Population: 422,840 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.57% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 25.31 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -3.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 31.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 69.45 years
male: 66.94 years
female: 72.08 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.79 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Surinamer(s)
adjective: Surinamese

Ethnic divisions: Hindustani (East Indian) 37%, Creole (black and mixed) 31%, Javanese 15.3%, Bush black 10.3%, Amerindian 2.6%, Chinese 1.7%, Europeans 1%, other 1.1%

Religions: Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5%

Languages: Dutch (official), English widely spoken, Sranan Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki) is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others, Hindi Suriname Hindustani (a variant of Bhoqpuri), Javanese

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 95%
male: 95%
female: 95%
Labor force: 104,000 (1984)
by occupation: NA

NOTE: The information regarding Suriname on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Suriname People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Suriname People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.