Suriname: flag, capital & map
Get to know Suriname, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Region
- South America
- Subregion
- South America
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 639,850
- Area
- 163,820 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Dutch
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Surinamese Dollar (SRD)
Suriname is a country in South America. Its capital is Paramaribo.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Suriname
The flag of Suriname is composed of five horizontal bands of green, white, red, white and green in the ratio of 2:1:4:1:2. A large five-pointed yellow star is centered in the red band.
Where it is
Suriname is grouped in South America, within Roam’s South America region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: Brazil, Guyana. The source classifies it as not landlocked. The source also lists GUF, outside this 195-country set.
Suriname has a recorded area of 163,820 square kilometres. Among the 12 countries assigned to South America in this dataset, it ranks 12 by area, from largest to smallest. Uruguay is immediately above it in that ordering, at 181,034 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 639,850 people for Suriname in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 4 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Dutch. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Surinamese Dollar (SRD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Suriname?
Reveal answer
Paramaribo. Suriname is a country in South America. Its capital is Paramaribo.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Suriname?
Reveal answer
The flag of Suriname is composed of five horizontal bands of green, white, red, white and green in the ratio of 2:1:4:1:2. A large five-pointed yellow star is centered in the red band.
Which land neighbours of Suriname are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Brazil and Guyana. The source classifies Suriname as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Suriname?
Reveal answer
Dutch. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Suriname.
Which currency codes are listed for Suriname?
Reveal answer
Surinamese Dollar (SRD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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