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GeographyLocation: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,707 km, Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km Coastline: 386 km
PeoplePopulation: 429,544 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.58% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 24.72 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.91 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -3 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 30.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.73 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Hindustani (also known locally as "East" Indians; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%, Creole (mixed European and African ancestry) 31%, Javanese 15.3%, "Bush Black" (alsoknown as "Bush Creole" whose ancestors were brought to the country in the17th and 18th centuries as slaves) 10.3%, Amerindian 2.6%, Chinese 1.7%,Europeans 1%, other 1.1% Religions: Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5% Languages: Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialectof Hindi), Javanese
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Paramaribo Independence: 25 November 1975 (from Netherlands) Constitution: ratified 30 September 1987
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.2 billion National product real growth rate: -0.8% National product per capita: $2,800 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 225% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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