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South America > Suriname > People

SURINAMESE PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age structure > 0-14 years 29.6 [106th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 64.2 [119th of 226]
Definition: People > Age structure > 15-64 years
Age structure > 65 years and over 6.3 % [100th of 225]
Definition: People > Age structure > 65 years and over
Birth rate 17.02 births/1,000 population Time series [125th of 226]
Definition: People > Birth rate
Chinese population 13,000 [48th of 127]
Definition: People > Chinese population
Death rate 5.51 deaths/1,000 population Time series [175th of 226]
Definition: People > Death rate
Ethnic groups
Hindustani (also known locally as "East Indians"; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%, Creole (mixed white and black) 31%, Javanese 15%, "Maroons" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2%
Definition: People > Ethnic groups
Percentage living in urban areas 76% [48th of 199]
Definition: People > Percentage living in urban areas
Population 475,996 Time series [169th of 242]
Definition: People > Population
Population growth rate 1.099% Time series [123rd of 235]
Definition: People > Population growth rate
Population in 2015 472 [168th of 225]
Definition: People > Population in 2015
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.05 [32nd of 223]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > 15-64 years
Sex ratio > At birth 1.07 male(s)/female Time series [22nd of 223]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > At birth
Sex ratio > Total population 0.99 male(s)/female Time series [109th of 224]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > Total population
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [117th of 224]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > Under 15 years
Total fertility rate 2.01 children born/woman Time series [130th of 225]
Definition: People > Total fertility rate
Total Population 439,117 [170th of 227]
Definition: People > Total Population
Urban population 331,986.9 Time series [158th of 195]
Definition: People > Urban population
Urbanization 75 [50th of 204]
Definition: People > Urbanization
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 97 [56th of 144]
Definition: People > Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Republiek Suriname, surinam

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