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Moldova vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 135th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Moldova Suriname
Population
2358679
644193
Population rank 145/197 165/197
GDP
$18.2B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 134/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$7,618
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 99/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,717
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$6.94B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
36.3%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,905
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 103/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,214
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
12,714 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
39.1 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Moldova and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Moldova and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Moldova

Suriname
Year GDP
Moldova 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 $3,592,857,043 $388,400,000
1991 $3,094,565,871 $448,100,000
1992 $2,319,243,436 $404,600,000
1993 $2,371,813,324 $428,764,706
1994 $1,702,314,268 $605,492,537
1995 $1,752,999,370 $691,590,498
1996 $1,695,122,174 $861,372,806
1997 $1,930,081,169 $926,422,500
1998 $1,698,717,505 $1,110,850,000
1999 $1,170,782,957 $886,290,698
2000 $1,288,429,392 $947,671,970
2001 $1,480,673,594 $834,279,358
2002 $1,661,818,168 $1,093,574,468
2003 $1,980,907,435 $1,274,190,311
2004 $2,598,249,556 $1,484,092,538
2005 $2,988,342,907 $1,793,410,397
2006 $3,408,255,451 $2,626,380,435
2007 $4,401,173,152 $2,936,612,022
2008 $6,054,824,248 $3,532,969,035
2009 $5,439,434,272 $3,875,409,836
2010 $6,974,982,370 $4,368,370,998
2011 $8,414,352,020 $4,422,276,622
2012 $8,709,138,635 $4,980,000,000
2013 $9,496,717,876 $5,145,757,576
2014 $9,402,090,138 $5,240,606,061
2015 $7,797,667,197 $5,126,237,646
2016 $7,980,917,076 $3,317,421,648
2017 $9,514,404,016 $3,591,679,431
2018 $11,252,353,421 $3,996,198,867
2019 $11,736,797,055 $4,016,040,575
2020 $11,530,746,234 $2,911,807,496
2021 $13,691,869,264 $3,107,923,198
2022 $14,525,337,524 $3,791,603,200
2023 $16,711,906,746 $3,455,146,281
2024 $18,200,340,854 $4,714,267,822

Moldova and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Moldova

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Moldova 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 $1,207 $942
1991 $1,038 $1,080
1992 $778 $969
1993 $797 $1,022
1994 $574 $1,434
1995 $594 $1,610
1996 $575 $1,963
1997 $657 $2,068
1998 $579 $2,429
1999 $399 $1,898
2000 $441 $1,988
2001 $507 $1,715
2002 $571 $2,202
2003 $682 $2,516
2004 $897 $2,888
2005 $1,034 $3,453
2006 $1,183 $5,003
2007 $1,531 $5,530
2008 $2,111 $6,576
2009 $1,898 $7,130
2010 $2,437 $7,944
2011 $2,941 $7,950
2012 $3,045 $8,851
2013 $3,321 $9,043
2014 $3,290 $9,108
2015 $2,750 $8,814
2016 $2,847 $5,644
2017 $3,453 $6,050
2018 $4,156 $6,666
2019 $4,405 $6,630
2020 $4,376 $4,755
2021 $5,275 $5,030
2022 $5,744 $6,084
2023 $6,800 $5,494
2024 $7,618 $7,431

