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Mauritius vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Mauritius has a population of 1.26M (ranked 156/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Mauritius' land area is 771 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 170th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Mauritius ranks 143/197 ($15B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Mauritius ranks 79/197 ($11,872), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Mauritius Suriname
Population
1256649
644193
Population rank 157/197 165/197
GDP
$15B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 143/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$11,872
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 79/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$31,051
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$13.7B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
93.2%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,846
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 54/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,323
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
771 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,634 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
38.5 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
75.3 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Mauritius and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Mauritius and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Mauritius

Suriname
Year GDP
Mauritius Suriname
1960 $162,089,564 $99,650,000
1961 $191,757,729 $107,700,000
1962 $197,738,208 $116,150,000
1963 $253,839,558 $125,950,000
1964 $218,914,569 $134,400,000
1965 $230,024,161 $154,150,000
1966 $227,534,083 $190,350,000
1967 $238,439,291 $220,700,000
1968 $206,576,631 $241,350,000
1969 $221,553,613 $259,650,000
1970 $224,125,805 $274,900,000
1971 $251,437,338 $301,000,000
1972 $318,664,900 $311,950,000
1973 $404,285,775 $339,450,000
1974 $669,894,030 $409,850,000
1975 $673,311,287 $465,500,000
1976 $713,510,052 $505,500,000
1977 $834,722,972 $641,500,000
1978 $1,029,040,323 $735,500,000
1979 $1,227,446,632 $782,500,000
1980 $1,147,027,924 $795,000,000
1981 $1,157,769,444 $889,000,000
1982 $1,092,923,636 $915,000,000
1983 $1,104,956,573 $883,500,000
1984 $1,054,564,759 $864,000,000
1985 $1,090,611,325 $873,000,000
1986 $1,482,601,552 $891,000,000
1987 $1,906,174,438 $980,000,000
1988 $2,163,252,449 $1,161,000,000
1989 $2,211,312,823 $542,600,000
1990 $2,689,212,760 $388,400,000
1991 $2,895,354,736 $448,100,000
1992 $3,267,677,814 $404,600,000
1993 $3,307,302,126 $428,764,706
1994 $3,606,050,873 $605,492,537
1995 $4,094,741,652 $691,590,498
1996 $4,481,489,762 $861,372,806
1997 $4,243,755,308 $926,422,500
1998 $4,225,813,976 $1,110,850,000
1999 $4,402,193,195 $886,290,698
2000 $4,726,108,622 $947,671,970
2001 $4,675,755,867 $834,279,358
2002 $4,906,494,249 $1,093,574,468
2003 $5,894,873,920 $1,274,190,311
2004 $6,667,418,752 $1,484,092,538
2005 $6,576,108,447 $1,793,410,397
2006 $7,028,810,681 $2,626,380,435
2007 $8,150,150,209 $2,936,612,022
2008 $9,990,356,674 $3,532,969,035
2009 $9,128,843,109 $3,875,409,836
2010 $10,003,670,690 $4,368,370,998
2011 $11,518,413,430 $4,422,276,622
2012 $11,668,696,397 $4,980,000,000
2013 $12,292,974,141 $5,145,757,576
2014 $13,074,129,952 $5,240,606,061
2015 $12,007,291,046 $5,126,237,646
2016 $12,594,155,464 $3,317,421,648
2017 $13,713,506,131 $3,591,679,431
2018 $14,735,695,931 $3,996,198,867
2019 $14,436,346,980 $4,016,040,575
2020 $11,408,106,446 $2,911,807,496
2021 $11,484,348,858 $3,107,923,198
2022 $12,907,767,790 $3,791,603,200
2023 $14,101,195,733 $3,455,146,281
2024 $14,952,555,415 $4,714,267,822

Mauritius and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Mauritius

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Mauritius Suriname
1960 $238.3 $378
1961 $281.7 $395
1962 $282.3 $409
1963 $353 $424
1964 $297.3 $435
1965 $305 $482
1966 $296 $575
1967 $304 $644
1968 $258.7 $681
1969 $272.7 $708
1970 $271.3 $724
1971 $299.6 $768
1972 $374 $785
1973 $467 $858
1974 $763 $1,041
1975 $755 $1,190
1976 $787 $1,302
1977 $906 $1,666
1978 $1,102 $1,928
1979 $1,292 $2,072
1980 $1,187 $2,118
1981 $1,181 $2,368
1982 $1,101 $2,430
1983 $1,103 $2,333
1984 $1,042 $2,261
1985 $1,069 $2,256
1986 $1,442 $2,271
1987 $1,840 $2,469
1988 $2,074 $2,886
1989 $2,103 $1,329
1990 $2,540 $942
1991 $2,705 $1,080
1992 $3,013 $969
1993 $3,014 $1,022
1994 $3,240 $1,434
1995 $3,648 $1,610
1996 $3,952 $1,963
1997 $3,696 $2,068
1998 $3,642 $2,429
1999 $3,746 $1,898
2000 $3,982 $1,988
2001 $3,909 $1,715
2002 $4,073 $2,202
2003 $4,858 $2,516
2004 $5,461 $2,888
2005 $5,354 $3,453
2006 $5,696 $5,003
2007 $6,575 $5,530
2008 $8,030 $6,576
2009 $7,318 $7,130
2010 $8,000 $7,944
2011 $9,197 $7,950
2012 $9,291 $8,851
2013 $9,765 $9,043
2014 $10,366 $9,108
2015 $9,508 $8,814
2016 $9,966 $5,644
2017 $10,842 $6,050
2018 $11,643 $6,666
2019 $11,403 $6,630
2020 $9,011 $4,755
2021 $9,069 $5,030
2022 $10,224 $6,084
2023 $11,182 $5,494
2024 $11,872 $7,431

