Editing Demographics of Suriname

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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Suriname]]|image=File:Suriname single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Suriname in 2020|size_of_population=632,638 (2022 est.)|nation=Surinamese|age_0–14_years=23.38%|age_65_years=6.55%|growth=1.13% (2022 est.)|birth=15.38 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=2.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=30.25 deaths/1,000 live births|fertility=1.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)|life=72.42 years}}{{Historical populations
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| title = Census population
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=NATIONAL CENSUS REPORT SURINAME|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Suriname.pdf|website=CARICOMSTATS|access-date=27 July 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170627135503/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Suriname.pdf|archive-date=27 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2016 data{{UN_Population|ref}}
|1921 | 107723
|1950 | 198668
|1964 | 324211
|1972 | 379607
|1980 | 354860
|2004 | 492464
|2012 | 541638
|2016 | 558368
}}

This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[Suriname]], including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|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==
[[Image:Suriname demography.png|thumb|250px|right|Demographics of Suriname, Data of [[FAO]], year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Suriname}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, 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
.<ref name="WPP 2010">{{Cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|url-status=dead|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|archivedate=6 May 2011|website=esa.un.org}}</ref> According to 2012 census, there were 270,629 males and 271,009 females in Suriname.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics-suriname.org/index.php/statistieken/downloads/category/30-censusstatistieken-2012# |title=Censusstatistieken 2012 |work=Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname (General Statistics Bureau of Suriname) |at=Presentatie Definitieve Resultaten Census 8 Vol. 1, page 26 |access-date=12 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113143359/http://www.statistics-suriname.org/index.php/statistieken/downloads/category/30-censusstatistieken-2012 |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Year
! rowspan=2|Total<br>population<br />({{times}}1000)
! colspan=3|Proportion (%) aged
|-
! 0–14
! 15–64
! 65+
|-
| 1950
| 215
|{{percentage bar|width=50|40.0}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|54.0}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|6.0}}
|-
| 1955
| 250
|{{percentage bar|width=50|43.2}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|52.0}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|4.8}}
|-
| 1960
| 290
|{{percentage bar|width=50|47.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|48.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|4.1}}
|-
| 1965
| 332
|{{percentage bar|width=50|48.2}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|47.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|4.0}}
|-
| 1970
| 372
|{{percentage bar|width=50|48.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|47.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|3.9}}
|-
| 1975
| 364
|{{percentage bar|width=50|47.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|48.5}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|3.9}}
|-
| 1980
| 366
|{{percentage bar|width=50|39.9}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|55.7}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|4.4}}
|-
| 1985
| 376
|{{percentage bar|width=50|35.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|59.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|4.5}}
|-
| 1990
| 407
|{{percentage bar|width=50|33.3}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|62.0}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|4.7}}
|-
| 1995
| 436
|{{percentage bar|width=50|32.2}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|62.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|5.2}}
|-
| 2000
| 467
|{{percentage bar|width=50|30.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|63.7}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|5.7}}
|-
| 2005
| 500
|{{percentage bar|width=50|29.8}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|64.1}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|6.1}}
|-
| 2010
| 525
|{{percentage bar|width=50|28.6}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|65.0}}
|{{percentage bar|width=50|6.5}}
|}

==Total and Percent Distribution of Population by Age (Censuses 2004 & 2012)==
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics-suriname.org/index.php/statistieken/downloads/category/30-censusstatistieken-2012 |title=Downloads - Censusstatistieken 2012 - Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname |access-date=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113143359/http://www.statistics-suriname.org/index.php/statistieken/downloads/category/30-censusstatistieken-2012 |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2|Age group
! colspan=2|2004
! colspan=2|2012
|-
! Number
! Percent
! Number
! Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 146.389
| align="right" | 29,81
| align="right" | 148.767
| align="right" | 27.47
|-
| align="right" | 15-59
| align="right" | 299.547
| align="right" | 60.78
| align="right" | 334.949
| align="right" | 61.84
|-
| align="right" | 60+
| align="right" | 42.189
| align="right" | 8.56
| align="right" | 54.527
| align="right" | 10.07
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 492.829
| align="right" | 100
| align="right" | 541.638
| align="right" | 100
|}

=== Structure of the population ===

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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 248 046
| align="right" | 244 783
| align="right" | 492 829
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 26 252
| align="right" | 25 585
| align="right" | 51 837
| align="right" | 10.52
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 25 200
| align="right" | 24 209
| align="right" | 49 409
| align="right" | 10.03
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 22 889
| align="right" | 22 254
| align="right" | 45 143
| align="right" | 9.16
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 23 465
| align="right" | 23 043
| align="right" | 46 508
| align="right" | 9.44
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 22 437
| align="right" | 21 406
| align="right" | 43 843
| align="right" | 8.90
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 19 006
| align="right" | 18 895
| align="right" | 37 901
| align="right" | 7.69
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 19 828
| align="right" | 19 166
| align="right" | 38 994
| align="right" | 7.91
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 19 179
| align="right" | 18 100
| align="right" | 37 279
| align="right" | 7.56
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 17 657
| align="right" | 16 328
| align="right" | 33 985
| align="right" | 6.90
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 12 643
| align="right" | 12 992
| align="right" | 25 635
| align="right" | 5.20
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 9 933
| align="right" | 10 487
| align="right" | 20 420
| align="right" | 4.14
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 6 955
| align="right" | 8 027
| align="right" | 14 982
| align="right" | 3.04
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 6 200
| align="right" | 7 059
| align="right" | 13 259
| align="right" | 2.69
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 5 148
| align="right" | 5 454
| align="right" | 10 602
| align="right" | 2.15
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 4 103
| align="right" | 4 556
| align="right" | 8 659
| align="right" | 1.76
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 2 419
| align="right" | 2 733
| align="right" | 5 152
| align="right" | 1.05
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 1 235
| align="right" | 1 618
| align="right" | 2 853
| align="right" | 0.58
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 392
| align="right" | 677
| align="right" | 1 075
| align="right" | 0.22
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 196
| align="right" | 294
| align="right" | 490
| align="right" | 0.10
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 34
| align="right" | 95
| align="right" | 129
| align="right" | 0.03
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 74 341
| align="right" | 72 048
| align="right" | 146 389
| align="right" | 29.70
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 157 293
| align="right" | 155 489
| align="right" | 312 782
| align="right" | 63.47
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 13 527
| align="right" | 15 427
| align="right" | 28 954
| align="right" | 5.88
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 2 885
| align="right" | 1 819
| align="right" | 4 704
| align="right" | 0.95
|-
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 272 690
| align="right" | 267 220
| align="right" | 539 910
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 24 910
| align="right" | 24 150
| align="right" | 49 060
| align="right" | 9.09
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 26 400
| align="right" | 25 160
| align="right" | 51 560
| align="right" | 9.55
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 25 950
| align="right" | 24 850
| align="right" | 50 800
| align="right" | 9.41
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 24 510
| align="right" | 23 670
| align="right" | 48 180
| align="right" | 8.92
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 23 270
| align="right" | 22 500
| align="right" | 45 770
| align="right" | 8.48
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 22 310
| align="right" | 21 360
| align="right" | 43 670
| align="right" | 8.09
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 21 180
| align="right" | 20 150
| align="right" | 41 330
| align="right" | 7.65
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 20 130
| align="right" | 19 110
| align="right" | 39 240
| align="right" | 7.27
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 18 570
| align="right" | 17 720
| align="right" | 36 290
| align="right" | 6.72
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 16 370
| align="right" | 15 830
| align="right" | 32 200
| align="right" | 5.96
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 13 940
| align="right" | 13 730
| align="right" | 27 670
| align="right" | 5.12
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 10 970
| align="right" | 11 200
| align="right" | 22 170
| align="right" | 4.11
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 8 340
| align="right" | 8 890
| align="right" | 17 230
| align="right" | 3.19
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 6 200
| align="right" | 6 870
| align="right" | 13 070
| align="right" | 2.42
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 4 360
| align="right" | 5 060
| align="right" | 9 420
| align="right" | 1.74
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 2 860
| align="right" | 3 500
| align="right" | 6 360
| align="right" | 1.18
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 2 420
| align="right" | 3 470
| align="right" | 5 890
| align="right" | 1.09
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 77 260
| align="right" | 72 048
| align="right" | 149 308
| align="right" | 27.65
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 179 590
| align="right" | 176 272
| align="right" | 355 862
| align="right" | 65.91
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 15 840
| align="right" | 18 900
| align="right" | 34 740
| align="right" | 6.43
|-
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|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 270 629
