South America
Suriname
Republic of Suriname
Core facts
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Population
- 616,500
- Area
- 163,820 km^2
- Country code
- SUR
- Flag emoji
- 🇸🇷
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 3.8 per km^2
- Calling code
- +597
Culture and society
- Languages
- Dutch
- Religions
- Christianity (76.0%), Unaffiliated (19.0%), Other religions (3.0%), Islam (100.0%), Judaism (100.0%)
- Native names
- Suriname
- Demonyms (EN)
- Surinamer / Surinamer
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC-03:00
- Alternative spellings
- SR, Sarnam, Sranangron, Republic of Suriname, Republiek Suriname
Geography and map
- Continents
- South America
- Coordinates
- 4.00, -56.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- BRA, GUF, GUY
- Border countries count
- 3
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Surinamese dollar ($)
- Top-level domain
- .sr
- FIFA code
- SUR
- Capital coordinates
- 5.83, -55.17
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 57.9 (1999)
- Coat of arms
