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Suriname vs Turkmenistan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Suriname has a population of 634K (ranked 165/197), compared with 7.49M in Turkmenistan (ranked 104/197). Suriname's land area is 61,972 sq mi versus 181,441 sq mi for Turkmenistan (ranked 90th vs. 53rd).

By GDP, Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B) and Turkmenistan ranks 88/197 ($64.2B). By GDP per capita, Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431), while Turkmenistan ranks 91/197 ($8,572).

Main facts and rankings

Suriname Turkmenistan
Population
644193
7713465
Population rank 165/197 104/197
GDP
$4.71B
2024
$64.2B
2024
GDP rank 164/197 88/197
GDP per capita
$7,431
2024
$8,572
2024
GDP per capita rank 101/197 91/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,067
2024
$20,408
2024
Government debt
$4.11B
2024
$2.97B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
86.6%
2025
4.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$6,481
2024
$396
2024
Government debt per person rank 71/185 172/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,252
2025
$8,974
2025
Land area
61,972 sq mi
2025
181,441 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
41.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.25
2023
2.69
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
27.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
70.3 years
2025

Suriname and Turkmenistan: Comparison Charts

Suriname and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP
Suriname

Turkmenistan
Year GDP
Suriname Turkmenistan
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 $2,331,358,820
1988 $1,161,000,000 $3,010,982,414
1989 $542,600,000 $3,006,988,217
1990 $388,400,000 $3,189,539,641
1991 $448,100,000 $3,208,098,919
1992 $404,600,000 $3,200,539,816
1993 $428,764,706 $3,179,225,949
1994 $605,492,537 $2,561,118,608
1995 $691,590,498 $2,482,228,440
1996 $861,372,806 $2,378,759,975
1997 $926,422,500 $2,450,350,625
1998 $1,110,850,000 $2,605,689,134
1999 $886,290,698 $2,450,564,100
2000 $947,671,970 $2,904,663,311
2001 $834,279,358 $3,534,772,732
2002 $1,093,574,468 $4,462,029,109
2003 $1,274,190,311 $5,977,440,583
2004 $1,484,092,538 $6,838,351,088
2005 $1,793,410,397 $8,103,901,996
2006 $2,626,380,435 $10,276,674,365
2007 $2,936,612,022 $12,664,165,103
2008 $3,532,969,035 $19,271,523,179
2009 $3,875,409,836 $20,214,385,965
2010 $4,368,370,998 $22,583,157,895
2011 $4,422,276,622 $29,233,333,333
2012 $4,980,000,000 $35,164,210,526
2013 $5,145,757,576 $39,197,543,860
2014 $5,240,606,061 $43,524,210,526
2015 $5,126,237,646 $35,799,714,286
2016 $3,317,421,648 $36,169,428,571
2017 $3,591,679,431 $37,926,285,714
2018 $3,996,198,867 $40,765,428,571
2019 $4,016,040,575 $45,232,857,143
2020 $2,911,807,496 $45,818,000,000
2021 $3,107,923,198 $50,007,428,571
2022 $3,791,603,200 $58,972,000,000
2023 $3,455,146,281 $60,628,857,143
2024 $4,714,267,822 $64,239,891,739

Suriname and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP per capita
Suriname

Turkmenistan
Year GDP per capita
Suriname Turkmenistan
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 $675
1988 $2,886 $846
1989 $1,329 $821
1990 $942 $848
1991 $1,080 $832
1992 $969 $811
1993 $1,022 $788
1994 $1,434 $622
1995 $1,610 $592
1996 $1,963 $558
1997 $2,068 $565
1998 $2,429 $591
1999 $1,898 $546
2000 $1,988 $634
2001 $1,715 $756
2002 $2,202 $936
2003 $2,516 $1,229
2004 $2,888 $1,379
2005 $3,453 $1,604
2006 $5,003 $1,997
2007 $5,530 $2,415
2008 $6,576 $3,606
2009 $7,130 $3,708
2010 $7,944 $4,059
2011 $7,950 $5,144
2012 $8,851 $6,054
2013 $9,043 $6,600
2014 $9,108 $7,164
2015 $8,814 $5,759
2016 $5,644 $5,687
2017 $6,050 $5,828
2018 $6,666 $6,125
2019 $6,630 $6,648
2020 $4,755 $6,593
2021 $5,030 $7,051
2022 $6,084 $8,156
2023 $5,494 $8,233
2024 $7,431 $8,572

Suriname vs. Turkmenistan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Suriname

