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If you were born in Suriname today
About 1 in 13,283 babies born in the world right now is born in Suriname (0.008%). This is what that life starts with — and you can live one, to the very end.
Life expectancy at birth71.7years · world 69.3
Children who die before five21per 1,000 births · world 48
Income per person$17,209a year, at local prices · world $13,616
Expected years of school12.7years · world 12.0
Life satisfaction6.3out of 10 · world 4.8
Live in cities67%world 52%
Mothers who die giving birth120per 100,000 births · world 239
Girls married before 186%world 22%
- Out of every 1,000 babies born here, about 21 will not live to see their fifth birthday — a fraction of the world average of 48.
- A life here lasts 71.7 years on average — 2.4 years longer than the world's 69.3.
- Income per person is about $17,209 a year at local prices, 1.3 times the world's.
Be born — maybe hereWhere you are born is drawn by real birth odds: today, 0.008% of the time it is Suriname.
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Sources: UN World Population Prospects, UN IGME, World Bank, UNDP, World Happiness Report, WHO, UNICEF. Some small territories use regional estimates.