Population in Colombia compared to Suriname: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Colombia and Suriname: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Suriname	Colombia	Suriname
1960	15,606,209	263,918	-	-
1961	16,095,203	272,791	3.13%	3.36%
1962	16,599,029	283,912	3.13%	4.08%
1963	17,113,823	297,034	3.1%	4.62%
1964	17,637,411	309,041	3.06%	4.04%
1965	18,169,050	320,000	3.01%	3.55%
1966	18,702,688	331,135	2.94%	3.48%
1967	19,235,618	342,679	2.85%	3.49%
1968	19,766,796	354,616	2.76%	3.48%
1969	20,291,942	366,906	2.66%	3.47%
1970	20,811,782	379,442	2.56%	3.42%
1971	21,319,096	391,932	2.44%	3.29%
1972	21,819,563	397,413	2.35%	1.4%
1973	22,325,374	395,772	2.32%	-0.41%
1974	22,833,469	393,676	2.28%	-0.53%
1975	23,344,644	391,170	2.24%	-0.64%
1976	23,858,810	388,289	2.2%	-0.74%
1977	24,393,494	385,067	2.24%	-0.83%
1978	24,950,337	381,502	2.28%	-0.93%
1979	25,515,626	377,602	2.27%	-1.02%
1980	26,104,498	375,377	2.31%	-0.59%
1981	26,713,267	375,459	2.33%	0.02%
1982	27,338,331	376,555	2.34%	0.29%
1983	27,988,173	378,746	2.38%	0.58%
1984	28,642,690	382,193	2.34%	0.91%
1985	29,268,470	386,972	2.18%	1.25%
1986	29,879,112	392,330	2.09%	1.38%
1987	30,499,467	396,911	2.08%	1.17%
1988	31,130,524	402,227	2.07%	1.34%
1989	31,776,279	408,409	2.07%	1.54%
1990	32,440,069	412,493	2.09%	1%
1991	33,098,372	415,013	2.03%	0.61%
1992	33,760,571	417,589	2%	0.62%
1993	34,441,473	419,352	2.02%	0.42%
1994	35,127,410	422,375	1.99%	0.72%
1995	35,804,662	429,606	1.93%	1.71%
1996	36,462,745	438,830	1.84%	2.15%
1997	37,121,149	448,067	1.81%	2.1%
1998	37,792,165	457,406	1.81%	2.08%
1999	38,454,863	466,916	1.75%	2.08%
2000	39,089,934	476,643	1.65%	2.08%
2001	39,709,262	486,560	1.58%	2.08%
2002	40,324,680	496,551	1.55%	2.05%
2003	40,937,429	506,414	1.52%	1.99%
2004	41,543,171	513,923	1.48%	1.48%
2005	42,128,977	519,313	1.41%	1.05%
2006	42,691,084	524,997	1.33%	1.09%
2007	43,235,374	531,016	1.27%	1.15%
2008	43,758,808	537,245	1.21%	1.17%
2009	44,271,541	543,568	1.17%	1.18%
2010	44,777,319	549,923	1.14%	1.17%
2011	45,259,614	556,269	1.08%	1.15%
2012	45,715,810	562,633	1.01%	1.14%
2013	46,151,584	569,020	0.95%	1.14%
2014	46,565,429	575,373	0.9%	1.12%
2015	46,969,940	581,627	0.87%	1.09%
2016	47,437,512	587,757	1%	1.05%
2017	48,131,078	593,713	1.46%	1.01%
2018	49,024,465	599,513	1.86%	0.98%
2019	49,907,985	605,768	1.8%	1.04%
2020	50,629,997	612,317	1.45%	1.08%
2021	51,188,173	617,896	1.1%	0.91%
2022	51,737,944	623,164	1.07%	0.85%
2023	52,321,152	628,886	1.13%	0.92%
2024	52,886,363	634,431	1.08%	0.88%
2025	53,425,632	639,852	1.02%	0.85%
2026	53,936,234	645,257	0.96%	0.84%
2027	54,422,275	650,564	0.9%	0.82%
2028	54,885,123	655,783	0.85%	0.8%
2029	55,322,627	660,793	0.8%	0.76%
2030	55,736,477	665,650	0.75%	0.74%
2031	56,125,966	670,421	0.7%	0.72%
2032	56,490,496	675,070	0.65%	0.69%
2033	56,832,264	679,573	0.61%	0.67%
2034	57,151,619	683,911	0.56%	0.64%
2035	57,445,755	688,189	0.51%	0.63%
2036	57,716,869	692,343	0.47%	0.6%
2037	57,965,300	696,213	0.43%	0.56%
2038	58,190,082	699,908	0.39%	0.53%
2039	58,394,310	703,569	0.35%	0.52%
2040	58,576,452	707,156	0.31%	0.51%
2041	58,736,886	710,619	0.27%	0.49%
2042	58,878,126	713,900	0.24%	0.46%
2043	59,000,362	716,999	0.21%	0.43%
2044	59,104,592	719,920	0.18%	0.41%
2045	59,190,826	722,759	0.15%	0.39%
2046	59,259,758	725,322	0.12%	0.35%
2047	59,313,132	727,726	0.09%	0.33%
2048	59,351,262	730,038	0.06%	0.32%
2049	59,375,012	732,021	0.04%	0.27%
2050	59,385,355	733,898	0.02%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.