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Suriname vs Sweden statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Suriname has a population of 634K (ranked 165/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Suriname's land area is 61,972 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 90th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.42B) and Sweden ranks 26/197 ($604B). By GDP per capita, Suriname ranks 102/197 ($6,962), while Sweden ranks 17/197 ($57,117).

Main facts and rankings

Suriname Sweden
Population
645315
10663864
Population rank 165/197 93/197
GDP
$4.42B
2024
$604B
2024
GDP rank 164/197 26/197
GDP per capita
$6,962
2024
$57,117
2024
GDP per capita rank 102/197 17/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$21,801
2024
$71,030
2024
Government debt
$3.85B
2024
$197B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
81.1%
2026
33.9%
2026
Government debt per person
$6,072
2024
$18,645
2024
Government debt per person rank 74/185 33/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,252
2026
$40,075
2026
Land area
61,972 sq mi
2026
157,248 sq mi
2026
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
67.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.25
2023
1.45
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
74 years
2026
83.7 years
2026

Suriname and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Suriname and Sweden economies compared

GDP
Suriname

Sweden
Year GDP
Suriname Sweden
1960 $99,650,000 $15,930,075,467
1961 $107,700,000 $17,329,620,585
1962 $116,150,000 $18,794,066,990
1963 $125,950,000 $20,342,131,882
1964 $134,400,000 $22,685,490,195
1965 $154,150,000 $24,963,947,415
1966 $190,350,000 $27,154,716,721
1967 $220,700,000 $29,474,881,506
1968 $241,350,000 $31,277,871,669
1969 $259,650,000 $33,967,301,561
1970 $274,900,000 $38,037,226,668
1971 $301,000,000 $41,506,151,115
1972 $311,950,000 $48,883,173,400
1973 $339,450,000 $59,318,842,992
1974 $409,850,000 $65,917,634,590
1975 $465,500,000 $82,765,232,648
1976 $505,500,000 $89,232,517,046
1977 $641,500,000 $94,331,782,622
1978 $735,500,000 $104,290,933,496
1979 $782,500,000 $123,207,527,699
1980 $795,000,000 $141,886,067,004
1981 $889,000,000 $129,498,921,476
1982 $915,000,000 $114,214,731,799
1983 $883,500,000 $104,862,109,663
1984 $864,000,000 $109,043,045,407
1985 $873,000,000 $113,958,084,357
1986 $891,000,000 $150,279,869,729
1987 $980,000,000 $182,744,315,974
1988 $1,161,000,000 $206,686,590,776
1989 $542,600,000 $217,632,340,195
1990 $388,400,000 $261,466,577,009
1991 $448,100,000 $273,831,464,572
1992 $404,600,000 $283,908,914,454
1993 $428,764,706 $212,644,602,616
1994 $605,492,537 $228,699,066,874
1995 $691,590,498 $267,050,453,507
1996 $861,372,806 $291,949,597,375
1997 $926,422,500 $268,249,616,891
1998 $1,110,850,000 $270,887,306,759
1999 $886,290,698 $274,318,357,862
2000 $947,671,970 $262,903,560,280
2001 $834,279,358 $242,497,797,485
2002 $1,093,574,468 $267,371,907,447
2003 $1,274,190,311 $334,072,443,516
2004 $1,484,092,538 $384,545,442,175
2005 $1,793,410,397 $391,688,455,929
2006 $2,626,380,435 $422,528,394,459
2007 $2,936,612,022 $490,047,789,548
2008 $3,532,969,035 $514,614,100,833
2009 $3,875,409,836 $434,311,714,442
2010 $4,368,370,998 $492,750,897,239
2011 $4,422,276,622 $570,538,581,144
2012 $4,980,000,000 $549,739,674,655
2013 $5,145,757,576 $584,125,353,119
2014 $5,240,606,061 $577,727,767,304
2015 $5,126,237,646 $501,602,351,912
2016 $3,317,421,648 $513,058,312,951
2017 $3,591,679,431 $535,172,356,785
2018 $3,996,198,867 $549,649,344,043
2019 $4,016,040,575 $530,894,124,494
2020 $2,911,807,496 $544,265,668,452
2021 $3,107,923,198 $631,693,331,301
2022 $3,791,603,200 $575,071,237,641
2023 $3,472,693,412 $578,990,915,246
2024 $4,416,775,112 $603,715,224,266

