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href="/wiki/File:Suriname_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Suriname_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/350px-Suriname_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Suriname_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/525px-Suriname_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Suriname_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/700px-Suriname_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2212" data-file-height="1777" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Population pyramid of Suriname in 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">632,638 (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Growth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">1.13% (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">15.38 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Death rate</th><td class="infobox-data">6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Life expectancy</th><td class="infobox-data">72.42 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fertility rate</th><td class="infobox-data">1.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Infant mortality rate</th><td class="infobox-data">30.25 deaths/1,000 live births</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Net migration rate</th><td class="infobox-data">2.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Age structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">0–14 years</th><td class="infobox-data">23.38%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">65 and over</th><td class="infobox-data">6.55%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Nationality</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Surinamese</td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">107,723</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">198,668</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.13%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1964 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">324,211</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.56%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1972 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">379,607</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">354,860</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.84%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2004 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">492,464</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.37%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2012 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">541,638</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2016 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">558,368</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.76%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2016 daat<sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2022_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP_2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a <a href="/wiki/Demographics" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics">demography</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">ethnicity</a>, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. </p><p>Most <a href="/wiki/Surinamese_people" title="Surinamese people">Surinamese people</a> live in the narrow, northern coastal plain. The population is one of the most ethnically varied in the world. Each ethnic group preserves its own culture, and many institutions, including political parties, tend to follow ethnic lines. Informal relationships vary: the upper classes of all ethnic backgrounds mix freely; outside of the elite, social relations tend to remain within ethnic groupings. All groups may be found in the schools and workplace. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Suriname_demography.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Suriname_demography.png/250px-Suriname_demography.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Suriname_demography.png/375px-Suriname_demography.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Suriname_demography.png/500px-Suriname_demography.png 2x" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Demographics of Suriname, Data of <a href="/wiki/FAO" class="mw-redirect" title="FAO">FAO</a>, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects<sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2022_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP_2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the total population was 612,985 in 2021, compared to only 215,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 28.6%, 65% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6.5% was 65 years or older .<sup id="cite_ref-WPP_2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPP_2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to 2012 census, there were 270,629 males and 271,009 females in Suriname.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Total<br />population<br />(<span class="nowrap"> × </span>1000) </th> <th colspan="3">Proportion (%) aged </th></tr> <tr> <th>0–14 </th> <th>15–64 </th> <th>65+ </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td>215 </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238854847">.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar{position:relative;border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#fff;width:100px;max-width:100%;height:1.5em}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-fill{position:absolute;background-color:#dbdbdb;height:1.5em;width:50%}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-text{position:absolute;width:100%;height:1.5em;text-align:center;color:#000}</style><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 40%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">40.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 54%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">54.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 6%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">6.0%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td>250 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 43%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">43.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 52%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">52.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 4%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">4.8%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>290 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 47%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">47.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 48%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">48.3%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 4%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">4.1%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td>332 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 48%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">48.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 47%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">47.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 4%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">4.0%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td>372 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 48%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">48.3%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 47%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">47.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.9%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>364 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 47%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">47.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 48%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">48.5%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.9%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>366 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 39%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">39.9%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 55%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">55.7%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 4%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">4.4%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td>376 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 35%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">35.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 59%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">59.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 4%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">4.5%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>407 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 33%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">33.3%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 62%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">62.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 4%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">4.7%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>436 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 32%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">32.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 62%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">62.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 5%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">5.2%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>467 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 30%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">30.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 63%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">63.7%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 5%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">5.7%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>500 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 29%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">29.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 64%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">64.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 6%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">6.1%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>525 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 28%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">28.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 65%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">65.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 50px;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 6%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">6.5%</div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Total_and_Percent_Distribution_of_Population_by_Age_(Censuses_2004_&_2012)"><span id="Total_and_Percent_Distribution_of_Population_by_Age_.28Censuses_2004_.26_2012.29"></span>Total and Percent Distribution of Population by Age (Censuses 2004 & 2012)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Total and Percent Distribution of Population by Age (Censuses 2004 & 2012)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Age group </th> <th colspan="2">2004 </th> <th colspan="2">2012 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>Percent </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-14 </td> <td align="right">146.389 </td> <td align="right">29,81 </td> <td align="right">148.767 </td> <td align="right">27.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-59 </td> <td align="right">299.547 </td> <td align="right">60.78 </td> <td align="right">334.949 </td> <td align="right">61.84 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60+ </td> <td align="right">42.189 </td> <td align="right">8.56 </td> <td align="right">54.527 </td> <td align="right">10.07 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">492.829 </td> <td align="right">100 </td> <td align="right">541.638 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure_of_the_population">Structure of the population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Structure of the population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 02.VIII.2004):<sup id="cite_ref-unstats.un.org_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unstats.un.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age Group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">248 046 </td> <td align="right">244 783 </td> <td align="right">492 829 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-4 </td> <td align="right">26 252 </td> <td align="right">25 585 </td> <td align="right">51 837 </td> <td align="right">10.52 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5-9 </td> <td align="right">25 200 </td> <td align="right">24 209 </td> <td align="right">49 409 </td> <td align="right">10.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10-14 </td> <td align="right">22 889 </td> <td align="right">22 254 </td> <td align="right">45 143 </td> <td align="right">9.16 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-19 </td> <td align="right">23 465 </td> <td align="right">23 043 </td> <td align="right">46 508 </td> <td align="right">9.44 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20-24 </td> <td align="right">22 437 </td> <td align="right">21 406 </td> <td align="right">43 843 </td> <td align="right">8.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25-29 </td> <td align="right">19 006 </td> <td align="right">18 895 </td> <td align="right">37 901 </td> <td align="right">7.69 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30-34 </td> <td align="right">19 828 </td> <td align="right">19 166 </td> <td align="right">38 994 </td> <td align="right">7.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35-39 </td> <td align="right">19 179 </td> <td align="right">18 100 </td> <td align="right">37 279 </td> <td align="right">7.56 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40-44 </td> <td align="right">17 657 </td> <td align="right">16 328 </td> <td align="right">33 985 </td> <td align="right">6.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45-49 </td> <td align="right">12 643 </td> <td align="right">12 992 </td> <td align="right">25 635 </td> <td align="right">5.20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50-54 </td> <td align="right">9 933 </td> <td align="right">10 487 </td> <td align="right">20 420 </td> <td align="right">4.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55-59 </td> <td align="right">6 955 </td> <td align="right">8 027 </td> <td align="right">14 982 </td> <td align="right">3.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60-64 </td> <td align="right">6 200 </td> <td align="right">7 059 </td> <td align="right">13 259 </td> <td align="right">2.69 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">5 148 </td> <td align="right">5 454 </td> <td align="right">10 602 </td> <td align="right">2.15 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">4 103 </td> <td align="right">4 556 </td> <td align="right">8 659 </td> <td align="right">1.76 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">2 419 </td> <td align="right">2 733 </td> <td align="right">5 152 </td> <td align="right">1.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80-84 </td> <td align="right">1 235 </td> <td align="right">1 618 </td> <td align="right">2 853 </td> <td align="right">0.58 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">85-89 </td> <td align="right">392 </td> <td align="right">677 </td> <td align="right">1 075 </td> <td align="right">0.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">90-94 </td> <td align="right">196 </td> <td align="right">294 </td> <td align="right">490 </td> <td align="right">0.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">95+ </td> <td align="right">34 </td> <td align="right">95 </td> <td align="right">129 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-14 </td> <td align="right">74 341 </td> <td align="right">72 048 </td> <td align="right">146 389 </td> <td align="right">29.70 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-64 </td> <td align="right">157 293 </td> <td align="right">155 489 </td> <td align="right">312 782 </td> <td align="right">63.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">13 527 </td> <td align="right">15 427 </td> <td align="right">28 954 </td> <td align="right">5.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">unknown </td> <td align="right">2 885 </td> <td align="right">1 819 </td> <td align="right">4 704 </td> <td align="right">0.95 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2011): <sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age Group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">272 690 </td> <td align="right">267 220 </td> <td align="right">539 910 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-4 </td> <td align="right">24 910 </td> <td align="right">24 150 </td> <td align="right">49 060 </td> <td align="right">9.09 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5-9 </td> <td align="right">26 400 </td> <td align="right">25 160 </td> <td align="right">51 560 </td> <td align="right">9.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10-14 </td> <td align="right">25 950 </td> <td align="right">24 850 </td> <td align="right">50 800 </td> <td align="right">9.41 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-19 </td> <td align="right">24 510 </td> <td align="right">23 670 </td> <td align="right">48 180 </td> <td align="right">8.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20-24 </td> <td align="right">23 270 </td> <td align="right">22 500 </td> <td align="right">45 770 </td> <td align="right">8.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25-29 </td> <td align="right">22 310 </td> <td align="right">21 360 </td> <td align="right">43 670 </td> <td align="right">8.09 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30-34 </td> <td align="right">21 180 </td> <td align="right">20 150 </td> <td align="right">41 330 </td> <td align="right">7.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35-39 </td> <td align="right">20 130 </td> <td align="right">19 110 </td> <td align="right">39 240 </td> <td align="right">7.27 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40-44 </td> <td align="right">18 570 </td> <td align="right">17 720 </td> <td align="right">36 290 </td> <td align="right">6.72 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45-49 </td> <td align="right">16 370 </td> <td align="right">15 830 </td> <td align="right">32 200 </td> <td align="right">5.96 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50-54 </td> <td align="right">13 940 </td> <td align="right">13 730 </td> <td align="right">27 670 </td> <td align="right">5.12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55-59 </td> <td align="right">10 970 </td> <td align="right">11 200 </td> <td align="right">22 170 </td> <td align="right">4.11 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60-64 </td> <td align="right">8 340 </td> <td align="right">8 890 </td> <td align="right">17 230 </td> <td align="right">3.19 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">6 200 </td> <td align="right">6 870 </td> <td align="right">13 070 </td> <td align="right">2.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">4 360 </td> <td align="right">5 060 </td> <td align="right">9 420 </td> <td align="right">1.74 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">2 860 </td> <td align="right">3 500 </td> <td align="right">6 360 </td> <td align="right">1.18 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80+ </td> <td align="right">2 420 </td> <td align="right">3 470 </td> <td align="right">5 890 </td> <td align="right">1.09 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-14 </td> <td align="right">77 260 </td> <td align="right">72 048 </td> <td align="right">149 308 </td> <td align="right">27.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-64 </td> <td align="right">179 590 </td> <td align="right">176 272 </td> <td align="right">355 862 </td> <td align="right">65.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">15 840 </td> <td align="right">18 900 </td> <td align="right">34 740 </td> <td align="right">6.43 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 13.VIII.2012): <sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age Group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">270 629 </td> <td align="right">271 009 </td> <td align="right">541 638 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–4 </td> <td align="right">25 968 </td> <td align="right">24 580 </td> <td align="right">50 548 </td> <td align="right">9.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5–9 </td> <td align="right">24 549 </td> <td align="right">23 186 </td> <td align="right">47 735 </td> <td align="right">8.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10–14 </td> <td align="right">26 166 </td> <td align="right">24 318 </td> <td align="right">50 484 </td> <td align="right">9.32 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–19 </td> <td align="right">22 772 </td> <td align="right">22 336 </td> <td align="right">45 108 </td> <td align="right">8.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20–24 </td> <td align="right">21 656 </td> <td align="right">22 106 </td> <td align="right">43 762 </td> <td align="right">8.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25–29 </td> <td align="right">21 761 </td> <td align="right">22 185 </td> <td align="right">43 946 </td> <td align="right">8.11 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30–34 </td> <td align="right">19 355 </td> <td align="right">19 696 </td> <td align="right">39 051 </td> <td align="right">7.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35–39 </td> <td align="right">18 316 </td> <td align="right">18 113 </td> <td align="right">36 429 </td> <td align="right">6.73 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40–44 </td> <td align="right">18 763 </td> <td align="right">18 620 </td> <td align="right">37 383 </td> <td align="right">6.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45–49 </td> <td align="right">18 083 </td> <td align="right">17 948 </td> <td align="right">36 031 </td> <td align="right">6.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50–54 </td> <td align="right">15 313 </td> <td align="right">15 338 </td> <td align="right">30 651 </td> <td align="right">5.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55–59 </td> <td align="right">10 929 </td> <td align="right">11 659 </td> <td align="right">22 588 </td> <td align="right">4.17 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60–64 </td> <td align="right">7 734 </td> <td align="right">8 763 </td> <td align="right">16 497 </td> <td align="right">3.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">5 951 </td> <td align="right">7 057 </td> <td align="right">13 008 </td> <td align="right">2.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">4 619 </td> <td align="right">5 514 </td> <td align="right">10 133 </td> <td align="right">1.87 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">3 393 </td> <td align="right">4 163 </td> <td align="right">7 556 </td> <td align="right">1.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80-84 </td> <td align="right">1 934 </td> <td align="right">2 499 </td> <td align="right">4 433 </td> <td align="right">0.82 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">85-89 </td> <td align="right">743 </td> <td align="right">1 235 </td> <td align="right">1 978 </td> <td align="right">0.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">90-94 </td> <td align="right">274 </td> <td align="right">438 </td> <td align="right">712 </td> <td align="right">0.13 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">95+ </td> <td align="right">64 </td> <td align="right">146 </td> <td align="right">210 </td> <td align="right">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–14 </td> <td align="right">76 683 </td> <td align="right">72 084 </td> <td align="right">148 767 </td> <td align="right">27.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–64 </td> <td align="right">176 968 </td> <td align="right">177 873 </td> <td align="right">354 841 </td> <td align="right">65.51 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">16 978 </td> <td align="right">21 052 </td> <td align="right">38 030 </td> <td align="right">7.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">unknown </td> <td align="right">2 286 </td> <td align="right">1 109 </td> <td align="right">3 395 </td> <td align="right">0.63 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020): <sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age Group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">300 500 </td> <td align="right">302 000 </td> <td align="right">602 500 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–4 </td> <td align="right">27 500 </td> <td align="right">26 700 </td> <td align="right">54 200 </td> <td align="right">9.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5–9 </td> <td align="right">26 500 </td> <td align="right">25 300 </td> <td align="right">51 800 </td> <td align="right">8.60 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10–14 </td> <td align="right">25 500 </td> <td align="right">23 900 </td> <td align="right">49 400 </td> <td align="right">8.20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–19 </td> <td align="right">25 000 </td> <td align="right">23 500 </td> <td align="right">48 500 </td> <td align="right">8.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20–24 </td> <td align="right">24 100 </td> <td align="right">23 300 </td> <td align="right">47 400 </td> <td align="right">7.87 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25–29 </td> <td align="right">23 300 </td> <td align="right">22 800 </td> <td align="right">46 100 </td> <td align="right">7.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30–34 </td> <td align="right">22 200 </td> <td align="right">22 200 </td> <td align="right">44 400 </td> <td align="right">7.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35–39 </td> <td align="right">21 100 </td> <td align="right">21 200 </td> <td align="right">42 300 </td> <td align="right">7.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40–44 </td> <td align="right">19 900 </td> <td align="right">20 000 </td> <td align="right">39 900 </td> <td align="right">6.62 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45–49 </td> <td align="right">18 800 </td> <td align="right">18 900 </td> <td align="right">37 700 </td> <td align="right">6.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50–54 </td> <td align="right">17 400 </td> <td align="right">17 600 </td> <td align="right">35 000 </td> <td align="right">5.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55–59 </td> <td align="right">14 800 </td> <td align="right">15 500 </td> <td align="right">30 300 </td> <td align="right">5.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60–64 </td> <td align="right">12 100 </td> <td align="right">13 200 </td> <td align="right">25 300 </td> <td align="right">4.20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">8 800 </td> <td align="right">10 300 </td> <td align="right">19 100 </td> <td align="right">3.17 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">6 000 </td> <td align="right">7 500 </td> <td align="right">13 500 </td> <td align="right">2.24 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">3 900 </td> <td align="right">5 100 </td> <td align="right">9 000 </td> <td align="right">1.49 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80+ </td> <td align="right">3 600 </td> <td align="right">5 000 </td> <td align="right">8 600 </td> <td align="right">1.43 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–14 </td> <td align="right">79 500 </td> <td align="right">75 900 </td> <td align="right">155 400 </td> <td align="right">25.79 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–64 </td> <td align="right">198 700 </td> <td align="right">198 200 </td> <td align="right">396 900 </td> <td align="right">65.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">22 300 </td> <td align="right">27 900 </td> <td align="right">50 200 </td> <td align="right">8.33 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vital_statistics">Vital statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Vital statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Population Departement of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> prepared the following estimates for <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-WPP_2010_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPP_2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Period </th> <th rowspan="2">Live births<br />per year </th> <th rowspan="2">Deaths<br />per year </th> <th rowspan="2">Natural change<br />per year </th> <th rowspan="2">CBR* </th> <th rowspan="2">CDR* </th> <th rowspan="2">NC* </th> <th rowspan="2">TFR* </th> <th rowspan="2">IMR* </th> <th colspan="3">Life expectancy </th></tr> <tr> <th>total </th> <th>males </th> <th>females </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950-1955</td> <td>10 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>7 000</td> <td>48.0</td> <td>14.9</td> <td>33.1</td> <td>6.56</td> <td>89</td> <td>56.0</td> <td>54.4</td> <td>57.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955-1960</td> <td>12 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>9 000</td> <td>46.0</td> <td>12.4</td> <td>33.6</td> <td>6.56</td> <td>76</td> <td>58.7</td> <td>57.0</td> <td>60.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960-1965</td> <td>14 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>11 000</td> <td>44.8</td> <td>10.6</td> <td>34.2</td> <td>6.56</td> <td>64</td> <td>60.5</td> <td>58.7</td> <td>62.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965-1970</td> <td>14 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>11 000</td> <td>39.7</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>30.6</td> <td>5.95</td> <td>55</td> <td>62.4</td> <td>60.5</td> <td>64.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970-1975</td> <td>13 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>10 000</td> <td>34.9</td> <td>8.3</td> <td>26.6</td> <td>5.29</td> <td>49</td> <td>64.0</td> <td>61.7</td> <td>66.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975-1980</td> <td>11 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>8 000</td> <td>30.2</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>22.8</td> <td>4.20</td> <td>44</td> <td>65.1</td> <td>62.8</td> <td>67.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980-1985</td> <td>11 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>8 000</td> <td>30.0</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>22.7</td> <td>3.70</td> <td>42</td> <td>66.5</td> <td>63.6</td> <td>69.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985-1990</td> <td>10 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>7 000</td> <td>25.4</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>18.2</td> <td>3.00</td> <td>39</td> <td>67.1</td> <td>64.0</td> <td>70.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990-1995</td> <td>9 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>6 000</td> <td>22.5</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>15.4</td> <td>2.60</td> <td>34</td> <td>67.6</td> <td>64.4</td> <td>71.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995-2000</td> <td>11 000</td> <td>3 000</td> <td>8 000</td> <td>23.6</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>16.2</td> <td>2.80</td> <td>29</td> <td>67.8</td> <td>64.6</td> <td>71.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000-2005</td> <td>10 000</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>6 000</td> <td>21.0</td> <td>7.6</td> <td>13.4</td> <td>2.60</td> <td>24</td> <td>68.1</td> <td>64.8</td> <td>71.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005-2010</td> <td>10 000</td> <td>4 000</td> <td>6 000</td> <td>19.1</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>11.9</td> <td>2.42</td> <td>22</td> <td>69.6</td> <td>66.4</td> <td>73.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="12">* <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Births_and_deaths">Births and deaths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Births and deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"> <caption>Births and deaths<sup id="cite_ref-unstats.un.org_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unstats.un.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="70">Year </th> <th width="70">Population </th> <th width="70">Live births </th> <th width="70">Deaths </th> <th width="70">Natural increase </th> <th width="70">Crude birth rate </th> <th width="70">Crude death rate </th> <th width="70">Rate of natural increase </th> <th width="70">TFR </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1948 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">6,476 </td> <td align="right">2,217 </td> <td align="right">4,259 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1949 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">6,473 </td> <td align="right">2,243 </td> <td align="right">4,230 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1950 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">6,863 </td> <td align="right">1,974 </td> <td align="right">4,889 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1951 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">7,710 </td> <td align="right">1,965 </td> <td align="right">5,745 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1952 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">8,453 </td> <td align="right">1,917 </td> <td align="right">6,536 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1953 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">8,878 </td> <td align="right">2,159 </td> <td align="right">6,719 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1954 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">9,154 </td> <td align="right">1,919 </td> <td align="right">7,235 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1955 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">9,458 </td> <td align="right">1,989 </td> <td align="right">7,469 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1956 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">10,177 </td> <td align="right">2,131 </td> <td align="right">8,040 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1957 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">10,001 </td> <td align="right">2,274 </td> <td align="right">7,727 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1958 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">11,151 </td> <td align="right">1,942 </td> <td align="right">9,209 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1959 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">11,757 </td> <td align="right">2,055 </td> <td align="right">9,702 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1960 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">11,702 </td> <td align="right">2,144 </td> <td align="right">9,558 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1961 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">12,835 </td> <td align="right">2,310 </td> <td align="right">10,525 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1962 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">13,141 </td> <td align="right">2,412 </td> <td align="right">10,729 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1963 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">2,406 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1964 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">2,292 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1965 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="color:blue">13,253 </td> <td align="right">2,378 </td> <td style="color:blue">10,875 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1966 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">12,925 </td> <td align="right">2,280 </td> <td align="right">10,645 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1967 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1968 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1969 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1970 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1971 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">2,540 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1972 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">12,557 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1973 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">11,881 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1974 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">11,809 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1975 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">10,031 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1976 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">11,176 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1977 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">11,099 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1978 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">10,673 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1979 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">10,586 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1980 </td> <td align="right">355,240 </td> <td align="right">9,848 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1981 </td> <td align="right">360,021 </td> <td align="right">10,094 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1982 </td> <td align="right">364,854 </td> <td align="right">11,205 </td> <td align="right">2,377 </td> <td align="right">8,828 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1983 </td> <td align="right">369,752 </td> <td align="right">11,823 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1984 </td> <td align="right">374,716 </td> <td align="right">11,501 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1985 </td> <td align="right">379,746 </td> <td align="right">11,704 </td> <td align="right">2,275 </td> <td align="right">9,429 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1986 </td> <td align="right">384,844 </td> <td align="right">10,176 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1987 </td> <td align="right">390,011 </td> <td align="right">9,660 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1988 </td> <td align="right">395,246 </td> <td align="right">9,094 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1989 </td> <td align="right">400,552 </td> <td align="right">10,217 </td> <td align="right">2,717 </td> <td align="right">7,500 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1990 </td> <td align="right">405,930 </td> <td align="right">9,545 </td> <td align="right">2,792 </td> <td align="right">6,753 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1991 </td> <td align="right">411,397 </td> <td align="right">9,104 </td> <td align="right">2,573 </td> <td align="right">6,531 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1992 </td> <td align="right">416,902 </td> <td align="right">9,835 </td> <td align="right">2,717 </td> <td align="right">7,118 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1993 </td> <td align="right">422,498 </td> <td align="right">9,398 </td> <td align="right">2,998 </td> <td align="right">6,400 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1994 </td> <td align="right">428,170 </td> <td align="right">8,418 </td> <td align="right">2,842 </td> <td align="right">5,576 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1995 </td> <td align="right">433,918 </td> <td align="right">8,717 </td> <td align="right">2,696 </td> <td align="right">6,021 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1996 </td> <td align="right">439,743 </td> <td align="right">9,393 </td> <td align="right">2,894 </td> <td align="right">6,499 </td> <td align="right">22.7 </td> <td align="right">7.0 </td> <td align="right">15.7 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1997 </td> <td align="right">445,647 </td> <td align="right">10,794 </td> <td align="right">2,878 </td> <td align="right">7,916 </td> <td style="color:blue">25.8 </td> <td align="right">6.9 </td> <td style="color:blue">18.9 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1998 </td> <td align="right">451,629 </td> <td align="right">10,221 </td> <td align="right">2,814 </td> <td align="right">7,407 </td> <td align="right">24.1 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">17.5 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1999 </td> <td align="right">457,692 </td> <td align="right">10,144 </td> <td align="right">2,992 </td> <td align="right">7,152 </td> <td align="right">23.6 </td> <td align="right">7.0 </td> <td align="right">16.6 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2000 </td> <td align="right">463,837 </td> <td align="right">9,804 </td> <td align="right">3,090 </td> <td align="right">6,714 </td> <td align="right">22.5 </td> <td align="right">7.1 </td> <td align="right">15.4 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2001 </td> <td align="right">470,064 </td> <td align="right">9,717 </td> <td align="right">3,099 </td> <td align="right">6,618 </td> <td align="right">20.7 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">14.1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2002 </td> <td align="right">476,374 </td> <td align="right">10,188 </td> <td align="right">3,125 </td> <td align="right">7,063 </td> <td align="right">21.4 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">14.8 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2003 </td> <td align="right">481,146 </td> <td align="right">9,634 </td> <td align="right">3,154 </td> <td align="right">6,480 </td> <td align="right">20.0 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">13.4 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2004 </td> <td align="right">492,829 </td> <td align="right">9,062 </td> <td align="right">3,319 </td> <td align="right">5,743 </td> <td align="right">18.6 </td> <td align="right">6.8 </td> <td align="right">11.8 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2005 </td> <td align="right">498,543 </td> <td align="right">8,657 </td> <td align="right">3,392 </td> <td align="right">5,265 </td> <td align="right">17.4 </td> <td align="right">6.8 </td> <td align="right">10.6 </td> <td align="right">2.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2006 </td> <td align="right">504,257 </td> <td align="right">9,311 </td> <td align="right">3,197 </td> <td align="right">6,114 </td> <td align="right">18.5 </td> <td align="right">6.4 </td> <td align="right">12.1 </td> <td align="right">2.28 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2007 </td> <td align="right">509,970 </td> <td align="right">9,769 </td> <td align="right">3,374 </td> <td align="right">6,395 </td> <td align="right">19.2 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">12.6 </td> <td align="right">2.38 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2008 </td> <td align="right">517,052 </td> <td align="right">10,097 </td> <td align="right">3,357 </td> <td align="right">6,740 </td> <td align="right">19.5 </td> <td align="right">6.5 </td> <td align="right">13.0 </td> <td align="right">2.44 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2009 </td> <td align="right">524,143 </td> <td align="right">9,792 </td> <td align="right">3,293 </td> <td align="right">6,499 </td> <td align="right">18.7 </td> <td align="right">6.3 </td> <td align="right">12.4 </td> <td align="right">2.34 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2010 </td> <td align="right">531,170 </td> <td align="right">9,712 </td> <td align="right">3,484 </td> <td align="right">6,228 </td> <td align="right">18.3 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">11.7 </td> <td align="right">2.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2011 </td> <td align="right">539,910 </td> <td align="right">9,703 </td> <td align="right">3,441 </td> <td align="right">6,262 </td> <td align="right">18.0 </td> <td align="right">6.4 </td> <td align="right">11.6 </td> <td style="color:blue">2.445 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2012 </td> <td align="right">541,638 </td> <td align="right">10,217 </td> <td align="right">3,687 </td> <td align="right">6,530 </td> <td align="right">18.9 </td> <td align="right">6.8 </td> <td align="right">12.1 </td> <td align="right">2.406 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2013 </td> <td align="right">550,222 </td> <td align="right">10,012 </td> <td align="right">3,557 </td> <td align="right">6,455 </td> <td align="right">18.2 </td> <td align="right">6.5 </td> <td align="right">11.7 </td> <td align="right">2.323 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2014 </td> <td align="right">558,773 </td> <td align="right">10,407 </td> <td align="right">3,738 </td> <td align="right">6,669 </td> <td align="right">18.6 </td> <td align="right">6.7 </td> <td align="right">11.9 </td> <td align="right">2.370 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2015 </td> <td align="right">567,300 </td> <td align="right">10,148 </td> <td align="right">3,663 </td> <td align="right">6,485 </td> <td align="right">17.9 </td> <td align="right">6.5 </td> <td align="right">11.4 </td> <td align="right">2.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2016 </td> <td align="right">575,700 </td> <td align="right">9,910 </td> <td align="right">3,591 </td> <td align="right">6,319 </td> <td align="right">17.2 </td> <td align="right">6.2 </td> <td align="right">11.0 </td> <td align="right">2.23 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2017 </td> <td align="right">583,200 </td> <td align="right">9,785 </td> <td align="right">3,508 </td> <td align="right">6,277 </td> <td align="right">16.8 </td> <td style="color:blue">6.0 </td> <td align="right">10.8 </td> <td align="right">2.191 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2018 </td> <td align="right">590,100 </td> <td align="right">9,809 </td> <td align="right">3,763 </td> <td align="right">6,046 </td> <td align="right">16.6 </td> <td align="right">6.4 </td> <td align="right">10.2 </td> <td align="right">2.185 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2019 </td> <td align="right">598,000 </td> <td align="right">10,127 </td> <td align="right">3,955 </td> <td align="right">6,172 </td> <td align="right">16.9 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">10.3 </td> <td align="right">2.245 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2020 </td> <td align="right">608,900 </td> <td align="right">10,053 </td> <td align="right">3,971 </td> <td align="right">6,082 </td> <td align="right">16.7 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">10.1 </td> <td align="right">2.202 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2021 </td> <td align="right">616,500 </td> <td align="right">10,252 </td> <td style="color:red">5,535 </td> <td align="right">4,717 </td> <td align="right">16.6 </td> <td style="color:red">9.0 </td> <td align="right">7.6 </td> <td align="right">2.228 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">2022 </td> <td align="right">624,900 </td> <td align="right">9,254 </td> <td align="right">4,641 </td> <td align="right">4,613 </td> <td style="color:red">14.8 </td> <td align="right">7.4 </td> <td style="color:red">7.4 </td> <td style="color:red">2.001 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <caption><b>Population of Suriname according to ethnic group</b> </caption> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th width="100pt" rowspan="2">Ethnic<br />group </th> <th colspan="2">Census 1921</th> <th colspan="2">Census 1950<sup id="cite_ref-carncr_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carncr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th colspan="2">Census 1964<sup id="cite_ref-carncr_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carncr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th colspan="2">Census 1972<sup id="cite_ref-carncr_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carncr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th colspan="2">Census 1980<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th colspan="2">Census 2004<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th colspan="2">Census 2012<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th>Number</th> <th>%</th> <th>Number</th> <th>%</th> <th>Number</th> <th>%</th> <th>Number</th> <th>%</th> <th>Number</th> <th>%</th> <th>Number</th> <th>%</th> <th>Number</th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Surinamese" title="Indo-Surinamese">East Indian</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>62,280</td> <td>31.3</td> <td>112,633</td> <td>34.7</td> <td>142,917</td> <td>37.6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>135,117</td> <td>27.4</td> <td>148,443</td> <td>27.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Maroon_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maroon (people)">Maroons</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>19,180</td> <td>9.7</td> <td>27,698</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>35,838</td> <td>9.4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>72,553</td> <td>14.7</td> <td>117,567</td> <td>21.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Creole_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Creole people">Creole</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>71,657</td> <td>36.1</td> <td>114,961</td> <td>35.5</td> <td>119,009</td> <td>31.4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>87,202</td> <td>17.7</td> <td>84,933</td> <td>15.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Javanese_Surinamese" title="Javanese Surinamese">Javanese</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>35,270</td> <td>17.8</td> <td>48,463</td> <td>14.9</td> <td>57,688</td> <td>15.2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>71,879</td> <td>14.6</td> <td>73,975</td> <td>13.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Mixed</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>61,524</td> <td>12.5</td> <td>72,340</td> <td>13.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Suriname" title="Indigenous peoples in Suriname">Amerindian</a><sup id="cite_ref-other_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-other-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>7,287<sup id="cite_ref-note_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2.2</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>18,037</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>20,344</td> <td>3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Surinamese" title="Chinese Surinamese">Chinese</a><sup id="cite_ref-other_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-other-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>5,339<sup id="cite_ref-note_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1.6</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8,775</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>7,885</td> <td>1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/White_Surinamese" title="White Surinamese">White</a><sup id="cite_ref-other_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-other-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>4,322<sup id="cite_ref-note_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1.3</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2,899</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>1,667</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Other</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10,095</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>2,986</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>24,155</td> <td>6.4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2,264</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>7,166</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Unknown</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>186</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>522</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1,261</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>1,805</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">No answer</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>31,318</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>1,590</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total</td> <td colspan="2">107,723<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td> <td colspan="2">198,668</td> <td colspan="2">324,211</td> <td colspan="2">379,607</td> <td colspan="2">355,240</td> <td colspan="2">492,829</td> <td colspan="2">541,638 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Ethnic groups of Suriname<sup id="cite_ref-CIAPAPUANEWGUINEA_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIAPAPUANEWGUINEA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Ethnic groups</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Surinamese" title="Indo-Surinamese">East Indian</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Blue; width:27.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">27.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Maroon_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maroon (people)">Maroon</a> </td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Orange; width:21.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">21.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Creole_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Creole people">Creole</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Yellow; width:15.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">15.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Javanese_Surinamese" title="Javanese Surinamese">Javanese</a> </td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:14%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">14%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_people" title="Multiracial people">Mixed</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:13.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">13.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Suriname" title="Indigenous peoples in Suriname">Amerindian</a> </td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:3.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Surinamese" title="Chinese Surinamese">Chinese</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Purple; width:1.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/White_Surinamese" title="White Surinamese">White</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Silver; width:0.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Orange; width:2.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.5%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <ul><li>The census used self-identification for ethnic classification.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Amerindians are the original inhabitants of Suriname.</li> <li>East Indians, also known locally as <i><a href="/wiki/Hindustan" title="Hindustan">Hindustanis</a></i>, are those whose ancestors emigrated from northern <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> in the latter part of the 19th century.</li> <li>Creoles are descendants from slaves from Africa. Prior to the 2004 census, mixed-race people were counted as Creoles.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Their ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries.</li> <li>The Maroons are descendants from slaves from Africa that escaped to the interior of Suriname. Their proportion has increased considerably during the past decades, from 9% in 1964 to 22% in 2012.</li> <li>The Javanese are Asians from formerly <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch-ruled Indonesia</a>.</li> <li>Many Whites are descended from <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Surinamese" title="Dutch Surinamese">Dutch</a> colonists.</li></ul> <p>The current population of Suriname will be different to these census figures, as the census records residents, and notes legal visitors, but does not record illegal immigrants. According to estimates there may be as many as: </p> <ul><li>60,000 <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian people">Brazilians</a> (estimates varies between 20,000 and 80,000) from <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There are also other smaller numbers of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South American</a> nationalities.</li> <li>40,000 Chinese,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with small communities of <a href="/wiki/Koreans" title="Koreans">Koreans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_people" title="Japanese people">Japanese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Filipino" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Filipino">Filipinos</a>.</li> <li>2,000 <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a>/Middle Eastern (mostly <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanese</a> but also Christians from <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>).</li> <li>200 <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> who are identified in ethnoreligious terms.</li> <li>Suriname has large American expatriate (mostly retiree) communities (about 50,000 Americans live in Suriname).</li> <li>Also living in Suriname are Dutch citizens, some of which with a Surinamese background.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fertility_rate_by_ethnic_group">Fertility rate by ethnic group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fertility rate by ethnic group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Total_fertility_rate" title="Total fertility rate">total fertility rate</a> for Suriname as a whole was 2.53 children per woman aged 15 to 49 in 2012. <a href="/wiki/Maroon_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maroon (people)">Maroons</a> had the highest fertility rate, with 4.47 children per woman. On the other hand, <a href="/wiki/Indo-Surinamese" title="Indo-Surinamese">Indo-Surinamese</a> had the lowest fertility with 1.78 children per woman. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"> <caption>Total fertility rate by ethnic group in 2012<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Ethnic group</th> <th>Total fertility rate</th> <th>Children ever born </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maroon_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maroon (people)">Maroons</a></td> <td>4.47</td> <td>5.79 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Surinamese_Creole_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Surinamese Creole people">Creole</a></td> <td>2.26</td> <td>3.06 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indo-Surinamese" title="Indo-Surinamese">East-Indian</a></td> <td>1.78</td> <td>3.15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Javanese_Surinamese" title="Javanese Surinamese">Javanese</a></td> <td>2.15</td> <td>3.17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed people</td> <td>2.12</td> <td>2.