Fertility in Suriname, 2008

Suriname
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Suriname was 2.73 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 11,464 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.73
Births
11,464
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
537,246
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.90.5%74
15-1972.213.2%1,660
20-24143.826.3%3,288
25-29142.326.1%2,975
30-34106.919.6%2,019
35-3959.810.9%1,124
40-4416.73.1%299
45-491.30.2%20
50-540.00.0%0