Suriname and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita
Suriname

Sweden
Year GDP per capita
Suriname Sweden
1960 $378 $2,128
1961 $395 $2,304
1962 $409 $2,485
1963 $424 $2,675
1964 $435 $2,961
1965 $482 $3,228
1966 $575 $3,478
1967 $644 $3,746
1968 $681 $3,953
1969 $708 $4,263
1970 $724 $4,729
1971 $768 $5,125
1972 $785 $6,018
1973 $858 $7,291
1974 $1,041 $8,078
1975 $1,190 $10,103
1976 $1,302 $10,853
1977 $1,666 $11,432
1978 $1,928 $12,602
1979 $2,072 $14,856
1980 $2,118 $17,073
1981 $2,368 $15,564
1982 $2,430 $13,719
1983 $2,333 $12,590
1984 $2,261 $13,080
1985 $2,256 $13,647
1986 $2,271 $17,955
1987 $2,469 $21,761
1988 $2,886 $24,499
1989 $1,329 $25,625
1990 $942 $30,549
1991 $1,080 $31,777
1992 $969 $32,753
1993 $1,022 $24,390
1994 $1,434 $26,046
1995 $1,610 $30,254
1996 $1,963 $33,022
1997 $2,068 $30,324
1998 $2,429 $30,605
1999 $1,898 $30,969
2000 $1,988 $29,633
2001 $1,715 $27,259
2002 $2,202 $29,958
2003 $2,516 $37,292
2004 $2,888 $42,758
2005 $3,453 $43,378
2006 $5,003 $46,531
2007 $5,530 $53,568
2008 $6,576 $55,817
2009 $7,130 $46,708
2010 $7,944 $52,543
2011 $7,950 $60,379
2012 $8,851 $57,750
2013 $9,043 $60,844
2014 $9,108 $59,583
2015 $8,814 $51,188
2016 $5,644 $51,704
2017 $6,050 $53,210
2018 $6,666 $54,018
2019 $6,630 $51,649
2020 $4,755 $52,569
2021 $5,030 $60,648
2022 $6,084 $54,837
2023 $5,522 $54,950
2024 $6,962 $57,117

Suriname vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Suriname

Sweden
Year Life expectancy, years
Suriname Sweden
1950 50.7 71.1
1951 51.1 71.4
1952 51.4 71.8
1953 52.1 71.9
1954 52.8 72.4
1955 53.5 72.6
1956 54.1 72.7
1957 54.7 72.5
1958 55.4 73.2
1959 55.9 73.4
1960 56.6 73
1961 57.3 73.5
1962 58 73.4
1963 58.5 73.5
1964 58.9 73.7
1965 59.1 73.9
1966 59.2 74.1
1967 59.2 74.1
1968 59.3 74
1969 59.4 74.1
1970 59.5 74.7
1971 59.6 74.6
1972 59.7 74.7
1973 59.8 74.9
1974 59.9 75
1975 60 75
1976 60.2 75
1977 60.3 75.4
1978 60.4 75.5
1979 60.5 75.5
1980 60.7 75.7
1981 60.8 76
1982 60.9 76.3
1983 61.1 76.6
1984 61.2 76.8
1985 61.4 76.7
1986 61.2 77
1987 61.3 77.1
1988 61.5 77
1989 62 77.7
1990 62.1 77.6
1991 62.2 77.7
1992 62.2 78.1
1993 62.4 78.1
1994 62.5 78.7
1995 62.8 78.8
1996 63.1 79
1997 63.4 79.3
1998 63.7 79.4
1999 64 79.5
2000 64.4 79.7
2001 64.8 79.8
2002 65.3 79.9
2003 65.8 80.2
2004 66.4 80.5
2005 67 80.6
2006 67.6 80.8
2007 68.3 81
2008 68.9 81.1
2009 69.3 81.4
2010 69.6 81.5
2011 69.8 81.8
2012 70 81.7
2013 70.1 81.9
2014 70.3 82.2
2015 70.6 82.2
2016 71 82.3
2017 71.2 82.4
2018 71.5 82.5
2019 71.8 83.1
2020 72.3 82.4
2021 68.9 83
2022 73.3 83
2023 73.6 83.3
2024 73.8 83.4
2025 73.9 83.6
2026 74 83.7

