Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Suriname

Urban population share in Suriname in 2025 — 65.8%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.8 pp.

2025 65.8% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 104of 217
Period maximum 66.7%2004
Period minimum 61%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Suriname, 1960–2025606264666819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 61%1962: 64.6%1964: 65.8%1966: 65.9%1968: 65.9%1970: 65.9%1972: 65.9%1974: 66%1976: 66%1978: 66%1980: 66.1%1982: 66.1%1984: 66.2%1986: 66.2%1988: 66.3%1990: 66.4%1992: 66.5%1994: 66.5%1996: 66.6%1998: 66.7%2000: 66.7%2002: 66.7%2004: 66.7%2006: 66.7%2008: 66.6%2010: 66.4%2012: 66.3%2014: 66.2%2016: 66.1%2018: 66.1%2020: 66%2022: 65.9%2024: 65.8%2025: 65.8%
Change over the period: +4.8 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Suriname 65.8%
World 57.8%
South America computed 85.5%
Urban population share — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.8 +0 pp
2024 65.8 +0 pp
2023 65.8 −0.1 pp
2022 65.9 −0.1 pp
2021 66 −0 pp
2020 66 −0 pp
2019 66 −0 pp
2018 66.1 −0 pp
2017 66.1 −0 pp
2016 66.1 −0 pp
2015 66.2 −0 pp
2014 66.2 −0 pp
2013 66.3 −0 pp
2012 66.3 −0.1 pp
2011 66.4 −0.1 pp
2010 66.4 −0.1 pp
2009 66.5 −0.1 pp
2008 66.6 −0.1 pp
2007 66.6 −0.1 pp
2006 66.7 −0 pp
2005 66.7 −0 pp
2004 66.7 +0 pp
2003 66.7 +0 pp
2002 66.7 +0 pp
2001 66.7 +0 pp
2000 66.7 +0 pp
1999 66.7 +0 pp
1998 66.7 +0 pp
1997 66.6 +0 pp
1996 66.6 +0 pp
1995 66.6 +0 pp
1994 66.5 +0 pp
1993 66.5 +0 pp
1992 66.5 +0 pp
1991 66.4 +0 pp
1990 66.4 +0 pp
1989 66.3 +0 pp
1988 66.3 +0 pp
1987 66.3 +0 pp
1986 66.2 +0 pp
1985 66.2 +0 pp
1984 66.2 +0 pp
1983 66.1 +0 pp
1982 66.1 +0 pp
1981 66.1 +0 pp
1980 66.1 +0 pp
1979 66 +0 pp
1978 66 +0 pp
1977 66 +0 pp
1976 66 +0 pp
1975 66 +0 pp
1974 66 +0 pp
1973 66 +0 pp
1972 65.9 +0 pp
1971 65.9 +0 pp
1970 65.9 +0 pp
1969 65.9 +0 pp
1968 65.9 +0 pp
1967 65.9 +0 pp
1966 65.9 +0 pp
1965 65.8 +0 pp
1964 65.8 +0.3 pp
1963 65.6 +1 pp
1962 64.6 +1.6 pp
1961 63 +2.1 pp
1960 61

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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