Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Suriname

Total fertility rate in Suriname in 2024 — 2.23 births. Ranked 89 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.1%.

2024 2.23 births −0.8% vs 2023
World rank 89of 217
Period maximum 6.59 births1960
Period minimum 2.23 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Suriname, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.59 births1962: 6.57 births1964: 6.43 births1966: 6.2 births1968: 5.86 births1970: 5.53 births1972: 5.18 births1974: 4.81 births1976: 4.45 births1978: 4.08 births1980: 3.79 births1982: 3.82 births1984: 3.8 births1986: 3.61 births1988: 3.46 births1990: 3.23 births1992: 3.01 births1994: 2.9 births1996: 2.92 births1998: 2.99 births2000: 3.05 births2002: 2.96 births2004: 2.74 births2006: 2.73 births2008: 2.73 births2010: 2.69 births2012: 2.67 births2014: 2.62 births2016: 2.5 births2018: 2.38 births2020: 2.31 births2022: 2.27 births2024: 2.23 births
Change over the period: −4.36 (−66.15%) Average annual rate: -1.68 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Suriname

Suriname 2.23 births
World 2.19 births
South America computed 1.69 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.23 −0.02 −0.8%
2023 2.25 −0.02 −1.1%
2022 2.27 −0.02 −0.92%
2021 2.3 −0.02 −0.82%
2020 2.31 −0.03 −1.41%
2019 2.35 −0.03 −1.43%
2018 2.38 −0.05 −2.06%
2017 2.43 −0.07 −2.76%
2016 2.5 −0.07 −2.72%
2015 2.57 −0.05 −1.91%
2014 2.62 −0.03 −1.17%
2013 2.65 −0.02 −0.67%
2012 2.67 +0 +0.07%
2011 2.67 −0.02 −0.78%
2010 2.69 −0.02 −0.88%
2009 2.71 −0.01 −0.55%
2008 2.73 −0.01 −0.29%
2007 2.74 +0.01 +0.29%
2006 2.73 +0.01 +0.55%
2005 2.71 −0.03 −0.95%
2004 2.74 −0.1 −3.56%
2003 2.84 −0.12 −3.96%
2002 2.96 −0.1 −3.3%
2001 3.06 +0.01 +0.36%
2000 3.05 +0.03 +0.99%
1999 3.02 +0.03 +1%
1998 2.99 +0.03 +1.15%
1997 2.95 +0.03 +1.1%
1996 2.92 +0.02 +0.79%
1995 2.9 −0 −0.07%
1994 2.9 −0.04 −1.5%
1993 2.94 −0.07 −2.32%
1992 3.01 −0.08 −2.62%
1991 3.09 −0.13 −4.06%
1990 3.23 −0.16 −4.78%
1989 3.39 −0.07 −2.14%
1988 3.46 −0.07 −1.95%
1987 3.53 −0.08 −2.22%
1986 3.61 −0.1 −2.72%
1985 3.71 −0.09 −2.24%
1984 3.8 −0.07 −1.79%
1983 3.87 +0.04 +1.15%
1982 3.82 +0.07 +1.84%
1981 3.75 −0.04 −1.03%
1980 3.79 −0.13 −3.41%
1979 3.93 −0.16 −3.8%
1978 4.08 −0.18 −4.14%
1977 4.26 −0.19 −4.25%
1976 4.45 −0.18 −3.97%
1975 4.63 −0.18 −3.78%
1974 4.81 −0.2 −3.91%
1973 5.01 −0.17 −3.27%
1972 5.18 −0.18 −3.36%
1971 5.36 −0.17 −3.13%
1970 5.53 −0.17 −2.93%
1969 5.7 −0.17 −2.85%
1968 5.86 −0.18 −2.9%
1967 6.04 −0.16 −2.58%
1966 6.2 −0.12 −1.95%
1965 6.32 −0.11 −1.63%
1964 6.43 −0.08 −1.26%
1963 6.51 −0.06 −0.97%
1962 6.57 −0.01 −0.17%
1961 6.58 −0.01 −0.11%
1960 6.59

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.