Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in Suriname?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Suriname through history

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Estimated annual births in Suriname, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 10.9K 634K 17.1 UN projection
2026 10.8K 645K 16.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Suriname are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1965, at about 13.1K. That is roughly 67 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.