Indonesia Population 2013
It may surprise some people to learn that Indonesia is in fact the fourth largest country on earth (behind just China,India, and the U.S.). Far from being small, Indonesia is in fact a vast archipelago that comprises over 17,000 Islands, which go to form a land mass equating to 1,919,440 square kilometres (735,355 square miles). This means that Indonesia is the 19th largest country in terms of land mass and it has a high population density, too.
The last official census recording the population of Indonesia took place in 2010 and it showed that there were 237,424,363 people living on its 17,508 Islands. This equated to a population density of 123.76 people per square kilometer (323.05 per square mile). Around 58% of Indonesia’s population live on the Island of Java and the statistics involved here make it the most populous island in the whole world.
In recent years, the country has embarked on a program of family planning awareness but that has done little to slow down a considerable population growth which is expected to reach around 254 million by 2020 and a staggering 288 million by 2050. The population of Indonesia in 2013 is already estimated at 250,585,668 with no signs of slowing, and this represents a very sizable increase from the official 2010 figures.
Indonesia Demographics
Within Indonesia, the final figure of 237 million citizens in 2010 comprised of a diverse range of ethnic groups. The breakdown of ethnic groups in Indonesia is as follows:
- Javanese: 41.71%
- Sundanese: 15.41%
- Matay: 3.45%
- Madurese: 3.37%
- Batak: 3.02%
- Minankabau: 2.72%
- Betawi: 2.51%
- Bantenese: 2.05%
- Banjarese: 1.74%
- Balinese: 1.51%
- Makassarese: 0.99%
- Crebonede: 0.94%
In addition to this diverse population, Indonesia is also the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, as just over 86% of Indonesians declared Muslim on the 2000 census. 8.7% are Christian, 3% are Hindu, 1.8% are Buddhist or other.
As the 4th most populous country on earth, Indonesia's 2013 population is estimated at 250,585,668.
Source: worldpopulationreview