| align="right" | 271 009  
| align="right" | 541 638
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 25 968
| align="right" | 24 580
| align="right" | 50 548
| align="right" | 9.33
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 24 549 
| align="right" | 23 186
| align="right" | 47 735
| align="right" | 8.81
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 26 166
| align="right" | 24 318
| align="right" | 50 484
| align="right" | 9.32
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 22 772
| align="right" | 22 336
| align="right" | 45 108
| align="right" | 8.33
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 21 656
| align="right" | 22 106
| align="right" | 43 762
| align="right" | 8.08
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 21 761
| align="right" | 22 185
| align="right" | 43 946
| align="right" | 8.11
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 19 355
| align="right" | 19 696
| align="right" | 39 051
| align="right" | 7.21
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 18 316
| align="right" | 18 113
| align="right" | 36 429
| align="right" | 6.73
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 18 763
| align="right" | 18 620
| align="right" | 37 383
| align="right" | 6.90
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 18 083
| align="right" | 17 948
| align="right" | 36 031
| align="right" | 6.65
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 15 313
| align="right" | 15 338
| align="right" | 30 651
| align="right" | 5.66
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 10 929
| align="right" | 11 659
| align="right" | 22 588
| align="right" | 4.17
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 7 734
| align="right" | 8 763
| align="right" | 16 497
| align="right" | 3.05
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 5 951
| align="right" | 7 057
| align="right" | 13 008 
| align="right" | 2.40
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 4 619
| align="right" | 5 514
| align="right" | 10 133
| align="right" | 1.87
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 3 393 
| align="right" | 4 163
| align="right" | 7 556
| align="right" | 1.40
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 1 934
| align="right" | 2 499
| align="right" | 4 433
| align="right" | 0.82
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 743
| align="right" | 1 235
| align="right" | 1 978
| align="right" | 0.37
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 274
| align="right" | 438 
| align="right" | 712
| align="right" | 0.13
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 64
| align="right" | 146
| align="right" | 210
| align="right" | 0.04
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! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 76 683
| align="right" | 72 084
| align="right" | 148 767
| align="right" | 27.47
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 176 968
| align="right" | 177 873
| align="right" | 354 841
| align="right" | 65.51
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 16 978
| align="right" | 21 052
| align="right" | 38 030
| align="right" | 7.02
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 2 286
| align="right" | 1 109
| align="right" | 3 395
| align="right" | 0.63
|-
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{| class="wikitable"
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 300 500
| align="right" | 302 000 
| align="right" | 602 500
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 27 500
| align="right" | 26 700
| align="right" | 54 200
| align="right" | 9.00
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 26 500 
| align="right" | 25 300
| align="right" | 51 800
| align="right" | 8.60
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 25 500
| align="right" | 23 900
| align="right" | 49 400
| align="right" | 8.20
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 25 000
| align="right" | 23 500
| align="right" | 48 500
| align="right" | 8.05
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 24 100
| align="right" | 23 300
| align="right" | 47 400
| align="right" | 7.87
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 23 300
| align="right" | 22 800
| align="right" | 46 100
| align="right" | 7.65
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 22 200
| align="right" | 22 200
| align="right" | 44 400
| align="right" | 7.37
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 21 100
| align="right" | 21 200
| align="right" | 42 300
| align="right" | 7.02
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 19 900
| align="right" | 20 000
| align="right" | 39 900
| align="right" | 6.62
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 18 800
| align="right" | 18 900
| align="right" | 37 700
| align="right" | 6.26
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 17 400
| align="right" | 17 600
| align="right" | 35 000 
| align="right" | 5.81
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 14 800
| align="right" | 15 500
| align="right" | 30 300 
| align="right" | 5.03
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 12 100
| align="right" | 13 200
| align="right" | 25 300
| align="right" | 4.20
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 8 800
| align="right" | 10 300
| align="right" | 19 100
| align="right" | 3.17
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 6 000 
| align="right" | 7 500
| align="right" | 13 500
| align="right" | 2.24
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 3 900
| align="right" | 5 100
| align="right" | 9 000
| align="right" | 1.49
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 3 600
| align="right" | 5 000
| align="right" | 8 600
| align="right" | 1.43
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! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 79 500
| align="right" | 75 900
| align="right" | 155 400
| align="right" | 25.79
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 198 700
| align="right" | 198 200
| align="right" | 396 900
| align="right" | 65.88
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 22 300
| align="right" | 27 900
| align="right" | 50 200
| align="right" | 8.33
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

