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Suriname

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Suriname is a country. The capital city is Paramaribo, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 160,507 km², a population of 628,886 people and uses the currency Suriname dollar. The President is Dési Bouterse.

Key facts

currency: Suriname dollar
capital city: Paramaribo
region: South America
continent: Americas
land area: 160,507 km²
population: 628,886 people
political leader: Dési Bouterse (President)

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GDP: 3,455,146,280.84 current US$
inflation: 51.59 annual %
self-employed workers: 23.07 % of total employment
unemployment: 7.63 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 20.02 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
democracy score: 6.98
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 78.40 % of population
net migration: -988 people
press freedom: 4.77
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.41 %
birth rate: 17.98 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.64 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 298.93 current US$
health expenditure: 5.68 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.76 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.89 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 70
suicide mortality rate: 25.40 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 780.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 15.19 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 2.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 99.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 60.05 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 39.95 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: -43.76 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.32 births per woman
forest area: 151,718 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 76.25 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 3.74 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 24.20
methane emissions: 0.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.16 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 314,537 people
male population: 314,349 people
renewable energy consumption: 14.50 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 145,003.15 km²
rural population: 211,237 people
urban land area: 261.40 km²
urban population: 417,649 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 53.48 % of total population

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