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Suriname vs Uganda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Suriname has a population of 634K (ranked 165/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Suriname's land area is 61,972 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 90th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Main facts and rankings

Suriname Uganda
Population
644193
52490669
Population rank 165/197 30/197
GDP
$4.71B
2024
$53.7B
2024
GDP rank 164/197 89/197
GDP per capita
$7,431
2024
$1,073
2024
GDP per capita rank 101/197 173/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$22,067
2024
$3,276
2024
Government debt
$4.11B
2024
$27.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
86.6%
2025
54%
2025
Government debt per person
$6,481
2024
$556
2024
Government debt per person rank 71/185 162/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,252
2025
$1,648
2025
Land area
61,972 sq mi
2025
77,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
646 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.25
2023
4.28
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
17.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
68.7 years
2025

Suriname and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Suriname and Uganda economies compared

GDP
Suriname

Uganda
Year GDP
Suriname Uganda
1960 $99,650,000 $423,145,605
1961 $107,700,000 $441,667,335
1962 $116,150,000 $449,158,233
1963 $125,950,000 $516,315,231
1964 $134,400,000 $589,247,687
1965 $154,150,000 $884,502,310
1966 $190,350,000 $925,381,492
1967 $220,700,000 $967,240,655
1968 $241,350,000 $1,037,379,252
1969 $259,650,000 $1,168,556,629
1970 $274,900,000 $1,259,554,809
1971 $301,000,000 $1,417,191,656
1972 $311,950,000 $1,490,970,181
1973 $339,450,000 $1,701,829,789
1974 $409,850,000 $2,098,944,967
1975 $465,500,000 $2,359,555,556
1976 $505,500,000 $2,447,300,000
1977 $641,500,000 $2,936,470,588
1978 $735,500,000 $2,420,260,870
1979 $782,500,000 $2,139,025,000
1980 $795,000,000 $1,244,610,000
1981 $889,000,000 $1,337,300,000
1982 $915,000,000 $2,177,500,000
1983 $883,500,000 $2,240,333,333
1984 $864,000,000 $3,615,647,477
1985 $873,000,000 $3,519,695,444
1986 $891,000,000 $3,923,244,050
1987 $980,000,000 $6,269,522,042
1988 $1,161,000,000 $6,508,931,652
1989 $542,600,000 $5,276,480,799
1990 $388,400,000 $4,304,399,310
1991 $448,100,000 $3,321,729,160
1992 $404,600,000 $2,857,457,762
1993 $428,764,706 $3,220,439,044
1994 $605,492,537 $3,990,430,447
1995 $691,590,498 $5,755,818,842
1996 $861,372,806 $6,044,585,327
1997 $926,422,500 $6,269,333,313
1998 $1,110,850,000 $6,584,815,847
1999 $886,290,698 $5,998,563,258
2000 $947,671,970 $6,193,246,837
2001 $834,279,358 $5,840,503,869
2002 $1,093,574,468 $6,178,563,591
2003 $1,274,190,311 $6,606,884,275
2004 $1,484,092,538 $7,939,487,548
2005 $1,793,410,397 $9,239,221,763
2006 $2,626,380,435 $9,977,647,683
2007 $2,936,612,022 $11,902,564,495
2008 $3,532,969,035 $14,440,404,132
2009 $3,875,409,836 $25,127,805,567
2010 $4,368,370,998 $26,673,441,431
2011 $4,422,276,622 $27,871,725,241
2012 $4,980,000,000 $27,305,915,911
2013 $5,145,757,576 $28,915,786,517
2014 $5,240,606,061 $32,612,397,257
2015 $5,126,237,646 $32,387,183,730
2016 $3,317,421,648 $29,203,988,696
2017 $3,591,679,431 $30,744,473,841
2018 $3,996,198,867 $32,927,025,620
2019 $4,016,040,575 $35,353,061,008
2020 $2,911,807,496 $37,600,368,240
2021 $3,107,923,198 $40,529,788,744
2022 $3,791,603,200 $45,565,333,216
2023 $3,455,146,281 $48,768,955,859
2024 $4,714,267,822 $53,651,874,314

