Demographics of Indonesia
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The population of Indonesia according to the 2010 national census was 237.64 million,[1] and it was estimated to reach 255.4 million in 2015.[2] 58% live on the island of Java,[1] the world's most populous island.[3]
Despite a fairly effective family planning program that has been in place since the 1967,[4] for the decade ending in 2010, Indonesia's population growth was 1.49 percent. At that rate, Indonesia's population is projected to surpass the present population of the United States and would - if the current US population did not rise - become the world's third biggest after China and India by 2043.[5] Some say family planning should be revitalised based on the 1967 program to avoid Indonesia becoming the world's third most populous country, but this aim has faced a hurdle of religiously-based opinion that to follow family planning is equivalent to not being grateful to God.[6]
Indonesia currently possess a relatively young population, thus implies a — potentially — large workforce and consumer base. Indonesia's total median age is 28.2 years (2011 estimate). This indicates that one half of the population is older than 28.2 years, while the other half is younger than this number.[7]
Indonesia includes numerous ethnic, cultural and linguistic groups, some of which are related to each other. Since independence, Indonesian (a form of Malay and the 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 are still important.
Population
Historical population of Indonesia | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1971 | 119,208,229 | — |
1980 | 147,490,298 | +2.39% |
1990 | 179,378,946 | +1.98% |
2000 | 206,264,595 | +1.41% |
2010 | 237,641,326 | +1.43% |
Source: Statistics Indonesia[8] |
Population by province
Province | Population (2010 Census) |
Proportion in Cities (%) |
Proportion TFR |
---|---|---|---|
Aceh | 4,486,570 | 23.6 | 2.79 |
North Sumatra | 12,985,075 | 42.4 | 3.01 |
West Sumatra | 4,845,998 | 29.0 | 2.91 |
Riau | 5,543,031 | 43.7 | 2.82 |
Jambi | 3,088,618 | 28.3 | 2.51 |
South Sumatra | 7,446,401 | 34.4 | 2.56 |
Bengkulu | 1,713,393 | 29.4 | 2.51 |
Lampung | 7,596,115 | 21.0 | 2.45 |
Bangka Belitung | 1,223,048 | 43.0 | 2.54 |
Riau Islands | 1,685,698 | 67.4 | 2.38 |
Banten | 10,644,030 | 52.2 | 2.35 |
Jakarta | 9,588,198 | 100.0 | 1.82 |
West Java | 43,021,826 | 50.3 | 2.43 |
Central Java | 32,380,687 | 40.4 | 2.20 |
Yogyakarta | 3,452,390 | 57.7 | 1.94 |
East Java | 37,476,011 | 40.9 | 2.00 |
Bali | 3,891,428 | 49.8 | 2.13 |
West Nusa Tenggara | 4,496,855 | 34.8 | 2.59 |
East Nusa Tenggara | 4,679,316 | 15.9 | 3.82 |
West Kalimantan | 4,393,239 | 25.1 | 2.64 |
Central Kalimantan | 2,202,599 | 27.5 | 2.56 |
South Kalimantan | 3,626,119 | 36.3 | 2.35 |
East Kalimantan | 3,550,586 | 57.6 | 2.61 |
North Sulawesi | 2,265,937 | 37.0 | 2.43 |
Gorontalo | 1,038,585 | 25.5 | 2.76 |
Central Sulawesi | 2,633,420 | 19.7 | 2.94 |
South Sulawesi | 8,032,551 | 29.4 | 2.55 |
Southeast Sulawesi | 2,230,569 | 20.8 | 3.20 |
West Sulawesi | 1,158,336 | -- | 3.33 |
Maluku | 1,531,402 | 25.9 | 3.56 |
North Maluku | 1,035,478 | 29.5 | 3.35 |
Papua | 2,851,999 | 22.2 | 2.87 |
West Papua | 760,855 | -- | 3.18 |
Indonesia | 237,641,326 | 2.41 | |
Source: Population Census 2010[1] |
Largest cities
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Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | ||
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1 | Jakarta | Jakarta | 9,588,198 | 11 | South Tangerang | Banten | 1,290,322 | ![]() Bandung Bekasi |
2 | Surabaya | East Java | 2,765,487 | 12 | Bogor | West Java | 950,334 | ||
3 | Bandung | West Java | 2,394,873 | 13 | Batam | Riau Islands | 944,285 | ||
4 | Bekasi | West Java | 2,334,871 | 14 | Pekanbaru | Riau | 897,767 | ||
5 | Medan | North Sumatra | 2,097,610 | 15 | Bandar Lampung | Lampung | 881,801 | ||
6 | Tangerang | Banten | 1,798,601 | 16 | Padang | West Sumatra | 833,562 | ||
7 | Depok | West Java | 1,738,570 | 17 | Malang | East Java | 820,243 | ||
8 | Semarang | Central Java | 1,555,984 | 18 | Denpasar | Bali | 788,589 | ||
9 | Palembang | South Sumatra | 1,455,284 | 19 | Samarinda | East Kalimantan | 727,500 | ||
