Mr. Ong's feet. Mr. Ong is from Shanghai, China. West of Paramaribo, Suriname. Suriname, with its wealth of space, and low population density is like heaven to people like Mr. Ong who come from a country with 1.3 billion mouths to feed. According to the CIA World Factbook, China has a population density of 136.12 people per square km (352.54 ppl/sq. mile) versus Suriname which has 3 people per square km (7 ppl/sq. mile). Suriname's population density is 190th of 192 countries listed and is comparative to Mongolia and Namibia, largely desert countries populated by nomads. Its total population is only 560,157.