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Smaller minorities</td> <td>2.93</td> <td>3.46 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unknown (mostly <a href="/wiki/Maroon_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maroon (people)">Maroons</a> as well)</td> <td>3.69</td> <td>4.91 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Suriname (as whole)</th> <th>2.53</th> <th>3.48 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages">Languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Demographics_of_Suriname" title="Special:EditPage/Demographics of Suriname">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> is the official language of Suriname and the mother tongue of around 60% of the population. <a href="/wiki/Sranan_Tongo" title="Sranan Tongo">Sranan Tongo</a> is the lingua franca and second most spoken language of Suriname. </p><p><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> is mostly used in the business sector mainly to communicate with foreign businesses. It is also used in the hospitality industry to communicate with tourists. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Hindustani" title="Caribbean Hindustani">Sarnami Hindustani</a> is spoken by the Surinamese Indian community. Depending on the person this language can be either the mother tongue, second language or third language (after <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sranan_Tongo" title="Sranan Tongo">Sranan Tongo</a>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Saramaccan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saramaccan">Saramaccan</a> is spoken by the <a href="/wiki/Saramaka" title="Saramaka">Saramaka</a> tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Maroons" title="Maroons">Maroon</a> community. <a href="/wiki/Ndyuka_language" title="Ndyuka language">Aukan</a> is mainly spoken by the <a href="/wiki/Ndyuka_people" title="Ndyuka people">Aukan</a> tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Maroons" title="Maroons">Maroon</a> community </p><p><a href="/wiki/Javanese_language" title="Javanese language">Javanese</a> is spoken by the Surinamese Javanese community. Just like <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Hindustani" title="Caribbean Hindustani">Sarnami Hindustani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javanese_language" title="Javanese language">Javanese</a> can be either the mother tongue, second language or third language (after <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sranan_Tongo" title="Sranan Tongo">Sranan Tongo</a>) for some. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a> is spoken by Surinamese Chinese, mainly as a second language after <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a> was introduced in Suriname by the second wave of Chinese immigrants in 1970. Beginning in the 1990s new migrants from China moved to Suriname, and <a href="/wiki/Putonghua" class="mw-redirect" title="Putonghua">Putonghua</a>, during circa 2004–2014, became the main Chinese <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> in the country. </p><p><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> is spoken by some <a href="/wiki/Maroons" title="Maroons">Maroons</a> due to the cultural influence from <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> mainly by immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> due to immigrants from, <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin American</a> countries. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous languages of the Americas">Amerindian languages</a> are spoken by the Surinamese Amerindian community. Languages include <a href="/wiki/Carib_language" title="Carib language">Carib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lokono_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Lokono language">Arawak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiriy%C3%B3_language" title="Tiriyó language">Tiriyó</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wayana_language" title="Wayana language">Wayana</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Suriname&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Denomination </th> <th colspan="2">2012 census<sup id="cite_ref-CENSUS2012_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CENSUS2012-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th># </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> </td> <td align="right">117,261 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 21%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">21.6%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pentecostalism" title="Pentecostalism">Pentecostalism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Full_Gospel" title="Full Gospel">Full Gospel</a>) </td> <td align="right">60,530 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 11%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">11.18%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian Church</a> </td> <td align="right">60,420 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 11%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">11.16%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> </td> <td align="right">6,622 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.2%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Calvinism</a> </td> <td align="right">4,018 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.7%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a> </td> <td align="right">2,811 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.5%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other forms of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> </td> <td align="right">17,280 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.2%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanatani" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanatani">Sanatani</a> Hindus </td> <td align="right">97,311 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 18%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">18%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arya_Samaj" title="Arya Samaj">Arya Samaj</a> Hindus </td> <td align="right">16,661 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.1%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other forms of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> </td> <td align="right">6,651 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.2%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a> </td> <td align="right">21,159 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.9%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadi Islam</a> </td> <td align="right">14,161 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 2%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">2.6%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other forms of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> </td> <td align="right">39,733 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 7%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">7.3%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Javanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Javanism">Javanism</a> </td> <td align="right">4,460 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.8%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> </td> <td align="right">181 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.0%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Winti" title="Winti">Winti</a> </td> <td align="right">9,949 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.8%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other faith </td> <td align="right">4,630 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.9%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>No faith </td> <td align="right">40,718 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 7%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">7.5%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>No answer </td> <td align="right">17,082 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847"><div class="percentage-bar" style=""><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.2%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total population </th> <th 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