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Suriname vs Tuvalu statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Suriname has a population of 634K (ranked 165/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Suriname's land area is 61,972 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 90th vs. 194th).

By GDP, Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Main facts and rankings

Suriname Tuvalu
Population
644193
9493
Population rank 165/197 196/197
GDP
$4.71B
2024
$62.3M
2023
GDP rank 164/197 196/197
GDP per capita
$7,431
2024
$6,345
2023
GDP per capita rank 101/197 109/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,067
2024
$6,151
2023
Government debt
$4.11B
2024
$2.84M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
86.6%
2025
3.26%
2025
Government debt per person
$6,481
2024
$289.4
2023
Government debt per person rank 71/185 179/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,252
2025
$4,174
2025
Land area
61,972 sq mi
2025
11.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
833 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.25
2023
3.21
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
25.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Suriname and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Suriname and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP
Suriname

Tuvalu
Year GDP
Suriname Tuvalu
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 $2,585,956
1971 $301,000,000 $2,716,990
1972 $311,950,000 $2,968,458
1973 $339,450,000 $3,411,915
1974 $409,850,000 $4,122,329
1975 $465,500,000 $4,014,748
1976 $505,500,000 $3,919,072
1977 $641,500,000 $3,669,420
1978 $735,500,000 $3,798,782
1979 $782,500,000 $4,065,659
1980 $795,000,000 $4,206,128
1981 $889,000,000 $4,773,018
1982 $915,000,000 $4,118,945
1983 $883,500,000 $4,152,550
1984 $864,000,000 $4,481,978
1985 $873,000,000 $3,862,852
1986 $891,000,000 $4,574,706
1987 $980,000,000 $5,020,513
1988 $1,161,000,000 $7,011,059
1989 $542,600,000 $8,454,523
1990 $388,400,000 $9,542,901
1991 $448,100,000 $10,127,314
1992 $404,600,000 $10,535,028
1993 $428,764,706 $10,414,400
1994 $605,492,537 $11,772,611
1995 $691,590,498 $11,922,614
1996 $861,372,806 $13,338,597
1997 $926,422,500 $13,734,210
1998 $1,110,850,000 $13,795,146
1999 $886,290,698 $14,800,503
2000 $947,671,970 $15,073,976
2001 $834,279,358 $13,964,732
2002 $1,093,574,468 $16,842,673
2003 $1,274,190,311 $19,456,338
2004 $1,484,092,538 $22,798,275
2005 $1,793,410,397 $22,909,980
2006 $2,626,380,435 $24,096,875
2007 $2,936,612,022 $28,450,169
2008 $3,532,969,035 $31,874,435
2009 $3,875,409,836 $28,076,984
2010 $4,368,370,998 $32,105,408
2011 $4,422,276,622 $39,196,957
2012 $4,980,000,000 $39,345,579
2013 $5,145,757,576 $38,615,891
2014 $5,240,606,061 $38,760,983
2015 $5,126,237,646 $36,811,936
2016 $3,317,421,648 $41,629,064
2017 $3,591,679,431 $45,276,595
2018 $3,996,198,867 $48,015,260
2019 $4,016,040,575 $54,123,199
2020 $2,911,807,496 $51,746,594
2021 $3,107,923,198 $60,196,406
2022 $3,791,603,200 $59,065,982
2023 $3,455,146,281 $62,280,312
2024 $4,714,267,822 -

Suriname and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita
Suriname

Tuvalu
Year GDP per capita
Suriname Tuvalu
1960 $378 -
1961 $395 -
1962 $409 -
1963 $424 -
1964 $435 -
1965 $482 -
1966 $575 -
1967 $644 -
1968 $681 -
1969 $708 -
1970 $724 $457
1971 $768 $478
1972 $785 $522
1973 $858 $601
1974 $1,041 $708
1975 $1,190 $656
1976 $1,302 $612
1977 $1,666 $549
1978 $1,928 $546
1979 $2,072 $566
1980 $2,118 $571
1981 $2,368 $634
1982 $2,430 $537
1983 $2,333 $533
1984 $2,261 $567
1985 $2,256 $480
1986 $2,271 $557
1987 $2,469 $600
1988 $2,886 $823
1989 $1,329 $976
1990 $942 $1,085
1991 $1,080 $1,134
1992 $969 $1,166
1993 $1,022 $1,141
1994 $1,434 $1,279
1995 $1,610 $1,285
1996 $1,963 $1,428
1997 $2,068 $1,461
1998 $2,429 $1,460
1999 $1,898 $1,559
2000 $1,988 $1,579
2001 $1,715 $1,457
2002 $2,202 $1,750
2003 $2,516 $2,007
2004 $2,888 $2,323
2005 $3,453 $2,305
2006 $5,003 $2,396
2007 $5,530 $2,794
2008 $6,576 $3,088
2009 $7,130 $2,684
2010 $7,944 $3,025
2011 $7,950 $3,636
2012 $8,851 $3,598
2013 $9,043 $3,510
2014 $9,108 $3,529
2015 $8,814 $3,358
2016 $5,644 $3,809
2017 $6,050 $4,166
2018 $6,666 $4,466
2019 $6,630 $5,115
2020 $4,755 $4,976
2021 $5,030 $5,905
2022 $6,084 $5,911
2023 $5,494 $6,345
2024 $7,431 -

