Suriname: People

The World Factbook 1993: Suriname People

Population: 416,321 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.54% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 25.85 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -4.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 32.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.14 years male: 66.65 years female: 71.76 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.85 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Surinamer(s) adjective: Surinamese

Ethnic divisions: Hindustani (East Indian) 37%, Creole (black and mixed) 31%, Javanese 15.3%, Bush black 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, Sranan Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki) is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others, Hindi Suriname Hindustani (a variant of Bhoqpuri), Javanese

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95%

Labor force: 104,000 (1984)

by occupation: NA