10 | Makassar | South Sulawesi | 1,338,663 | 20 | Tasikmalaya | West Java | 635,464 |
Age structure
Age structure in Indonesia (2010)[7]
Indonesia demographic composition has a relatively young population. According to 2011 estimate, total median age of Indonesia is 28.2 years.[7]
Vital statistics
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3,5 - 4
3 - 3,5
2,5 – 3
2 – 2,5
1,5 – 2 |
UN estimates[10]
Period | Live births per year | Deaths per year | Natural change per year | CBR1 | CDR1 | NC1 | TFR1 | IMR1 |
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1950–1955 | 3,347,000 | 1,933,000 | 1,414,000 | 42.7 | 24.7 | 18.0 | 5.49 | 191.9 |
1955–1960 | 3,897,000 | 1,888,000 | 2,009,000 | 44.8 | 21.7 | 23.1 | 5.67 | 163.8 |
1960–1965 | 4,280,000 | 1,820,000 | 2,461,000 | 43.7 | 18.6 | 25.1 | 5.62 | 139.3 |
1965–1970 | 4,628,000 | 1,768,000 | 2,860,000 | 41.6 | 15.9 | 25.7 | 5.57 | 117.4 |
1970–1975 | 4,842,000 | 1,691,000 | 3,151,000 | 38.4 | 13.4 | 25.0 | 5.30 | 98.9 |
1975–1980 | 4,985,000 | 1,630,000 | 3,356,000 | 35.0 | 11.4 | 23.6 | 4.73 | 83.2 |
1980–1985 | 5,065,000 | 1,590,000 | 3,475,000 | 31.8 | 10.0 | 21.8 | 4.11 | 69.8 |
1985–1990 | 4,853,000 | 1,555,000 | 3,298,000 | 27.5 | 8.8 | 18.7 | 3.40 | 58.5 |
1990–1995 | 4,702,000 | 1,547,000 | 3,155,000 | 24.5 | 8.1 | 16.4 | 2.90 | 49.1 |
1995–2000 | 4,518,000 | 1,564,000 | 2,954,000 | 21.9 | 7.6 | 14.3 | 2.55 | 41.1 |
2000–2005 | 4,638,000 | 1,620,000 | 3,018,000 | 21.0 | 7.4 | 13.7 | 2.38 | 34.5 |
2005–2010 | 4,464,000 | 1,692,000 | 2,772,000 | 19.1 | 7.2 | 11.9 | 2.19 | 28.8 |
1 CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births |
Average population (in millions) | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1,000) | Crude death rate (per 1,000) | Natural change (per 1,000) | Fertility rates | |
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2003 | 213,6 | 13.4 | 2.3 | |||||
2004 | 216,4 | 13.3 | 2.3 | |||||
2005 | 219,8 | 13.2 | 2.2 | |||||
2006 | 222,7 | 13.0 | 2.2 | |||||
2007 | 225,6 | 12.8 | 2.18 | |||||
2008 | 228,5 | 12.5 | 2.17 | |||||
2009 | 231,4 | 12.2 | 2.16 | |||||
2010 | 238,5 | 6,028,921 | 1,236,154 | 4,792,767 | 13.2 | 2.39 | ||
2011 | 241,0 | 13.2 | 2,37 | |||||
2012 | 244,2 | 13.1 | 2,35 |
Fertility and Births (Demographic and Health Surveys)
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[11]
Year | CBR (Total) | TFR (Total) | CBR (Urban) | TFR (Urban) | CBR (Rural) | TFR (Rural) |
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1981-1983 | 4,3 | |||||
1987 | 3,4 (3,1) | 2,9 (2,6) | 3,7 (3,4) | |||
1991 | 25,1 | 3,02 (2,50) | 24,0 | 2,60 (2,03) | 25,6 | 3,24 (2,73) |
1994 | 2,9 (2,4) | 2,3 (1,8) | 3,2 (2,7) | |||
1997 | 2,8 (2,4) | 2,4 (2,0) | 3,0 (2,6) | |||
2002-2003 | 21,9 | 2,6 (2,2) | 22,1 | 2,4 (2,1) | 21,7 | 2,7 (2,3) |
2007 | 20,9 | 2,6 (2,2) | 20,2 | 2,3 (2,0) | 21,5 | 2,8 (2,4) |
2012 | 20,4 | 2,6 (2,0) | 20,1 | 2,4 (1,9) | 20,7 | 2,8 (2,2) |
Fertility rate and aging population (by province)
Total fertility rate (TFR) and population of age 60 by region as of 2010:[12]
Province | Total fertility rate (2010) | Population over age 60 (2010) |
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Sumatera | 3.01 | 5.9 |
West Sumatera | 2.91 | 8.1 |
Riau | 2.82 | 4.0 |
Jambi | 2.51 | 5.5 |
South Sumatera | 2.56 | 6.2 |
Bengkulu | 2.51 | 5.8 |
Lampung | 2.45 | 7.2 |
Bangka Belitung | 2.54 | 5.8 |
Kepulauan Riau | 2.38 | 3.4 |
Jakarta | 1.82 | 5.1 |
West Java | 2.43 | 7.0 |
Central Java | 2.20 | 10.3 |
Yogyakarta | 1.94 | 12.9 |
East Java | 2.00 | 10.4 |
Banten | 2.35 | 4.6 |
Bali | 2.13 | 9.7 |
East Nusa Tenggara | 3.82 | 7.4 |
West Kalimantan | 2.64 | 5.8 |
Central Kalimantan | 2.56 | 4.6 |
South Kalimantan | 2.35 | 5.8 |
East Kalimantan | 2.61 | 4.0 |
North Sulawesi | 2.43 | 8.4 |
Central Sulawesi | 2.94 | 6.6 |
South Sulawesi | 2.55 | 8.2 |
Southeast Sulawesi | 3.20 | 5.8 |
Gorontalo | 2.76 | 5.9 |
West Sulawesi | 3.33 | 6.2 |
Maluku | 3.56 | 6.2 |
North Maluku | 3.35 | 4.8 |
West Papua | 3.18 | 3.2 |
Papua | 2.87 | 2.4 |
Ethnic groups
There are over 300 ethnic groups in Indonesia. 95% of those are of Native Indonesian ancestry. Javanese is the largest group with 100 million people (42%), followed by Sundanese who number nearly 40 million (15%).