Suriname vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Suriname

Tuvalu
Year Life expectancy, years
Suriname Tuvalu
1950 50.7 40
1951 51.1 40.8
1952 51.4 41.7
1953 52.1 42.5
1954 52.8 43.4
1955 53.5 44.2
1956 54.1 45
1957 54.7 45.8
1958 55.4 46.7
1959 55.9 47.5
1960 56.6 48.3
1961 57.3 49
1962 58 49.8
1963 58.5 50.6
1964 58.9 51.3
1965 59.1 52.1
1966 59.2 52.8
1967 59.2 53.5
1968 59.3 54.1
1969 59.4 54.7
1970 59.5 55.3
1971 59.6 56
1972 59.7 54.7
1973 59.8 57.2
1974 59.9 57.7
1975 60 58.3
1976 60.2 58.8
1977 60.3 59.2
1978 60.4 59.6
1979 60.5 59.9
1980 60.7 60.2
1981 60.8 60.5
1982 60.9 60.7
1983 61.1 60.9
1984 61.2 61.1
1985 61.4 61.1
1986 61.2 61.2
1987 61.3 61.3
1988 61.5 61.4
1989 62 61.5
1990 62.1 61.6
1991 62.2 61.8
1992 62.2 60.3
1993 62.4 62.1
1994 62.5 62.3
1995 62.8 62.5
1996 63.1 62.7
1997 63.4 62.9
1998 63.7 63.2
1999 64 63.3
2000 64.4 63.5
2001 64.8 63.7
2002 65.3 63.8
2003 65.8 63.9
2004 66.4 64
2005 67 64.1
2006 67.6 64.2
2007 68.3 64.4
2008 68.9 64.5
2009 69.3 64.7
2010 69.6 64.8
2011 69.8 65
2012 70 65.1
2013 70.1 65.2
2014 70.3 65.3
2015 70.6 65.4
2016 71 65.5
2017 71.2 65.7
2018 71.5 65.9
2019 71.8 66.1
2020 72.3 66.4
2021 68.9 65.8
2022 73.3 66.9
2023 73.6 67.1
2024 73.8 67.3
2025 73.9 67.4

Suriname and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population
Suriname

Tuvalu
Year Population
Suriname Tuvalu
1960 263,918 5,598
1961 272,791 5,648
1962 283,912 5,699
1963 297,034 5,751
1964 309,041 5,752
1965 320,000 5,715
1966 331,135 5,686
1967 342,679 5,652
1968 354,616 5,624
1969 366,906 5,631
1970 379,442 5,663
1971 391,932 5,685
1972 397,413 5,692
1973 395,772 5,681
1974 393,676 5,822
1975 391,170 6,117
1976 388,289 6,404
1977 385,067 6,686
1978 381,502 6,957
1979 377,602 7,184
1980 375,377 7,366
1981 375,459 7,526
1982 376,555 7,664
1983 378,746 7,789
1984 382,193 7,902
1985 386,972 8,046
1986 392,330 8,217
1987 396,911 8,371
1988 402,227 8,518
1989 408,409 8,662
1990 412,493 8,798
1991 415,013 8,928
1992 417,589 9,038
1993 419,352 9,126
1994 422,375 9,207
1995 429,606 9,280
1996 438,830 9,342
1997 448,067 9,400
1998 457,406 9,451
1999 466,916 9,496
2000 476,643 9,544
2001 486,560 9,586
2002 496,551 9,623
2003 506,414 9,695
2004 513,923 9,816
2005 519,313 9,940
2006 524,997 10,056
2007 531,016 10,182
2008 537,245 10,321
2009 543,568 10,461
2010 549,923 10,614
2011 556,269 10,780
2012 562,633 10,934
2013 569,020 11,001
2014 575,373 10,984
2015 581,627 10,963
2016 587,757 10,930
2017 593,713 10,869
2018 599,513 10,751
2019 605,768 10,581
2020 612,317 10,399
2021 617,896 10,194
2022 623,164 9,992
2023 628,886 9,816
2024 634,431 9,646