Mauritius vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Mauritius

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Mauritius Suriname
1950 51.9 50.7
1951 52.5 51.1
1952 52.1 51.4
1953 51.5 52.1
1954 52.2 52.8
1955 53.8 53.5
1956 55.1 54.1
1957 55.7 54.7
1958 56.4 55.4
1959 57.4 55.9
1960 58.4 56.6
1961 59.5 57.3
1962 60.5 58
1963 61.1 58.5
1964 61.5 58.9
1965 62.1 59.1
1966 62.1 59.2
1967 61.7 59.2
1968 62.1 59.3
1969 62.7 59.4
1970 63.7 59.5
1971 63.8 59.6
1972 63.8 59.7
1973 64.3 59.8
1974 64.2 59.9
1975 64.4 60
1976 64 60.2
1977 64.8 60.3
1978 65.3 60.4
1979 66 60.5
1980 66.5 60.7
1981 67.2 60.8
1982 67.9 60.9
1983 68.4 61.1
1984 68.6 61.2
1985 68.7 61.4
1986 68.9 61.2
1987 69.2 61.3
1988 69.4 61.5
1989 69.5 62
1990 69.8 62.1
1991 70.1 62.2
1992 70.2 62.2
1993 70.4 62.4
1994 70.4 62.5
1995 70.6 62.8
1996 70.5 63.1
1997 70.7 63.4
1998 70.9 63.7
1999 71.4 64
2000 71.8 64.4
2001 72 64.8
2002 72.1 65.3
2003 72.3 65.8
2004 72.5 66.4
2005 72.6 67
2006 72.8 67.6
2007 72.9 68.3
2008 73.1 68.9
2009 73.3 69.3
2010 73.6 69.6
2011 74.1 69.8
2012 74.3 70
2013 74.4 70.1
2014 74.6 70.3
2015 74.7 70.6
2016 74.9 71
2017 75 71.2
2018 74.5 71.5
2019 74.2 71.8
2020 74.7 72.3
2021 72.9 68.9
2022 73.5 73.3
2023 74.9 73.6
2024 75.1 73.8
2025 75.3 73.9

Mauritius and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Mauritius

Suriname
Year Population
Mauritius Suriname
1960 680,331 263,918
1961 680,757 272,791
1962 700,349 283,912
1963 718,861 297,034
1964 736,381 309,041
1965 753,000 320,000
1966 768,813 331,135
1967 783,917 342,679
1968 798,413 354,616
1969 812,405 366,906
1970 826,000 379,442
1971 839,230 391,932
1972 852,053 397,413
1973 864,819 395,772
1974 878,042 393,676
1975 892,000 391,170
1976 906,507 388,289
1977 921,379 385,067
1978 933,499 381,502
1979 949,888 377,602
1980 966,039 375,377
1981 980,462 375,459
1982 992,521 376,555
1983 1,001,691 378,746
1984 1,012,221 382,193
1985 1,020,528 386,972
1986 1,028,360 392,330
1987 1,036,082 396,911
1988 1,043,239 402,227
1989 1,051,260 408,409
1990 1,058,775 412,493
1991 1,070,266 415,013
1992 1,084,441 417,589
1993 1,097,374 419,352
1994 1,112,846 422,375
1995 1,122,457 429,606
1996 1,133,996 438,830
1997 1,148,284 448,067
1998 1,160,421 457,406
1999 1,175,267 466,916
2000 1,186,873 476,643
2001 1,196,287 486,560
2002 1,204,621 496,551
2003 1,213,370 506,414
2004 1,221,003 513,923
2005 1,228,254 519,313
2006 1,233,996 524,997
2007 1,239,630 531,016
2008 1,244,121 537,245
2009 1,247,429 543,568
2010 1,250,400 549,923
2011 1,252,404 556,269
2012 1,255,882 562,633
2013 1,258,927 569,020
2014 1,261,208 575,373
2015 1,262,879 581,627
2016 1,263,747 587,757
2017 1,264,887 593,713
2018 1,265,577 599,513
2019 1,265,985 605,768
2020 1,266,014 612,317
2021 1,266,334 617,896
2022 1,262,523 623,164
2023 1,261,041 628,886
2024 1,259,509 634,431