==Vital statistics==
===UN estimates===
The Population Departement of the [[United Nations]] prepared the following estimates for [[Suriname]].
<ref name="WPP 2010"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Period
! rowspan=2|Live births<br />per year
! rowspan=2|Deaths<br />per year
! rowspan=2|Natural change<br />per year
! rowspan=2|CBR*
! rowspan=2|CDR*
! rowspan=2|NC*
! rowspan=2|TFR*
! rowspan=2|IMR*
! colspan=3|Life expectancy
|-
! total
! males
! females
|-
| 1950-1955 || 10 000|| 3 000|| 7 000||48.0||14.9||33.1||6.56||89||56.0||54.4||57.7
|-
| 1955-1960 || 12 000|| 3 000|| 9 000||46.0||12.4||33.6||6.56||76||58.7||57.0||60.5
|-
| 1960-1965 || 14 000|| 3 000|| 11 000||44.8||10.6||34.2||6.56||64||60.5||58.7||62.5
|-
| 1965-1970 || 14 000|| 3 000|| 11 000||39.7||9.0||30.6||5.95||55||62.4||60.5||64.5
|-
| 1970-1975 || 13 000|| 3 000|| 10 000||34.9||8.3||26.6||5.29||49||64.0||61.7||66.5
|-
| 1975-1980 || 11 000|| 3 000|| 8 000||30.2||7.4||22.8||4.20||44||65.1||62.8||67.7
|-
| 1980-1985 || 11 000|| 3 000|| 8 000||30.0||7.3||22.7||3.70||42||66.5||63.6||69.8
|-
| 1985-1990 || 10 000|| 3 000|| 7 000||25.4||7.2||18.2||3.00||39||67.1||64.0||70.7
|-
| 1990-1995 || 9 000|| 3 000|| 6 000||22.5||7.1||15.4||2.60||34||67.6||64.4||71.1
|-
| 1995-2000 || 11 000|| 3 000|| 8 000||23.6||7.4||16.2||2.80||29||67.8||64.6||71.4
|-
| 2000-2005 || 10 000|| 4 000|| 6 000||21.0||7.6||13.4||2.60||24||68.1||64.8||71.7
|-
| 2005-2010 || 10 000|| 4 000|| 6 000||19.1||7.3||11.9||2.42||22||69.6||66.4||73.1
|-
|align="left" colspan="12" | * <small> 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)</small>
|}

