General information
Suriname | United States | |
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Region: | South America | North America |
Area: | 163,820 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1975 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Paramaribo | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Suriname | United States | |
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Population: | 581,363 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 3.5 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 68 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 75 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 28.5 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 18.54 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 7.34 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.53 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Suriname | United States | |
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Political stability: | 44 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 43 | 83 |
Health: | 53 | 74 |
Climate: | 31 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 55 | 34 |
Popularity: | 35 | 86 |
Economy
Suriname | United States | |
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Currency: | Surinam Dollar (1 SRD = 100 Cents) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 8.7 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 22.00 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 49.83 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 27.90 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 5,420 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 38 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
SUR: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 3,697 M US$ | 6.36 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 3,149 M US$ | 5.42 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 2,287 M US$ | 3.93 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 2,413 M US$ | 4.15 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
SUR: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 4,304 km | 7.40 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Waterways: | 1,200 km | 2.06 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 10 | 0.017 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 55 | 0.095 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
SUR: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 1.75 bn kWh | 3.01 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 1.97 bn kWh | 3.38 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.74 m t | 2,989.80 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Suriname | United States | |
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International dialing: | +597 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .sr | .us |
SUR total | SUR per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 92,756 | 160 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 813,844 | 1400 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 188 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 284,549 | 489 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Suriname | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 3.10 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.23 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 12.5 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.75 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.3 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 87.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 25.0 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Suriname and United StatesSuriname | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 31.9 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.9 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rain days: | 16.8 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 4.7 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Suriname | United States | |
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English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Sranantonga: | 81.0 % | n/a |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 19.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Suriname | United States | |
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Christianity: | 48.0 % | 78.5 % |
Hinduism: | 27.4 % | 1.0 % |
Islam: | 19.6 % | 1.1 % |
Native religions: | 5.0 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 15.3 % |