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Indonesia: Demographics
2 Population Aggregates
3 Economic Wealth
4 Education Level
5 Culture & Religion
1 GEOGRAPHY
With over 18,000 counted islands, Indonesia is the largest and most varied archipelago on Earth. It spans almost two million square kilometres between Asia and Australia. Its five largest islands are Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Sulawesi and New Guinea. The nation's capital, and largest, city is Jakarta, which is on Java. About 6,000 of Indonesia's islands are inhabited. The country's average population density is 134 inhabitants per square kilometre (sq km). However, Java has a population density of 940 people per sq km.
Indonesia's Southeast Asian neighbours include Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Indonesia shares borders with Papau New Guinea, Malaysia and East Timor.
2 POPULATION AGGREGATES
Table 1A: Population demographics of Indonesia
| Country population (as of April 2008) | 237,512,000 |
| Percentage population residing in urban areas | 50.3% |
| Percentage population aged 0-14 | 27.7% |
| Percentage population aged 15-64 | 66.6% |
| Percentage population aged 65 and above | 5.8% |
| Percentage male population | 49.9% |
| Percentage female population | 50.1% |
3 ECONOMIC WEALTH
| GDP : (based on Purchasing Power Parity) | $845.6 billion |
| GDP (based on official exchange rate) | $410.3 billion |
| GDP - real growth rate | 6.1% |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | $3,400 |
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: 12.4% industry: 47.7% services: 39.9% |
4 EDUCATION LEVEL
The increased competition for jobs has been the recent driving force for people to stay in education for as long as they can afford. As of 2004, literacy rate for males and females were 94% and 86.8% respectively. Percentage populations by highest education attainment in 2005 are shown in the table below.
Table 1C: Percentage population attainment (2005)
| Education Level | Percentage Population (%) |
| None | 16.6 |
| Primary | 35.9 |
| Secondary | 40.2 |
| Higher | 7.3 |
Source: Euromonitor International
5 CULTURE & RELIGION
Based on the 2000 census, the approximately 86.1% were Muslims, 5.7% Protestant, 3% are Catholic, 1.8% Hindu, 3.4% other or unspecified (The World Factbook, CIA). The Indonesian Constitution states "every person shall be free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" and "guarantees all persons the freedom of worship, each according to his/her own religion or belief". The government, however, officially only recognises six religions, namely Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. With many different religions practised in Indonesia, conflicts between believers are often unavoidable. Moreover, Indonesia's political leadership has played an important role in the relations between groups, both positively and negatively, including the Dutch East Indies' Transmigration Program, which has caused a number of conflicts in the eastern region of the country (Transmigration of Indonesia).
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