Island Details: Suriname

Name

Suriname

Location

Atlantic

Number of Islands (approx.)

*

Island Details

mainland area*

Type of Islands

continental

Surface Area (km²)

163,820.00*

Terrain

mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps*

Highest Elevation (m)

1,230.0*

Highest Elevation (name)

unnamed*

Isolation Index

Climate Risk Index Rank (1993-2012)

160*

Mean Sea Level Trends (mm/year)

0.00

Mean Sea Level (meta)

Population (total)

524,636*

Population Density (p/km²)

3.4*

Population Growth (annual %)

0.914*

GDP (per capita in current US$)

8,292*

Dominant Economic Sector

alumina, gold, oil*

HDI

0.679*

Administration

independent (constitutional democracy)*

Miscellaneous

smallest independent country on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast*