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1. Switi Sranan!
This is Suriname…

2. Quick Facts
• Officially known as the Republic of Suriname
• Anthem God zij met ons Suriname (Dutch): God be with our Suriname
• Capital and largest city Paramaribo
• Official languages Dutch
• Recognised regional languages Sranan Tongo, Caribbean Hindustani, Javanese
• Current President Désire D. Bouterse
• Area Total 163,821 km2
• Currency Surinamese dollar (SRD)

3. Demographics
• Population 573,311 (July 2014 estimate)
• The largest ethnic group East Indians (27%)
• The next largest group Surinamese Maroons (21.7%)
• 15.7% Surinamese Creoles
• 14% Javanese
• 13.4% mixed ethnic heritage
• Other sizeable groups Chinese, Lebanese, Indigenous
The population of Suriname from 1961 to 2003, (in units of
1000). The slowdown and decline in population growth from
~1969-1985 reflects a mass migration to the Netherlands.
The vast majority of Suriname's
inhabitants (about 90 percent) live in
Paramaribo or on the coast.

4. Religion
• 48.4% Christianity
• 22.3% Hindu
• 21.6% Roman Catholic
• 13.9% Muslim
• 11.18% Pentecostal
• 11.6% Moravian
Other religious groups include Winti,
Javanism. A little over 10% of the
population is irreligious or did not
state a religion.