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Indonesia's 238 million people make it the world's fourth-most populous nation (after China, India and the United States).^[1] The island of Java is the world's most populated island and one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with more than 130 million people living in an area the size of Greece.

Indonesia includes numerous related but distinct cultural and linguistic groups. Since independence, Indonesian (a form of Malay and official national language) is the language of most written communication, education, government, and business. Many local ethnic languages are the first language of most Indonesians and still important.

Contents 1 List of Indonesian provinces' population 2 Ethnic groups 3 Religions 4 Languages 5 Literacy 6 CIA World Factbook demographic statistics 6.1 Population 6.2 Age structure 6.3 Population growth rate 6.4 Birth rate 6.5 Death rate 6.6 Net migration rate 6.7 Gender ratio 6.8 Infant mortality rate 6.9 Life expectancy at birth 6.10 Total fertility rate 6.11 Nationality 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] List of Indonesian provinces' population

Province	Population	In Cities (%)
Aceh	3,930,905	23.6
North Sumatra	11,649,656	42.4
West Sumatra	4,248,931	29.0
Riau	4,947,971	43.7
Jambi	2,413,846	28.3
South Sumatra	6,899,675	34.4
Bengkulu	1,567,432	29.4
Lampung	6,741,439	21.0
Bangka Belitung	900,197	43.0
Banten	8,098,780	52.2
Jakarta	8,389,443	100.0
West Java	35,729,537	50.3
Central Java	31,228,940	40.4
Yogyakarta	3,122,268	57.7
East Java	34,783,640	40.9
Bali	3,151,162	49.8
West Nusa Tenggara	4,009,261	34.8
East Nusa Tenggara	3,952,279	15.9
West Kalimantan	4,034,198	25.1
Central Kalimantan	1,857,000	27.5
South Kalimantan	2,985,240	36.3
East Kalimantan	2,455,120	57.6
North Sulawesi	2,012,098	37.0
Gorontalo	835,044	25.5
Central Sulawesi	2,218,435	19.7
South Sulawesi	8,059,627	29.4
Southeast Sulawesi	1,821,284	20.8
Maluku	1,205,539	25.9
North Maluku	785,059	29.5
Papua	2,220,934	22.2

[edit] Ethnic groups

There are over 300 ethnic groups in Indonesia.

[edit] Religions

Although it is not an Islamic state, Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, with almost 86.1% of Indonesians declared Muslim according to the 2000 census.^[2] 8.7% of the population is Christian,^[3] 3% are Hindu, and 1.8% Buddhist or other. Most Indonesian Hindus are Balinese,^[4] and most Buddhists in modern-day Indonesia are ethnic Chinese.^[5]

[edit] Languages

Indonesian is the official national language, but there are many different languages native to Indonesia. According to Ethnologue, there are currently 737 living languages ^[6] the most widely spoken of which is Javanese.

A number of Chinese dialects, most prominently Min Nan, are also spoken. The public use of Chinese, especially Chinese characters, was officially discouraged between 1966 and 1998.

[edit] Literacy

definition: age 15 and over and can read and write
total population: 87.9%
male: 92.5%
female: 83.4% (2005 est.)

Education is not free; however, it is compulsory for children through to grade 9. Although about 92% of eligible children are enrolled in primary school, a much smaller percentage attend full time. About 44% of secondary school-age children attend junior high school, and some others of this age group attend vocational schools.

[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Population

237,512,355 (July 2008 est.)

[edit] Age structure

0-14 years: 28.4% (male 34,343,198/female 33,175,135)

15-64 years: 65.7% (male 78,330,830/female 77,812,339)

65 years and over: 5.8% (male 6,151,305/female 7,699,548) (2008 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

1.175% (2008 est.)

[edit] Birth rate

19.24 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

[edit] Death rate

6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

[edit] Net migration rate

-1.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

[edit] Gender ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

[edit] Infant mortality rate

total: 31.04 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 36.14 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 25.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

total population: 70.97 years

male: 67.98 years

female: 73.07 years (2008 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

2.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)

[edit] Nationality

noun: Indonesian(s)

adjective: Indonesian

[edit] See also

• Culture of Indonesia
• Overseas Indonesian
• Transmigration program

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CIA World Factbook article on Indonesia
• [1]
• On Indonesians of Arab descent

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