 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Suriname | 612,985[1][2] |
| Netherlands | 349,978[3][4] |
| France | 32,412[a][5] |
| Belgium | 20,000[6] |
| United States | 14,555[5] |
| Guyana | 4,662[7] |
| Aruba | 3,000[8] |
| Curaçao | 2,000[9] |
| Canada | 1,005[5] |
| Indonesia | 1,000[5] |
| Austria | 1,000[5] |
| Languages | |
| Dutch, Sranan Tongo[b], Sarnami Hindustani, English, Surinamese-Javanese, Maroon languages, Indigenous languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Winti, Kejawèn, Indigenous Amerindian religion, Irreligious | |
Surinamese people are people who identify with the country of Suriname. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Surinamese, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Surinamese.
Suriname is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, the Surinamese do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Suriname. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Surinamese or their ancestors arrived since the Age of Discovery and establishment of the colony of Surinam, primarily from Africa, Europe and Asia.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "CBS StatLine - Bevolking; generatie, geslacht, leeftijd en , 1 januari". Statline.cbs.nl. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "The Netherlands and Suriname are closely linked". Government.nl. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e International Organization for Migration
- ^ Radio 10. "Precieze cijfers illegale Surinamers in België nu in kaart gebracht"
- ^ "Guyana Migration Profiles" (PDF).
- ^ "Surinamers op Aruba". Parbode. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination".
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