Recognised as Country
Suriname
- SR
- South America
- SRD
- .sr
Suriname (SR/SUR) is a country in South America with its capital at Paramaribo. It covers about 163,820 km² with a population of roughly 620,000, uses the SRD, dials on +597, owns the .sr internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Paramaribo. It borders 3 countries.
Identity
Official short nameSuriname
CapitalParamaribo
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SUR
Internet TLD.sr
Calling code+597
Currency codeSRD
Geography
Latitude3.9193° N
Longitude56.0278° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area163,820 km²63,251 square miles
Land neighbours32 have pages here; GF are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London7,374 kmto the approximate centre of Suriname, not to Paramaribo. WSW, bearing 244.4°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Paramaribothe IANA zone for Paramaribo; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-03:00
Offset in JulyUTC-03:00
Current offsetUTC-03:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 13:32
Hours ahead of UTC-3
Population & scale
Population620,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density3.8 per km²≈
Share of world population0.008%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset90 of 196
Population rank in this dataset166 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Guyana338 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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