greater caribbean survey 145 suriname paramaribo atlantic ocean 0 300 miles 100 mi source gmt software wessel et smith omc martin weinelt 1990 1995 2002 2010 population thousands 402 409 432 458 15 36 34 31 29 64 60 61 63 65 and over 4566 density people per sq 5888 urban 70 75 80 average annual growth rate 6 8 birth 23 9 2 21 7 19 death 3 5 infant mortality 1000 live births 25 20 total fertility children woman life expectancy at m f years 66 71 67 72 69 74 demographic indicatorsdemographic indicators united nations division un secretariat capital area km 066 official language dutch currency florin of srg status independent since november 25th 1975 world hdi ranking 77 176 internet code sr framework dataframework data membership to regional organisations association states acs member acp africa pacific the