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Population : 438.144 (july 2005 est.)
Age Structure
: 0-14 years: 29.6% (male 66.537/female 63.182) 15-64 years: 64.2% (male 144.285/female 136.942) 65 years and over: 6.2% (male 12.092/female 15.106) (2005 est.)
Median Age : total: 26.13 years male: 25.72 years female: 26.58 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate :
0.25% (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 18.39 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate :
7.16 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration rate
: -8.78 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio : at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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HIV / AIDS - Adult Prevalence rate:
1.7% (2001 est.)
HIV / AIDS People living with HIV/AIDS
: 5.200 (2001 est.)
Nationality : noun: surinamer(s) adjective: surinamese
Ethnic groups
:"hindustani (also known locally as east indians""; their ancestors emigrated from northern india in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%. creole (mixed white and black) 31%. javanese 15%. ""maroons"" (their african ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%. amerindian 2%. chinese 2%. white 1%. other 2%"""
Religions : hindu 27.4%. protestant 25.2% (predominantly moravian). roman catholic 22.8%. muslim 19.6%. indigenous beliefs 5%
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
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