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How many babies are born in Suriname?

10.8 thousand babies born in Suriname in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 166th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Suriname: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Suriname’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~160 ~4K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~390 ~9.4K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~600 ~15K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~3.67K ~80.7K 45.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~4.02K ~88.4K 45.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 8.44K 196K 43.2 UN estimate
2000 12.2K 477K 25.5 UN estimate
2023 10.9K 629K 17.3 UN estimate
2026 10.8K 645K 16.8 UN projection
2050 9.42K 734K 12.8 UN projection
2075 8.11K 752K 10.8 UN projection
2100 6.79K 709K 9.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Suriname among estimates through 2023 were in 1965, at about 13.1K. That is roughly 81 times the estimated ~162 births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.19 children per woman, fertility in Suriname is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Suriname each year?

An estimated 10.8 thousand babies are born in Suriname in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 30 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Suriname?

Suriname has an estimated 16.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.19 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.