Suriname and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita
Suriname

Uganda
Year GDP per capita
Suriname Uganda
1960 $378 $55.4
1961 $395 $56.2
1962 $409 $55.5
1963 $424 $62
1964 $435 $68.6
1965 $482 $100
1966 $575 $101.4
1967 $644 $102.8
1968 $681 $106.9
1969 $708 $116.7
1970 $724 $122
1971 $768 $133.5
1972 $785 $137
1973 $858 $152.7
1974 $1,041 $183.7
1975 $1,190 $201.2
1976 $1,302 $203.3
1977 $1,666 $237.6
1978 $1,928 $190.7
1979 $2,072 $164.5
1980 $2,118 $93.8
1981 $2,368 $98.6
1982 $2,430 $157
1983 $2,333 $157.5
1984 $2,261 $247.5
1985 $2,256 $234.3
1986 $2,271 $253.6
1987 $2,469 $393
1988 $2,886 $395
1989 $1,329 $310
1990 $942 $245
1991 $1,080 $183
1992 $969 $152.1
1993 $1,022 $165.6
1994 $1,434 $198.4
1995 $1,610 $278.5
1996 $1,963 $284.7
1997 $2,068 $286.8
1998 $2,429 $292.5
1999 $1,898 $257.9
2000 $1,988 $258.1
2001 $1,715 $236
2002 $2,202 $242
2003 $2,516 $250.7
2004 $2,888 $292.4
2005 $3,453 $330
2006 $5,003 $347
2007 $5,530 $401
2008 $6,576 $473
2009 $7,130 $799
2010 $7,944 $823
2011 $7,950 $836
2012 $8,851 $795
2013 $9,043 $818
2014 $9,108 $896
2015 $8,814 $863
2016 $5,644 $753
2017 $6,050 $765
2018 $6,666 $792
2019 $6,630 $822
2020 $4,755 $846
2021 $5,030 $883
2022 $6,084 $963
2023 $5,494 $1,002
2024 $7,431 $1,073

Suriname vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Suriname

Uganda
Year Life expectancy, years
Suriname Uganda
1950 50.7 39.7
1951 51.1 40.2
1952 51.4 40.8
1953 52.1 41.3
1954 52.8 41.8
1955 53.5 42.4
1956 54.1 43
1957 54.7 43.7
1958 55.4 44.3
1959 55.9 45
1960 56.6 45.6
1961 57.3 46.3
1962 58 46.8
1963 58.5 47.4
1964 58.9 47.8
1965 59.1 48.3
1966 59.2 48.5
1967 59.2 49
1968 59.3 49.3
1969 59.4 49.5
1970 59.5 49.6
1971 59.6 47.1
1972 59.7 47.2
1973 59.8 47
1974 59.9 46.9
1975 60 46.5
1976 60.2 46.2
1977 60.3 45.8
1978 60.4 45.6
1979 60.5 45.4
1980 60.7 43.5
1981 60.8 43.5
1982 60.9 43.3
1983 61.1 43.5
1984 61.2 43.7
1985 61.4 45.5
1986 61.2 45.7
1987 61.3 47.4
1988 61.5 47.5
1989 62 47.5
1990 62.1 47.6
1991 62.2 47.5
1992 62.2 47.7
1993 62.4 47.7
1994 62.5 47.7
1995 62.8 47.7
1996 63.1 47.8
1997 63.4 48
1998 63.7 48.3
1999 64 49
2000 64.4 49.6
2001 64.8 50.6
2002 65.3 51.4
2003 65.8 52.4
2004 66.4 53.7
2005 67 54.9
2006 67.6 56.1
2007 68.3 57.2
2008 68.9 58.3
2009 69.3 59.2
2010 69.6 60
2011 69.8 60.8
2012 70 61.6
2013 70.1 62.4
2014 70.3 63.1
2015 70.6 63.8
2016 71 64.5
2017 71.2 65.2
2018 71.5 65.8
2019 71.8 66.4
2020 72.3 66.4
2021 68.9 66.4
2022 73.3 67.7
2023 73.6 68.3
2024 73.8 68.5
2025 73.9 68.7

