People

Indonesia

Indonesian girls from Halmahera island in eastern Indonesia standing outside their home.

An Indonesian family from Sumatra, located in western Indonesia.

Indonesian children participate in the popular pastime of soccer in Jakarta.

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Population size/changes
• Population: 258,316,051 (5th largest in the world)
• Population growth rate: .89%
• Urban areas: Jakarta (Capitol) 10.323 million, Surabaya 2.853 million, Bandung 2.544 million, Medan 2.204 million, Semarang 1.63 million, Makassar 1.489 million Literacy levels • Youth literacy rate: 100%
• Female literacy rate: 94%
• Male literacy rate: 97% Demographic breakdowns
• 0-14 years: 25.42% (male 33,435,020/female 32,224,706)
15-24 years: 17.03% (male 22,397,086/female 21,604,985)
25-54 years: 42.35% (male 55,857,415/female 53,543,682)
55-64 years: 8.4% (male 9,918,897/female 11,790,016)
65 years and over: 6.79% (male 7,630,251/female 9,913,993)
• Median age: total: 29.9 years
male: 29.3 years
female: 30.5 years Ethnic & religious compositions
• Ethnic groups: Javanese 40.1%, Sundanese 15.5%, Malay 3.7%, Batak 3.6%, Madurese 3%, Betawi 2.9%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Buginese 2.7%, Bantenese 2%, Banjarese 1.7%, Balinese 1.7%, Acehnese 1.4%, Dayak 1.4%, Sasak 1.3%, Chinese 1.2%, other 15%
• Religions: Muslim 87.2%, Christian 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4%