Fertility rates in Suriname and Tuvalu

Fertility rate
Suriname

Tuvalu
Year Fertility rate
Suriname Tuvalu
1960 6.59 5.15
1961 6.58 5.09
1962 6.57 5
1963 6.51 4.91
1964 6.43 4.83
1965 6.32 4.73
1966 6.2 4.64
1967 6.04 4.49
1968 5.86 4.36
1969 5.7 4.23
1970 5.53 4.08
1971 5.36 3.94
1972 5.18 3.81
1973 5.01 3.71
1974 4.81 3.63
1975 4.63 3.58
1976 4.45 3.55
1977 4.26 3.56
1978 4.08 3.59
1979 3.93 3.65
1980 3.79 3.73
1981 3.75 3.8
1982 3.82 3.88
1983 3.87 3.91
1984 3.8 3.95
1985 3.71 3.97
1986 3.61 3.97
1987 3.53 3.94
1988 3.46 3.88
1989 3.39 3.8
1990 3.23 3.75
1991 3.09 3.79
1992 3.01 3.86
1993 2.94 3.92
1994 2.9 3.92
1995 2.9 3.96
1996 2.92 3.95
1997 2.95 3.95
1998 2.99 3.95
1999 3.02 3.92
2000 3.05 3.84
2001 3.06 3.75
2002 2.96 3.64
2003 2.84 3.58
2004 2.74 3.55
2005 2.71 3.55
2006 2.73 3.53
2007 2.74 3.45
2008 2.73 3.42
2009 2.71 3.43
2010 2.69 3.44
2011 2.67 3.46
2012 2.67 3.47
2013 2.65 3.39
2014 2.62 3.33
2015 2.57 3.31
2016 2.5 3.3
2017 2.43 3.3
2018 2.38 3.33
2019 2.35 3.33
2020 2.31 3.31
2021 2.3 3.28
2022 2.27 3.24
2023 2.25 3.21

Suriname and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age
Suriname

Tuvalu
Year Median age, years
Suriname Tuvalu
1960 18.1 23.1
1961 18.2 23.1
1962 17.8 23
1963 17.3 22.6
1964 16.8 21
1965 16.4 19.3
1966 16.1 18.5
1967 15.8 18.1
1968 15.6 17.9
1969 15.6 18
1970 15.6 18.2
1971 15.7 18.6
1972 16 19
1973 16.3 19.4
1974 16.7 19.7
1975 17 19.8
1976 17.4 19.9
1977 17.6 20.2
1978 17.9 20.5
1979 18.1 20.9
1980 18.4 21
1981 18.7 21.4
1982 18.9 21.9
1983 19.2 22.5
1984 19.5 23.2
1985 19.7 23.6
1986 20 23.8
1987 20.2 24
1988 20.4 24.2
1989 20.6 24.5
1990 20.8 24.7
1991 21 24.9
1992 21.2 25
1993 21.5 25
1994 21.7 25.1
1995 22 25
1996 22.4 24.9
1997 22.8 24.6
1998 23.2 24.4
1999 23.6 24.1
2000 24 23.9
2001 24.4 23.7
2002 24.7 23.5
2003 25 23.5
2004 25.3 23.5
2005 25.5 23.6
2006 25.6 23.6
2007 25.8 23.7
2008 26.1 23.8
2009 26.3 23.9
2010 26.5 24
2011 26.7 24.1
2012 26.9 24.2
2013 27.1 24.3
2014 27.3 24.5
2015 27.5 24.7
2016 27.7 24.9
2017 27.9 25.2
2018 28.1 25.3
2019 28.3 25.3
2020 28.6 25.3
2021 28.7 25.3
2022 28.9 25.3
2023 29.2 25.3
2024 29.4 25.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Suriname Tuvalu
GNI, Atlas method
$3.72B
2024
$86M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.2%
2025
101.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
12.8%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.18%
2025
-1.87%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.92%
2016
7.32%
2022
Services, % of GDP
48.3%
2023
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
39.9%
2023
7.02%
2015
Economic freedom index
50.9
2025
60
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.1%
2022
30.8%
2010
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2022
2.7%
2010
Total reserves including gold
$1.63B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$160M
2024
$2M
2024
International tourist arrivals
279,000
2017
3,599
2019
International tourism as share of exports
0.78%
2020
43.4%
2013

Energy

Suriname Tuvalu
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,695 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.5
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.63 megatons
2023
0 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.18 tons
2023
0 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.4%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
14.5%
2021
5.2%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.3%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
12.3%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
2,897 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
41.9%
2021
15.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
61%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.6%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Suriname Tuvalu
% of world population
0.008%
2024
0.0001%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,166
2024
-280
2024
Urban population
66.5%
2024
66.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.73 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.3
2025
44.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
48
2025
Higher education index
22
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
7.28
2022
0
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.3
2019
0.2
2025
Visa free countries
88
2025
130
2025
Adult literacy rate
95%
2021
100%
2022
English speaking
87.1%
2023
70%
2025
People using the Internet
78.4%
2023
74.3%
2023

Health

Suriname Tuvalu
Government health expenditure per capita
$344
2022
$1,085
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$79.4
2022
$4
2022
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.47%
2022
27.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.48
2021
1.26
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
23.5 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
84
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
16.2
2023
19.9
2023
Obesity rate
29.8%
2022
65.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.8%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
97
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
33.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.93 liters
2020
1.26 liters
2020

Territory

Suriname Tuvalu
% of world land
0.11%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Land area per capita
97,682 sq mi
2024
1,201 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
275.8 sq mi
2025
6.95 sq mi
2025
Forest area
58,531 sq mi
2025
3.86 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,674 mi
2003
4.97 mi
2011

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