Guyana vs Suriname
Guyana vs Suriname: Internet users
Internet users: 83% in Guyana in 2024 and 87.4% in Suriname in 2023, by ITU estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Suriname, by 8 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Guyana.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Suriname has been higher since 1996.
- The world as a whole: 69.2% in 2023.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Guyana | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 83 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 79.4 | 87.4 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 76.6 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 71.7 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 63 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 55.3 | 62 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 48.6 | 55.1 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 42.7 | 49 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 35.7 | 45.4 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 34 | 42.8 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 32 | 40.1 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 31 | 37.4 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 30.5 | 34.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 30 | 32 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 29.9 | 31.6 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 23.9 | 31.4 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 18.2 | 21.1 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3.7 | 6.1 | – |
| 2003 | 2.4 | 4.7 | – |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 4.2 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | 3.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 2.5 | – |
| 1999 | 0.4 | 1.9 | – |
| 1998 | 0.3 | 1.7 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 1 | – |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelGuyana: 3,000 people in 2020Suriname: 2,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuyana: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Suriname: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuyana: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Suriname: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuyana: 5 million TIV in 2025Suriname: 12 million TIV in 2024