Fertility rate: births per woman in Suriname
Suriname: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.25 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Suriname, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Suriname is 2.25 live births per woman, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Suriname peaked at 6.59 live births per woman in 1960 and was at its lowest, 2.25 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Suriname 93rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.37 live births per woman | 6.21 live births per woman | 6.55 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.28 live births per woman | 5.7 live births per woman | 6.59 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.72 live births per woman | 3.92 live births per woman | 5.53 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.67 live births per woman | 3.39 live births per woman | 3.87 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.99 live births per woman | 2.9 live births per woman | 3.23 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.82 live births per woman | 2.71 live births per woman | 3.06 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.55 live births per woman | 2.35 live births per woman | 2.69 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.28 live births per woman | 2.25 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 90 American Samoa 2.29 live births per woman compare
- 91 Fiji 2.28 live births per woman compare
- 92 Saudi Arabia 2.28 live births per woman compare
- 94 Dominican Republic 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 95 Faroe Islands 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 96 Lebanon 2.24 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Suriname
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0346 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.25 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.25 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.722 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.2086 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 53.38 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 57.82 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.0554 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 74.06 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.4782 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Suriname?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Suriname was 2.25 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 6.59 live births per woman in 1960.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.25 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Suriname rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Suriname ranks 93rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.