Indonesia: People & Society#
Population | 258,316,051 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Indonesian(s) adjective: Indonesian |
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% (2010 est.) |
Languages | Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese) note: more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia |
Religions | Muslim 87.2%, Christian 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.) |
Age structure | 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) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49% youth dependency ratio: 41.2% elderly dependency ratio: 7.7% potential support ratio: 13% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 29.9 years male: 29.3 years female: 30.5 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.89% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 16.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 53.7% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 2.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | JAKARTA (capital) 10.323 million; Surabaya 2.853 million; Bandung 2.544 million; Medan 2.204 million; Semarang 1.63 million; Makassar 1.489 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.84 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 22.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 126 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 23.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.7 years male: 70.1 years female: 75.5 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 2.13 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 61.9% (2012) |
Health expenditures | 2.8% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
Hospital bed density | 0.9 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 94.2% of population rural: 79.5% of population total: 87.4% of population unimproved: urban: 5.8% of population rural: 20.5% of population total: 12.6% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 72.3% of population rural: 47.5% of population total: 60.8% of population unimproved: urban: 27.7% of population rural: 52.5% of population total: 39.2% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.48% (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 692,800 (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 35,300 (2015 est.) |
Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 5.7% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 19.9% (2013) |
Education expenditures | 3.3% of GDP (2014) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.9% male: 96.3% female: 91.5% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2014) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 4,026,285 percentage: 7% note: data represent children ages 5-17 (2009 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 31.3% male: 19.5% female: 21.4% (2013 est.) |