Suriname and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population
Suriname

Sweden
Year Population
Suriname Sweden
1960 263,918 7,484,656
1961 272,791 7,519,998
1962 283,912 7,561,588
1963 297,034 7,604,328
1964 309,041 7,661,354
1965 320,000 7,733,853
1966 331,135 7,807,797
1967 342,679 7,867,931
1968 354,616 7,912,273
1969 366,906 7,968,072
1970 379,442 8,042,801
1971 391,932 8,098,334
1972 397,413 8,122,300
1973 395,772 8,136,312
1974 393,676 8,159,955
1975 391,170 8,192,437
1976 388,289 8,222,286
1977 385,067 8,251,540
1978 381,502 8,275,599
1979 377,602 8,293,678
1980 375,377 8,310,531
1981 375,459 8,320,503
1982 376,555 8,325,263
1983 378,746 8,329,033
1984 382,193 8,336,605
1985 386,972 8,350,386
1986 392,330 8,369,829
1987 396,911 8,397,804
1988 402,227 8,436,489
1989 408,409 8,492,964
1990 412,493 8,558,835
1991 415,013 8,617,375
1992 417,589 8,668,067
1993 419,352 8,718,561
1994 422,375 8,780,745
1995 429,606 8,826,939
1996 438,830 8,840,998
1997 448,067 8,846,062
1998 457,406 8,850,974
1999 466,916 8,857,874
2000 476,643 8,872,109
2001 486,560 8,895,960
2002 496,551 8,924,958
2003 506,414 8,958,229
2004 513,923 8,993,531
2005 519,313 9,029,572
2006 524,997 9,080,505
2007 531,016 9,148,092
2008 537,245 9,219,637
2009 543,568 9,298,515
2010 549,923 9,378,126
2011 556,269 9,449,213
2012 562,633 9,519,374
2013 569,020 9,600,379
2014 575,373 9,696,110
2015 581,627 9,799,186
2016 587,757 9,923,085
2017 593,713 10,057,698
2018 599,513 10,175,214
2019 605,768 10,278,887
2020 612,317 10,353,442
2021 617,896 10,415,811
2022 623,164 10,486,941
2023 628,886 10,536,632
2024 634,431 10,569,709

Fertility rates in Suriname and Sweden

Fertility rate
Suriname

Sweden
Year Fertility rate
Suriname Sweden
1960 6.59 2.17
1961 6.58 2.21
1962 6.57 2.25
1963 6.51 2.33
1964 6.43 2.47
1965 6.32 2.39
1966 6.2 2.37
1967 6.04 2.28
1968 5.86 2.07
1969 5.7 1.93
1970 5.53 1.92
1971 5.36 1.96
1972 5.18 1.91
1973 5.01 1.87
1974 4.81 1.87
1975 4.63 1.77
1976 4.45 1.68
1977 4.26 1.64
1978 4.08 1.6
1979 3.93 1.66
1980 3.79 1.68
1981 3.75 1.63
1982 3.82 1.62
1983 3.87 1.61
1984 3.8 1.66
1985 3.71 1.74
1986 3.61 1.8
1987 3.53 1.84
1988 3.46 1.96
1989 3.39 2.01
1990 3.23 2.13
1991 3.09 2.11
1992 3.01 2.09
1993 2.94 1.99
1994 2.9 1.88
1995 2.9 1.73
1996 2.92 1.6
1997 2.95 1.52
1998 2.99 1.5
1999 3.02 1.5
2000 3.05 1.54
2001 3.06 1.57
2002 2.96 1.65
2003 2.84 1.71
2004 2.74 1.75
2005 2.71 1.77
2006 2.73 1.85
2007 2.74 1.88
2008 2.73 1.91
2009 2.71 1.94
2010 2.69 1.98
2011 2.67 1.9
2012 2.67 1.91
2013 2.65 1.89
2014 2.62 1.88
2015 2.57 1.85
2016 2.5 1.85
2017 2.43 1.78
2018 2.38 1.76
2019 2.35 1.71
2020 2.31 1.67
2021 2.3 1.67
2022 2.27 1.53
2023 2.25 1.45

