 16.7
1975 16.6 17
1976 16.6 17.4
1977 16.5 17.6
1978 16.5 17.9
1979 16.5 18.1
1980 16.4 18.4
1981 16.4 18.7
1982 16.4 18.9
1983 16.4 19.2
1984 16.5 19.5
1985 16.5 19.7
1986 16.6 20
1987 16.6 20.2
1988 16.7 20.4
1989 16.8 20.6
1990 16.9 20.8
1991 16.9 21
1992 17 21.2
1993 17 21.5
1994 17.1 21.7
1995 17.1 22
1996 17.1 22.4
1997 17.1 22.8
1998 17.2 23.2
1999 17.2 23.6
2000 17.2 24
2001 17.2 24.4
2002 17.2 24.7
2003 17.2 25
2004 17.3 25.3
2005 17.3 25.5
2006 17.4 25.6
2007 17.5 25.8
2008 17.6 26.1
2009 17.7 26.3
2010 17.8 26.5
2011 17.9 26.7
2012 18.1 26.9
2013 18.2 27.1
2014 18.4 27.3
2015 18.6 27.5
2016 18.7 27.7
2017 18.9 27.9
2018 19.1 28.1
2019 19.3 28.3
2020 19.4 28.6
2021 19.6 28.7
2022 19.7 28.9
2023 19.9 29.2
2024 20 29.4

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Finance

Madagascar Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
57
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
2.2%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
n/a

Energy

Madagascar Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Madagascar Suriname
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
95%
2021
English speaking
18%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Madagascar Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Suriname
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
2,674 mi
2003

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