Suriname

  • President:Jennifer Geerlings-Simons
  • Vice President:Gregory Rusland
  • Capital city:Paramaribo
  • 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), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:6,37,118 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:1,60,508
  • GDP per capita, US$:7,431 (2024)
  • GDP, billion current US$:4.7 (2024)
  • GINI index:39.2 (2022)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:162