Turkmenistan
Year Life expectancy, years
Suriname Turkmenistan
1950 50.7 48.1
1951 51.1 48.6
1952 51.4 49
1953 52.1 49.4
1954 52.8 49.8
1955 53.5 50.2
1956 54.1 50.6
1957 54.7 51
1958 55.4 51.4
1959 55.9 51.8
1960 56.6 52.1
1961 57.3 52.5
1962 58 52.9
1963 58.5 53.2
1964 58.9 53.6
1965 59.1 54
1966 59.2 54.4
1967 59.2 54.8
1968 59.3 55.3
1969 59.4 55.7
1970 59.5 56
1971 59.6 56.3
1972 59.7 56.6
1973 59.8 56.8
1974 59.9 57
1975 60 57.2
1976 60.2 57.4
1977 60.3 57.7
1978 60.4 58.3
1979 60.5 59.1
1980 60.7 60.2
1981 60.8 61
1982 60.9 61.6
1983 61.1 62
1984 61.2 62.4
1985 61.4 62.8
1986 61.2 63.2
1987 61.3 63.5
1988 61.5 63.7
1989 62 63.8
1990 62.1 63.9
1991 62.2 63.8
1992 62.2 63.8
1993 62.4 63.6
1994 62.5 63.5
1995 62.8 63.5
1996 63.1 63.5
1997 63.4 63.7
1998 63.7 64
1999 64 64.5
2000 64.4 64.9
2001 64.8 65.3
2002 65.3 65.6
2003 65.8 65.9
2004 66.4 66.1
2005 67 66.3
2006 67.6 66.6
2007 68.3 67
2008 68.9 67.6
2009 69.3 68.2
2010 69.6 68.6
2011 69.8 68.9
2012 70 69
2013 70.1 69
2014 70.3 69
2015 70.6 69.1
2016 71 69.1
2017 71.2 69.2
2018 71.5 69.3
2019 71.8 69.4
2020 72.3 68.8
2021 68.9 69.4
2022 73.3 69.9
2023 73.6 70.1
2024 73.8 70.2
2025 73.9 70.3

Suriname and Turkmenistan population clocks and comparison

Population
Suriname

Turkmenistan
Year Population
Suriname Turkmenistan
1960 263,918 1,643,457
1961 272,791 1,695,400
1962 283,912 1,749,214
1963 297,034 1,804,272
1964 309,041 1,859,997
1965 320,000 1,915,916
1966 331,135 1,971,737
1967 342,679 2,027,403
1968 354,616 2,083,069
1969 366,906 2,139,024
1970 379,442 2,195,616
1971 391,932 2,253,119
1972 397,413 2,311,430
1973 395,772 2,370,919
1974 393,676 2,432,028
1975 391,170 2,494,570
1976 388,289 2,558,521
1977 385,067 2,623,948
1978 381,502 2,691,088
1979 377,602 2,760,358
1980 375,377 2,832,203
1981 375,459 2,907,187
1982 376,555 2,985,557
1983 378,746 3,067,534
1984 382,193 3,154,079
1985 386,972 3,247,534
1986 392,330 3,347,809
1987 396,911 3,452,731
1988 402,227 3,559,363
1989 408,409 3,662,459
1990 412,493 3,760,562
1991 415,013 3,855,894
1992 417,589 3,944,689
1993 419,352 4,032,407
1994 422,375 4,116,662
1995 429,606 4,191,203
1996 438,830 4,263,819
1997 448,067 4,336,730
1998 457,406 4,410,507
1999 466,916 4,492,170
2000 476,643 4,582,677
2001 486,560 4,675,409
2002 496,551 4,769,465
2003 506,414 4,863,865
2004 513,923 4,958,093
2005 519,313 5,052,257
2006 524,997 5,147,105
2007 531,016 5,244,046
2008 537,245 5,345,029
2009 543,568 5,451,592
2010 549,923 5,564,356
2011 556,269 5,683,417
2012 562,633 5,808,546
2013 569,020 5,939,341
2014 575,373 6,075,283
2015 581,627 6,215,770
2016 587,757 6,360,041
2017 593,713 6,507,061
2018 599,513 6,655,524
2019 605,768 6,803,944
2020 612,317 6,949,912
2021 617,896 7,092,043
2022 623,164 7,230,193
2023 628,886 7,364,438
2024 634,431 7,494,498

Fertility rates in Suriname and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate
Suriname

Turkmenistan
Year Fertility rate
Suriname Turkmenistan
1960 6.59 6.59
1961 6.58 6.69
1962 6.57 6.76
1963 6.51 6.79
1964 6.43 6.79
1965 6.32 6.76
1966 6.2 6.7
1967 6.04 6.64
1968 5.86 6.56
1969 5.7 6.48
1970 5.53 6.4
1971 5.36 6.32
1972 5.18 6.2
1973 5.01 6.15
1974 4.81 6.09
1975 4.63 6
1976 4.45 5.9
1977 4.26 5.77
1978 4.08 5.61
1979 3.93 5.46
1980 3.79 5.3
1981 3.75 5.16
1982 3.82 5.04
1983 3.87 4.97
1984 3.8 4.96
1985 3.71 4.97
1986 3.61 4.94
1987 3.53 4.84
1988 3.46 4.68
1989 3.39 4.46
1990 3.23 4.29
1991 3.09 4.14
1992 3.01 3.96
1993 2.94 3.78
1994 2.9 3.62
1995 2.9 3.49
1996 2.92 3.29
1997 2.95 3.18
1998 2.99 3.08
1999 3.02 2.98
2000 3.05 2.9
2001 3.06 2.81
2002 2.96 2.71
2003 2.84 2.67
2004 2.74 2.67
2005 2.71 2.71
2006 2.73 2.72
2007 2.74 2.73
2008 2.73 2.75
2009 2.71 2.79
2010 2.69 2.85
2011 2.67 2.9
2012 2.67 2.96
2013 2.65 3.01
2014 2.62 3.02
2015 2.57 3.03
2016 2.5 2.99
2017 2.43 2.93
2018 2.38 2.88
2019 2.35 2.83
2020 2.31 2.79
2021 2.3 2.75
2022 2.27 2.73
2023 2.25 2.69

