The latest officially reported population of Peru was 34,217,848 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Peru's population is 34,854,181 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.
Population statistics:
- Peru's population is 54.1 times bigger than Suriname's.
- Peru is ranked the 48th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
- The countries together account for 0.43% of the world: 0.42% for Peru vs 0.008% for Suriname.
- For the last 10 years, Peru has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
- Since 2005, the population of Peru has increased from 28.1M people to 34.9M (24% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
- Peru is projected to reach its peak in 2066 at 41.7M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.
Peru vs Suriname: live population counter
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| Current population |
34854181
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644193
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| Population rank | 48/197 | 165/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.42% | 0.008% |
| One net population change |
1.41 minutes
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1.58 hours
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| One birth every |
58.4 seconds
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48.3 minutes
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| One death every |
2.83 minutes
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2.1 hours
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| One migration net change every |
28.6 minutes
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7.51 hours
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| Annual migration change | +18,406 | -1,166 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,020 | +15 |
| Annual growth/decline | +372,231 | +5,545 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.1% | +0.88% |
| Population growth rate rank | 97/197 | 110/197 |
Peru and Suriname: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 10,174,127 | 263,918 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,475,123 | 272,791 | 2.96% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 10,784,612 | 283,912 | 2.95% | 4.08% |
| 1963 | 11,102,099 | 297,034 | 2.94% | 4.62% |
| 1964 | 11,427,978 | 309,041 | 2.94% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 11,761,085 | 320,000 | 2.91% | 3.55% |
| 1966 | 12,101,297 | 331,135 | 2.89% | 3.48% |
| 1967 | 12,448,814 | 342,679 | 2.87% | 3.49% |
| 1968 | 12,803,993 | 354,616 | 2.85% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 13,166,767 | 366,906 | 2.83% | 3.47% |
| 1970 | 13,501,237 | 379,442 | 2.54% | 3.42% |
| 1971 | 13,838,067 | 391,932 | 2.49% | 3.29% |
| 1972 | 14,210,147 | 397,413 | 2.69% | 1.4% |
| 1973 | 14,582,867 | 395,772 | 2.62% | -0.41% |
| 1974 | 14,956,552 | 393,676 | 2.56% | -0.53% |
| 1975 | 15,333,957 | 391,170 | 2.52% | -0.64% |
| 1976 | 15,716,809 | 388,289 | 2.5% | -0.74% |
| 1977 | 16,109,806 | 385,067 | 2.5% | -0.83% |
| 1978 | 16,516,059 | 381,502 | 2.52% | -0.93% |
| 1979 | 16,933,139 | 377,602 | 2.53% | -1.02% |
| 1980 | 17,360,949 | 375,377 | 2.53% | -0.59% |
| 1981 | 17,798,805 | 375,459 | 2.52% | 0.02% |
| 1982 | 18,246,503 | 376,555 | 2.52% | 0.29% |
| 1983 | 18,705,957 | 378,746 | 2.52% | 0.58% |
| 1984 | 19,174,716 | 382,193 | 2.51% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 19,648,204 | 386,972 | 2.47% | 1.25% |
| 1986 | 20,117,122 | 392,330 | 2.39% | 1.38% |
| 1987 | 20,582,320 | 396,911 | 2.31% | 1.17% |
| 1988 | 21,054,702 | 402,227 | 2.3% | 1.34% |
| 1989 | 21,532,589 | 408,409 | 2.27% | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 22,014,771 | 412,493 | 2.24% | 1% |
| 1991 | 22,483,775 | 415,013 | 2.13% | 0.61% |
| 1992 | 22,946,340 | 417,589 | 2.06% | 0.62% |
