People (Suriname)
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     Population:
         410,016 (July 1992), growth rate 1.5% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         26 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         -5 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         34 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         66 years male, 71 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         2.9 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Surinamer(s); adjective - Surinamese
     Ethnic divisions:
         Hindustani (East Indian) 37.0%, Creole (black and mixed) 31.0%, Javanese
         15.3%, Bush black 10.3%, Amerindian 2.6%, Chinese 1.7%, Europeans 1.0%,
         other 1.1%
     Religions:
         Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant (predominantly
         Moravian) 25.2%, indigenous beliefs about 5%
     Languages:
         Dutch (official); English widely spoken; Sranan Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes
         called Taki-Taki) is native language of Creoles and much of the younger
         population and is lingua franca among others; also Hindi Suriname Hindustani
         (a variant of Bhoqpuri) and Javanese
     Literacy:
         95% (male 95%, female 95%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         104,000 (1984)
     Organized labor:
         49,000 members of labor force