Fertility rates in Mauritius and Suriname

Fertility rate
Mauritius

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Mauritius Suriname
1960 5.9 6.59
1961 5.98 6.58
1962 5.88 6.57
1963 6.18 6.51
1964 5.96 6.43
1965 5.51 6.32
1966 5.46 6.2
1967 4.63 6.04
1968 4.6 5.86
1969 3.97 5.7
1970 3.82 5.53
1971 3.51 5.36
1972 3.41 5.18
1973 3.07 5.01
1974 3.45 4.81
1975 3.2 4.63
1976 3.13 4.45
1977 3.07 4.26
1978 3.01 4.08
1979 2.91 3.93
1980 2.8 3.79
1981 2.67 3.75
1982 2.53 3.82
1983 2.4 3.87
1984 2.16 3.8
1985 2.02 3.71
1986 1.99 3.61
1987 2.05 3.53
1988 2.14 3.46
1989 2.23 3.39
1990 2.32 3.23
1991 2.3 3.09
1992 2.37 3.01
1993 2.21 2.94
1994 2.25 2.9
1995 2.14 2.9
1996 2.12 2.92
1997 2.04 2.95
1998 1.97 2.99
1999 2.05 3.02
2000 1.99 3.05
2001 1.91 3.06
2002 1.94 2.96
2003 1.87 2.84
2004 1.92 2.74
2005 1.88 2.71
2006 1.77 2.73
2007 1.74 2.74
2008 1.67 2.73
2009 1.59 2.71
2010 1.57 2.69
2011 1.55 2.67
2012 1.54 2.67
2013 1.44 2.65
2014 1.43 2.62
2015 1.36 2.57
2016 1.4 2.5
2017 1.44 2.43
2018 1.41 2.38
2019 1.4 2.35
2020 1.44 2.31
2021 1.41 2.3
2022 1.32 2.27
2023 1.39 2.25

Mauritius and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Mauritius

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Mauritius Suriname
1960 17.4 18.1
1961 17.5 18.2
1962 17.6 17.8
1963 17.6 17.3
1964 17.6 16.8
1965 17.7 16.4
1966 17.8 16.1
1967 17.9 15.8
1968 18.1 15.6
1969 18.3 15.6
1970 18.5 15.6
1971 18.8 15.7
1972 19.1 16
1973 19.5 16.3
1974 19.8 16.7
1975 20.2 17
1976 20.6 17.4
1977 21 17.6
1978 21.3 17.9
1979 21.6 18.1
1980 21.9 18.4
1981 22.1 18.7
1982 22.4 18.9
1983 22.8 19.2
1984 23.2 19.5
1985 23.5 19.7
1986 23.9 20
1987 24.3 20.2
1988 24.7 20.4
1989 25.2 20.6
1990 25.6 20.8
1991 26 21
1992 26.3 21.2
1993 26.6 21.5
1994 26.9 21.7
1995 27.3 22
1996 27.6 22.4
1997 28 22.8
1998 28.4 23.2
1999 28.7 23.6
2000 29 24
2001 29.4 24.4
2002 29.7 24.7
2003 30 25
2004 30.3 25.3
2005 30.7 25.5
2006 31.1 25.6
2007 31.6 25.8
2008 32 26.1
2009 32.5 26.3
2010 32.9 26.5
2011 33.4 26.7
2012 33.8 26.9
2013 34.2 27.1
2014 34.6 27.3
2015 35 27.5
2016 35.4 27.7
2017 35.8 27.9
2018 36.2 28.1
2019 36.5 28.3
2020 36.8 28.6
2021 37.1 28.7
2022 37.5 28.9
2023 38 29.2
2024 38.5 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Mauritius Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$16.2B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
31.9%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.09%
2024
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.15%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.75%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.57%
2023
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
64.4%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
17.8%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
75
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.9%
2017
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2017
2.2%
2022
Listed domestic companies
93
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$9.12B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$8.51B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$287M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
316,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
12.9%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
89.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Mauritius Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,155 kg
2023
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$25
2023
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.21 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.34 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
88.9%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.48%
2023
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,441 kWh
2023
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
21.7%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
2.88%
2023
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Mauritius Suriname
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,787
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
40.9%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.68 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.4
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
51
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
40
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.23
2022
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12.2
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
141
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.3%
2023
95%
2021
English speaking
16%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
79.5%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Mauritius Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$591
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$260.1
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
75.3 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.62%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.2
2022
1.48
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
66
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
15.2
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
19.6%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
20.1%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
97
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.9%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.86 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Mauritius Suriname
% of world land
0.001%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
612 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
332 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
150.2 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,509 mi
2015
2,674 mi
2003

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