===Registered births and deaths===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Births and deaths<ref name="unstats.un.org"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/SR.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328020419/http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/SR.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/ |website=UN Statistics Division |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
! width="70"|Year
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate
! width="70"|Crude death rate
! width="70"|Rate of natural increase
! width="70"|TFR
|-
| align="right" | 1948
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6,476
| align="right" | 2,217
| align="right" | 4,259
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1949
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6,473
| align="right" | 2,243
| align="right" | 4,230
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1950
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6,863
| align="right" | 1,974
| align="right" | 4,889
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1951
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,710
| align="right" | 1,965
| align="right" | 5,745
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1952
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,453
| align="right" | 1,917
| align="right" | 6,536
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1953
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,878
| align="right" | 2,159
| align="right" | 6,719
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1954
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,154
| align="right" | 1,919
| align="right" | 7,235
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1955
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,458
| align="right" | 1,989
| align="right" | 7,469
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1956
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,177
| align="right" | 2,131
| align="right" | 8,040
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1957
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,001
| align="right" | 2,274
| align="right" | 7,727
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1958
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,151
| align="right" | 1,942
| align="right" | 9,209
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1959
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,757
| align="right" | 2,055
| align="right" | 9,702
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1960
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,702
| align="right" | 2,144
| align="right" | 9,558
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1961
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,835
| align="right" | 2,310
| align="right" | 10,525
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1962
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 13,141
| align="right" | 2,412
| align="right" | 10,729
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1963
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,406
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1964
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,292
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1965
| align="right" | 
| style="color:blue" | 13,253
| align="right" | 2,378
| style="color:blue"| 10,875
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1966
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,925
| align="right" | 2,280
| align="right" | 10,645
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1967
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1968
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1969
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1970
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1971
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,540
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1972
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,557
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1973
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,881
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1974
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,809
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1975
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,031
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1976
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,176
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1977
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,099
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1978
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,673
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1979
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,586
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1980
| align="right" | 355,240
| align="right" | 9,848
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1981
| align="right" | 360,021
| align="right" | 10,094
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1982
| align="right" | 364,854
| align="right" | 11,205
| align="right" | 2,377
| align="right" | 8,828
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1983
| align="right" | 369,752
| align="right" | 11,823
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1984
| align="right" | 374,716
| align="right" | 11,501
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1985
| align="right" | 379,746
| align="right" | 11,704
| align="right" | 2,275
| align="right" | 9,429
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1986
| align="right" | 384,844
| align="right" | 10,176
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1987
| align="right" | 390,011
| align="right" | 9,660
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1988
| align="right" | 395,246
| align="right" | 9,094
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1989
| align="right" | 400,552
| align="right" | 10,217
| align="right" | 2,717
| align="right" | 7,500
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1990
| align="right" | 405,930
| align="right" | 9,545
| align="right" | 2,792
| align="right" | 6,753
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1991
| align="right" | 411,397
| align="right" | 9,104
| align="right" | 2,573
| align="right" | 6,531
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1992
| align="right" | 416,902
| align="right" | 9,835
| align="right" | 2,717
| align="right" | 7,118
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1993
| align="right" | 422,498
| align="right" | 9,398
| align="right" | 2,998
| align="right" | 6,400
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1994
| align="right" | 428,170
| align="right" | 8,418
| align="right" | 2,842
| align="right" | 5,576
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1995
| align="right" | 433,918
| align="right" | 8,717
| align="right" | 2,696
| align="right" | 6,021
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1996
| align="right" | 439,743
| align="right" | 9,393
| align="right" | 2,894
| align="right" | 6,499
| align="right" | 22.7
| align="right" | 7.0
| align="right" | 15.7
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1997
| align="right" | 445,647
| align="right" | 10,794
| align="right" | 2,878
| align="right" | 7,916
| style="color:blue" | 25.8
| align="right" | 6.9
| style="color:blue"| 18.9
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1998
| align="right" | 451,629
| align="right" | 10,221
| align="right" | 2,814
| align="right" | 7,407
| align="right" | 24.1
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1999
| align="right" | 457,692
| align="right" | 10,144
| align="right" | 2,992
| align="right" | 7,152
| align="right" | 23.6
| align="right" | 7.0
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2000
| align="right" | 463,837
| align="right" | 9,804
| align="right" | 3,090
| align="right" | 6,714
| align="right" | 22.5
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" | 15.4
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2001
| align="right" | 470,064
| align="right" | 9,717
| align="right" | 3,099
| align="right" | 6,618
| align="right" | 20.7
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 14.1
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2002
| align="right" | 476,374
| align="right" | 10,188
| align="right" | 3,125
| align="right" | 7,063
| align="right" | 21.4
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 14.8
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2003
| align="right" | 481,146
| align="right" | 9,634
| align="right" | 3,154
| align="right" | 6,480
| align="right" | 20.0
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2004
| align="right" | 492,829
| align="right" | 9,062
| align="right" | 3,319
| align="right" | 5,743
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 11.8
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2005
| align="right" | 498,543
| align="right" | 8,657
| align="right" | 3,392
| align="right" | 5,265
| align="right" | 17.4
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 10.6
| align="right" | 2.147
|-
| align="right" | 2006
| align="right" | 504,257
| align="right" | 9,311
| align="right" | 3,197
| align="right" | 6,114
| align="right" | 18.5
| align="right" | 6.4
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 2.285
|-
| align="right" | 2007
| align="right" | 509,970
| align="right" | 9,769
| align="right" | 3,374
| align="right" | 6,395
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 12.6
| align="right" | 2.387
|-
| align="right" | 2008
| align="right" | 517,052
| align="right" | 10,097
| align="right" | 3,357
| align="right" | 6,740
| align="right" | 19.5
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 13.0
| style="color:blue"| 2.446
|-
| align="right" | 2009
| align="right" | 524,143
| align="right" | 9,792
| align="right" | 3,293
| align="right" | 6,499
| align="right" | 18.7
| align="right" | 6.3
| align="right" | 12.4
| align="right" | 2.325
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 531,170
| align="right" | 9,712
| align="right" | 3,484
| align="right" | 6,228
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 2.302
|-
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" | 539,910
| align="right" | 9,703
| align="right" | 3,441
| align="right" | 6,262
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | 6.4
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 2.270
|-
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" | 541,638
| align="right" | 10,217
| align="right" | 3,687
| align="right" | 6,530
| align="right" | 18.9
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 2.408
|-
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" | 550,222
| align="right" | 10,012
| align="right" | 3,557
| align="right" | 6,455
| align="right" | 18.2
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 2.320
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 558,773
| align="right" | 10,407
| align="right" | 3,738
| align="right" | 6,669
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 11.9
| align="right" | 2.395
|-
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" | 567,300
| align="right" | 10,148
| align="right" | 3,663
| align="right" | 6,485
| align="right" | 17.9
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 11.4
| align="right" | 2.312
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 575,700
| align="right" | 9,910
| align="right" | 3,591
| align="right" | 6,319
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | 6.2
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" | 2.241
|-
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" | 583,200
| align="right" | 9,785
| align="right" | 3,508
| align="right" | 6,277
| align="right" | 16.8
| style="color:blue"| 6.0
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 2.191
|-
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" | 590,100
| align="right" | 9,809
| align="right" | 3,763
| align="right" | 6,046
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 6.4
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 2.185
|-
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" | 598,000
| align="right" | 10,127
| align="right" | 3,955
| align="right" | 6,172
| align="right" | 16.9
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 2.245
|-
| align="right" | 2020
| align="right" | 608,900
| align="right" | 10,053
| align="right" | 3,971
| align="right" | 6,082
| align="right" | 16.7
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 2.202
|-
| align="right" | 2021
| align="right" | 616,500
| align="right" | 10,252
| style="color:red" | 5,535
| align="right" | 4,717
| align="right" | 16.6
| style="color:red" | 9.0
| align="right" | 7.6
| align="right" | 2.228
|-
| align="right" | 2022
| align="right" | 624,900
| align="right" | 9,254
| align="right" | 4,641
| align="right" | 4,613
| style="color:red" | 14.8
| align="right" | 7.4
| style="color:red" | 7.4
| style="color:red" | 2.001
|-
|}

