The latest officially reported population of Suriname was 634,431 in 2024 vs 7,494,498 people in Turkmenistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Suriname's population is 644,193 people compared to 7,713,465 in Turkmenistan.
Population statistics:
- Turkmenistan's population is 12 times bigger than Suriname's.
- Suriname is ranked the 165th most populous country in the world, while Turkmenistan is the 104th.
- The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.008% for Suriname vs 0.09% for Turkmenistan.
- For the last 10 years, Suriname has had an average growth rate of +0.99% per year vs +2.14% in Turkmenistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Suriname has increased from 519K people to 644K (24% growth), while Turkmenistan has grown from 5.05M to 7.71M (52.7% growth).
- Suriname is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 753K people compared to the peak of 10.3M people in 2079 for Turkmenistan.
Suriname vs Turkmenistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
644193
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7713465
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| Population rank | 165/197 | 104/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.008% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
1.58 hours
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4.04 minutes
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| One birth every |
48.3 minutes
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3.28 minutes
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| One death every |
2.1 hours
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12.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
7.51 hours
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35.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,166 | +14,646 |
| Daily growth/decline | +15 | +356 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,545 | +130,060 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.88% | +1.77% |
| Population growth rate rank | 110/197 | 64/197 |
Suriname and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 263,918 | 1,643,457 | - | - |
| 1961 | 272,791 | 1,695,400 | 3.36% | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 283,912 | 1,749,214 | 4.08% | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 297,034 | 1,804,272 | 4.62% | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 309,041 | 1,859,997 | 4.04% | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 320,000 | 1,915,916 | 3.55% | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 331,135 | 1,971,737 | 3.48% | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 342,679 | 2,027,403 | 3.49% | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 354,616 | 2,083,069 | 3.48% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 366,906 | 2,139,024 | 3.47% | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 379,442 | 2,195,616 | 3.42% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 391,932 | 2,253,119 | 3.29% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 397,413 | 2,311,430 | 1.4% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 395,772 | 2,370,919 | -0.41% | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 393,676 | 2,432,028 | -0.53% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 391,170 | 2,494,570 | -0.64% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 388,289 | 2,558,521 | -0.74% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 385,067 | 2,623,948 | -0.83% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 381,502 | 2,691,088 | -0.93% | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 377,602 | 2,760,358 | -1.02% | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 375,377 | 2,832,203 | -0.59% | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 375,459 | 2,907,187 | 0.02% | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 376,555 | 2,985,557 | 0.29% | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 378,746 | 3,067,534 | 0.58% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 382,193 | 3,154,079 | 0.91% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 386,972 | 3,247,534 | 1.25% | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 392,330 | 3,347,809 | 1.38% | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 396,911 | 3,452,731 | 1.17% | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 402,227 | 3,559,363 | 1.34% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 408,409 | 3,662,459 | 1.54% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 412,493 | 3,760,562 | 1% | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 415,013 | 3,855,894 | 0.61% | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 417,589 | 3,944,689 | 0.62% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 419,352 | 4,032,407 | 0.42% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 422,375 | 4,116,662 | 0.72% | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 429,606 | 4,191,203 | 1.71% | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 438,830 | 4,263,819 | 2.15% | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 448,067 | 4,336,730 | 2.1% | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 457,406 | 4,410,507 | 2.08% | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 466,916 | 4,492,170 | 2.08% | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 476,643 | 4,582,677 | 2.08% | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 486,560 | 4,675,409 | 2.08% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 496,551 | 4,769,465 | 2.05% | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 506,414 | 4,863,865 | 1.99% | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 513,923 | 4,958,093 | 1.48% | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 519,313 | 5,052,257 | 1.05% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 524,997 | 5,147,105 | 1.09% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 531,016 | 5,244,046 | 1.15% | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 537,245 | 5,345,029 | 1.17% | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 543,568 | 5,451,592 | 1.18% | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 549,923 | 5,564,356 | 1.17% | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 556,269 | 5,683,417 | 1.15% | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 562,633 | 5,808,546 | 1.14% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 569,020 | 5,939,341 | 1.14% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 575,373 | 6,075,283 | 1.12% | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 581,627 | 6,215,770 | 1.09% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 587,757 | 6,360,041 | 1.05% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 593,713 | 6,507,061 | 1.01% | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 599,513 | 6,655,524 | 0.98% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 605,768 | 6,803,944 | 1.04% | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 612,317 | 6,949,912 | 1.08% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 617,896 | 7,092,043 | 0.91% | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 623,164 | 7,230,193 | 0.85% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 628,886 | 7,364,438 | 0.92% | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 634,431 | 7,494,498 | 0.88% | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 639,852 | 7,618,855 | 0.85% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 645,257 | 7,736,635 | 0.84% | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 650,564 | 7,847,563 | 0.82% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 655,783 | 7,951,300 | 0.8% | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 660,793 | 8,047,445 | 0.76% | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 665,650 | 8,135,732 | 0.74% | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 670,421 | 8,218,959 | 0.72% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 675,070 | 8,300,260 | 0.69% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 679,573 | 8,380,356 | 0.67% | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 683,911 | 8,459,731 | 0.64% | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 688,189 | 8,538,678 | 0.63% | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 692,343 | 8,617,567 | 0.6% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 696,213 | 8,696,458 | 0.56% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 699,908 | 8,775,204 | 0.53% | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 703,569 | 8,853,842 | 0.52% | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 707,156 | 8,932,237 | 0.51% | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 710,619 | 9,010,272 | 0.49% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 713,900 | 9,087,668 | 0.46% | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 716,999 | 9,164,056 | 0.43% | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 719,920 | 9,239,278 | 0.41% | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 722,759 | 9,312,825 | 0.39% | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 725,322 | 9,384,188 | 0.35% | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 727,726 | 9,452,893 | 0.33% | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 730,038 | 9,518,558 | 0.32% | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 732,021 | 9,580,906 | 0.27% | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 733,898 | 9,639,711 | 0.26% | 0.61% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Suriname increased by 62,314 people (a 12% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Suriname gained 62,566 (a 10.8% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).
Suriname was ranked 164th most populous country in 2005 and is 165th in 2025. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2005 and ranked 104th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Suriname's population will grow by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th. The population of Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Paramaribo | 224K |
| Nieuw Nickerie | 12.8K |
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| City | Population |
| Ashgabat | 1.03M |
| Turkmenabat | 231K |
| Dasoguz | 227K |
| Mary | 126K |
| Anau | 29.6K |
| Baherden | 24.7K |
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Population differences between Suriname and Turkmenistan
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| Life expectancy | 73.9 years | 70.3 years |
| Average age | 32.3 years | 29.1 years |
| Median age | 29.4 years | 27.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 2.25 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 10.2 ppl/mi² | 41.3 ppl/mi² |
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