Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Dutch (secondary) · Dutch (Brabantian) (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Spanish (secondary) · Sranan Tongo (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Suriname

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
East Indian	183000	Hindustani, Sarnami	Christianity
Surinamese Creole, Sranan	144000	Sranan Tongo	Christianity
Javanese, Caribbean	83000	Javanese, Suriname	Islam
Guyanese	74000	Guyanese Creole	Christianity
Aukan, Ndjuka	50000	Aukan	Christianity
Saramaccan	33000	Saramaccan	Ethnic Religions
Indonesian	21000	Indonesian	Islam
Han Chinese, Hakka	13000	Chinese, Hakka	Non-Religious
Han Chinese, Cantonese	7400	Chinese, Yue	Non-Religious
Carib, Galibi	3500	Carib	Ethnic Religions
Latin American, general	3000	Spanish	Christianity
Tiriyo	2500	Trio	Ethnic Religions
Arawak, Lokono	2400	Arawak	Christianity
Hmong Njua	2400	Hmong Njua	Ethnic Religions
Surinamese, Dutch-speaking	1700	Dutch	Non-Religious
Saramaccan, Matawari	1500	Saramaccan	Ethnic Religions
Warao	500	Warao	Christianity
Wayana	500	Wayana	Ethnic Religions
Kwinti	300	Kwinti	Christianity
Jewish, Dutch	200	Dutch	Judaism
Sikiana	70	Sikiana	Christianity
Akuliyo, Wama	70	Trio	Ethnic Religions

Languages

19 languages recorded here.

Arawak

Aukan

Carib

Chinese, Hakka

Chinese, Yue

Dutch

Guyanese Creole

Hindustani, Sarnami

Hmong Njua

Indonesian

Javanese, Suriname

Kwinti

Saramaccan

Sikiana

Spanish

Sranan Tongo

Trio

Warao

Wayana

All catalogue fields

150 fields recorded

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iso3: SUR
iso2: SR
ctry: Suriname
poplpeoples: 627000
cntpeoples: 22
cntpeopleslr: 2
poplpeopleslr: 33000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: nld
officiallang: Dutch
rlg3primary: 1
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percentevangelical: 17.320338079432
c_10_40window: N
rog2: LAM
continent: South America
regioncode: 11
regionname: America, Latin
workersneeded: 2
harvest_rog3: NS
harvest_iso3: SUR
harvest_iso2: SR
harvest_owcountrycode: SURI
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: SR
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harvest_ctry: Suriname
harvest_ctryshort: Suriname
harvest_altname: Dutch Guiana
harvest_countrynamechinese: 苏里南
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 苏里南
harvest_countrynamedutch: Suriname
harvest_countrynamefrench: Suriname
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Suriname
harvest_countrynamegerman: Suriname
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Suriname
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Suriname
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Suriname
harvest_countrynameitalian: Suriname
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Suriname
harvest_countrynamekorean: 수리남
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 수리남
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Surinam
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Surinam
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Suriname
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Suriname
harvest_countrynamerussian: Суринам
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Суринам
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harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Surinam
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Suriname
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harvest_worldabc: B
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
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harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/suriname/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
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harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-suriname
harvest_internetusage: 49
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://surinamebiblesociety.org/
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 163820
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 7
harvest_countryphonecode: 597
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harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 3
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harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 2.9
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harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 4.1
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .sr
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/suriname
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00