| Population | 470,784 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 28% (male 67,088/female 64,949)
15-64 years: 65.7% (male 154,148/female 155,345)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 12,726/female 16,528) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 27.1 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.5 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 1.103% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 17.31 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.033 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.992 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 0.988 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 20.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 73.23 years
male: 70.52 years
female: 76.12 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 2.03 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 5,200 (2001 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 500 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Surinamer(s)
adjective: Surinamese |
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| Ethnic groups | Hindustani (also known locally as "East Indians"; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%, Creole (mixed white and black) 31%, Javanese 15%, "Maroons" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2% |
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| Religions | Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5% |
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| Languages | Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.6%
male: 92%
female: 87.2% (2004 census) |
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