Religions
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation; almost 87.18% of Indonesians declared themselves Muslim in the 2010 census.[13] 9.87% of the population adhered to Christianity (of which more than 70% were Protestant), 1.69% were Hindu, 0.72% Buddhist, and 0.56 of other faiths. Most Indonesian Hindus are Balinese[14] and most Buddhists in modern-day Indonesia are Tionghoa.[15]
Languages
Indonesian is the official language but there are many different languages native to Indonesia. According to Ethnologue, there are currently 737 living languages,[16] the most widely spoken being the Javanese language.
A number of Chinese varieties, most prominently Min Nan, are also spoken. The public use of Chinese, especially Chinese characters, was officially discouraged between 1966 and 1998.
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over and can read and write
total population: 92.81%
male: 95.5%
female: 90.4% (2011 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 attends full-time. About 44% of secondary school-age children attend junior high school, and some others of this age group attend vocational schools.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook,[17] unless otherwise indicated.
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 27.7% (male 34,276,146/female 33,094,836)
- 15-64 years: 66.2% (male 80,806,409/female 80,065,855)
- 65 years and over: 6.1% (male 6,504,559/female 8,220,537) (2010 est.)
- 0-14 years: 27.3% (male 34,165,213/female 32,978,841)
- 15-64 years: 66.5% (male 82,104,636/female 81,263,055)
- 65 years and over: 6.1% (male 6,654,695/female 8,446,603) (2011 est.)
Median age
- total: 27.9 years
- male: 27.4 years
- female: 28.4 years (2010 est.)
- total: 28.2 years
- male: 27.7 years
- female: 28.7 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate
- 1.097% (2010 est.)
- 1.04% (2012 est.)
Urbanization
- urban population: 44% of total population (2010)
- rate of urbanisation: 3.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
- rate of urbanisation: 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Sex 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: 0.79 male(s)/female
- total population: 1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 71.05 years
- male: 68.53 years
- female: 73.69 years (2010 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2007 est.)
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 270,000 (2007 est.)
- HIV/AIDS deaths: 8,700 (2007 est.)
Nationality
- noun: Indonesian(s)
- adjective: Indonesian
- Ethnic groups: Javanese 40.6%, Sundanese 15%, Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%, Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9% (2000 census)
Religions
- Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)
Languages
- Indonesian (official, a form of Malay influenced by other languages of Indonesia), local languages (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese).
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
- total: 11 years
- male: 12 years
- female: 11 years (2005)
Education expenditures
- 3.6% of GDP (2006)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Population of Indonesia by Province 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995 , 2000 and 2010". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "Population Projection by Province, 2010-2035". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ Calder, Joshua (3 May 2006). "Most Populous Islands". World Island Information. Retrieved 26 September 2006.
- ↑ Witton, Patrick (2003). Indonesia. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 47. ISBN 1-74059-154-2.
- ↑ Shamim Adam; Berni Moestafa; Novrida Manurung (28 January 2014). "Indonesia Population Approaching U.S. Revives Birth Control". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "Indonesia Facing Populace Larger Than US Revives Birth Control". 28 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Population of Indonesia". Indonesia Investment.
- ↑ "Population of Indonesia by Province 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2010". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.datastatistik-indonesia.com/component/option,com_tabel/task,/Itemid,165/
- ↑ World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
- ↑ http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=8&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=
- ↑ http://www.ifa-fiv.org/wp-content/2014/09/Indonesian_Ageing_Monograph-print-version1.pdf
- ↑ Penduduk Menurut Wilayah dan Agama yang Dianut
- ↑ Oey, Eric (1997). "Bali" (3rd ed.). Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 962-593-028-0.
- ↑ "Indonesia - Buddhism". U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 October 2006.
- ↑ ethnologue.com
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2012). "Indonesia". The World Factbook. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
External links
- Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics (Indonesian)
- CIA World Factbook article on Indonesia
- On Indonesians of Arab descent
- United Nations "World Population Prospects": Country Profile - Indonesia