Suriname and Turkmenistan demographics compared

Median age
Suriname

Turkmenistan
Year Median age, years
Suriname Turkmenistan
1960 18.1 21.3
1961 18.2 20.9
1962 17.8 20.4
1963 17.3 19.7
1964 16.8 19
1965 16.4 18.4
1966 16.1 18
1967 15.8 17.7
1968 15.6 17.5
1969 15.6 17.4
1970 15.6 17.4
1971 15.7 17.4
1972 16 17.5
1973 16.3 17.6
1974 16.7 17.7
1975 17 17.9
1976 17.4 18
1977 17.6 18.2
1978 17.9 18.3
1979 18.1 18.5
1980 18.4 18.7
1981 18.7 18.8
1982 18.9 19
1983 19.2 19.1
1984 19.5 19.2
1985 19.7 19.3
1986 20 19.3
1987 20.2 19.3
1988 20.4 19.3
1989 20.6 19.3
1990 20.8 19.3
1991 21 19.4
1992 21.2 19.4
1993 21.5 19.5
1994 21.7 19.6
1995 22 19.7
1996 22.4 19.9
1997 22.8 20.1
1998 23.2 20.3
1999 23.6 20.6
2000 24 20.9
2001 24.4 21.2
2002 24.7 21.5
2003 25 21.8
2004 25.3 22.1
2005 25.5 22.4
2006 25.6 22.8
2007 25.8 23.1
2008 26.1 23.4
2009 26.3 23.7
2010 26.5 24
2011 26.7 24.3
2012 26.9 24.5
2013 27.1 24.8
2014 27.3 25
2015 27.5 25.3
2016 27.7 25.5
2017 27.9 25.7
2018 28.1 25.9
2019 28.3 26.2
2020 28.6 26.4
2021 28.7 26.7
2022 28.9 26.9
2023 29.2 27.2
2024 29.4 27.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Suriname Turkmenistan
GNI, Atlas method
$3.72B
2024
$62.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.2%
2025
11.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
2.71%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.9%
1999
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
57,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.18%
2025
+0.17%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.92%
2016
4%
2010
Services, % of GDP
48.3%
2023
49.4%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
39.9%
2023
39.3%
2023
Economic freedom index
50.9
2025
47.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.1%
2022
31.5%
1998
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2022
2.4%
1998
Total reserves including gold
$1.63B
2024
$1.51B
1999
Personal remittances received
$160M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
279,000
2017
380,000
1998
International tourism as share of exports
0.78%
2020
n/a
Banked people share n/a
40.6%
2017

Energy

Suriname Turkmenistan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,695 kg
2023
5,626 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.5
2023
$3.26
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.63 megatons
2023
66 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.18 tons
2023
8.96 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.4%
2022
100%
2022
Renewable energy use share
14.5%
2021
0.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.3%
2023
0%
2022
Net energy imports use share
12.3%
2023
-109.8%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,897 kWh
2023
2,829 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
41.9%
2021
0.01%
2021
Hydroelectric share
61%
2023
0.02%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.6%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Suriname Turkmenistan
% of world population
0.008%
2024
0.09%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,166
2024
+14,646
2024
Urban population
66.5%
2024
54.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.73 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.34 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.3
2025
33.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
17
2024
Higher education index
22
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
7.28
2022
1.09
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.3
2019
13.5
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
65
2025
Adult literacy rate
95%
2021
99.9%
2022
English speaking
87.1%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
78.4%
2023
21.3%
2017

Health

Suriname Turkmenistan
Government health expenditure per capita
$344
2022
$579
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$79.4
2022
$459
2022
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
70.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.47%
2022
0.63%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.48
2021
2.14
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
24.1 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
84
2023
5
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
16.2
2023
40
2023
Obesity rate
29.8%
2022
22.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.8%
2024
7.1%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
26
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
5.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.93 liters
2020
2.62 liters
2020

Territory

Suriname Turkmenistan
% of world land
0.11%
2025
0.32%
2025
Land area per capita
97,682 sq mi
2024
24,210 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
275.8 sq mi
2025
152,812 sq mi
2025
Forest area
58,531 sq mi
2025
15,934 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,674 mi
2003
n/a

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