Country profile · South America · SUR
Suriname: area, population and density
Suriname has 160,508 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 639,850; calculated population density is 4 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Suriname ranks 90th of 196 by land area, 165th by population and 191st by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 160,508 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 639,850World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 4 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Suriname in the country comparison set
Suriname has 160,508 sq km of land area and a population value of 639,850 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 90th by land area, 165th by population, and 191st by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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