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Brazil vs Suriname
How Brazil and Suriname compare on 33 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 75.9 years against 73.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Brazil was higher: $9,748 against $7,314
- Population · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 211 million people against 628,900 people
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Suriname was higher: 4.06 tonnes against 2.32 tonnes
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Brazil was higher: 0.78 of 1 against 0.78 of 1
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Suriname: 73.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Suriname: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Suriname: 14.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Suriname: 55.8% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Suriname: 3.97% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Suriname: 24.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Suriname: 628,900 people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Suriname: 0.91% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Suriname: 2.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Suriname: 65.8% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Suriname: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Suriname: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Suriname: -1.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Suriname: 2,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Suriname: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Suriname: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Suriname: 12 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, IISS, Correlates of War, SIPRI, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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