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Rwanda vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 146th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Rwanda Suriname
Population
14826674
644193
Population rank 77/197 165/197
GDP
$14.3B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 144/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$1,000
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 177/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$3,711
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$9.58B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
77.6%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$672
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 156/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,587
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
9,525 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,497 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.7
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
20.8 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
68.2 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Rwanda and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Rwanda

Suriname
Year GDP
Rwanda Suriname
1960 $119,000,024 $99,650,000
1961 $122,000,016 $107,700,000
1962 $125,000,008 $116,150,000
1963 $128,000,000 $125,950,000
1964 $129,999,994 $134,400,000
1965 $148,799,980 $154,150,000
1966 $124,525,703 $190,350,000
1967 $159,560,018 $220,700,000
1968 $172,200,018 $241,350,000
1969 $188,700,037 $259,650,000
1970 $219,900,006 $274,900,000
1971 $222,952,504 $301,000,000
1972 $246,457,838 $311,950,000
1973 $290,746,157 $339,450,000
1974 $308,458,423 $409,850,000
1975 $571,863,500 $465,500,000
1976 $637,753,853 $505,500,000
1977 $746,650,613 $641,500,000
1978 $905,709,076 $735,500,000
1979 $1,109,346,131 $782,500,000
1980 $1,254,765,642 $795,000,000
1981 $1,407,062,527 $889,000,000
1982 $1,407,243,139 $915,000,000
1983 $1,479,687,587 $883,500,000
1984 $1,587,413,084 $864,000,000
1985 $1,715,626,331 $873,000,000
1986 $1,944,710,684 $891,000,000
1987 $2,157,432,668 $980,000,000
1988 $2,395,492,687 $1,161,000,000
1989 $2,405,022,593 $542,600,000
1990 $2,550,185,679 $388,400,000
1991 $1,911,600,237 $448,100,000
1992 $2,029,026,962 $404,600,000
1993 $1,971,525,712 $428,764,706
1994 $753,636,370 $605,492,537
1995 $1,293,535,193 $691,590,498
1996 $1,382,334,879 $861,372,806
1997 $1,851,558,197 $926,422,500
1998 $1,989,343,546 $1,110,850,000
1999 $2,157,108,263 $886,290,698
2000 $2,068,836,754 $947,671,970
2001 $1,966,600,715 $834,279,358
2002 $1,966,003,468 $1,093,574,468
2003 $2,138,237,279 $1,274,190,311
2004 $2,376,496,067 $1,484,092,538
2005 $2,933,819,766 $1,793,410,397
2006 $3,319,784,539 $2,626,380,435
2007 $4,070,507,895 $2,936,612,022
2008 $5,179,854,065 $3,532,969,035
2009 $5,674,476,969 $3,875,409,836
2010 $6,124,756,654 $4,368,370,998
2011 $6,884,913,658 $4,422,276,622
2012 $7,654,761,045 $4,980,000,000
2013 $7,819,964,024 $5,145,757,576
2014 $8,238,966,120 $5,240,606,061
2015 $8,543,760,206 $5,126,237,646
2016 $8,695,272,061 $3,317,421,648
2017 $9,252,833,894 $3,591,679,431
2018 $9,637,904,519 $3,996,198,867
2019 $10,349,300,277 $4,016,040,575
2020 $10,174,386,855 $2,911,807,496
2021 $11,078,787,095 $3,107,923,198
2022 $13,316,161,006 $3,791,603,200
2023 $14,331,722,700 $3,455,146,281
2024 $14,251,642,231 $4,714,267,822

Rwanda and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Rwanda

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Rwanda Suriname
1960 $39.4 $378
1961 $39.3 $395
1962 $39.2 $409
1963 $39.3 $424
1964 $39 $435
1965 $43.5 $482
1966 $35.4 $575
1967 $44 $644
1968 $46 $681
1969 $48.9 $708
1970 $55.2 $724
1971 $54.4 $768
1972 $58.4 $785
1973 $66.9 $858
1974 $68.9 $1,041
1975 $124.1 $1,190
1976 $134.4 $1,302
1977 $152.7 $1,666
1978 $179.9 $1,928
1979 $213.8 $2,072
1980 $234.4 $2,118
1981 $254.6 $2,368
1982 $246.4 $2,430
1983 $250.6 $2,333
1984 $259.9 $2,261
1985 $271.6 $2,256
1986 $297.7 $2,271
1987 $320 $2,469
1988 $344 $2,886
1989 $335 $1,329
1990 $346 $942
1991 $254 $1,080
1992 $264.1 $969
1993 $247 $1,022
1994 $111 $1,434
1995 $228 $1,610
1996 $206 $1,963
1997 $238.7 $2,068
1998 $246.2 $2,429
1999 $264.7 $1,898
2000 $251.9 $1,988
2001 $237.3 $1,715
2002 $234 $2,202
2003 $249 $2,516
2004 $269.5 $2,888
2005 $324 $3,453
2006 $357 $5,003
2007 $426 $5,530
2008 $528 $6,576
2009 $564 $7,130
2010 $594 $7,944
2011 $651 $7,950
2012 $707 $8,851
2013 $705 $9,043
2014 $725 $9,108
2015 $734 $8,814
2016 $730 $5,644
2017 $758 $6,050
2018 $772 $6,666
2019 $810 $6,630
2020 $779 $4,755
2021 $830 $5,030
2022 $975 $6,084
2023 $1,027 $5,494
2024 $1,000 $7,431