==Ethnic groups==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+'''Population of Suriname according to ethnic group'''
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! width="100pt" rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | Census 1921|| colspan="2" | Census 1950<ref name=carncr>{{cite web |url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Suriname.pdf |title=National Census Report: Suriname |work=[[Caribbean Community|Caricom]] |date=2009 |page=32 |access-date=2 December 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170627135503/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Suriname.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| colspan="2" | Census 1964<ref name=carncr />||colspan="2" | Census 1972<ref name=carncr />|| colspan="2" | Census 1980<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Suriname.pdf |title=National Census Report: Suriname |work=[[Caribbean Community|Caricom]] |date=2009 |page=31 |quote=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. |access-date=2 December 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170627135503/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Suriname.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| colspan="2" | Census 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/4da2c4942.html|title=National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 Suriname* |work=UN Human Rights Council |date=16 February 2011 |page=7}}</ref>|| colspan="2" | Census 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Suriname/SUR-Census2012-vol1.pdf |title=Censusstatistieken 2012 |work=Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname (General Statistics Bureau of Suriname) |page=76 |access-date=20 October 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071544/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Suriname/SUR-Census2012-vol1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Number || % || Number || % || Number || %||Number || % ||Number || %|| Number || % || Number || %
|-
|align=left|[[Indo-Surinamese|East Indian]]|| || ||62,280||31.3||112,633||34.7||142,917||37.6|| || ||135,117||27.4||148,443||27.4
|-
|align=left|[[Maroon (people)|Maroon]]s|| || ||19,180||9.7||27,698||8.5||35,838||9.4|| || ||72,553||14.7||117,567||21.7
|-
|align=left|[[Creole people|Creole]]|| || ||71,657||36.1||114,961||35.5||119,009||31.4|| || ||87,202||17.7||84,933||15.7
|-
|align=left|[[Javanese Surinamese|Javanese]]|| || ||35,270||17.8||48,463||14.9||57,688||15.2|| || ||71,879||14.6||73,975||13.7
|-
|align=left|Mixed|| || ||0||0.0||0||0.0||0||0.0|| || ||61,524||12.5||72,340||13.4
|-
|align=left|[[Indigenous peoples in Suriname|Amerindian]]<ref name=other>Where no separate figures are given, these people are included in ''Other''.</ref> || || ||-||-||7,287<ref name=note>{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}This is included in ''Other'' in the source</ref>||2.2||-||-|| || ||18,037||3.7||20,344||3.8
|-
|align=left|[[Chinese Surinamese|Chinese]]<ref name=other />|| || ||-||-||5,339<ref name=note /> ||1.6||-||-|| || ||8,775||1.8||7,885||1.5
|-
|align=left|[[White Surinamese|White]]<ref name=other />|| || ||-||-||4,322<ref name=note />||1.3||-||-|| || ||2,899||0.6||1,667||0.3
|-
|align=left|Other|| || ||10,095||5.1||2,986||0.9||24,155||6.4|| || ||2,264||0.5||7,166||1.3
|-
|align=left|Unknown|| || ||186||0.1||522||0.2||0||0.0|| || ||1,261||0.3||1,805||0.3
|-
|align=left|No answer|| || || || || || || || || || ||31,318||6.4||1,590||0.3
|-
|align=left|Total||colspan="2"|107,723{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}||colspan="2"|198,668||colspan="2"|324,211||colspan="2"|379,607||colspan="2"|355,240||colspan="2"|492,829||colspan="2"|541,638
|}
{{bar box
|title=Ethnic groups of Suriname<ref name="CIAPAPUANEWGUINEA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/suriname/|title=South America :: SURINAME|date=20 October 2022 |publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Ethnic groups
|right1=percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Indo-Surinamese|East Indian]]|Blue|27.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Maroon (people)|Maroon]] |Orange|21.7}}
{{bar percent|[[Creole people|Creole]]|Yellow|15.7}}
{{bar percent|[[Javanese Surinamese|Javanese]] |Green|14}}
{{bar percent|[[Multiracial people|Mixed]]|Red|13.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Indigenous peoples in Suriname|Amerindian]] |Green|3.8}}
{{bar percent|[[Chinese Surinamese|Chinese]]|Purple|1.5}}
{{bar percent|[[White Surinamese|White]]|Silver|0.3}}
{{bar percent|Other|Orange|2.5}}

