Suriname
Population 2026
645,265
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.84%
- Density
- 4 per km²
- Land area
- 160,508 km²
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Currency
- Dollar (SRD)
- Official languages
- NL-SR, EN, SRN, HNS
- Urban population
- 65.8%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 10,8152026
- Deaths
- 4,5072026
- Birth rate
- 17.2per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.8per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.23
- Life expectancy
- 73.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 28.9
- Net migration
- -967
Age distribution
- 0–1425.3%
- 15–6466.5%
- 65+8.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $4.5B
- GDP per capita
- $7.1K
- GDP growth
- +1.8%
- Inflation
- 9.2%
- Unemployment
- 7.8%
- Exports
- $2.3B
- Imports
- $1.7B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture6.8%
- Industry35.1%
- Manufacturing19.8%
- Services50.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture7.0%
- Industry26.1%
- Services66.9%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ParamariboParamaribo District | 223,7572019 |
| 2 | LelydorpWanica District | 18,2232026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 645,265 | 10.8K | 4.5K |
| 2020 | 612,320 | 10.8K | 4.2K |
| 2010 | 549,931 | 11.4K | 3.9K |
| 2000 | 476,647 | 12.2K | 3.8K |
| 1990 | 412,500 | 12.4K | 3.4K |
| 1980 | 375,393 | 11.0K | 4.0K |
| 1970 | 379,451 | 12.8K | 4.0K |
| 1960 | 263,935 | 11.8K | 3.7K |
| 1950 | 195,575 | 8.4K | 3.7K |