Suriname

  • President:Chan Santokhi
  • Vice President:Ronnie Brunswijk
  • Capital city:Paramaribo
  • Languages:Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
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  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:626,036 (2024)
  • Area, sq km:156,000
  • GDP per capita, US$:5,859 (2022)
  • GDP, billion current US$:3.6 (2022)
  • GINI index:39.2 (2022)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:162

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    • March 2024
      Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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      Accessed On: 25 March, 2024
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      These data refer to material resources, i.e. materials originating from natural resources that form the material basis of the economy: metals (ferrous, non-ferrous) non-metallic minerals (construction minerals, industrial minerals), biomass (wood, food) and fossil energy carriers. 
    • January 2024
      Source: U.S. Geological Survey
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      Accessed On: 08 February, 2024
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      The USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) provides scientific information for objective resource assessments and unbiased research results on mineral potential, production, consumption, and environmental effects. The MRP is the sole Federal source for this information. Values of 2019 are estimated.
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