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Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Suriname statistics compared

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Saint Kitts and Nevis has a population of 46.8K (ranked 189/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Saint Kitts and Nevis' land area is 100.4 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 189th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 188/197 ($1.07B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 55/197 ($22,771), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Saint Kitts Suriname
Population
46977
644193
Population rank 189/197 165/197
GDP
$1.07B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 188/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$22,771
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 55/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$35,545
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$557M
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.2%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$11,885
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 46/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,293
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
100.4 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
467 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.51
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
36.8 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.4 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Suriname
Year GDP
Saint Kitts Suriname
1960 $12,366,636 $99,650,000
1961 $12,483,302 $107,700,000
1962 $12,541,635 $116,150,000
1963 $12,833,301 $125,950,000
1964 $13,416,633 $134,400,000
1965 $13,593,932 $154,150,000
1966 $14,469,078 $190,350,000
1967 $16,742,338 $220,700,000
1968 $14,600,000 $241,350,000
1969 $15,850,000 $259,650,000
1970 $16,300,000 $274,900,000
1971 $19,624,746 $301,000,000
1972 $22,944,849 $311,950,000
1973 $24,196,018 $339,450,000
1974 $31,514,856 $409,850,000
1975 $33,364,055 $465,500,000
1976 $30,095,602 $505,500,000
1977 $44,496,296 $641,500,000
1978 $49,433,333 $735,500,000
1979 $58,840,741 $782,500,000
1980 $68,459,259 $795,000,000
1981 $80,888,889 $889,000,000
1982 $86,022,222 $915,000,000
1983 $86,874,074 $883,500,000
1984 $98,603,704 $864,000,000
1985 $111,007,407 $873,000,000
1986 $130,685,185 $891,000,000
1987 $147,748,148 $980,000,000
1988 $172,692,593 $1,161,000,000
1989 $192,518,519 $542,600,000
1990 $217,259,259 $388,400,000
1991 $220,540,741 $448,100,000
1992 $242,137,037 $404,600,000
1993 $263,755,556 $428,764,706
1994 $295,159,259 $605,492,537
1995 $313,485,185 $691,590,498
1996 $333,944,444 $861,372,806
1997 $374,641,308 $926,422,500
1998 $383,257,331 $1,110,850,000
1999 $406,595,484 $886,290,698
2000 $421,695,770 $947,671,970
2001 $458,643,829 $834,279,358
2002 $481,077,374 $1,093,574,468
2003 $469,869,870 $1,274,190,311
2004 $506,900,000 $1,484,092,538
2005 $547,203,704 $1,793,410,397
2006 $644,414,815 $2,626,380,435
2007 $689,285,185 $2,936,612,022
2008 $777,692,593 $3,532,969,035
2009 $774,274,074 $3,875,409,836
2010 $778,718,519 $4,368,370,998
2011 $836,092,593 $4,422,276,622
2012 $824,585,185 $4,980,000,000
2013 $874,548,148 $5,145,757,576
2014 $952,111,111 $5,240,606,061
2015 $957,222,222 $5,126,237,646
2016 $1,006,818,519 $3,317,421,648
2017 $1,056,977,778 $3,591,679,431
2018 $1,076,548,148 $3,996,198,867
2019 $1,107,855,556 $4,016,040,575
2020 $883,922,222 $2,911,807,496
2021 $858,622,222 $3,107,923,198
2022 $980,188,889 $3,791,603,200
2023 $1,056,751,852 $3,455,146,281
2024 $1,066,681,481 $4,714,267,822

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Saint Kitts Suriname
1960 $221.6 $378
1961 $225.6 $395
1962 $230.3 $409
1963 $240.1 $424
1964 $256.4 $435
1965 $265.8 $482
1966 $290 $575
1967 $344 $644
1968 $309 $681
1969 $347 $708
1970 $365 $724
1971 $444 $768
1972 $521 $785
1973 $551 $858
1974 $721 $1,041
1975 $765 $1,190
1976 $692 $1,302
1977 $1,026 $1,666
1978 $1,144 $1,928
1979 $1,367 $2,072
1980 $1,598 $2,118
1981 $1,894 $2,368
1982 $2,023 $2,430
1983 $2,052 $2,333
1984 $2,341 $2,261
1985 $2,651 $2,256
1986 $3,140 $2,271
1987 $3,573 $2,469
1988 $4,206 $2,886
1989 $4,723 $1,329
1990 $5,373 $942
1991 $5,465 $1,080
1992 $5,947 $969
1993 $6,395 $1,022
1994 $7,065 $1,434
1995 $7,406 $1,610
1996 $7,788 $1,963
1997 $8,627 $2,068
1998 $8,711 $2,429
1999 $9,116 $1,898
2000 $9,320 $1,988
2001 $10,023 $1,715
2002 $10,454 $2,202
2003 $10,176 $2,516
2004 $10,945 $2,888
2005 $11,784 $3,453
2006 $13,838 $5,003
2007 $14,758 $5,530
2008 $16,605 $6,576
2009 $16,503 $7,130
2010 $16,623 $7,944
2011 $17,832 $7,950
2012 $17,532 $8,851
2013 $18,580 $9,043
2014 $20,219 $9,108
2015 $20,329 $8,814
2016 $21,388 $5,644
2017 $22,465 $6,050
2018 $22,901 $6,666
2019 $23,595 $6,630
2020 $18,859 $4,755
2021 $18,361 $5,030
2022 $20,985 $6,084
2023 $22,600 $5,494
2024 $22,771 $7,431

Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Saint Kitts Suriname
1950 54.8 50.7
1951 55.2 51.1
1952 55.7 51.4
1953 56 52.1
1954 56.3 52.8
1955 56.4 53.5
1956 56.4 54.1
1957 56.4 54.7
1958 56.4 55.4
1959 56.6 55.9
1960 56.8 56.6
1961 57.3 57.3
1962 57.8 58
1963 58.4 58.5
1964 59 58.9
1965 59.6 59.1
1966 60.1 59.2
1967 60.4 59.2
1968 60.8 59.3
1969 61.1 59.4
1970 61.4 59.5
1971 61.7 59.6
1972 62.1 59.7
1973 62.5 59.8
1974 62.9 59.9
1975 63.2 60
1976 63.5 60.2
1977 63.7 60.3
1978 64 60.4
1979 64.2 60.5
1980 64.4 60.7
1981 64.6 60.8
1982 64.9 60.9
1983 65.1 61.1
1984 65.3 61.2
1985 65.5 61.4
1986 65.6 61.2
1987 65.5 61.3
1988 65.5 61.5
1989 65.4 62
1990 65.6 62.1
1991 66 62.2
1992 66.3 62.2
1993 66.7 62.4
1994 67 62.5
1995 67.2 62.8
1996 67.5 63.1
1997 67.8 63.4
1998 67.9 63.7
1999 68.7 64
2000 69.2 64.4
2001 69.8 64.8
2002 70.2 65.3
2003 70.6 65.8
2004 70.9 66.4
2005 71.2 67
2006 71.4 67.6
2007 71.4 68.3
2008 71.5 68.9
2009 71.5 69.3
2010 71.5 69.6
2011 71.4 69.8
2012 71.4 70
2013 71.3 70.1
2014 71.2 70.3
2015 71.2 70.6
2016 71.2 71
2017 71.3 71.2
2018 71.3 71.5
2019 71.5 71.8
2020 71.2 72.3
2021 69.3 68.9
2022 70.3 73.3
2023 72.1 73.6
2024 72.3 73.8
2025 72.4 73.9

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Suriname
Year Population
Saint Kitts Suriname
1960 55,810 263,918
1961 55,334 272,791
1962 54,461 283,912
1963 53,441 297,034
1964 52,326 309,041
1965 51,139 320,000
1966 49,898 331,135
1967 48,605 342,679
1968 47,245 354,616
1969 45,731 366,906
1970 44,606 379,442
1971 44,206 391,932
1972 44,033 397,413
1973 43,880 395,772
1974 43,738 393,676
1975 43,606 391,170
1976 43,482 388,289
1977 43,358 385,067
1978 43,217 381,502
1979 43,033 377,602
1980 42,850 375,377
1981 42,698 375,459
1982 42,532 376,555
1983 42,334 378,746
1984 42,113 382,193
1985 41,874 386,972
1986 41,618 392,330
1987 41,348 396,911
1988 41,062 402,227
1989 40,758 408,409
1990 40,432 412,493
1991 40,358 415,013
1992 40,715 417,589
1993 41,242 419,352
1994 41,776 422,375
1995 42,326 429,606
1996 42,877 438,830
1997 43,428 448,067
1998 43,998 457,406
1999 44,601 466,916
2000 45,248 476,643
2001 45,761 486,560
2002 46,020 496,551
2003 46,176 506,414
2004 46,315 513,923
2005 46,437 519,313
2006 46,569 524,997
2007 46,706 531,016
2008 46,835 537,245
2009 46,916 543,568
2010 46,846 549,923
2011 46,886 556,269
2012 47,033 562,633
2013 47,069 569,020
2014 47,089 575,373
2015 47,087 581,627
2016 47,075 587,757
2017 47,050 593,713
2018 47,008 599,513
2019 46,952 605,768
2020 46,870 612,317
2021 46,763 617,896
2022 46,709 623,164
2023 46,758 628,886
2024 46,843 634,431

Fertility rates in Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname

Fertility rate
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Saint Kitts Suriname
1960 6.54 6.59
1961 6.27 6.58
1962 6.06 6.57
1963 6.12 6.51
1964 6.08 6.43
1965 6.01 6.32
1966 5.78 6.2
1967 5.46 6.04
1968 5.17 5.86
1969 4.97 5.7
1970 4.73 5.53
1971 4.51 5.36
1972 4.16 5.18
1973 3.97 5.01
1974 3.81 4.81
1975 3.68 4.63
1976 3.59 4.45
1977 3.48 4.26
1978 3.29 4.08
1979 3.23 3.93
1980 3.26 3.79
1981 3.3 3.75
1982 3.18 3.82
1983 3.1 3.87
1984 2.88 3.8
1985 2.82 3.71
1986 2.68 3.61
1987 2.62 3.53
1988 2.62 3.46
1989 2.69 3.39
1990 2.73 3.23
1991 2.6 3.09
1992 2.43 3.01
1993 2.38 2.94
1994 2.31 2.9
1995 2.3 2.9
1996 2.26 2.92
1997 2.3 2.95
1998 2.31 2.99
1999 2.26 3.02
2000 2.13 3.05
2001 2.08 3.06
2002 2.04 2.96
2003 2 2.84
2004 1.96 2.74
2005 1.93 2.71
2006 1.9 2.73
2007 1.87 2.74
2008 1.83 2.73
2009 1.8 2.71
2010 1.76 2.69
2011 1.74 2.67
2012 1.71 2.67
2013 1.68 2.65
2014 1.67 2.62
2015 1.64 2.57
2016 1.63 2.5
2017 1.61 2.43
2018 1.59 2.38
2019 1.57 2.35
2020 1.55 2.31
2021 1.53 2.3
2022 1.51 2.27
2023 1.51 2.25

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Saint Kitts Suriname
1960 17.5 18.1
1961 17.4 18.2
1962 17.4 17.8
1963 17.3 17.3
1964 17.3 16.8
1965 17.1 16.4
1966 16.9 16.1
1967 16.6 15.8
1968 16.4 15.6
1969 16.1 15.6
1970 16.3 15.6
1971 16.8 15.7
1972 17.3 16
1973 17.7 16.3
1974 18.1 16.7
1975 18.5 17
1976 18.9 17.4
1977 19.2 17.6
1978 19.5 17.9
1979 19.8 18.1
1980 20.1 18.4
1981 20.5 18.7
1982 21 18.9
1983 21.4 19.2
1984 21.8 19.5
1985 22.2 19.7
1986 22.5 20
1987 22.8 20.2
1988 23 20.4
1989 23.2 20.6
1990 23.3 20.8
1991 23.5 21
1992 23.7 21.2
1993 24.1 21.5
1994 24.4 21.7
1995 24.7 22
1996 25.1 22.4
1997 25.5 22.8
1998 25.9 23.2
1999 26.3 23.6
2000 26.7 24
2001 27 24.4
2002 27.4 24.7
2003 27.7 25
2004 28.1 25.3
2005 28.5 25.5
2006 28.9 25.6
2007 29.3 25.8
2008 29.6 26.1
2009 30 26.3
2010 30.6 26.5
2011 31.1 26.7
2012 31.5 26.9
2013 31.9 27.1
2014 32.3 27.3
2015 32.8 27.5
2016 33.3 27.7
2017 33.8 27.9
2018 34.2 28.1
2019 34.7 28.3
2020 35.2 28.6
2021 35.6 28.7
2022 36 28.9
2023 36.4 29.2
2024 36.8 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Saint Kitts Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$1.04B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.5%
2023
2.87%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-8.54%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.12%
2001
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
21.1%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
62
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.2%
2022
Number of billionaires
0
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0%
2025
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$295M
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$36.4M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
301,399
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
61.8%
2018
0.78%
2020

Energy

Saint Kitts Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,777 kg
2007
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12
2007
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.12 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.54 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.5%
2022
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
4.53%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Saint Kitts Suriname
% of world population
0.0006%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-7
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
31.2%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.7 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.34 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
60
2025
40
2024
Higher education index
13
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
23.1
2022
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2025
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
148
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.8%
2003
95%
2021
English speaking
78%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
76.4%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Saint Kitts Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,160
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$502
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
72.4 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.03
2018
1.48
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
74
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
16.3
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
46.7%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.8%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
85
2025
63
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.69 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Saint Kitts Suriname
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
2,143 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
23.2 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
42.5 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
238 mi
2002
2,674 mi
2003

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