CoverageParamaribo, Wanica and the eight other districts
The 2012 census counted 541,638 residents; the statistics office’s site lists no results yet from the count begun in October 2024. Paramaribo and Wanica hold 66.31% of them. A Surinamese login sets only the country, -cc-sr; the dashboard generator lists the districts and towns on offer.
Paramaribo44.48%Blauwgrond 31,483 · Latour 29,526 · Pontbuiten 23,211 · Welgelegen 19,304
Wanica21.83%Koewarasan 27,713 · De Nieuwe Grond 26,161 · Lelydorp 18,663 · Houttuin 15,656
Sipaliwini6.84%The interior, 37,065 people
Nickerie6.32%Nieuw Nickerie 12,818
Commewijne5.8%Meerzorg 12,405 · Mariënburg 5,561
Para4.56%24,700 people
Marowijne3.38%Moengo 10,834 · Albina 5,247
Saramacca3.23%Groningen 2,818
Brokopondo2.94%Brownsweg 4,793 · Brokopondo 4,482
Coronie0.63%3,391 people
Population: Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek, census of 13 August 2012, counted by district and ressort (commune); shares computed from those counts. GeoNames writes each district with the word, as Paramaribo District. Where available, exits also come from Welgelegen, Groningen, Nieuw Nickerie and Cottica. Geolocation databases can disagree on the place, so look an exit up in our IP checker first.