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Suriname
Republic of Suriname
Quick facts
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Population
- 592,000
- Area
- 163,820 km²
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- Dutch
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Surinamer
- UN member
- Yes
How Suriname compares
Economy size$4.4 B
159th of 178 worldwide · 12th of 12 in South America
Income per person$6,962
88th of 178 worldwide · 8th of 12 in South America
Life expectancy73.8 yrs
93rd of 179 worldwide · 9th of 12 in South America
Internet access87.4%
68th of 179 worldwide · 4th of 12 in South America
Highlights
GDP
$4.4 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$6,962
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
73.8 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Internet users
87.4%
ITU / World Bank2023
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Resource rents
9.6%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From the Arawak and Carib coast to a Dutch plantation colony built on sugar and slavery, the Maroon republics of the forest, the most ethnically plural society in the Americas, and an independent nation born in 1975.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.