Fertility in Suriname, 2018

Suriname
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Suriname was 2.38 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 10,846 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
10,846
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
599,513
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
10-142.30.5%62
15-1953.611.2%1,489
20-24109.823.0%2,733
25-29126.426.5%2,764
30-34103.321.7%2,233
35-3961.412.9%1,215
40-4418.23.8%326
45-491.30.3%24
50-540.00.0%0