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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Suriname was 634,431 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Suriname's population is 644,193 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Suriname's population is 1.89 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Suriname is ranked the 165th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.01% of the world: 0.008% for Suriname vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Suriname has had an average growth rate of +0.99% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Suriname has increased from 519K people to 644K (24% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Suriname is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 753K people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Suriname vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Suriname Vanuatu
Current population
644193
341110
Population rank 165/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.008% 0.004%
One net population change
1.58 hours
1.19 hours
One birth every
48.3 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
2.1 hours
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
7.51 hours
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change -1,166 -43
Daily growth/decline +15 +20
Annual growth/decline +5,545 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +0.88% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 110/197 40/197

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

Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Suriname Vanuatu Suriname Vanuatu
1960 263,918 64,431 - -
1961 272,791 66,264 3.36% 2.84%
1962 283,912 68,174 4.08% 2.88%
1963 297,034 70,159 4.62% 2.91%
1964 309,041 72,219 4.04% 2.94%
1965 320,000 74,358 3.55% 2.96%
1966 331,135 76,590 3.48% 3%
1967 342,679 78,921 3.49% 3.04%
1968 354,616 81,314 3.48% 3.03%
1969 366,906 83,755 3.47% 3%
1970 379,442 86,266 3.42% 3%
1971 391,932 88,862 3.29% 3.01%
1972 397,413 91,562 1.4% 3.04%
1973 395,772 94,362 -0.41% 3.06%
1974 393,676 97,260 -0.53% 3.07%
1975 391,170 100,269 -0.64% 3.09%
1976 388,289 103,388 -0.74% 3.11%
1977 385,067 106,618 -0.83% 3.12%
1978 381,502 109,963 -0.93% 3.14%
1979 377,602 113,040 -1.02% 2.8%
1980 375,377 115,660 -0.59% 2.32%
1981 375,459 118,249 0.02% 2.24%
1982 376,555 121,035 0.29% 2.36%
1983 378,746 123,998 0.58% 2.45%
1984 382,193 127,109 0.91% 2.51%
1985 386,972 130,356 1.25% 2.55%
1986 392,330 133,720 1.38% 2.58%
1987 396,911 137,187 1.17% 2.59%
1988 402,227 140,756 1.34% 2.6%
1989 408,409 144,393 1.54% 2.58%
1990 412,493 148,063 1% 2.54%
1991 415,013 151,793 0.61% 2.52%
1992 417,589 155,608 0.62% 2.51%
1993 419,352 159,463 0.42% 2.48%
1994 422,375 163,314 0.72% 2.41%
1995 429,606 167,137 1.71% 2.34%
1996 438,830 170,911 2.15% 2.26%
1997 448,067 174,626 2.1% 2.17%
1998 457,406 178,313 2.08% 2.11%
1999 466,916 182,048 2.08% 2.09%
2000 476,643 186,281 2.08% 2.33%
2001 486,560 191,031 2.08% 2.55%
2002 496,551 195,863 2.05% 2.53%
2003 506,414 200,746 1.99% 2.49%
2004 513,923 205,711 1.48% 2.47%
2005 519,313 210,760 1.05% 2.45%
2006 524,997 215,923 1.09% 2.45%
2007 531,016 221,276 1.15% 2.48%
2008 537,245 226,896 1.17% 2.54%
2009 543,568 232,731 1.18% 2.57%
2010 549,923 238,248 1.17% 2.37%
2011 556,269 243,474 1.15% 2.19%
2012 562,633 248,883 1.14% 2.22%
2013 569,020 254,482 1.14% 2.25%
2014 575,373 260,240 1.12% 2.26%
2015 581,627 266,101 1.09% 2.25%
2016 587,757 272,087 1.05% 2.25%
2017 593,713 278,507 1.01% 2.36%
2018 599,513 285,259 0.98% 2.42%
2019 605,768 291,985 1.04% 2.36%
2020 612,317 298,858 1.08% 2.35%
2021 617,896 305,868 0.91% 2.35%
2022 623,164 313,046 0.85% 2.35%
2023 628,886 320,409 0.92% 2.35%
2024 634,431 327,777 0.88% 2.3%
2025 639,852 335,169 0.85% 2.26%
2026 645,257 342,565 0.84% 2.21%
2027 650,564 349,970 0.82% 2.16%
2028 655,783 357,397 0.8% 2.12%
2029 660,793 364,883 0.76% 2.09%
2030 665,650 372,429 0.74% 2.07%
2031 670,421 380,015 0.72% 2.04%
2032 675,070 387,657 0.69% 2.01%
2033 679,573 395,366 0.67% 1.99%
2034 683,911 403,188 0.64% 1.98%
2035 688,189 411,061 0.63% 1.95%
2036 692,343 419,006 0.6% 1.93%
2037 696,213 427,031 0.56% 1.92%
2038 699,908 435,150 0.53% 1.9%
2039 703,569 443,311 0.52% 1.88%
2040 707,156 451,509 0.51% 1.85%
2041 710,619 459,733 0.49% 1.82%
2042 713,900 468,003 0.46% 1.8%
2043 716,999 476,308 0.43% 1.77%
2044 719,920 484,636 0.41% 1.75%
2045 722,759 492,989 0.39% 1.72%
2046 725,322 501,316 0.35% 1.69%
2047 727,726 509,621 0.33% 1.66%
2048 730,038 517,889 0.32% 1.62%
2049 732,021 526,138 0.27% 1.59%
2050 733,898 534,374 0.26% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Suriname increased by 62,314 people (a 12% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Suriname gained 62,566 (a 10.8% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Suriname was ranked 164th most populous country in 2005 and is 165th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

Biggest cities by population

Vanuatu
City Population
Port Vila 49K
Luganville 17.7K

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