Population density rose 0.901% to 3.43 km per capita in Suriname in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, population density in Suriname reached an all time high of 3.46 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 1.91 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Suriname's main peers, population density in Brazil amounted to 23.8 km per capita, 4.04 km per capita in Guyana, 261 km per capita in Trinidad and Tobago and 34.0 km per capita in Venezuela in 2015.
Suriname has been ranked 173rd within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Population Density | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Bolivia | km per capita | 9.22 | 9.38 | 9.53 | 9.69 | 9.85 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | km per capita | 23.1 | 23.4 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 24.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Colombia | km per capita | 41.3 | 41.9 | 42.4 | 43.0 | 43.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Guyana | km per capita | 3.97 | 3.99 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 4.06 | ||||||||||||||||
Peru | km per capita | 22.6 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 23.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | km per capita | 422 | 420 | 416 | 412 | 408 | ||||||||||||||||
Suriname | km per capita | 3.33 | 3.37 | 3.40 | 3.43 | 3.46 | ||||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | km per capita | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 261 | ||||||||||||||||
Venezuela | km per capita | 32.4 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 34.0 | 34.5 |