Suriname and Sweden demographics compared

Median age
Suriname

Sweden
Year Median age, years
Suriname Sweden
1960 18.1 36
1961 18.2 36.2
1962 17.8 36.3
1963 17.3 36.3
1964 16.8 36.3
1965 16.4 36.2
1966 16.1 36
1967 15.8 35.9
1968 15.6 35.8
1969 15.6 35.6
1970 15.6 35.4
1971 15.7 35.3
1972 16 35.3
1973 16.3 35.3
1974 16.7 35.3
1975 17 35.3
1976 17.4 35.4
1977 17.6 35.5
1978 17.9 35.7
1979 18.1 36
1980 18.4 36.2
1981 18.7 36.5
1982 18.9 36.8
1983 19.2 37.1
1984 19.5 37.4
1985 19.7 37.6
1986 20 37.9
1987 20.2 38.1
1988 20.4 38.2
1989 20.6 38.3
1990 20.8 38.3
1991 21 38.3
1992 21.2 38.4
1993 21.5 38.4
1994 21.7 38.4
1995 22 38.5
1996 22.4 38.6
1997 22.8 38.8
1998 23.2 39
1999 23.6 39.2
2000 24 39.4
2001 24.4 39.5
2002 24.7 39.7
2003 25 39.8
2004 25.3 40
2005 25.5 40.2
2006 25.6 40.4
2007 25.8 40.5
2008 26.1 40.6
2009 26.3 40.7
2010 26.5 40.7
2011 26.7 40.8
2012 26.9 40.9
2013 27.1 40.9
2014 27.3 40.9
2015 27.5 40.9
2016 27.7 40.8
2017 27.9 40.7
2018 28.1 40.6
2019 28.3 40.5
2020 28.6 40.6
2021 28.7 40.7
2022 28.9 40.7
2023 29.2 40.9
2024 29.4 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Suriname Sweden
GNI, Atlas method
$3.61B
2024
$615B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
28.8%
2026
48.2%
2026
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
7.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2%
2024
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.88%
2026
-0.75%
2026
Unemployment rate
7.92%
2016
8.31%
2024
Services, % of GDP
50.8%
2024
66.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
35.1%
2024
21.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
50.9
2025
77.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.1%
2022
22.3%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2022
2.8%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
575,426
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
7.06%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
45
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0006%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
278
2002
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$290B
2003
Total reserves including gold
$1.63B
2024
$62.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$160M
2024
$4.47B
2024
International tourist arrivals
279,000
2017
1,957,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.78%
2020
4.85%
2010
Banked people share n/a
98.6%
2024

Energy

Suriname Sweden
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,695 kg
2023
4,289 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.5
2023
$15.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.58 megatons
2024
37.8 megatons
2024
CO2 emissions per capita
4.06 tons
2024
3.57 tons
2024
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2023
0%
2023
Renewable energy use share
14.5%
2021
57.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.3%
2023
49.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
12.3%
2023
27.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,897 kWh
2023
12,150 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
41.9%
2021
67.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
61%
2023
39.9%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
29.2%
2023
Electricity access
99.6%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Suriname Sweden
% of world population
0.008%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,166
2024
+50,115
2024
Urban population
65.8%
2024
88.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.73 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.3
2026
92
2026
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
80
2024
Higher education index
22
2026
94
2026
Homicides per 100K people
7.28
2022
1.15
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.3
2019
3.1
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
95%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
87.1%
2023
89%
2023
People using the Internet
78.4%
2023
95.5%
2024

Health

Suriname Sweden
Government health expenditure per capita
$344
2022
$6,152
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$79.4
2022
$780
2023
Life expectancy
74 years
2026
83.7 years
2026
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.47%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.48
2021
4.31
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
30 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
84
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
16.2
2023
2.5
2023
Obesity rate
29.8%
2022
15.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.8%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
63
2026
89
2026
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
22.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.93 liters
2020
9.57 liters
2020

Territory

Suriname Sweden
% of world land
0.11%
2026
0.27%
2026
Land area per capita
97,682 sq mi
2024
14,877 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
275.8 sq mi
2026
11,514 sq mi
2026
Forest area
58,531 sq mi
2026
108,031 sq mi
2026
Roads length
2,674 mi
2003
356,129 mi
2016

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