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Zahlen und Fakten über Suriname - Informationen - Links zum Thema. Auf Konsulate.de verfügbare Informationen in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:

Arbeitskraefte
156,700 (2004)

Arbeitslosigkeit
9.5% (2004)

Bevoelkerung Wachstumsrate
1.103% (2007 est.)

Bevoelkerung unterhalb der Armutsgrenze
70% (2002 est.)

Bewaessertes Land
510 sq km (2003)

Bruttoinlandsprodukt Reale Wachstumsrate
5% (2006 est.)

Bruttoinlandsprodukt
$3.098 billion (2006 est.)

Einwohner
470,784 (July 2007 est.)

Elektrizitaet - Export
0 kWh (2004)

Elektrizitaet - Import
0 kWh (2004)

Elektrizitaet - Produktion
1.509 billion kWh (2004)

Elektrizitaet - Verbrauch
1.403 billion kWh (2004)

Erdgas-Export


Erdgas-Import


Erdgas-Produktion
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Erdgas-Verbrauch
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Ethnische Gruppen
"Hindustani (also known locally as ""East Indians""; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%, Creole (mixed white and black) 31%, Javanese 15%, ""Maroons"" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2% "

Export Gebrauchsgueter
alumina, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas

Export Partner
Norway 24%, US 16.8%, Canada 16.4%, Belgium 9.8%, France 8.1%, UAE 7.5% (2005)

Exportvolumen
$881 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Gas-Reserven, nachgewiesen
0 cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Geburten auf 1000 Einwohnern
17.31 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Geburten pro Frau, Anzahl
2.03 children born/woman (2007 est.)

Geographische Koordinaten
4 00 N, 56 00 W

Hauptstadt
Paramaribo

Im Gebrauch befindliche Telefon-Hauptanschluesse
81,100 (2004)

Import - Gebrauchsgueter
capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods

Import Partner
US 29.3%, Netherlands 17.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 12.7%, China 6.5%, Japan 5.2%, Brazil 4.3% (2005)

Importvolumen
$750 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Industrie Wachstumsrate
6.5% (1994 est.)

Industrien
"bauxite and gold mining, alumina production; oil, lumbering, food processing, fishing "

Inflationsrate Verbraucherpreise
9.5% (2005 est.)

Internationale Organisationen (Teilnehmer)
ACP, Caricom, CSN, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDB, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO (suspended), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIC, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet-Benutzer, Anzahl
30,000 (2005)

Internet-Laendercode
.sr

Konsulate und Botschaften
Surinamische Vertretungen in Deutschland, Deutsche Vertretungen in Suriname - Informationen auf Konsulate.de

Kuestenlaenge
386 km

Landwirtschaft Produkte
"paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts; beef, chickens; shrimp; forest products "

Mobiltelefone, Anzahl
232,800 (2005)

Nationalfeiertag
Independence Day, 25 November (1975)

Nationalflagge


Natuerliche Resourcen
timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore

Netto-Migrations-Rate (Migranten auf 1000 Einwohner)
-0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Oel-Export pro Tag
1,370 bbl/day (2003)

Oel-Import pro Tag
1,644 bbl/day (2003)

Oel-Produktion pro Tag
9,462 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oel-Reserven, nachgewiesen
150 million bbl (2005)

Oel-Verbrauch pro Tag
11,200 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Originalname des Landes
Offizieller Name: Republiek Suriname (Republic of Suriname)

Pipelines Laenge in km
oil 51 km (2006)

Position
Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana

Religionen
Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5%

Sprachen
Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese

Sterberate, Sterbefaelle auf 1000 Einwohner
5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Stimmrecht (Ab Alter)
"18 years of age; universal "

Waehrung
Surinam dollar (SRD)

Wasserstrassen Laenge in km
1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2005)