| 1993 | 23,413,783 | 419,352 | 2.04% | 0.42% |
| 1994 | 23,881,493 | 422,375 | 2% | 0.72% |
| 1995 | 24,348,919 | 429,606 | 1.96% | 1.71% |
| 1996 | 24,811,171 | 438,830 | 1.9% | 2.15% |
| 1997 | 25,274,147 | 448,067 | 1.87% | 2.1% |
| 1998 | 25,738,095 | 457,406 | 1.84% | 2.08% |
| 1999 | 26,186,504 | 466,916 | 1.74% | 2.08% |
| 2000 | 26,598,331 | 476,643 | 1.57% | 2.08% |
| 2001 | 26,964,601 | 486,560 | 1.38% | 2.08% |
| 2002 | 27,288,217 | 496,551 | 1.2% | 2.05% |
| 2003 | 27,580,490 | 506,414 | 1.07% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 27,852,190 | 513,923 | 0.99% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 28,101,180 | 519,313 | 0.89% | 1.05% |
| 2006 | 28,324,491 | 524,997 | 0.79% | 1.09% |
| 2007 | 28,530,699 | 531,016 | 0.73% | 1.15% |
| 2008 | 28,719,041 | 537,245 | 0.66% | 1.17% |
| 2009 | 28,896,811 | 543,568 | 0.62% | 1.18% |
| 2010 | 29,086,019 | 549,923 | 0.65% | 1.17% |
| 2011 | 29,304,086 | 556,269 | 0.75% | 1.15% |
| 2012 | 29,550,366 | 562,633 | 0.84% | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 29,817,919 | 569,020 | 0.91% | 1.14% |
| 2014 | 30,115,826 | 575,373 | 1% | 1.12% |
| 2015 | 30,457,600 | 581,627 | 1.13% | 1.09% |
| 2016 | 30,866,494 | 587,757 | 1.34% | 1.05% |
| 2017 | 31,324,637 | 593,713 | 1.48% | 1.01% |
| 2018 | 31,897,584 | 599,513 | 1.83% | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 32,449,303 | 605,768 | 1.73% | 1.04% |
| 2020 | 32,838,579 | 612,317 | 1.2% | 1.08% |
| 2021 | 33,155,882 | 617,896 | 0.97% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 33,475,438 | 623,164 | 0.96% | 0.85% |
| 2023 | 33,845,617 | 628,886 | 1.11% | 0.92% |
| 2024 | 34,217,848 | 634,431 | 1.1% | 0.88% |
| 2025 | 34,576,670 | 639,852 | 1.05% | 0.85% |
| 2026 | 34,922,144 | 645,257 | 1% | 0.84% |
| 2027 | 35,255,683 | 650,564 | 0.96% | 0.82% |
| 2028 | 35,578,281 | 655,783 | 0.92% | 0.8% |
| 2029 | 35,890,705 | 660,793 | 0.88% | 0.76% |
| 2030 | 36,193,882 | 665,650 | 0.84% | 0.74% |
| 2031 | 36,488,437 | 670,421 | 0.81% | 0.72% |
| 2032 | 36,774,937 | 675,070 | 0.79% | 0.69% |
| 2033 | 37,054,380 | 679,573 | 0.76% | 0.67% |
| 2034 | 37,326,798 | 683,911 | 0.74% | 0.64% |
| 2035 | 37,591,420 | 688,189 | 0.71% | 0.63% |
| 2036 | 37,848,147 | 692,343 | 0.68% | 0.6% |
| 2037 | 38,096,898 | 696,213 | 0.66% | 0.56% |
| 2038 | 38,337,328 | 699,908 | 0.63% | 0.53% |
| 2039 | 38,569,891 | 703,569 | 0.61% | 0.52% |
| 2040 | 38,794,647 | 707,156 | 0.58% | 0.51% |
| 2041 | 39,011,537 | 710,619 | 0.56% | 0.49% |
| 2042 | 39,220,371 | 713,900 | 0.54% | 0.46% |
| 2043 | 39,420,647 | 716,999 | 0.51% | 0.43% |
| 2044 | 39,612,847 | 719,920 | 0.49% | 0.41% |
| 2045 | 39,796,723 | 722,759 | 0.46% | 0.39% |
| 2046 | 39,971,719 | 725,322 | 0.44% | 0.35% |
| 2047 | 40,137,869 | 727,726 | 0.42% | 0.33% |
| 2048 | 40,294,857 | 730,038 | 0.39% | 0.32% |
| 2049 | 40,443,273 | 732,021 | 0.37% | 0.27% |
| 2050 | 40,583,875 | 733,898 | 0.35% | 0.26% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Peru increased by 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Peru gained 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).
Peru was ranked 39th most populous country in 2005 and is 48th 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) Peru's population will grow by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people with a rank change from 48th to 51st. The population of Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.
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Population differences between Peru and Suriname
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 73.9 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 32.3 years |
| Median age | 30.8 years | 29.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| Population density | 69.2 ppl/mi² | 10.2 ppl/mi² |
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