}}

*The census used self-identification for ethnic classification.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/Attachments/Suriname-2004Census-Evaluation-GUID02905b7619cc40b49172b828033b2196.pdf |title=REPORT ON CENSUS 2004 COVERAGE EVALUATION |work=CENSUS OFFICE GENERAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS |date=2006 |page=30}}</ref>
*Amerindians are the original inhabitants of Suriname.
*East Indians, also known locally as ''[[Hindustan]]is'', are those whose ancestors emigrated from northern [[British Raj|British India]] in the latter part of the 19th century.
*Creoles are descendants from slaves from Africa.  Prior to the 2004 census, mixed-race people were counted as Creoles.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} Their ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries.
*The Maroons are descendants from slaves from Africa that escaped to the interior of Suriname. Their proportion has increased considerably during the past decades, from 9% in 1964 to 22% in 2012.
*The Javanese are Asians from formerly [[Dutch East Indies|Dutch-ruled Indonesia]].
*Many Whites are descended from [[Dutch Surinamese|Dutch]] colonists.

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:
* 60,000 [[Brazilian people|Brazilian]]s (estimates varies between 20,000 and 80,000) from [[Brazil]].{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} There are also other smaller numbers of [[South America]]n nationalities.
* 40,000 Chinese,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/world/americas/11suriname.html |title=With Aid and Migrants, China Expands Its Presence in a South American Nation |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 April 2011}}</ref> with small communities of [[Koreans]], [[Japanese people|Japanese]] and [[Overseas Filipino|Filipinos]].
* 2,000 [[Arab]]/Middle Eastern (mostly [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] but also Christians from [[Syria]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]).
* 200 [[Jews]] who are identified in ethnoreligious terms.
* Suriname has large American expatriate (mostly retiree) communities (about 50,000 Americans live in Suriname).
* Also living in Suriname are Dutch citizens, some of which with a Surinamese background.

===Fertility rate by ethnic group===
The [[total fertility rate]] for Suriname as a whole was 2.53 children per woman aged 15 to 49 in 2012. [[Maroon (people)|Maroons]] had the highest fertility rate, with 4.47 children per woman. On the other hand, [[Indo-Surinamese]] had the lowest fertility with 1.78 children per woman.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|+ Total fertility rate by ethnic group in 2012<ref>[https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/Suriname/SUR-Census2012-vol1.pdf Resultaten achtste (8e) Volks- en woningtelling in Suriname (volume 1) : Demografische en sociale karakteristieken en migratie], 2013 (pdf, 7.8 MB, in Dutch); p. 24</ref>
|-
! Ethnic group !! Total fertility rate || Children ever born
|-
| [[Maroon (people)|Maroon]]s || 4.47 || 5.79
|-
| [[Surinamese Creole people|Creole]] || 2.26 || 3.06
|-
| [[Indo-Surinamese|East-Indian]] || 1.78 || 3.15
|-
| [[Javanese Surinamese|Javanese]] || 2.15 || 3.17
|-
| Mixed people || 2.12 || 2.77
|-
| Smaller minorities || 2.93 || 3.46
|-
| Unknown (mostly [[Maroon (people)|Maroons]] as well) || 3.69 || 4.91
|-
! Suriname (as whole) || 2.53 || 3.48
|}

==Languages==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2024}}
[[Dutch language|Dutch]] is the official language of Suriname and the mother tongue of around 60% of the population. [[Sranan Tongo]] is the lingua franca and second most spoken language of Suriname.

