Where is Suriname?
Suriname is a country in South America, bordered by Brazil, French Guiana, and Guyana.
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Crazy but True
Suriname is the most forested country on Earth. Roughly 93 percent of it is covered in rainforest, and the vast majority of its people live in a narrow strip along the coast, leaving an enormous interior that remains largely untouched.
Suriname facts
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Population
- 639,850 (2025)
- Area
- 163,820 km²
- Continent
- South America
- Region
- South America
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar (SRD)
- Languages
- Dutch
- Coordinates
- 4°, -56°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- SR · SUR
How Suriname compares
- Suriname is the 91st largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Uruguay and larger than Tunisia.
- It is the 160th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 3 countries.
- Within South America, it is the 12th largest of 12 countries by area.