suriname Capital: paramaribo Pos.: Surface: 163.820 Kmq 92 Population 2020: 586.600 166 Pop. density: 3,58 in./Kmq 191 Pop. growth 12ys:  +24,28 % GDP per capita: 7.024 $ 84 Nominal GDP 2020: 4,120 billions $ 159 PPP per capita: 17.017 $ 75 GDP PPP 2020: 9,982 billions $ 157 Internet TLD:  SR
It has a population of approximately 612,985, dominated by descendants from the slaves and labourers brought in from Africa and Asia by the Dutch Empire and Republic. Most of the people live by the country's (north) coast, in and around its capital, Paramaribo. It is also one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. Situated slightly north of the equator, Suriname is a tropical country dominated by rainforests. Its extensive tree cover is vital to the country's efforts to mitigate Economy: It was largely dependent upon the exports of aluminium oxide and small amounts of aluminium produced from bauxite mined in the country. However, after the departure of Alcoa, the economy depended on the exports of crude oil and gold.  In 2018, Suriname produced 273 thousand tons of rice, 125 thousand tons of sugar cane, in addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, such as banana (48 thousand tons), orange (19 thousand tons) and coconut (14 thousand tons)
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