The current population of Suriname is 644,193 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 634,431 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Suriname is projected to reach 753K people in 2071.
- Suriname is ranked 165/197 by population and was ranked 164th in 2005.
- Suriname accounts for 0.008% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Suriname has had an average growth rate of 1.2% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 519K people to 644K (24% growth in 20 years).
Suriname population clock
Suriname
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
644193
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 165/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.008% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.58 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
48.3 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.1 hours
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +15 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,545 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.88% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 110/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
7.51 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -1,166 | N/A |
Suriname population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 263,918 | - |
| 1961 | 272,791 | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 283,912 | 4.08% |
| 1963 | 297,034 | 4.62% |
| 1964 | 309,041 | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 320,000 | 3.55% |
| 1966 | 331,135 | 3.48% |
| 1967 | 342,679 | 3.49% |
| 1968 | 354,616 | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 366,906 | 3.47% |
| 1970 | 379,442 | 3.42% |
| 1971 | 391,932 | 3.29% |
| 1972 | 397,413 | 1.4% |
| 1973 | 395,772 | -0.41% |
| 1974 | 393,676 | -0.53% |
| 1975 | 391,170 | -0.64% |
| 1976 | 388,289 | -0.74% |
| 1977 | 385,067 | -0.83% |
| 1978 | 381,502 | -0.93% |
| 1979 | 377,602 | -1.02% |
| 1980 | 375,377 | -0.59% |
| 1981 | 375,459 | 0.02% |
| 1982 | 376,555 | 0.29% |
| 1983 | 378,746 | 0.58% |
| 1984 | 382,193 | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 386,972 | 1.25% |
| 1986 | 392,330 | 1.38% |
| 1987 | 396,911 | 1.17% |
| 1988 | 402,227 | 1.34% |
| 1989 | 408,409 | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 412,493 | 1% |
| 1991 | 415,013 | 0.61% |
| 1992 | 417,589 | 0.62% |
| 1993 | 419,352 | 0.42% |
| 1994 | 422,375 | 0.72% |
| 1995 | 429,606 | 1.71% |
| 1996 | 438,830 | 2.15% |
| 1997 | 448,067 | 2.1% |
| 1998 | 457,406 | 2.08% |
| 1999 | 466,916 | 2.08% |
| 2000 | 476,643 | 2.08% |
| 2001 | 486,560 | 2.08% |
| 2002 | 496,551 | 2.05% |
| 2003 | 506,414 | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 513,923 | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 519,313 | 1.05% |
| 2006 | 524,997 | 1.09% |
| 2007 | 531,016 | 1.15% |
| 2008 | 537,245 | 1.17% |
| 2009 | 543,568 | 1.18% |
| 2010 | 549,923 | 1.17% |
| 2011 | 556,269 | 1.15% |
| 2012 | 562,633 | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 569,020 | 1.14% |
| 2014 | 575,373 | 1.12% |
| 2015 | 581,627 | 1.09% |
| 2016 | 587,757 | 1.05% |
| 2017 | 593,713 | 1.01% |
| 2018 | 599,513 | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 605,768 | 1.04% |
| 2020 | 612,317 | 1.08% |
| 2021 | 617,896 | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 623,164 | 0.85% |
| 2023 | 628,886 | 0.92% |
| 2024 | 634,431 | 0.88% |
| 2025 | 639,852 | 0.85% |
| 2026 | 645,257 | 0.84% |
| 2027 | 650,564 | 0.82% |
| 2028 | 655,783 | 0.8% |
| 2029 | 660,793 | 0.76% |
| 2030 | 665,650 | 0.74% |
| 2031 | 670,421 | 0.72% |
| 2032 | 675,070 | 0.69% |
| 2033 | 679,573 | 0.67% |
| 2034 | 683,911 | 0.64% |
| 2035 | 688,189 | 0.63% |
| 2036 | 692,343 | 0.6% |
| 2037 | 696,213 | 0.56% |
| 2038 | 699,908 | 0.53% |
| 2039 | 703,569 | 0.52% |
| 2040 | 707,156 | 0.51% |
| 2041 | 710,619 | 0.49% |
| 2042 | 713,900 | 0.46% |
| 2043 | 716,999 | 0.43% |
| 2044 | 719,920 | 0.41% |
| 2045 | 722,759 | 0.39% |
| 2046 | 725,322 | 0.35% |
| 2047 | 727,726 | 0.33% |
| 2048 | 730,038 | 0.32% |
| 2049 | 732,021 | 0.27% |
| 2050 | 733,898 | 0.26% |
Suriname has a population of 644K as of 2025, compared to 582K in 2015, 519K in 2005, and 430K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.08% per year. Suriname is ranked 111th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Suriname will have 722,759 people (12.2% growth) and still will be ranked 165th.
By the year 2100, Suriname's population is projected to grow by 10.1% to 709K people.
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Suriname population statistics
|
Suriname
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 73.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 32.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 29.4 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.25 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 10.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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