headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · SUR

Suriname

Latin America and the Caribbean · South America

Suriname is recorded at 634.4k people in 2024, with total annual change of +5,374 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 740 · SUR

Suriname

SUR · SR
HOLDING
population 634.4k
annual change +5,374
natural change +6,542
fertility 2.23
migrant share 8.2%

The Slowing · peak 2071 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign citizens · stock 51.9k

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Suriname in 2024
Births 10,882
Deaths -4,340
Natural change +6,542
Net migration -1,166
Total change +5,374
time anchors

+74,574

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Suriname
This year +5,374
Since peak -118,465 since 2071
Projected 2100 709.0k
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

8.2%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 628.9k

Suriname 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 163.2k, ages 15-64 417.8k, ages 65+ 47.9k.

0-14
163.2k
15-64
417.8k
65+
47.9k
2050 2050 733.9k

Suriname 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 146.1k, ages 15-64 478.0k, ages 65+ 109.8k.

0-14
146.1k
15-64
478.0k
65+
109.8k
2100 2100 709.0k

Suriname 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 105.6k, ages 15-64 410.9k, ages 65+ 192.6k.

0-14
105.6k
15-64
410.9k
65+
192.6k
stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

2076

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

8.41

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2058.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 634.4k 5,374 10.9k 4.3k 2.23
2030 665.7k 4,855 10.7k 4.9k 2.11
2050 733.9k 1,937 9.4k 6.8k 1.89
2080 748.8k -1,039 7.8k 8.3k 1.78
2100 709.0k -2,501 6.8k 8.8k 1.74