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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Spain was 48,807,137 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Spain's population is 48,786,181 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 75.7 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Spain is ranked the 32nd most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.6% of the world: 0.59% for Spain vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Spain has had an average growth rate of +0.42% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Spain has increased from 43.7M people to 48.8M (11.8% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Suriname is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 753K people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.7M people by 2100.

Spain vs Suriname: live population counter

Spain Suriname
Current population
48786181
644193
Population rank 32/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.59% 0.008%
One net population change
1.14 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
1.62 minutes
48.3 minutes
One death every
1.21 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
4.71 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change +111,674 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +1,258 +15
Annual growth/decline +459,227 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +0.95% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 108/197 110/197

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

Spain
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Spain Suriname Spain Suriname
1960 30,455,000 263,918 - -
1961 30,739,250 272,791 0.93% 3.36%
1962 31,023,366 283,912 0.92% 4.08%
1963 31,296,651 297,034 0.88% 4.62%
1964 31,609,195 309,041 1% 4.04%
1965 31,954,292 320,000 1.09% 3.55%
1966 32,283,194 331,135 1.03% 3.48%
1967 32,682,947 342,679 1.24% 3.49%
1968 33,113,134 354,616 1.32% 3.48%
1969 33,441,054 366,906 0.99% 3.47%
1970 33,814,531 379,442 1.12% 3.42%
1971 34,224,490 391,932 1.21% 3.29%
1972 34,604,469 397,413 1.11% 1.4%
1973 34,988,947 395,772 1.11% -0.41%
1974 35,373,335 393,676 1.1% -0.53%
1975 35,757,900 391,170 1.09% -0.64%
1976 36,137,812 388,289 1.06% -0.74%
1977 36,511,638 385,067 1.03% -0.83%
1978 36,864,898 381,502 0.97% -0.93%
1979 37,191,330 377,602 0.89% -1.02%
1980 37,491,165 375,377 0.81% -0.59%
1981 37,758,631 375,459 0.71% 0.02%
1982 37,986,012 376,555 0.6% 0.29%
1983 38,171,525 378,746 0.49% 0.58%
1984 38,330,364 382,193 0.42% 0.91%
1985 38,469,512 386,972 0.36% 1.25%
1986 38,584,624 392,330 0.3% 1.38%
1987 38,684,815 396,911 0.26% 1.17%
1988 38,766,939 402,227 0.21% 1.34%
1989 38,827,764 408,409 0.16% 1.54%
1990 38,867,322 412,493 0.1% 1%
1991 38,966,376 415,013 0.25% 0.61%
1992 39,157,685 417,589 0.49% 0.62%
1993 39,361,262 419,352 0.52% 0.42%
1994 39,549,108 422,375 0.48% 0.72%
1995 39,724,050 429,606 0.44% 1.71%
1996 39,889,852 438,830 0.42% 2.15%
1997 40,057,389 448,067 0.42% 2.1%
1998 40,223,509 457,406 0.41% 2.08%
1999 40,386,875 466,916 0.41% 2.08%
2000 40,567,864 476,643 0.45% 2.08%
2001 40,850,412 486,560 0.7% 2.08%
2002 41,431,558 496,551 1.42% 2.05%
2003 42,187,645 506,414 1.82% 1.99%
2004 42,921,895 513,923 1.74% 1.48%
2005 43,653,155 519,313 1.7% 1.05%
2006 44,397,319 524,997 1.7% 1.09%
2007 45,226,803 531,016 1.87% 1.15%
2008 45,954,106 537,245 1.61% 1.17%
2009 46,362,946 543,568 0.89% 1.18%
2010 46,576,897 549,923 0.46% 1.17%
2011 46,742,697 556,269 0.36% 1.15%
2012 46,773,055 562,633 0.06% 1.14%
2013 46,604,197 569,020 -0.36% 1.14%
2014 46,460,733 575,373 -0.31% 1.12%
2015 46,422,303 581,627 -0.08% 1.09%
2016 46,458,139 587,757 0.08% 1.05%
2017 46,571,232 593,713 0.24% 1.01%
2018 46,782,011 599,513 0.45% 0.98%
2019 47,118,501 605,768 0.72% 1.04%
2020 47,359,424 612,317 0.51% 1.08%
2021 47,443,821 617,896 0.18% 0.91%
2022 47,786,102 623,164 0.72% 0.85%
2023 48,347,910 628,886 1.18% 0.92%
2024 48,807,137 634,431 0.95% 0.88%
2025 48,786,181 639,852 -0.04% 0.85%
2026 48,746,279 645,257 -0.08% 0.84%
2027 48,696,847 650,564 -0.1% 0.82%
2028 48,642,132 655,783 -0.11% 0.8%
2029 48,578,166 660,793 -0.13% 0.76%
2030 48,501,513 665,650 -0.16% 0.74%
2031 48,412,854 670,421 -0.18% 0.72%
2032 48,321,195 675,070 -0.19% 0.69%
2033 48,230,054 679,573 -0.19% 0.67%
2034 48,136,421 683,911 -0.19% 0.64%
2035 48,036,650 688,189 -0.21% 0.63%
2036 47,929,957 692,343 -0.22% 0.6%
2037 47,819,257 696,213 -0.23% 0.56%
2038 47,706,580 699,908 -0.24% 0.53%
2039 47,588,878 703,569 -0.25% 0.52%
2040 47,463,597 707,156 -0.26% 0.51%
2041 47,332,618 710,619 -0.28% 0.49%
2042 47,194,588 713,900 -0.29% 0.46%
2043 47,052,293 716,999 -0.3% 0.43%
2044 46,902,636 719,920 -0.32% 0.41%
2045 46,738,565 722,759 -0.35% 0.39%
2046 46,564,383 725,322 -0.37% 0.35%
2047 46,381,681 727,726 -0.39% 0.33%
2048 46,190,642 730,038 -0.41% 0.32%
2049 45,985,428 732,021 -0.44% 0.27%
2050 45,769,362 733,898 -0.47% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Spain increased by 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Spain gained 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2005 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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