The latest officially reported population of Suriname was 634,431 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Suriname's population is 644,193 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.
Population statistics:
- Uganda's population is 81.5 times bigger than Suriname's.
- Suriname is ranked the 165th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.008% for Suriname vs 0.63% for Uganda.
- For the last 10 years, Suriname has had an average growth rate of +0.99% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
- Since 2005, the population of Suriname has increased from 519K people to 644K (24% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
- Suriname is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 753K people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.
Suriname vs Uganda: live population counter
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| Current population |
644193
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52490669
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| Population rank | 165/197 | 30/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.008% | 0.63% |
| One net population change |
1.58 hours
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23.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
48.3 minutes
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18.4 seconds
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| One death every |
2.1 hours
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2.23 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
7.51 hours
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4.46 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,166 | -117,924 |
| Daily growth/decline | +15 | +3,722 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,545 | +1,358,491 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.88% | +2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 110/197 | 23/197 |
Suriname and Uganda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 263,918 | 7,640,973 | - | - |
| 1961 | 272,791 | 7,862,217 | 3.36% | 2.9% |
| 1962 | 283,912 | 8,092,231 | 4.08% | 2.93% |
| 1963 | 297,034 | 8,333,663 | 4.62% | 2.98% |
| 1964 | 309,041 | 8,586,363 | 4.04% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 320,000 | 8,849,203 | 3.55% | 3.06% |
| 1966 | 331,135 | 9,122,864 | 3.48% | 3.09% |
| 1967 | 342,679 | 9,408,924 | 3.49% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 354,616 | 9,708,632 | 3.48% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 366,906 | 10,014,858 | 3.47% | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 379,442 | 10,321,603 | 3.42% | 3.06% |
| 1971 | 391,932 | 10,618,206 | 3.29% | 2.87% |
| 1972 | 397,413 | 10,885,796 | 1.4% | 2.52% |
| 1973 | 395,772 | 11,144,236 | -0.41% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 393,676 | 11,424,846 | -0.53% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 391,170 | 11,725,240 | -0.64% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 388,289 | 12,037,294 | -0.74% | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 385,067 | 12,359,669 | -0.83% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 381,502 | 12,692,113 | -0.93% | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 377,602 | 13,002,163 | -1.02% | 2.44% |
| 1980 | 375,377 | 13,275,741 | -0.59% | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 375,459 | 13,556,452 | 0.02% | 2.11% |
| 1982 | 376,555 | 13,873,631 | 0.29% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 378,746 | 14,221,881 | 0.58% | 2.51% |
| 1984 | 382,193 | 14,607,677 | 0.91% | 2.71% |
| 1985 | 386,972 | 15,023,681 | 1.25% | 2.85% |
| 1986 | 392,330 | 15,467,579 | 1.38% | 2.95% |
| 1987 | 396,911 | 15,954,170 | 1.17% | 3.15% |
| 1988 | 402,227 | 16,470,483 | 1.34% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 408,409 | 17,010,698 | 1.54% | 3.28% |
| 1990 | 412,493 | 17,569,897 | 1% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 415,013 | 18,155,901 | 0.61% | 3.34% |
