Suriname March 11, 2020 Amazon , Amazon forest , Americas , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , bauxite , colony , deforestation , Dutch colony , fleuve Suriname , forest , Guiana , Guiana Shield , Latin America , minerais , mines , Mounts Kasikasima , Netherlands , or , Paramaribo , primary forest , Republic of Suriname , Republiek Suriname , riz , South America , Suriname , The Guianas Official name Republic of Suriname Name in local language Republiek Suriname (nl) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 176e ) 598,190 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.05 % / year Area 163,821 km² Density 3.65 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 195e )3.427 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 5,950 $USD (2018) GDP growth 2.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 71.60 years (2018) Birth rate 16.00 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 1.95 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 6.10 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 25.30 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 99.03 % (2016) Official languages Dutch Currency Surinamese dollar ($ SRD) HDI (ranking: 135e )0.724 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )54.20 (2018) Government Presidential republic Head of State President Dési Bouterse National Day 25 November (independence of 1975) ISO Codes SR, SUR Demonym Surinamese Tourists (ranking ) 278,000 people (2017)
Mineral wealth exported and not benefiting the population enough Suriname is a South American country located in the northeast of the sub-continent, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, in the heart of the Guiana Shield. Its neighbors are Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south and French Guiana to the east.
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname. Photo: Ian Mackenzie Mounts Kasikasima, Suriname. Photo: Suriname Tourist Board Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Paramaribo 374,470 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Districts Population Area Brokopondo 15,909 inhabitants 7,364 km² Commewijne 31,420 inhabitants 2,353 km² Coronie 3,391 inhabitants 3,902 km² Marowijne 18,294 inhabitants 4,627 km² Nickerie 34,233 inhabitants 5,353 km² Para 24,700 inhabitants 5,393 km² Paramaribo 240,924 inhabitants 183 km² Saramacca 17,480 inhabitants 3,636 km² Sipaliwini 37,065 inhabitants 130,567 km² Wanica 118,222 inhabitants 442 km²
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