by the Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook (1982) — Suriname (1982 |noyear)
“ Coastline: 386 km PEOPLE Population: 356,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate -1.5% Nationality: noun—Surinamer (s) ; adjective—Surinamese Ethnic divisions: 37% Hindustani (East Indian) , 31% Creole (Negro and mixed) , 15.3% Javanese, 10.3% Bush Negro, 2.6% Amerindian, 1.7% Chinese, 1.0% Europeans, 1.7% other and unknown Religion: Hindu, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Moravian, other Language: 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 ”