Rwanda vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Rwanda

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Rwanda Suriname
1950 43.2 50.7
1951 43.5 51.1
1952 43.8 51.4
1953 44.1 52.1
1954 44.4 52.8
1955 44.8 53.5
1956 45.2 54.1
1957 45.6 54.7
1958 46.1 55.4
1959 46.5 55.9
1960 47 56.6
1961 47.5 57.3
1962 47.8 58
1963 44 58.5
1964 48.1 58.9
1965 48.2 59.1
1966 48.1 59.2
1967 48 59.2
1968 47.7 59.3
1969 47.4 59.4
1970 47.1 59.5
1971 46.8 59.6
1972 46.3 59.7
1973 45.9 59.8
1974 45.6 59.9
1975 45.3 60
1976 45.3 60.2
1977 45.6 60.3
1978 46.2 60.4
1979 47.1 60.5
1980 48.1 60.7
1981 49.2 60.8
1982 50.2 60.9
1983 50.9 61.1
1984 51.4 61.2
1985 51.7 61.4
1986 51.7 61.2
1987 51.5 61.3
1988 50.9 61.5
1989 49.5 62
1990 47.8 62.1
1991 46.2 62.2
1992 44.4 62.2
1993 42.9 62.4
1994 12.2 62.5
1995 41.5 62.8
1996 42.5 63.1
1997 42 63.4
1998 43.1 63.7
1999 45.7 64
2000 47.8 64.4
2001 49.5 64.8
2002 51.3 65.3
2003 53.5 65.8
2004 55.5 66.4
2005 57 67
2006 58.3 67.6
2007 59.5 68.3
2008 60.6 68.9
2009 61.8 69.3
2010 62.8 69.6
2011 63.5 69.8
2012 64.2 70
2013 64.7 70.1
2014 65.1 70.3
2015 65.4 70.6
2016 65.7 71
2017 66.1 71.2
2018 66.4 71.5
2019 66.7 71.8
2020 67 72.3
2021 66.8 68.9
2022 67.5 73.3
2023 67.8 73.6
2024 68 73.8
2025 68.2 73.9

Rwanda and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Rwanda

Suriname
Year Population
Rwanda Suriname
1960 3,022,294 263,918
1961 3,106,779 272,791
1962 3,186,025 283,912
1963 3,258,890 297,034
1964 3,334,834 309,041
1965 3,423,210 320,000
1966 3,521,626 331,135
1967 3,629,577 342,679
1968 3,744,010 354,616
1969 3,861,271 366,906
1970 3,980,669 379,442
1971 4,100,044 391,932
1972 4,220,335 397,413
1973 4,345,047 395,772
1974 4,474,228 393,676
1975 4,607,728 391,170
1976 4,745,954 388,289
1977 4,888,240 385,067
1978 5,035,171 381,502
1979 5,189,541 377,602
1980 5,353,259 375,377
1981 5,527,230 375,459
1982 5,711,549 376,555
1983 5,905,311 378,746
1984 6,107,627 382,193
1985 6,317,228 386,972
1986 6,531,881 392,330
1987 6,749,493 396,911
1988 6,968,071 402,227
1989 7,184,706 408,409
1990 7,375,307 412,493
1991 7,526,966 415,013
1992 7,683,266 417,589
1993 7,981,132 419,352
1994 6,792,352 422,375
1995 5,674,118 429,606
1996 6,708,764 438,830
1997 7,755,238 448,067
1998 8,081,681 457,406
1999 8,147,912 466,916
2000 8,213,931 476,643
2001 8,287,094 486,560
2002 8,400,180 496,551
2003 8,586,875 506,414
2004 8,816,844 513,923
2005 9,054,528 519,313
2006 9,299,246 524,997
2007 9,549,933 531,016
2008 9,804,269 537,245
2009 10,060,432 543,568
2010 10,317,553 549,923
2011 10,573,733 556,269
2012 10,829,901 562,633
2013 11,093,340 569,020
2014 11,364,757 575,373
2015 11,640,022 581,627
2016 11,919,183 587,757
2017 12,202,060 593,713
2018 12,487,996 599,513
2019 12,776,103 605,768
2020 13,065,837 612,317
2021 13,355,260 617,896
2022 13,651,030 623,164
2023 13,954,471 628,886
2024 14,256,567 634,431

