Editing Paramaribo (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|percentages = pagr
|1790|18000
|1831|15265
|1853|16031
|1980|167798
|1995|228551
|2004|242946
|2012|240924
}}

Paramaribo has a population of 240,924 people (2012 census). While the population number is stagnating in recent years, many towns in the surrounding [[Wanica District]] are increasing in population.<ref name="census"/>

The city is famed for its diverse ethnic makeup with 27% identifying as [[Creole peoples|Creoles]] (African or mixed African-European descent), 23% as [[Indo-Surinamese|East Indian]], 18% as [[Multiracial people|Multiracial]], 16% as [[Maroons]] (descendants of escaped enslaved Africans), 10% as [[Javanese Surinamese|Javanese]], 2% as [[Indigenous peoples in Suriname|Indigenous]], 1.5% as [[Chinese Surinamese|Chinese]], and smaller numbers of [[White Surinamese|Europeans]] (primarily of Dutch and Portuguese descent), Lebanese and Jews. In the past decades a significant number of Brazilians, Guyanese and new Chinese immigrants have settled in Paramaribo.