Moldova vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Moldova

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Moldova Suriname
1950 54 50.7
1951 54.5 51.1
1952 55.1 51.4
1953 55.7 52.1
1954 56.3 52.8
1955 56.9 53.5
1956 57.4 54.1
1957 58 54.7
1958 58.5 55.4
1959 59 55.9
1960 59.4 56.6
1961 59.9 57.3
1962 60.3 58
1963 60.6 58.5
1964 61 58.9
1965 61.3 59.1
1966 61.6 59.2
1967 61.8 59.2
1968 62 59.3
1969 62.2 59.4
1970 62.4 59.5
1971 62.7 59.6
1972 62.9 59.7
1973 63.2 59.8
1974 63.4 59.9
1975 63.7 60
1976 64 60.2
1977 64.2 60.3
1978 64.5 60.4
1979 64.8 60.5
1980 65.2 60.7
1981 65.6 60.8
1982 65.9 60.9
1983 66.1 61.1
1984 66.4 61.2
1985 66.9 61.4
1986 67.4 61.2
1987 67.9 61.3
1988 68.2 61.5
1989 68.2 62
1990 67.9 62.1
1991 67.6 62.2
1992 66.7 62.2
1993 66.7 62.4
1994 66.3 62.5
1995 66.2 62.8
1996 66.2 63.1
1997 66.5 63.4
1998 66.8 63.7
1999 67.2 64
2000 67.5 64.4
2001 67.7 64.8
2002 67.8 65.3
2003 67.9 65.8
2004 68 66.4
2005 68.2 67
2006 68.4 67.6
2007 68.7 68.3
2008 69 68.9
2009 69.4 69.3
2010 69.9 69.6
2011 70.2 69.8
2012 70.3 70
2013 70.3 70.1
2014 70.2 70.3
2015 70.1 70.6
2016 70.2 71
2017 70.4 71.2
2018 70.2 71.5
2019 70.2 71.8
2020 69.9 72.3
2021 69 68.9
2022 71.5 73.3
2023 71.2 73.6
2024 71.3 73.8
2025 71.5 73.9

Moldova and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Moldova

Suriname
Year Population
Moldova Suriname
1960 2,058,020 263,918
1961 2,103,327 272,791
1962 2,147,227 283,912
1963 2,188,895 297,034
1964 2,228,000 309,041
1965 2,265,287 320,000
1966 2,301,871 331,135
1967 2,337,695 342,679
1968 2,373,073 354,616
1969 2,408,469 366,906
1970 2,437,590 379,442
1971 2,460,611 391,932
1972 2,484,742 397,413
1973 2,510,584 395,772
1974 2,538,164 393,676
1975 2,566,998 391,170
1976 2,596,491 388,289
1977 2,626,298 385,067
1978 2,656,211 381,502
1979 2,683,035 377,602
1980 2,708,675 375,377
1981 2,735,987 375,459
1982 2,763,101 376,555
1983 2,791,207 378,746
1984 2,820,518 382,193
1985 2,850,787 386,972
1986 2,883,057 392,330
1987 2,916,306 396,911
1988 2,948,891 402,227
1989 2,970,039 408,409
1990 2,977,912 412,493
1991 2,981,566 415,013
1992 2,980,965 417,589
1993 2,975,966 419,352
1994 2,966,745 422,375
1995 2,953,200 429,606
1996 2,947,293 438,830
1997 2,936,413 448,067
1998 2,935,227 457,406
1999 2,930,622 466,916
2000 2,924,668 476,643
2001 2,918,135 486,560
2002 2,911,385 496,551
2003 2,903,198 506,414
2004 2,896,023 513,923
2005 2,888,985 519,313
2006 2,880,967 524,997
2007 2,874,299 531,016
2008 2,868,833 537,245
2009 2,865,213 543,568
2010 2,862,354 549,923
2011 2,860,699 556,269
2012 2,860,324 562,633
2013 2,859,558 569,020
2014 2,857,815 575,373
2015 2,835,978 581,627
2016 2,803,186 587,757
2017 2,755,189 593,713
2018 2,707,203 599,513
2019 2,664,224 605,768
2020 2,635,130 612,317
2021 2,595,809 617,896
2022 2,528,654 623,164
2023 2,457,783 628,886
2024 2,389,275 634,431

Fertility rates in Moldova and Suriname

Fertility rate
Moldova

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Moldova Suriname
1960 3.32 6.59
1961 3.23 6.58
1962 3.04 6.57
1963 2.89 6.51
1964 2.71 6.43
1965 2.69 6.32
1966 2.65 6.2
1967 2.62 6.04
1968 2.59 5.86
1969 2.57 5.7
1970 2.57 5.53
1971 2.56 5.36
1972 2.56 5.18
1973 2.57 5.01
1974 2.56 4.81
1975 2.52 4.63
1976 2.47 4.45
1977 2.42 4.26
1978 2.39 4.08
1979 2.38 3.93
1980 2.38 3.79
1981 2.4 3.75
1982 2.45 3.82
1983 2.58 3.87
1984 2.67 3.8
1985 2.67 3.71
1986 2.74 3.61
1987 2.78 3.53
1988 2.63 3.46
1989 2.46 3.39
1990 2.39 3.23
1991 2.28 3.09
1992 2.22 3.01
1993 2.11 2.94
1994 1.99 2.9
1995 1.83 2.9
1996 1.71 2.92
1997 1.79 2.95
1998 1.65 2.99
1999 1.56 3.02
2000 1.5 3.05
2001 1.47 3.06
2002 1.45 2.96
2003 1.48 2.84
2004 1.54 2.74
2005 1.53 2.71
2006 1.54 2.73
2007 1.58 2.74
2008 1.64 2.73
2009 1.72 2.71
2010 1.7 2.69
2011 1.65 2.67
2012 1.66 2.67
2013 1.62 2.65
2014 1.82 2.62
2015 1.87 2.57
2016 1.89 2.5
2017 1.81 2.43
2018 1.81 2.38
2019 1.78 2.35
2020 1.77 2.31
2021 1.75 2.3
2022 1.69 2.27
2023 1.73 2.25

Moldova and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Moldova

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Moldova Suriname
1960 24.6 18.1
1961 24.7 18.2
1962 24.9 17.8
1963 25.1 17.3
1964 25.4 16.8
1965 25.7 16.4
1966 25.9 16.1
1967 26.1 15.8
1968 26.3 15.6
1969 26.4 15.6
1970 26.4 15.6
1971 26.3 15.7
1972 26.3 16
1973 26.3 16.3
1974 26.5 16.7
1975 26.7 17
1976 26.9 17.4
1977 27.2 17.6
1978 27.5 17.9
1979 27.6 18.1
1980 27.6 18.4
1981 27.9 18.7
1982 28.1 18.9
1983 28.3 19.2
1984 28.5 19.5
1985 28.7 19.7
1986 28.9 20
1987 29.1 20.2
1988 29.3 20.4
1989 29.5 20.6
1990 29.8 20.8
1991 30.2 21
1992 30.4 21.2
1993 30.6 21.5
1994 30.8 21.7
1995 31 22
1996 31.2 22.4
1997 31.3 22.8
1998 31.5 23.2
1999 31.8 23.6
2000 32 24
2001 32.2 24.4
2002 32.4 24.7
2003 32.6 25
2004 32.8 25.3
2005 33 25.5
2006 33.3 25.6
2007 33.6 25.8
2008 33.9 26.1
2009 34.3 26.3
2010 34.6 26.5
2011 34.9 26.7
2012 35.1 26.9
2013 35.4 27.1
2014 35.7 27.3
2015 36.1 27.5
2016 36.5 27.7
2017 36.8 27.9
2018 37.2 28.1
2019 37.6 28.3
2020 38 28.6
2021 38.3 28.7
2022 38.6 28.9
2023 38.8 29.2
2024 39.1 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Moldova Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$16.6B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.8%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.63%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.55%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.11%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.43%
2024
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
62.3%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
16.8%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
58.3
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2023
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2023
2.2%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$5.48B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.92B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
55.5%
2024
n/a

Energy

Moldova Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,297 kg
2023
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.7
2023
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.93 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.3%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.4%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.78%
2023
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
81.2%
2023
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,412 kWh
2023
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
6.5%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.73%
2023
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Moldova Suriname
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,088
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
43.6%
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
5.35 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
38
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.54
2023
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.6%
2021
95%
2021
English speaking
2%
2025
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
80.2%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Moldova Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$398
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$126.3
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.57%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.25
2021
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
25.1 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.7
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
23.7%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.3%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
56
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.1 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Moldova Suriname
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
5,321 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,421 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,492 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,811 mi
2012
2,674 mi
2003

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