
Telecommunication in Suriname
The development of telecommunications in Suriname is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +597, there were a total of 1.03 million connections in 2021. Among them were 906,170 mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.5 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 188 webhosts, Suriname is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 11.15 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Suriname ranks 142nd in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 3.0 Mbit/second was significantly lower (169th place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Suriname comes 42nd with a download speed of 46.09 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 19 Mbit was enough for 10th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in October 2022 from 180 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the internet in Suriname from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Suriname 2002 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Suriname Total | Suriname percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 123,016.00 | 20.07 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 119,977.00 | 19.57 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 906,170.00 | 147.83 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |