Population, age 2, total in Suriname
Suriname: Population, age 2, total was 8,216 in 2015. ▼ Falling
Population, age 2, total in Suriname, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2015, population, age 2, total in Suriname stood at 8,216. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, age 2, total in Suriname peaked at 10,004 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 8,216, in 2015.
That places Suriname 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,308 | 8,894 | 10,004 | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,225 | 8,662 | 9,619 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,396 | 8,216 | 8,551 | 5 |
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More education data for Suriname
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,068 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.23 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, age 2, total in Suriname?
- Population, age 2, total in Suriname was 8,216 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population, age 2, total recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 10,004 in 1990.
- What is the lowest population, age 2, total recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,216 in 2015.
- How does Suriname rank for population, age 2, total?
- Suriname ranks 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, age 2, total rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 2, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.