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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,200 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,813,345 people compared to 645,315 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Croatia's population is 5.91 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2006, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (11.5% decline), while Suriname has grown from 525K to 645K (22.9% growth).
  • Suriname is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 753K people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.

Croatia vs Suriname: live population counter

Croatia Suriname
Current population
3813345
645315
Population rank 129/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.05% 0.008%
One net population change
1.34 hours
1.58 hours
One birth every
16.4 minutes
48.3 minutes
One death every
10.2 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
1.69 hours
7.51 hours
Annual migration change -5,186 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +18 +15
Annual growth/decline +6,514 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +0.17% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 158/197 109/197

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

Croatia
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Croatia Suriname Croatia Suriname
1960 4,140,181 263,918 - -
1961 4,167,292 272,791 0.65% 3.36%
1962 4,196,712 283,912 0.71% 4.08%
1963 4,225,675 297,034 0.69% 4.62%
1964 4,252,876 309,041 0.64% 4.04%
1965 4,280,923 320,000 0.66% 3.55%
1966 4,310,701 331,135 0.7% 3.48%
1967 4,338,683 342,679 0.65% 3.49%
1968 4,365,628 354,616 0.62% 3.48%
1969 4,391,490 366,906 0.59% 3.47%
1970 4,412,252 379,442 0.47% 3.42%
1971 4,431,275 391,932 0.43% 3.29%
1972 4,450,564 397,413 0.44% 1.4%
1973 4,470,161 395,772 0.44% -0.41%
1974 4,490,660 393,676 0.46% -0.53%
1975 4,512,082 391,170 0.48% -0.64%
1976 4,535,934 388,289 0.53% -0.74%
1977 4,559,571 385,067 0.52% -0.83%
1978 4,581,085 381,502 0.47% -0.93%
1979 4,594,778 377,602 0.3% -1.02%
1980 4,599,782 375,377 0.11% -0.59%
1981 4,611,509 375,459 0.25% 0.02%
1982 4,634,234 376,555 0.49% 0.29%
1983 4,658,254 378,746 0.52% 0.58%
1984 4,680,285 382,193 0.47% 0.91%
1985 4,701,417 386,972 0.45% 1.25%
1986 4,721,446 392,330 0.43% 1.38%
1987 4,739,745 396,911 0.39% 1.17%
1988 4,755,207 402,227 0.33% 1.34%
1989 4,767,260 408,409 0.25% 1.54%
1990 4,777,368 412,493 0.21% 1%
1991 4,689,022 415,013 -1.85% 0.61%
1992 4,575,818 417,589 -2.41% 0.62%
1993 4,600,463 419,352 0.54% 0.42%
1994 4,652,024 422,375 1.12% 0.72%
1995 4,620,030 429,606 -0.69% 1.71%
1996 4,557,097 438,830 -1.36% 2.15%
1997 4,534,920 448,067 -0.49% 2.1%
1998 4,532,135 457,406 -0.06% 2.08%
1999 4,512,597 466,916 -0.43% 2.08%
2000 4,468,302 476,643 -0.98% 2.08%
2001 4,299,642 486,560 -3.77% 2.08%
2002 4,302,174 496,551 0.06% 2.05%
2003 4,303,399 506,414 0.03% 1.99%
2004 4,304,600 513,923 0.03% 1.48%
2005 4,310,145 519,313 0.13% 1.05%
2006 4,311,159 524,997 0.02% 1.09%
2007 4,310,217 531,016 -0.02% 1.15%
2008 4,309,705 537,245 -0.01% 1.17%
2009 4,305,181 543,568 -0.1% 1.18%
2010 4,295,427 549,923 -0.23% 1.17%
2011 4,280,622 556,269 -0.34% 1.15%
2012 4,260,368 562,633 -0.47% 1.14%
2013 4,233,922 569,020 -0.62% 1.14%
2014 4,201,598 575,373 -0.76% 1.12%
2015 4,151,725 581,627 -1.19% 1.09%
2016 4,106,867 587,757 -1.08% 1.05%
2017 4,041,407 593,713 -1.59% 1.01%
2018 3,988,775 599,513 -1.3% 0.98%
2019 3,949,390 605,768 -0.99% 1.04%
2020 3,914,206 612,317 -0.89% 1.08%
2021 3,878,981 617,896 -0.9% 0.91%
2022 3,855,641 623,164 -0.6% 0.85%
2023 3,859,686 628,886 0.1% 0.92%
2024 3,866,200 634,431 0.17% 0.88%
2025 3,839,102 639,852 -0.7% 0.85%
2026 3,813,345 645,257 -0.67% 0.84%
2027 3,788,411 650,564 -0.65% 0.82%
2028 3,764,412 655,783 -0.63% 0.8%
2029 3,740,768 660,793 -0.63% 0.76%
2030 3,716,995 665,650 -0.64% 0.74%
2031 3,692,964 670,421 -0.65% 0.72%
2032 3,668,796 675,070 -0.65% 0.69%
2033 3,645,158 679,573 -0.64% 0.67%
2034 3,621,729 683,911 -0.64% 0.64%
2035 3,598,724 688,189 -0.64% 0.63%
2036 3,575,930 692,343 -0.63% 0.6%
2037 3,552,378 696,213 -0.66% 0.56%
2038 3,528,291 699,908 -0.68% 0.53%
2039 3,504,229 703,569 -0.68% 0.52%
2040 3,480,092 707,156 -0.69% 0.51%
2041 3,455,620 710,619 -0.7% 0.49%
2042 3,430,837 713,900 -0.72% 0.46%
2043 3,405,931 716,999 -0.73% 0.43%
2044 3,380,593 719,920 -0.74% 0.41%
2045 3,355,044 722,759 -0.76% 0.39%
2046 3,329,650 725,322 -0.76% 0.35%
2047 3,304,087 727,726 -0.77% 0.33%
2048 3,278,267 730,038 -0.78% 0.32%
2049 3,252,449 732,021 -0.79% 0.27%
2050 3,226,539 733,898 -0.8% 0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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