Suriname People:
Population:
438,144 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.6% (male:66,537; female:63,182)
15-64 years: 64.2% (male:144,285; female:136,942)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male:12,092; female:15,106) (2005)
Median age:
total: 26.13 years
male: 25.72 years
female: 26.58 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.25% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
18.39 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.16 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-8.78 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 23.57 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 27.57 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 19.37 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 68.96 years (2005 est.)
male: 66.75 years
female: 71.27 years
Total fertility rate:
2.34 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
1.7% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
5,200 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 500 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Surinamer(s)
adjective: Surinamese
Ethnic groups:
Hindustani 37% (also known locally as "East Indians"; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century), Creole 31% (mixed white and black), Javanese 15%, Maroons 10% (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior), Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2%
Religions:
Hindu 27.4%, Protestant (predominantly Moravian) 25.2%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5%
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), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88%
male: 92.3%
female: 84.1% (2000)
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