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title: "Suriname — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Suriname: capital Paramaribo, area 163,820 km², population 639,850 (2025), currency Surinamese dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/suriname/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Suriname

**Suriname: Capital Paramaribo**

163,820 km² · 639,850 people (2025) · Surinamese dollar

The smallest sovereign country in South America, and around ninety percent of it is rainforest — one of the highest forest-cover fractions of any nation. Almost the whole population lives on the coastal strip. The Central Suriname Nature Reserve protects about 16,000 km² of untouched forest with no permanent inhabitants.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Paramaribo
- **Area:** 163,820 km² — 63,251 sq mi
- **Population:** 639,850 (2025)
- **Density:** 3.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** Surinamese dollar (SRD, $)
- **Official language:** Dutch
- **Time zone:** UTC-03:00
- **Calling code:** +597
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** SR · SUR
- **Continent:** South America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 91 of 200
- **By population:** 168 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cambodia | 181,035 | 17,847,982 |
| Uruguay | 176,215 | 3,384,688 |
| Suriname ← | 163,820 | 639,850 |
| Tunisia | 163,610 | 12,348,573 |
| Bangladesh | 148,460 | 175,686,899 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Suriname?

Paramaribo

### What currency does Suriname use?

The Surinamese dollar (SRD).

### How big is Suriname?

163,820 km², or 63,251 square miles — 91 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Suriname drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Cambodia](https://atoneplace.net/country/cambodia/)
- [Uruguay](https://atoneplace.net/country/uruguay/)
- [Tunisia](https://atoneplace.net/country/tunisia/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]