Suriname and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population
Suriname

Uganda
Year Population
Suriname Uganda
1960 263,918 7,640,973
1961 272,791 7,862,217
1962 283,912 8,092,231
1963 297,034 8,333,663
1964 309,041 8,586,363
1965 320,000 8,849,203
1966 331,135 9,122,864
1967 342,679 9,408,924
1968 354,616 9,708,632
1969 366,906 10,014,858
1970 379,442 10,321,603
1971 391,932 10,618,206
1972 397,413 10,885,796
1973 395,772 11,144,236
1974 393,676 11,424,846
1975 391,170 11,725,240
1976 388,289 12,037,294
1977 385,067 12,359,669
1978 381,502 12,692,113
1979 377,602 13,002,163
1980 375,377 13,275,741
1981 375,459 13,556,452
1982 376,555 13,873,631
1983 378,746 14,221,881
1984 382,193 14,607,677
1985 386,972 15,023,681
1986 392,330 15,467,579
1987 396,911 15,954,170
1988 402,227 16,470,483
1989 408,409 17,010,698
1990 412,493 17,569,897
1991 415,013 18,155,901
1992 417,589 18,785,032
1993 419,352 19,445,161
1994 422,375 20,108,801
1995 429,606 20,665,667
1996 438,830 21,231,550
1997 448,067 21,856,046
1998 457,406 22,515,806
1999 466,916 23,257,281
2000 476,643 24,000,150
2001 486,560 24,745,676
2002 496,551 25,532,870
2003 506,414 26,352,124
2004 513,923 27,154,515
2005 519,313 27,963,289
2006 524,997 28,794,003
2007 531,016 29,653,430
2008 537,245 30,539,553
2009 543,568 31,451,151
2010 549,923 32,390,802
2011 556,269 33,354,543
2012 562,633 34,337,438
2013 569,020 35,337,042
2014 575,373 36,395,539
2015 581,627 37,531,446
2016 587,757 38,799,152
2017 593,713 40,177,388
2018 599,513 41,565,831
2019 605,768 42,999,637
2020 612,317 44,457,152
2021 617,896 45,910,930
2022 623,164 47,312,719
2023 628,886 48,656,601
2024 634,431 50,015,092

Fertility rates in Suriname and Uganda

Fertility rate
Suriname

Uganda
Year Fertility rate
Suriname Uganda
1960 6.59 6.91
1961 6.58 6.93
1962 6.57 6.96
1963 6.51 6.98
1964 6.43 7.01
1965 6.32 7.04
1966 6.2 7.07
1967 6.04 7.1
1968 5.86 7.13
1969 5.7 7.12
1970 5.53 7.15
1971 5.36 7.18
1972 5.18 7.19
1973 5.01 7.19
1974 4.81 7.19
1975 4.63 7.2
1976 4.45 7.19
1977 4.26 7.18
1978 4.08 7.16
1979 3.93 7.14
1980 3.79 7.11
1981 3.75 7.12
1982 3.82 7.11
1983 3.87 7.07
1984 3.8 7.02
1985 3.71 7.04
1986 3.61 7.08
1987 3.53 7.12
1988 3.46 7.1
1989 3.39 7.05
1990 3.23 7.01
1991 3.09 6.94
1992 3.01 6.91
1993 2.94 6.89
1994 2.9 6.9
1995 2.9 6.87
1996 2.92 6.84
1997 2.95 6.86
1998 2.99 6.84
1999 3.02 6.83
2000 3.05 6.79
2001 3.06 6.76
2002 2.96 6.74
2003 2.84 6.67
2004 2.74 6.61
2005 2.71 6.53
2006 2.73 6.43
2007 2.74 6.33
2008 2.73 6.2
2009 2.71 6.12
2010 2.69 6.02
2011 2.67 5.89
2012 2.67 5.73
2013 2.65 5.56
2014 2.62 5.41
2015 2.57 5.25
2016 2.5 5.11
2017 2.43 4.99
2018 2.38 4.87
2019 2.35 4.74
2020 2.31 4.62
2021 2.3 4.51
2022 2.27 4.39
2023 2.25 4.28

