| Name | Suriname |
| Long name | Republic of Suriname |
| Population (source) | census |
| Population (people) | 492,829 (2004) |
| Constitutional form | Republic |
| Drives on | Left |
| Head of state authority | Executive |
| Main continent | America |
| Number of airports | 47 |
| Airports - with paved runways | 5 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | 42 |
| Area (m²) | 163,820 |
| Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 17 |
| Calling code | |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | |
| Current Account Balance (US$) | 389,500,000 |
| Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 6 |
| Debt - external (Billion US$) | 1 |
| Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
| Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 1 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 2,571 |
| Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity imports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity production (billion kWh) | 2 |
| Exports (Billion $) | 2 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 9,600 |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 5 |
| GDP real growth rate (%) | 5 |
| Gross national income (US$) | 53 |
| Human Development Index | 1 |
| Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 8 |
| Heliports | |
| HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 1 |
| HIV AIDS deaths | 200 |
| HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 3,700 |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 3 |
| Capital city | Paramaribo |
| Currency | Surinamese dollar |
| Imports (Billion $) | 1 |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 7 |
| Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 29 |
| Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 20 |
| Internet hosts | 186 |
| Internet tld | .sr |
| Internet users | 163,000 |
| Investment (gross fixed) (%) | |
| Iso 3166 code | SR |
| ISO CODE | SUR |
| Labor force | 165,600 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 71 |
| Literacy (%) | 90 |
| Manpower available for military service | 134,218 |
| Manpower fit for military service | 109,445 |
| Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 4,119 |
| Is democracy | Yes |
| Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 130 |
| Merchant marine | 1 |
| Military expenditures percent of GDP | 1 |
| Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 0 |
| Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | 1 |
| Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
| Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 15,000 |
| Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 27 |
| Oil exports (bbl/day) | 3,058 |
| Oil imports (bbl/day) | 5,668 |
| Oil production (bbl/day) | 14,460 |
| Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 78,900,000 |
| Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 0 |
| Population below poverty line (%) | 70 |
| Population census (people) | 492,829 (2004) |
| Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 3 |
| Population estimate (people) | |
| Population growth rate (%) | 1 |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | |
| Railways (km) | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 263,300,000 |
| Roadways (km) | 4,304 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
| Telephones main lines in use | 85,000 |
| Telephones main lines in use per capita | 18 |
| Telephones mobile cellular | 890,000 |
| Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 185 |
| Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 2 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 9 |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | 22 |
| Waterways (km) | 1,200 |
| Valley | |
| Helicopter | |
| Canyon | |
| Artillery | |
| Crater | |
| Religion | |
| Continent | America |
| Border | Frontera entre Brasil y Surinam, Frontière entre la France et le Suriname, Frontière entre le Guyana et le Suriname |
| Plateau | Macizos de Guayana |
| Marsh | |
| Demonym | surinamese |
