Demographics of Suriname

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1921 107,723    
1950 198,668+84.4%
1964 324,211+63.2%
1972 379,607+17.1%
1980 354,860−6.5%
2004 492,464+38.8%
2012 541,638+10.0%
2015 558,773+3.2%
Source: [1]

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Suriname, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Most Surinamese people live in the narrow, northern coastal plain. The population is one of the most ethnically varied in the world. Each ethnic group preserves its own culture and many institutions, including political parties, tend to follow ethnic lines. Informal relationships vary: the upper classes of all ethnic backgrounds mix freely; outside of the elite, social relations tend to remain within ethnic groupings. All groups may be found in the schools and workplace.

Population

Demographics of Suriname, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

According to the 2010 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 525,000 in 2010, compared to only 215,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 28.6%, 65% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6.5% was 65 years or older .[2] According to 2012 census, there were 270,629 males and 271,009 females in Suriname.[3]

Total population
(x 1000)
Proportion
aged 0–14
(%)
Proportion
aged 15–64
(%)
Proportion
aged 65+
(%)
1950 21540.054.06.0
1955 25043.252.04.8
1960 29047.648.34.1
1965 33248.247.84.0
1970 37248.347.83.9
1975 36447.648.53.9
1980 36639.955.74.4
1985 37635.859.84.5
1990 40733.362.04.7
1995 43632.262.65.2
2000 46730.663.75.7
2005 50029.864.16.1
2010 52528.665.06.5

Total and Percent Distribution of Population by Age (Censuses 2004 & 2012)

[4]

Age group Population(2004) Percent(2004) Population(2012) Percent(2012)
Total 492.829 100 541.638 100
0-14 146.389 29,81 148.767 27.47
15-59 299.547 60,78 334.949 61,84
60+ 42.189 8,56 54.527 10,07

Structure of the population [5]

Structure of the population (02.08.2004) (Census) :

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 248 046 244 783 492 829 100
0-4 26 252 25 585 51 837 10,52
5-9 25 200 24 209 49 409 10,03
10-14 22 889 22 254 45 143 9,16
15-19 23 465 23 043 46 508 9,44
20-24 22 437 21 406 43 843 8,90
25-29 19 006 18 895 37 901 7,69
30-34 19 828 19 166 38 994 7,91
35-39 19 179 18 100 37 279 7,56
40-44 17 657 16 328 33 985 6,90
45-49 12 643 12 992 25 635 5,20
50-54 9 933 10 487 20 420 4,14
55-59 6 955 8 027 14 982 3,04
60-64 6 200 7 059 13 259 2,69
65-69 5 148 5 454 10 602 2,15
70-74 4 103 4 556 8 659 1,76
75-79 2 419 2 733 5 152 1,05
80-84 1 235 1 618 2 853 0,58
85-89 392 677 1 075 0,22
90-94 196 294 490 0,10
95+ 34 95 129 0,03
unknown 2 885 1 819 4 704 0,95
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 74 341 72 048 146 389 29,70
15-64 157 293 155 489 312 782 63,47
65+ 13 527 15 427 28 954 5,88

Structure of the population (01.07.2011) (Estimates) :

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 272 690 267 220 539 910 100
0-4 24 910 24 150 49 060 9,09
5-9 26 400 25 160 51 560 9,55
10-14 25 950 24 850 50 800 9,41
15-19 24 510 23 670 48 180 8,92
20-24 23 270 22 500 45 770 8,48
25-29 22 310 21 360 43 670 8,09
30-34 21 180 20 150 41 330 7,65
35-39 20 130 19 110 39 240 7,27
40-44 18 570 17 720 36 290 6,72
45-49 16 370 15 830 32 200 5,96
50-54 13 940 13 730 27 670 5,12
55-59 10 970 11 200 22 170 4,11
60-64 8 340 8 890 17 230 3,19
65-69 6 200 6 870 13 070 2,42
70-74 4 360 5 060 9 420 1,74
75-79 2 860 3 500 6 360 1,18
80+ 2 420 3 470 5 890 1,09
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 77 260 72 048 149 308 27,65
15-64 179 590 176 272 355 862 65,91
65+ 15 840 18 900 34 740 6,43

Vital statistics

The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates for Suriname. [2]

Period Live births
per year
Deaths
per year
Natural change
per year
CBR* CDR* NC* TFR* IMR* Life expectancy
total
Life expectancy
males
Life expectancy
females
1950-1955 10 000 3 000 7 00048.014.933.16.568956.054.457.7
1955-1960 12 000 3 000 9 00046.012.433.66.567658.757.060.5
1960-1965 14 000 3 000 11 00044.810.634.26.566460.558.762.5
1965-1970 14 000 3 000 11 00039.79.030.65.955562.460.564.5
1970-1975 13 000 3 000 10 00034.98.326.65.294964.061.766.5
1975-1980 11 000 3 000 8 00030.27.422.84.204465.162.867.7
1980-1985 11 000 3 000 8 00030.07.322.73.704266.563.669.8
1985-1990 10 000 3 000 7 00025.47.218.23.003967.164.070.7
1990-1995 9 000 3 000 6 00022.57.115.42.603467.664.471.1
1995-2000 11 000 3 000 8 00023.67.416.22.802967.864.671.4
2000-2005 10 000 4 000 6 00021.07.613.42.602468.164.871.7
2005-2010 10 000 4 000 6 00019.17.311.92.422269.666.473.1
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Births and deaths [5][6]

Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
2005 498 543 8 657 3 392 5 265 17.4 6.8 10.6 2.14
2006 504 257 9 311 3 197 6 114 18.5 6.4 12.1 2.28
2007 509 970 9 769 3 374 6 395 19.2 6.6 12.6 2.38
2008 517 052 10 097 3 357 6 740 19.5 6.5 13.0 2.44
2009 524 143 9 792 3 293 6 499 18,7 6,3 12,4 2.34
2010 531 170 9 712 3 484 6 228 18.3 6.6 11.7 2.30
2011 539 910 9 703 3 441 6 262 18.0 6.4 11.6 2.445
2012 541 638 10 217 3 687 6 530 18.9 6.8 12.1 2.403
2013 550 222 10 012 3 557 6 455 18.2 6.5 11.7 2.364
2014 558 773 10 407 3 738 6 669 18.6 6.7 11.9 2.328

Ethnic groups

Population of Suriname according to ethnic group

Ethnic
group
Census 1921 Census 1950[7] Census 1964[7] Census 1972[7] Census 1980[8] Census 2004[9] Census 2012[10]
Number % Number % Number %Number % Number % Number % Number %
East Indian 62,28031.3112,63334.7142,91737.6 135,11727.4148,44327.4
Maroons 19,1809.727,6988.535,8389.4 72,55314.7117,56721.7
Creole 71,65736.1114,96135.5119,00931.4 87,20217.784,93315.7
Javanese 35,27017.848,46314.957,68815.2 71,87914.673,97513.7
Mixed 00.000.000.0 61,52412.572,34013.4
Amerindian[11] --7,287[12]2.2-- 18,0373.720,3443.8
Chinese[11] --5,339[12] 1.6-- 8,7751.87,8851.5
White[11] --4,322[12]1.3-- 2,8990.61,6670.3
Other 10,0955.12,9860.924,1556.4 2,2640.57,1661.3
Unknown 1860.15220.200.0 1,2610.31,8050.3
No answer 31,3186.41,5900.3
Total107,723[13]198,668324,211379,607355,240492,829541,638
Ethnic groups of Suriname[14]
Ethnic groups percent
Hindustani
 
27.4%
Maroon
 
21.7%
Creole
 
15.7%
Javanese
 
13.7%
Mixed
 
13.4%
Amerindian
 
3.8%
Other
 
2.3%
Chinese
 
2%
White
 
1%

The current population of Suriname will be different to these census figures, as the census records residents, and notes legal visitors, but does not record illegal immigrants. According to estimates there may be as many as:

Languages

Dutch (official), Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population), Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), Javanese, English (widely spoken), French due to cultural influence from French Guiana, Portuguese and Spanish. Chinese languages are spoken as well.

Religion

Religions of Suriname[14]
Ethnic groups percent
Protestant
 
26.8%
Hindu
 
22.3%
Roman Catholic
 
21.6%
Islam
 
13.8%
Unaffiliated
 
10.7%
Other
 
4.7%

References

  1. "NATIONAL CENSUS REPORT SURINAME" (PDF). CARICOMSTATS. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision Archived 6 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. "Censusstatistieken 2012". Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname (General Statistics Bureau of Suriname). Presentatie Definitieve Resultaten Census 8 Vol. 1, page 26.
  4. http://www.statistics-suriname.org/index.php/statistieken/downloads/category/30-censusstatistieken-2012#
  5. 1 2 http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
  6. http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/SR.pdf
  7. 1 2 3 "National Census Report: Suriname" (PDF). Caricom. 2009. p. 32.
  8. "National Census Report: Suriname" (PDF). Caricom. 2009. p. 31. Except for the 1980 census, all censuses since the first in 1921 included ethnicity as a variable of interest. For unknown reasons, the government did not allow the Census Bureau to include this variable.
  9. "National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 Suriname*". UN Human Rights Council. 16 February 2011. p. 7.
  10. "Censusstatistieken 2012" (PDF). Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname (General Statistics Bureau of Suriname). p. 76.
  11. 1 2 3 Where no separate figures are given, these people are included in Other.
  12. 1 2 3 This is included in Other in the source
  13. 1 2 "South America :: SURINAME". CIA The World Factbook.
  14. "REPORT ON CENSUS 2004 COVERAGE EVALUATION" (PDF). CENSUS OFFICE GENERAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS. 2006. p. 30.
  15. "With Aid and Migrants, China Expands Its Presence in a South American Nation". The New York Times. 10 April 2011.

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