Guyana vs Suriname
Guyana vs Suriname: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 3,000 people in Guyana and 2,000 people in Suriname, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Guyana, by 1,000 people, or 1.5 times that in Suriname.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Suriname.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Guyana | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 3,400 | 1,840 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 3,400 | 1,940 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 3,400 | 1,940 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 3,400 | 1,940 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 1,100 | 1,940 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 1,100 | 1,840 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 1,100 | 1,840 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 2,600 | 1,840 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 2,600 | 1,840 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 3,100 | 1,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 3,100 | 2,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 3,100 | 2,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 3,100 | 2,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 3,100 | 1,800 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 3,100 | 1,800 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 3,100 | 1,800 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 3,100 | 1,800 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 3,100 | 1,800 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 6,600 | 2,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1983 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1982 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1981 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1980 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1979 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1978 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1977 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1976 | 5,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1975 | 2,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1974 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1973 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1972 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1971 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1970 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 2,000 | – | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Guyana vs Suriname
Health
- Life expectancyGuyana: 70.2 years in 2023Suriname: 73.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuyana: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024Suriname: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuyana: 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Suriname: 14.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuyana: 4.14% in 2017Suriname: 3.97% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuyana: 26.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Suriname: 24.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuyana: 826,400 people in 2023Suriname: 628,900 people in 2023
- Population growthGuyana: 0.55% a year in 2023Suriname: 0.91% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuyana: 2.41 births per woman in 2023Suriname: 2.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuyana: 26.5% in 2025Suriname: 65.8% in 2025
- Median ageGuyana: 25.6 years in 2023Suriname: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuyana: 6.5% in 2023Suriname: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuyana: -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Suriname: -1.6 per 1,000 people in 2023