Suriname and Uganda demographics compared

Median age
Suriname

Uganda
Year Median age, years
Suriname Uganda
1960 18.1 17.1
1961 18.2 16.9
1962 17.8 16.8
1963 17.3 16.7
1964 16.8 16.6
1965 16.4 16.6
1966 16.1 16.6
1967 15.8 16.6
1968 15.6 16.6
1969 15.6 16.6
1970 15.6 16.6
1971 15.7 16.6
1972 16 16.5
1973 16.3 16.3
1974 16.7 16.3
1975 17 16.2
1976 17.4 16.2
1977 17.6 16.2
1978 17.9 16.1
1979 18.1 16.1
1980 18.4 16
1981 18.7 15.9
1982 18.9 15.9
1983 19.2 15.9
1984 19.5 15.9
1985 19.7 15.9
1986 20 15.9
1987 20.2 15.9
1988 20.4 15.9
1989 20.6 15.8
1990 20.8 15.8
1991 21 15.8
1992 21.2 15.7
1993 21.5 15.7
1994 21.7 15.6
1995 22 15.4
1996 22.4 15.3
1997 22.8 15.1
1998 23.2 15
1999 23.6 15
2000 24 15
2001 24.4 15
2002 24.7 15
2003 25 15
2004 25.3 15
2005 25.5 15
2006 25.6 15
2007 25.8 15
2008 26.1 15.1
2009 26.3 15.1
2010 26.5 15.2
2011 26.7 15.3
2012 26.9 15.4
2013 27.1 15.5
2014 27.3 15.6
2015 27.5 15.8
2016 27.7 16
2017 27.9 16.3
2018 28.1 16.5
2019 28.3 16.8
2020 28.6 17
2021 28.7 17.2
2022 28.9 17.4
2023 29.2 17.6
2024 29.4 17.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Suriname Uganda
GNI, Atlas method
$3.72B
2024
$50.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.2%
2025
21.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
2.55%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.98%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
46,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.18%
2025
-6.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.92%
2016
3.42%
2021
Services, % of GDP
48.3%
2023
43.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
39.9%
2023
24.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
50.9
2025
51.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.1%
2022
34.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2022
2.4%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$1.63B
2024
$3.36B
2018
Personal remittances received
$160M
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
279,000
2017
473,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.78%
2020
9.21%
2020
Banked people share n/a
72.8%
2024

Energy

Suriname Uganda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,695 kg
2023
483 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.5
2023
$6.05
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.63 megatons
2023
7.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.18 tons
2023
0.15 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.4%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
14.5%
2021
90.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.3%
2023
1.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share
12.3%
2023
20.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,897 kWh
2023
89.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
41.9%
2021
90%
2021
Hydroelectric share
61%
2023
86.2%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.6%
2023
51.5%
2023

Society

Suriname Uganda
% of world population
0.008%
2024
0.61%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,166
2024
-117,924
2024
Urban population
66.5%
2024
27.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.73 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.3
2025
28.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
22
2025
67
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.28
2022
8.77
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.3
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
95%
2021
80.6%
2022
English speaking
87.1%
2023
44.7%
2023
People using the Internet
78.4%
2023
8.95%
2024

Health

Suriname Uganda
Government health expenditure per capita
$344
2022
$44.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$79.4
2022
$15
2022
Life expectancy
73.9 years
2025
68.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.47%
2022
41.6%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.48
2021
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.4 years
2025
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
38.8
2023
Obesity rate
29.8%
2022
8.05%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.8%
2024
2.2%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
7.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.93 liters
2020
11.3 liters
2020

Territory

Suriname Uganda
% of world land
0.11%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
97,682 sq mi
2024
1,548 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
275.8 sq mi
2025
55,657 sq mi
2025
Forest area
58,531 sq mi
2025
8,549 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,674 mi
2003
90,720 mi
2019

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