Cape Verde vs Suriname: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Cape Verde

137,743 people

in 2023

Suriname

163,174 people

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

168th

Suriname rank

167th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Suriname currently reports 163,174 people against 137,743 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 25,431 people.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Suriname ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 168th and Suriname ranks 167th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.