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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Suriname	Zambia	Suriname	Zambia
1960	263,918	3,153,729	-	-
1961	272,791	3,254,086	3.36%	3.18%
1962	283,912	3,358,099	4.08%	3.2%
1963	297,034	3,465,907	4.62%	3.21%
1964	309,041	3,577,017	4.04%	3.21%
1965	320,000	3,692,086	3.55%	3.22%
1966	331,135	3,812,003	3.48%	3.25%
1967	342,679	3,936,343	3.49%	3.26%
1968	354,616	4,065,593	3.48%	3.28%
1969	366,906	4,197,116	3.47%	3.24%
1970	379,442	4,321,718	3.42%	2.97%
1971	391,932	4,442,525	3.29%	2.8%
1972	397,413	4,569,309	1.4%	2.85%
1973	395,772	4,702,693	-0.41%	2.92%
1974	393,676	4,842,746	-0.53%	2.98%
1975	391,170	4,990,086	-0.64%	3.04%
1976	388,289	5,143,842	-0.74%	3.08%
1977	385,067	5,302,480	-0.83%	3.08%
1978	381,502	5,465,374	-0.93%	3.07%
1979	377,602	5,631,728	-1.02%	3.04%
1980	375,377	5,802,833	-0.59%	3.04%
1981	375,459	5,983,289	0.02%	3.11%
1982	376,555	6,178,637	0.29%	3.26%
1983	378,746	6,381,038	0.58%	3.28%
1984	382,193	6,580,490	0.91%	3.13%
1985	386,972	6,780,953	1.25%	3.05%
1986	392,330	6,986,471	1.38%	3.03%
1987	396,911	7,191,282	1.17%	2.93%
1988	402,227	7,391,440	1.34%	2.78%
1989	408,409	7,589,216	1.54%	2.68%
1990	412,493	7,786,169	1%	2.6%
1991	415,013	7,981,650	0.61%	2.51%
1992	417,589	8,176,680	0.62%	2.44%
1993	419,352	8,373,921	0.42%	2.41%
1994	422,375	8,576,269	0.72%	2.42%
1995	429,606	8,785,763	1.71%	2.44%
1996	438,830	9,004,053	2.15%	2.48%
1997	448,067	9,237,063	2.1%	2.59%
1998	457,406	9,482,408	2.08%	2.66%
1999	466,916	9,740,005	2.08%	2.72%
2000	476,643	10,017,631	2.08%	2.85%
2001	486,560	10,325,185	2.08%	3.07%
2002	496,551	10,647,949	2.05%	3.13%
2003	506,414	10,983,595	1.99%	3.15%
2004	513,923	11,338,198	1.48%	3.23%
2005	519,313	11,718,819	1.05%	3.36%
2006	524,997	12,129,553	1.09%	3.5%
2007	531,016	12,565,085	1.15%	3.59%
2008	537,245	13,021,324	1.17%	3.63%
2009	543,568	13,490,389	1.18%	3.6%
2010	549,923	13,965,594	1.17%	3.52%
2011	556,269	14,437,796	1.15%	3.38%
2012	562,633	14,913,629	1.14%	3.3%
2013	569,020	15,398,997	1.14%	3.25%
2014	575,373	15,895,315	1.12%	3.22%
2015	581,627	16,399,089	1.09%	3.17%
2016	587,757	16,914,423	1.05%	3.14%
2017	593,713	17,441,320	1.01%	3.12%
2018	599,513	17,973,569	0.98%	3.05%
2019	605,768	18,513,839	1.04%	3.01%
2020	612,317	19,059,395	1.08%	2.95%
2021	617,896	19,603,607	0.91%	2.86%
2022	623,164	20,152,938	0.85%	2.8%
2023	628,886	20,723,965	0.92%	2.83%
2024	634,431	21,314,956	0.88%	2.85%
2025	639,852	21,913,869	0.85%	2.81%
2026	645,257	22,521,905	0.84%	2.77%
2027	650,564	23,138,716	0.82%	2.74%
2028	655,783	23,761,368	0.8%	2.69%
2029	660,793	24,389,681	0.76%	2.64%
2030	665,650	25,024,887	0.74%	2.6%
2031	670,421	25,666,496	0.72%	2.56%
2032	675,070	26,311,946	0.69%	2.51%
2033	679,573	26,960,073	0.67%	2.46%
2034	683,911	27,611,621	0.64%	2.42%
2035	688,189	28,266,887	0.63%	2.37%
2036	692,343	28,925,103	0.6%	2.33%
2037	696,213	29,583,482	0.56%	2.28%
2038	699,908	30,240,549	0.53%	2.22%
2039	703,569	30,895,586	0.52%	2.17%
2040	707,156	31,550,394	0.51%	2.12%
2041	710,619	32,204,340	0.49%	2.07%
2042	713,900	32,856,596	0.46%	2.03%
2043	716,999	33,510,500	0.43%	1.99%
2044	719,920	34,165,920	0.41%	1.96%
2045	722,759	34,821,101	0.39%	1.92%
2046	725,322	35,475,795	0.35%	1.88%
2047	727,726	36,129,270	0.33%	1.84%
2048	730,038	36,782,260	0.32%	1.81%
2049	732,021	37,434,667	0.27%	1.77%
2050	733,898	38,083,369	0.26%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Suriname increased by 62,314 people (a 12% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Suriname gained 62,566 (a 10.8% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Suriname was ranked 164th most populous country in 2005 and is 165th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.