$504.3 million (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 164

Exchange rates:

Surinamese dollars (SRD) per US dollar - 2.745 (2007), 2.745 (2006), 2.7317 (2005), 2.7336 (2004), 2.6013 (2003)

note: in January 2004, the government replaced the guilder with the Surinamese dollar, tied to a US dollar-dominated currency basket

Communications ::Suriname

Telephones - main lines in use:

81,500 (2008) country comparison to the world: 149

Telephones - mobile cellular:

416,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 159

Telephone system: