In 2023, population for Suriname was 623,236 persons. Over the last 50 years, population of Suriname grew substantially from 394,519 to 623,236 persons rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 2.15% in 1996 and then decreased to 0.84% in 2023.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.