Suriname
Key facts
- currency: Suriname dollar
- capital city: Paramaribo
- region: South America
- continent: Americas
- land area: 160,507 km²
- population: 628,886 people
- political leader: Dési Bouterse (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [4°0′N, -56°0′W]
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News:
- Suriname rules out state funeral for ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse
- Suriname bids farewell to Desi Bouterse in public memorial
- Suriname's former dictator, fugitive and president Desi Bouterse dies at 79
- Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79
Summary
Suriname is a country. The capital city is Paramaribo, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 160,507 km², a population of 628,886 people and uses the currency Suriname dollar. The President is Dési Bouterse.
Environment
Suriname is one of the countries in Americas, countries in South America and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 780.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 15.19 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 3.29 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Access to electricity: 99.00 % of population
- Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 60.05 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 39.95 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
- Net energy imports: -43.76 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 2.32 births per woman
- Forest area: 151,718 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 76.25 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 4.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 24.20
- Methane emissions: 1.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 314,537 people
- Male population: 314,349 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 14.50 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 145,003.15 km²
- Rural population: 211,237 people
- Urban land area: 261.40 km²
- Urban population: 417,649 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 53.48 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Suriname by population
Cities in Suriname
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Geographical distribution of sites in Suriname by area
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Evolution of historical agricultural land in Suriname
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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Suriname
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Suriname
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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Suriname
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Sites in Suriname
Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Suriname
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Suriname
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Suriname
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Suriname
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Suriname
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Evolution of historical fertility rate in Suriname
Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Suriname
Proportion of transboundary sites in Suriname
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Suriname by mean width
Wildfires in Suriname
Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Suriname
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
- Democracy score: 6.98
- Democracy type: Flawed democracy
- Individuals using the internet: 75.76 % of population
- Net migration: -988 people
- Press freedom: 4.77
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.41 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Suriname
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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Suriname
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Suriname
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Suriname
Evolution of historical net migration in Suriname
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Suriname
Political parties in Suriname
Distribution of politicians from Suriname by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Suriname
Politicians from Suriname
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Health
- Birth rate: 17.98 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 8.64 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 298.93 current US$
- Health expenditure: 5.68 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.76 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 2.89 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 70
- Suicide mortality rate: 25.40 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Suriname
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Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Suriname
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Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Suriname
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Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Suriname
Diseases in Suriname
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Suriname
Proportion of diseases in Suriname by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Suriname by start date
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Business
- Gdp: 3,455,146,280.84 current US$
- Inflation: 51.59 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 22.65 % of total employment
- Unemployment: 7.70 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 19.79 % of total employment
Shops in Suriname
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Companies from Suriname
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Distribution of companies founded in Suriname by year
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Evolution of historical central government debt in Suriname
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Evolution of historical inflation in Suriname
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Exchanges in Suriname
Proportion of shops per country in Suriname
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Suriname by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Suriname
Athletes from Suriname
Proportion of competitions per city in Suriname
Competitions in Suriname
Proportion of competitions per country in Suriname
Distribution of competitions in Suriname by start date
Proportion of medals won by Suriname in the Olympics
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Culture
Artists from Suriname
Distribution of artists from Suriname by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Suriname
Geographical distribution of museums in Suriname by visitors
Museums in Suriname
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Suriname by total students
Distribution of universities in Suriname per foundation year
Universities in Suriname
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In literature
There are 42 books written about Suriname in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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