| 1992 | 417,589 | 18,785,032 | 0.62% | 3.47% |
| 1993 | 419,352 | 19,445,161 | 0.42% | 3.51% |
| 1994 | 422,375 | 20,108,801 | 0.72% | 3.41% |
| 1995 | 429,606 | 20,665,667 | 1.71% | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 438,830 | 21,231,550 | 2.15% | 2.74% |
| 1997 | 448,067 | 21,856,046 | 2.1% | 2.94% |
| 1998 | 457,406 | 22,515,806 | 2.08% | 3.02% |
| 1999 | 466,916 | 23,257,281 | 2.08% | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 476,643 | 24,000,150 | 2.08% | 3.19% |
| 2001 | 486,560 | 24,745,676 | 2.08% | 3.11% |
| 2002 | 496,551 | 25,532,870 | 2.05% | 3.18% |
| 2003 | 506,414 | 26,352,124 | 1.99% | 3.21% |
| 2004 | 513,923 | 27,154,515 | 1.48% | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 519,313 | 27,963,289 | 1.05% | 2.98% |
| 2006 | 524,997 | 28,794,003 | 1.09% | 2.97% |
| 2007 | 531,016 | 29,653,430 | 1.15% | 2.98% |
| 2008 | 537,245 | 30,539,553 | 1.17% | 2.99% |
| 2009 | 543,568 | 31,451,151 | 1.18% | 2.98% |
| 2010 | 549,923 | 32,390,802 | 1.17% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 556,269 | 33,354,543 | 1.15% | 2.98% |
| 2012 | 562,633 | 34,337,438 | 1.14% | 2.95% |
| 2013 | 569,020 | 35,337,042 | 1.14% | 2.91% |
| 2014 | 575,373 | 36,395,539 | 1.12% | 3% |
| 2015 | 581,627 | 37,531,446 | 1.09% | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 587,757 | 38,799,152 | 1.05% | 3.38% |
| 2017 | 593,713 | 40,177,388 | 1.01% | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 599,513 | 41,565,831 | 0.98% | 3.46% |
| 2019 | 605,768 | 42,999,637 | 1.04% | 3.45% |
| 2020 | 612,317 | 44,457,152 | 1.08% | 3.39% |
| 2021 | 617,896 | 45,910,930 | 0.91% | 3.27% |
| 2022 | 623,164 | 47,312,719 | 0.85% | 3.05% |
| 2023 | 628,886 | 48,656,601 | 0.92% | 2.84% |
| 2024 | 634,431 | 50,015,092 | 0.88% | 2.79% |
| 2025 | 639,852 | 51,384,895 | 0.85% | 2.74% |
| 2026 | 645,257 | 52,761,471 | 0.84% | 2.68% |
| 2027 | 650,564 | 54,144,274 | 0.82% | 2.62% |
| 2028 | 655,783 | 55,532,564 | 0.8% | 2.56% |
| 2029 | 660,793 | 56,922,797 | 0.76% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 665,650 | 58,312,944 | 0.74% | 2.44% |
| 2031 | 670,421 | 59,703,537 | 0.72% | 2.38% |
| 2032 | 675,070 | 61,089,060 | 0.69% | 2.32% |
| 2033 | 679,573 | 62,464,116 | 0.67% | 2.25% |
| 2034 | 683,911 | 63,833,872 | 0.64% | 2.19% |
| 2035 | 688,189 | 65,205,570 | 0.63% | 2.15% |
| 2036 | 692,343 | 66,573,737 | 0.6% | 2.1% |
| 2037 | 696,213 | 67,942,634 | 0.56% | 2.06% |
| 2038 | 699,908 | 69,312,210 | 0.53% | 2.02% |
| 2039 | 703,569 | 70,669,875 | 0.52% | 1.96% |
| 2040 | 707,156 | 72,020,414 | 0.51% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 710,619 | 73,372,658 | 0.49% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 713,900 | 74,730,004 | 0.46% | 1.85% |
| 2043 | 716,999 | 76,090,991 | 0.43% | 1.82% |
| 2044 | 719,920 | 77,449,517 | 0.41% | 1.79% |
| 2045 | 722,759 | 78,797,995 | 0.39% | 1.74% |
| 2046 | 725,322 | 80,139,174 | 0.35% | 1.7% |
| 2047 | 727,726 | 81,478,503 | 0.33% | 1.67% |
| 2048 | 730,038 | 82,812,102 | 0.32% | 1.64% |
| 2049 | 732,021 | 84,130,056 | 0.27% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 733,898 | 85,431,202 | 0.26% | 1.55% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Suriname increased by 62,314 people (a 12% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Suriname gained 62,566 (a 10.8% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).
Suriname was ranked 164th most populous country in 2005 and is 165th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.
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Population differences between Suriname and Uganda
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| Life expectancy | 73.9 years | 68.7 years |
| Average age | 32.3 years | 21.6 years |
| Median age | 29.4 years | 17.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.25 births per woman | 4.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 10.2 ppl/mi² | 646 ppl/mi² |
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