[[English language|English]] is mostly used in the business sector mainly to communicate with foreign businesses. It is also used in the hospitality industry to communicate with tourists.

[[Caribbean Hindustani|Sarnami Hindustani]] is spoken by the Surinamese Indian community. Depending on the person this language can be either the mother tongue, second language or third language (after [[Dutch language|Dutch]] or [[Sranan Tongo]]).

[[Saramaccan]] is spoken by the [[Saramaka]] tribe of the [[Maroons|Maroon]] community. [[Ndyuka language|Aukan]] is mainly spoken by the [[Ndyuka people|Aukan]] tribe of the [[Maroons|Maroon]] community

[[Javanese language|Javanese]] is spoken by the Surinamese Javanese community. Just like [[Caribbean Hindustani|Sarnami Hindustani]], [[Javanese language|Javanese]] can be either the mother tongue, second language or third language (after [[Dutch language|Dutch]] or [[Sranan Tongo]]) for some.

[[Hakka Chinese|Hakka]] and [[Cantonese]] is spoken by Surinamese Chinese, mainly as a second language after [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. [[Cantonese]] was introduced in Suriname by the second wave of Chinese immigrants in 1970. Beginning in the 1990s new migrants from China moved to Suriname, and [[Putonghua]], during circa 2004–2014,<!--during the "last decade"--> became the main Chinese [[lingua franca]] in the country.

[[French language|French]] is spoken by some [[Maroons]] due to the cultural influence from [[French Guiana]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] mainly by immigrants from [[Brazil]] and [[Portugal]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] due to immigrants from, [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], and other [[Latin America]]n countries.

[[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Amerindian languages]] are spoken by the Surinamese Amerindian community. Languages include [[Carib language|Carib]], [[Lokono language|Arawak]], [[Tiriyó language|Tiriyó]] and [[Wayana language|Wayana]].

==Religion==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!rowspan="2"|Denomination
!colspan="2"|2012 census<ref name="CENSUS2012">[http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/Presentatie.pdf 2012 Suriname Census Definitive Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105905/http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/Presentatie.pdf |date=24 September 2015 }}. Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek - Suriname.</ref>
|-
!#
!%
|-
|[[Catholic Church]]
|align=right|117,261
|{{percentage bar|21.6}}
|-
|[[Pentecostalism]] ([[Full Gospel]])
|align=right|60,530
|{{percentage bar|11.18}}
|-
|[[Moravian Church]]
|align=right|60,420
|{{percentage bar|11.16}}
|-
|[[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
|align=right|6,622
|{{percentage bar|1.2}}
|-
|[[Calvinism]]
|align=right|4,018
|{{percentage bar|0.7}}
|-
|[[Lutheranism]]
|align=right|2,811
|{{percentage bar|0.5}}
|-
|Other forms of [[Christianity]]
|align=right|17,280
|{{percentage bar|3.2}}
|-
|[[Sanatani]] Hindus
|align=right|97,311
|{{percentage bar|18}}
|-
|[[Arya Samaj]] Hindus
|align=right|16,661
|{{percentage bar|3.1}}
|-
|Other forms of [[Hinduism]]
|align=right|6,651
|{{percentage bar|1.2}}
|-
|[[Sunni Islam]]
|align=right|21,159
|{{percentage bar|3.9}}
|-
|[[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadi Islam]]
|align=right|14,161
|{{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
|Other forms of [[Islam]]
|align=right|39,733
|{{percentage bar|7.3}}
|-
|[[Javanism]]
|align=right|4,460
|{{percentage bar|0.8}}
|-
|[[Judaism]]
|align=right|181
|{{percentage bar|0.0}}
|-
|[[Winti]]
|align=right|9,949
|{{percentage bar|1.8}}
|-
|Other faith
|align=right|4,630
|{{percentage bar|0.9}}
|-
|No faith
|align=right|40,718
|{{percentage bar|7.5}}
|-
|No answer
|align=right|17,082
|{{percentage bar|3.2}}
|-
!Total population
!align=right|541,638
!{{percentage bar|100.0}}
|}
{{clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://statistics-suriname.org/}} &ndash; Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek (General Bureau of Statistics), in Suriname.
* [https://caricom.org/country_profiles/suriname/ Suriname profile] &ndash; Caribbean Community Statistics

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