Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Region
- Americas, South America
- Population
- 639,850 (2025)
- Area
- 163,270 km²
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar (SRD)
- Languages
- Dutch, English, Sranan Tongo, Caribbean Hindustani, Javanese
- Calling code
- +597
- Internet domain
- .sr
- ISO codes
- SR, SUR, 740
- Time zone
- UTC-3:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Suriname covers about 163,270 square kilometres. By area it ranks 94th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Tunisia and a little larger than Bangladesh. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana. Its centre lies at about 4° north, 56° west, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 639,850 people live in Suriname (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 170th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 3.9 people to each square kilometre. About 66 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 74 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Dutch, English, Sranan Tongo, Caribbean Hindustani, Javanese. A person from Suriname is called Surinamer.
Money and economy
The currency is the Surinamese dollar (code SRD, symbol $). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 4.52 billion (2025), which is about US$ 7,070 for each person (2025).
Time
Suriname uses one time zone, UTC-3:00 (America/Paramaribo). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Paramaribo | 223,757 |
| Lelydorp | 18,223 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South America
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Peru. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.