| Country (long form) |
Republic of Suriname |
| Capital |
Paramaribo |
| Total Area |
63,038.90 sq mi
163,270.00 sq km
(slightly larger than Georgia) |
| Population |
433,998 (July 2001 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
388,061 |
| Languages |
Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese |
| Literacy |
93.0% total, 95.0% male, 91% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5% |
| Life Expectancy |
68.97 male, 74.42 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
constitutional democracy |
| Currency |
1 Surinamese guilder, gulden, or florin (Sf.) = 100 cents |
| GDP (per capita) |
$3,400 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
bauxite and gold mining, alumina and aluminum production, lumbering, food processing, fishing |
| Agriculture |
paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts; beef, chickens; forest products; shrimp |
| Arable Land |
0% |
| Natural Resources |
timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
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