Guam vs Suriname: Birth rate, crude

Guam
17.34 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Suriname
17.15 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Guam rank
87th
Suriname rank
88th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Guam
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Guam currently reports 17.34 per 1,000 people against 17.15 per 1,000 people in Suriname, a difference of 0.19 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Suriname ahead.

Guam ranks 87th and Suriname ranks 88th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guam averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guam Suriname Difference Ahead
1960s 31.73 per 1,000 people 40.69 per 1,000 people 8.96 per 1,000 people Suriname
1970s 28.82 per 1,000 people 31.91 per 1,000 people 3.09 per 1,000 people Suriname
1980s 25.84 per 1,000 people 31.82 per 1,000 people 5.99 per 1,000 people Suriname
1990s 24.99 per 1,000 people 26.97 per 1,000 people 1.97 per 1,000 people Suriname
2000s 20.77 per 1,000 people 22.75 per 1,000 people 1.98 per 1,000 people Suriname
2010s 20.4 per 1,000 people 19.43 per 1,000 people 0.9682 per 1,000 people Guam
2020s 17.98 per 1,000 people 17.44 per 1,000 people 0.5464 per 1,000 people Guam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Guam or Suriname?
Guam, at 17.34 per 1,000 people against 17.15 per 1,000 people in Suriname as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Guam and Suriname?
0.19 per 1,000 people, with Guam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Suriname?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guam and Suriname rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Guam ranks 87th and Suriname ranks 88th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.