People of Suriname
| Population: | 470,784 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 28% (male 67,088/female 64,949) 15-64 years: 65.7% (male 154,148/female 155,345) 65 years and over: 6.2% (male 12,726/female 16,528) (2007 est.) |
| Median age: | total: 27.1 years male: 26.7 years female: 27.5 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 1.103% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 17.31 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: | 5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | -0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.033 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.992 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.988 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total: 20.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 73.23 years male: 70.52 years female: 76.12 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 2.03 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 1.7% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 5,200 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | less than 500 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: | noun: Surinamer(s) adjective: Surinamese |
| Ethnic groups: | Hindustani (also known locally as "East Indians"; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%, Creole (mixed white and black) 31%, Javanese 15%, "Maroons" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2% |
| Religions: | Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5% |
| Languages: | Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese |
| Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.6% male: 92% female: 87.2% (2004 census) |