Suriname
Urban population in Suriname
Urban population in Suriname: 40.5% in 1950 and 65.8% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 65.8%
- Since 1950
- +25.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 111 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 74.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 74.7% in 2050.
- The highest was 66.7% in 2003, the lowest 40.5% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Suriname |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.8 |
| 2024 | 65.8 |
| 2023 | 65.8 |
| 2022 | 65.9 |
| 2021 | 66 |
| 2020 | 66 |
| 2019 | 66 |
| 2018 | 66.1 |
| 2017 | 66.1 |
| 2016 | 66.1 |
| 2015 | 66.2 |
| 2014 | 66.2 |
| 2013 | 66.3 |
| 2012 | 66.3 |
| 2011 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 66.4 |
| 2009 | 66.5 |
| 2008 | 66.6 |
| 2007 | 66.6 |
| 2006 | 66.7 |
| 2005 | 66.7 |
| 2004 | 66.7 |
| 2003 | 66.7 |
| 2002 | 66.7 |
| 2001 | 66.7 |
| 2000 | 66.7 |
| 1999 | 66.7 |
| 1998 | 66.7 |
| 1997 | 66.6 |
| 1996 | 66.6 |
| 1995 | 66.6 |
| 1994 | 66.5 |
| 1993 | 66.5 |
| 1992 | 66.5 |
| 1991 | 66.4 |
| 1990 | 66.4 |
| 1989 | 66.3 |
| 1988 | 66.3 |
| 1987 | 66.3 |
| 1986 | 66.2 |
| 1985 | 66.2 |
| 1984 | 66.2 |
| 1983 | 66.1 |
| 1982 | 66.1 |
| 1981 | 66.1 |
| 1980 | 66.1 |
| 1979 | 66 |
| 1978 | 66 |
| 1977 | 66 |
| 1976 | 66 |
| 1975 | 66 |
| 1974 | 66 |
| 1973 | 66 |
| 1972 | 66 |
| 1971 | 65.9 |
| 1970 | 65.9 |
| 1969 | 65.9 |
| 1968 | 65.9 |
| 1967 | 65.9 |
| 1966 | 65.9 |
| 1965 | 65.8 |
| 1964 | 65.8 |
| 1963 | 65.6 |
| 1962 | 64.6 |
| 1961 | 63 |
| 1960 | 61 |
| 1959 | 58.6 |
| 1958 | 55.9 |
| 1957 | 53.1 |
| 1956 | 50.3 |
| 1955 | 47.7 |
| 1954 | 45.3 |
| 1953 | 43.2 |
| 1952 | 41.7 |
| 1951 | 40.7 |
| 1950 | 40.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Suriname |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 65.8 |
| 2027 | 65.9 |
| 2028 | 66 |
| 2029 | 66.1 |
| 2030 | 66.2 |
| 2031 | 66.3 |
| 2032 | 66.5 |
| 2033 | 66.7 |
| 2034 | 66.9 |
| 2035 | 67.2 |
| 2036 | 67.4 |
| 2037 | 67.7 |
| 2038 | 68.1 |
| 2039 | 68.4 |
| 2040 | 68.8 |
| 2041 | 69.2 |
| 2042 | 69.7 |
| 2043 | 70.2 |
| 2044 | 70.7 |
| 2045 | 71.3 |
| 2046 | 71.9 |
| 2047 | 72.5 |
| 2048 | 73.2 |
| 2049 | 73.9 |
| 2050 | 74.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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