World Number Plates

Number Plates of Suriname

Continent: South America

Capital: Paramaribo

Population: 440,000

Country ISO code: SR

Country OVAL code: SME

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1936

Number of vehicles:
cars 32,102 (1987), trucks and buses 12,137 (1987)

Road information:
total: 4,492 km; paved: 1,168 km; unpaved: 3,324 km (2000)

Suriname is located along the northeast coast of South America. It is bound by Guyana, French Guiana and Brazil.

The year the vehicle was registered in is displayed on the side of the number plate. The digits on the year get progressively larger. The country name is displayed on either the top or the bottom of the plate. The registration itself consists of four or five digits.