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Niger vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Niger has a population of 27M (ranked 55/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Niger's land area is 489,076 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 20th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Niger ranks 187/197 ($723), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Niger Suriname
Population
28638403
644193
Population rank 53/197 165/197
GDP
$19.5B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 132/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$723
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 187/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,015
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$9.22B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
43.4%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$341
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 176/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,379
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
489,076 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
55.3 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
6.06
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
16.5 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
61.7 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Niger and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Niger and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Niger

Suriname
Year GDP
Niger Suriname
1960 $449,526,873 $99,650,000
1961 $485,785,231 $107,700,000
1962 $531,736,599 $116,150,000
1963 $586,294,879 $125,950,000
1964 $582,816,396 $134,400,000
1965 $673,383,511 $154,150,000
1966 $702,296,079 $190,350,000
1967 $665,586,872 $220,700,000
1968 $641,214,226 $241,350,000
1969 $625,867,985 $259,650,000
1970 $649,916,621 $274,900,000
1971 $693,573,704 $301,000,000
1972 $742,779,661 $311,950,000
1973 $946,385,105 $339,450,000
1974 $1,026,137,111 $409,850,000
1975 $1,048,690,933 $465,500,000
1976 $1,064,517,601 $505,500,000
1977 $1,291,458,041 $641,500,000
1978 $1,774,365,590 $735,500,000
1979 $2,109,277,666 $782,500,000
1980 $2,508,524,721 $795,000,000
1981 $2,170,893,414 $889,000,000
1982 $2,017,612,216 $915,000,000
1983 $1,803,099,561 $883,500,000
1984 $1,461,243,326 $864,000,000
1985 $1,440,581,652 $873,000,000
1986 $1,904,096,998 $891,000,000
1987 $2,233,006,105 $980,000,000
1988 $2,280,356,193 $1,161,000,000
1989 $2,179,567,114 $542,600,000
1990 $3,512,356,508 $388,400,000
1991 $3,285,796,875 $448,100,000
1992 $3,386,232,579 $404,600,000
1993 $3,052,673,849 $428,764,706
1994 $1,938,058,175 $605,492,537
1995 $2,302,537,562 $691,590,498
1996 $2,405,686,940 $861,372,806
1997 $2,290,318,910 $926,422,500
1998 $2,643,363,519 $1,110,850,000
1999 $2,537,789,821 $886,290,698
2000 $2,241,753,193 $947,671,970
2001 $2,448,714,704 $834,279,358
2002 $2,782,192,879 $1,093,574,468
2003 $3,394,084,732 $1,274,190,311
2004 $3,760,443,738 $1,484,092,538
2005 $4,383,315,965 $1,793,410,397
2006 $4,756,361,252 $2,626,380,435
2007 $5,731,485,052 $2,936,612,022
2008 $7,297,600,226 $3,532,969,035
2009 $7,352,131,310 $3,875,409,836
2010 $7,851,192,502 $4,368,370,998
2011 $8,772,950,778 $4,422,276,622
2012 $9,426,912,648 $4,980,000,000
2013 $10,224,897,438 $5,145,757,576
2014 $10,862,943,544 $5,240,606,061
2015 $9,683,867,926 $5,126,237,646
2016 $10,398,861,982 $3,317,421,648
2017 $11,185,104,252 $3,591,679,431
2018 $12,837,307,497 $3,996,198,867
2019 $12,889,555,561 $4,016,040,575
2020 $13,744,653,103 $2,911,807,496
2021 $14,915,002,436 $3,107,923,198
2022 $15,433,852,714 $3,791,603,200
2023 $16,698,786,973 $3,455,146,281
2024 $19,537,639,288 $4,714,267,822

Niger and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Niger

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Niger Suriname
1960 $128.3 $378
1961 $134.6 $395
1962 $143.2 $409
1963 $153.3 $424
1964 $148.1 $435
1965 $166.3 $482
1966 $168.6 $575
1967 $155.4 $644
1968 $145.6 $681
1969 $138.3 $708
1970 $139.8 $724
1971 $145.2 $768
1972 $151.4 $785
1973 $187.9 $858
1974 $198.3 $1,041
1975 $197.2 $1,190
1976 $194.8 $1,302
1977 $229.8 $1,666
1978 $307 $1,928
1979 $354 $2,072
1980 $409 $2,118
1981 $343 $2,368
1982 $310 $2,430
1983 $268.8 $2,333
1984 $211.5 $2,261
1985 $202.4 $2,256
1986 $259.6 $2,271
1987 $295.3 $2,469
1988 $292.6 $2,886
1989 $271.3 $1,329
1990 $424 $942
1991 $384 $1,080
1992 $384 $969
1993 $335 $1,022
1994 $206.2 $1,434
1995 $237 $1,610
1996 $239.5 $1,963
1997 $220.6 $2,068
1998 $246.1 $2,429
1999 $228.3 $1,898
2000 $194.8 $1,988
2001 $205.4 $1,715
2002 $225.3 $2,202
2003 $265.2 $2,516
2004 $283.5 $2,888
2005 $319 $3,453
2006 $333 $5,003
2007 $387 $5,530
2008 $475 $6,576
2009 $461 $7,130
2010 $474 $7,944
2011 $511 $7,950
2012 $529 $8,851
2013 $552 $9,043
2014 $565 $9,108
2015 $486 $8,814
2016 $503 $5,644
2017 $522 $6,050
2018 $579 $6,666
2019 $562 $6,630
2020 $580 $4,755
2021 $609 $5,030
2022 $610 $6,084
2023 $638 $5,494
2024 $723 $7,431

Niger vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Niger

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Niger Suriname
1950 35.9 50.7
1951 35.9 51.1
1952 35.9 51.4
1953 35.9 52.1
1954 36 52.8
1955 36 53.5
1956 36 54.1
1957 36.1 54.7
1958 36.1 55.4
1959 36.1 55.9
1960 36.2 56.6
1961 36.3 57.3
1962 36.3 58
1963 36.4 58.5
1964 36.5 58.9
1965 36.4 59.1
1966 36.3 59.2
1967 36.2 59.2
1968 36.1 59.3
1969 36 59.4
1970 35.9 59.5
1971 35.3 59.6
1972 35.8 59.7
1973 35.9 59.8
1974 36.2 59.9
1975 36.6 60
1976 37.1 60.2
1977 37.7 60.3
1978 38.3 60.4
1979 38.9 60.5
1980 39.3 60.7
1981 39.6 60.8
1982 39.8 60.9
1983 40 61.1
1984 40 61.2
1985 40.1 61.4
1986 40.3 61.2
1987 40.5 61.3
1988 40.8 61.5
1989 41.2 62
1990 41.7 62.1
1991 42.3 62.2
1992 43.1 62.2
1993 43.8 62.4
1994 44.6 62.5
1995 45.5 62.8
1996 46.3 63.1
1997 47.1 63.4
1998 47.8 63.7
1999 48.5 64
2000 49.2 64.4
2001 49.9 64.8
2002 50.6 65.3
2003 51.5 65.8
2004 52.4 66.4
2005 53.3 67
2006 54.2 67.6
2007 55.1 68.3
2008 55.9 68.9
2009 56.5 69.3
2010 57.1 69.6
2011 57.6 69.8
2012 58 70
2013 58.4 70.1
2014 58.7 70.3
2015 58.8 70.6
2016 59.2 71
2017 59.5 71.2
2018 59.8 71.5
2019 60 71.8
2020 59.9 72.3
2021 59.5 68.9
2022 60.4 73.3
2023 61.2 73.6
2024 61.4 73.8
2025 61.7 73.9

Niger and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Niger

Suriname
Year Population
Niger Suriname
1960 3,505,050 263,918
1961 3,608,162 272,791
1962 3,714,520 283,912
1963 3,823,873 297,034
1964 3,935,814 309,041
1965 4,049,695 320,000
1966 4,165,544 331,135
1967 4,283,590 342,679
1968 4,403,637 354,616
1969 4,525,725 366,906
1970 4,650,275 379,442
1971 4,776,225 391,932
1972 4,904,845 397,413
1973 5,037,865 395,772
1974 5,174,953 393,676
1975 5,317,019 391,170
1976 5,464,962 388,289
1977 5,619,716 385,067
1978 5,782,932 381,502
1979 5,955,556 377,602
1980 6,135,971 375,377
1981 6,322,006 375,459
1982 6,512,732 376,555
1983 6,708,644 378,746
1984 6,909,971 382,193
1985 7,118,457 386,972
1986 7,335,811 392,330
1987 7,561,150 396,911
1988 7,793,748 402,227
1989 8,034,780 408,409
1990 8,286,059 412,493
1991 8,546,900 415,013
1992 8,817,633 417,589
1993 9,100,789 419,352
1994 9,398,258 422,375
1995 9,714,529 429,606
1996 10,044,852 438,830
1997 10,383,969 448,067
1998 10,741,413 457,406
1999 11,117,411 466,916
2000 11,509,630 476,643
2001 11,920,647 486,560
2002 12,349,144 496,551
2003 12,796,984 506,414
2004 13,265,836 513,923
2005 13,756,192 519,313
2006 14,268,581 524,997
2007 14,803,610 531,016
2008 15,361,915 537,245
2009 15,943,675 543,568
2010 16,548,835 549,923
2011 17,176,283 556,269
2012 17,836,769 562,633
2013 18,519,898 569,020
2014 19,215,909 575,373
2015 19,939,498 581,627
2016 20,685,753 587,757
2017 21,435,446 593,713
2018 22,188,069 599,513
2019 22,947,757 605,768
2020 23,717,613 612,317
2021 24,502,140 617,896
2022 25,311,973 623,164
2023 26,159,867 628,886
2024 27,032,412 634,431

Fertility rates in Niger and Suriname

Fertility rate
Niger

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Niger Suriname
1960 7.53 6.59
1961 7.51 6.58
1962 7.5 6.57
1963 7.49 6.51
1964 7.48 6.43
1965 7.47 6.32
1966 7.48 6.2
1967 7.49 6.04
1968 7.5 5.86
1969 7.51 5.7
1970 7.51 5.53
1971 7.52 5.36
1972 7.52 5.18
1973 7.53 5.01
1974 7.54 4.81
1975 7.54 4.63
1976 7.56 4.45
1977 7.6 4.26
1978 7.66 4.08
1979 7.72 3.93
1980 7.78 3.79
1981 7.82 3.75
1982 7.86 3.82
1983 7.9 3.87
1984 7.92 3.8
1985 7.93 3.71
1986 7.9 3.61
1987 7.87 3.53
1988 7.84 3.46
1989 7.82 3.39
1990 7.81 3.23
1991 7.8 3.09
1992 7.8 3.01
1993 7.79 2.94
1994 7.79 2.9
1995 7.78 2.9
1996 7.78 2.92
1997 7.8 2.95
1998 7.84 2.99
1999 7.84 3.02
2000 7.83 3.05
2001 7.81 3.06
2002 7.8 2.96
2003 7.79 2.84
2004 7.78 2.74
2005 7.77 2.71
2006 7.74 2.73
2007 7.73 2.74
2008 7.7 2.73
2009 7.68 2.71
2010 7.64 2.69
2011 7.59 2.67
2012 7.53 2.67
2013 7.45 2.65
2014 7.34 2.62
2015 7.22 2.57
2016 7.04 2.5
2017 6.87 2.43
2018 6.71 2.38
2019 6.54 2.35
2020 6.37 2.31
2021 6.2 2.3
2022 6.14 2.27
2023 6.06 2.25

Niger and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Niger

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Niger Suriname
1960 15.5 18.1
1961 15.5 18.2
1962 15.5 17.8
1963 15.5 17.3
1964 15.6 16.8
1965 15.6 16.4
1966 15.6 16.1
1967 15.7 15.8
1968 15.7 15.6
1969 15.8 15.6
1970 15.9 15.6
1971 15.9 15.7
1972 16 16
1973 16.1 16.3
1974 16.1 16.7
1975 16.2 17
1976 16.3 17.4
1977 16.3 17.6
1978 16.4 17.9
1979 16.4 18.1
1980 16.4 18.4
1981 16.4 18.7
1982 16.4 18.9
1983 16.4 19.2
1984 16.4 19.5
1985 16.4 19.7
1986 16.4 20
1987 16.4 20.2
1988 16.5 20.4
1989 16.5 20.6
1990 16.5 20.8
1991 16.6 21
1992 16.6 21.2
1993 16.6 21.5
1994 16.6 21.7
1995 16.6 22
1996 16.6 22.4
1997 16.5 22.8
1998 16.5 23.2
1999 16.4 23.6
2000 16.3 24
2001 16.2 24.4
2002 16.1 24.7
2003 16 25
2004 15.9 25.3
2005 15.8 25.5
2006 15.7 25.6
2007 15.5 25.8
2008 15.5 26.1
2009 15.4 26.3
2010 15.3 26.5
2011 15.3 26.7
2012 15.3 26.9
2013 15.3 27.1
2014 15.3 27.3
2015 15.4 27.5
2016 15.5 27.7
2017 15.6 27.9
2018 15.7 28.1
2019 15.8 28.3
2020 15.9 28.6
2021 16 28.7
2022 16.2 28.9
2023 16.3 29.2
2024 16.5 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Niger Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$17.9B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
13.4%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.07%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.07%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
10,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.02%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
0.4%
2022
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
45.4%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
17.8%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
51.5
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.8%
2021
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3.8%
2021
2.2%
2022
Total reserves including gold n/a
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$567M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
85,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
9.38%
2019
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
14.8%
2024
n/a

Energy

Niger Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
162 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$11.4
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.82 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.11 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
79.6%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.05%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
5.41%
2022
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
62.4 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
6.38%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
20.1%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Niger Suriname
% of world population
0.33%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-4,041
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
17.2%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
16.1
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
34
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
22
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.39
2012
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
25.5
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
64
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
35.6%
2022
95%
2021
English speaking
1%
2025
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
23.2%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Niger Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$26.5
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$10.7
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
61.7 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
18.2%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.02
2022
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
18.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
350
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
114.8
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
6.21%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.1%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
12
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.13 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Niger Suriname
% of world land
0.85%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
18,092 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
179,918 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,025 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
11,774 mi
2010
2,674 mi
2003

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