Fertility rates in Rwanda and Suriname

Fertility rate
Rwanda

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Rwanda Suriname
1960 8.28 6.59
1961 8.28 6.58
1962 8.27 6.57
1963 8.27 6.51
1964 8.27 6.43
1965 8.25 6.32
1966 8.23 6.2
1967 8.21 6.04
1968 8.19 5.86
1969 8.18 5.7
1970 8.15 5.53
1971 8.09 5.36
1972 8.09 5.18
1973 8.09 5.01
1974 8.1 4.81
1975 8.1 4.63
1976 8.12 4.45
1977 8.14 4.26
1978 8.16 4.08
1979 8.13 3.93
1980 8.12 3.79
1981 8.1 3.75
1982 8.06 3.82
1983 8 3.87
1984 7.91 3.8
1985 7.79 3.71
1986 7.61 3.61
1987 7.43 3.53
1988 7.23 3.46
1989 7.03 3.39
1990 6.8 3.23
1991 6.62 3.09
1992 6.54 3.01
1993 6.48 2.94
1994 6.42 2.9
1995 6.35 2.9
1996 6.29 2.92
1997 6.24 2.95
1998 6.17 2.99
1999 6.06 3.02
2000 5.97 3.05
2001 5.89 3.06
2002 5.82 2.96
2003 5.74 2.84
2004 5.64 2.74
2005 5.5 2.71
2006 5.34 2.73
2007 5.14 2.74
2008 4.92 2.73
2009 4.71 2.71
2010 4.52 2.69
2011 4.33 2.67
2012 4.2 2.67
2013 4.14 2.65
2014 4.12 2.62
2015 4.11 2.57
2016 4.11 2.5
2017 4.08 2.43
2018 4.05 2.38
2019 3.99 2.35
2020 3.91 2.31
2021 3.84 2.3
2022 3.78 2.27
2023 3.7 2.25

Rwanda and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Rwanda

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Rwanda Suriname
1960 15.5 18.1
1961 15.1 18.2
1962 14.9 17.8
1963 14.8 17.3
1964 14.7 16.8
1965 14.8 16.4
1966 14.9 16.1
1967 15.1 15.8
1968 15.3 15.6
1969 15.5 15.6
1970 15.7 15.6
1971 15.9 15.7
1972 16 16
1973 16.2 16.3
1974 16.3 16.7
1975 16.4 17
1976 16.5 17.4
1977 16.6 17.6
1978 16.6 17.9
1979 16.5 18.1
1980 16.5 18.4
1981 16.4 18.7
1982 16.2 18.9
1983 16.1 19.2
1984 16 19.5
1985 15.8 19.7
1986 15.7 20
1987 15.6 20.2
1988 15.6 20.4
1989 15.5 20.6
1990 15.5 20.8
1991 15.5 21
1992 15.6 21.2
1993 15.7 21.5
1994 15 21.7
1995 14.3 22
1996 14.6 22.4
1997 14.8 22.8
1998 15.3 23.2
1999 15.8 23.6
2000 16.3 24
2001 16.8 24.4
2002 17.1 24.7
2003 17.4 25
2004 17.6 25.3
2005 17.8 25.5
2006 18 25.6
2007 18.1 25.8
2008 18.3 26.1
2009 18.4 26.3
2010 18.5 26.5
2011 18.7 26.7
2012 18.8 26.9
2013 19 27.1
2014 19.1 27.3
2015 19.3 27.5
2016 19.4 27.7
2017 19.6 27.9
2018 19.7 28.1
2019 19.8 28.3
2020 19.9 28.6
2021 20 28.7
2022 20.3 28.9
2023 20.5 29.2
2024 20.8 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Rwanda Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$14.8B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
27.4%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.69%
2024
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.27%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
35,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-6.29%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2024
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
47.6%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
21%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
54.8
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
33.4%
2023
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2023
2.2%
2022
Listed domestic companies
5
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.75B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$2.41B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$537M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,634,000
2019
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
50%
2017
n/a

Energy

Rwanda Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
373 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.31
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.65 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.12 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
79.9%
2022
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.97%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
10.6%
2022
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
68.1 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
61%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
50.3%
2022
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
63.9%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Rwanda Suriname
% of world population
0.18%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-15,582
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
18.1%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.45 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.14 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
33.6
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
57
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
9
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.59
2020
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.4
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
73
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
78.8%
2022
95%
2021
English speaking
15%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
34.2%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Rwanda Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$76.8
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$7.39
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
68.2 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
42.9%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.12
2019
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
23 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
229
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
4.99%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
2.1%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
6
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
14.3%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.87 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Rwanda Suriname
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
668 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
7,271 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,077 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,920 mi
2021
2,674 mi
2003

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