Fertility in Suriname, 2017

Suriname
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Suriname was 2.43 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 10,953 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.43
Births
10,953
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
593,713
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
10-142.50.5%68
15-1956.011.5%1,553
20-24112.723.2%2,721
25-29128.326.4%2,796
30-34105.121.6%2,273
35-3963.213.0%1,217
40-4416.73.4%303
45-491.30.3%23
50-540.00.0%0