Bhutan vs Suriname
Bhutan has 1.2× the population of Suriname: 796,682 vs 639,850, a gap of 156,832. Suriname is growing faster (+0.85% vs +0.65% a year), adding about 5,442 people a year against +5,175. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Suriname would overtake Bhutan in about 109 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2134) — a projection, not a forecast. Suriname is the older society: 8.2% aged 65+ against 6.6% in Bhutan. Bhutan is 5.3× as densely populated (20.6 vs 3.9 people per km²). GDP per capita is 1.6× higher in Suriname ($7,070 vs $4,493).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Bhutan) and 2025 (Suriname); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Bhutan vs Suriname — side by side
 Bhutan |  Suriname | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 796,6822025 | 639,8502025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.65%2025 | +0.85%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.52024 | 17.22024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.12024 | 6.82024 |
| Children per woman | 1.452024 | 2.232024 |
| Life expectancy | 73.3 yrs2024 | 73.8 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 20.4%2025 | 25.3%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.6%2025 | 8.2%2025 |
| Density | 20.6 /km²2023 | 3.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 38,390 km²2023 | 163,820 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 43.4%2025 | 65.8%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +4552025 | -9672025 |
| GDP per capita | $4,4932025 | $7,0702025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #165 | #168 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Bhutan: 3.6× from 1960 to 2025; Suriname: 2.4× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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