Suriname

Net migration rate in Suriname

Net migration rate in Suriname: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -1.6 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
-1.6 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+1.7 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
167 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
-0.7 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)

per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in SurinameNet migration rate in Suriname: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -1.6 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -25.7 per 1,000 people and 27.7 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -25.7 per 1,000 people and 27.7 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 16.6 per 1,000 people in 1962, the lowest -30.1 per 1,000 people in 1979.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearSuriname
2023-1.6
2022-1.6
2021-0.8
2020-0.5
20190.3
2018-1.4
2017-1.6
2016-1.5
2015-1.7
2014-1.7
2013-1.7
2012-1.8
2011-1.9
2010-2.1
2009-2.2
2008-2.3
2007-2.5
2006-2.7
2005-3
2004-3.3
20034.6
20024.2
20013.4
20003.2
19993
19982.7
19972.6
19962.7
19953
1994-6.4
1993-17.4
1992-13.6
1991-14.9
1990-15.7
1989-9.4
1988-6.4
1987-13.8
1986-10
1985-9.7
1984-12.8
1983-15.9
1982-17.4
1981-18.6
1980-19.7
1979-30.1
1978-29.9
1977-29.6
1976-29.3
1975-28.9
1974-28.1
1973-27.2
1972-25.9
19719.1
197010
19699.7
19688.9
19677.7
19666.4
19655.2
19645.9
196314.1
196216.6
19612.4
19602.1
19591.8
19581.5
19571.2
19561
19551
19541.1
19531.3
19521.6
19512
1950-3.2
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearSuriname
2024-1.8-12.6–7.8
2025-1.5-16.1–11.7
2026-1.5-18.3–13.8
2027-1.4-19.4–16.5
2028-1.4-21–18.2
2029-1.6-23.5–19.6
2030-1.4-24.8–20
2031-1.5-26.2–20.9
2032-1.4-24.7–23.4
2033-1.5-24.9–20.9
2034-1.4-25.6–21
2035-1.3-26.1–22.8
2036-1.3-27.2–23.3
2037-1.6-27.9–23.2
2038-1.2-28.6–24.4
2039-1.2-28.6–24.5
2040-0.9-28.7–24.2
2041-1.1-28.8–24.3
2042-0.9-28.2–25
2043-1.1-26.6–25.5
2044-0.9-27.3–25
2045-0.8-28.3–25.4
2046-1.2-29.2–24.7
2047-0.8-28.4–24.7
2048-1-28.7–25.3
2049-1.3-30.7–24.4
2050-0.9-30.7–24.2
2051-1.2-29.9–25.1
2052-1-29.7–26.4
2053-1.1-29.4–25.1
2054-0.8-28.8–24
2055-0.7-29.4–24.8
2056-1-29.8–26.6
2057-0.6-30.5–26.8
2058-1.3-28.6–27.1
2059-1-29.5–26.9
2060-0.8-29.9–26.4
2061-1.1-31.6–27.1
2062-0.8-29.8–26.6
2063-1-33.2–28.4
2064-0.5-31.8–27.5
2065-0.5-31–27.6
2066-0.9-29.4–26.6
2067-0.6-28.5–28
2068-0.7-27.8–28.9
2069-0.8-28.5–28.4
2070-0.6-27.5–29.5
2071-0.7-27.5–26.9
2072-0.6-28.4–26.8
2073-0.8-27.9–26.5
2074-0.5-27.3–27
2075-0.8-28–28.2
2076-0.5-27.2–28.7
2077-0.6-27.6–28.2
2078-0.5-26.5–29.5
2079-0.5-25.3–28.5
2080-0.7-27.1–27.7
2081-0.7-27–27
2082-0.6-26.8–27.1
2083-0.7-27.1–27.1
2084-0.7-25.5–28.6
2085-0.9-26.4–28.6
2086-0.8-25.9–27.1
2087-0.8-26.9–26.4
2088-1.1-25.7–27.9
2089-1.1-26.5–26.5
2090-0.8-27.9–27.6
2091-1-25.7–29.2
2092-1-28.1–28.3
2093-1-27.6–27.5
2094-0.7-27.1–27.6
2095-0.8-27.9–27.3
2096-0.6-27.5–28.5
2097-0.7-27.5–27.9
2098-0.5-28.3–26.8
2099-0.6-26.9–27.7
2100-0.7-25.7–27.7

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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