General info

Entity:
Indonesia
Capital:
Jakarta
Population (2008-07-01):
237,512,355 (CIA)
Area:
1,919,440 sq.km.
Country code:
id
Region:
South-eastern Asia

Indonesia

Administrative units

propinsi capital area (sq.km.) population
2000-06-30
census		 population
2005
estimate
source: Biro Pusat Statistik.
note: Barat = West; Selatan = South; Tengah = Central; Tenggara = Southeast; Timur = East; Utara = North.
note: Maluku Utara has split off from Maluku, some data is still included in Maluku.
note: Gorontalo has split off from Sulawesi Utara.
note: Banten has split off from Jawa Barat.
note: Kepulauan Bangka Belitung has split off from Sumatera Selatan.
note: Kepulauan Riau became separate from Riau province.
note: DKI = Daerah Khusus Ibukota = special district; DI = Daerah Istimewa = special region.
note: Nanggroe = autonomous province; propinsi (provinsi) = province; kabupaten = regency; kota = municipality.
note: 2000 population of Jawa Tengah subdivisions is for 2001.
note: 2005 population of Kalimantan Barat and Gorontalo concerns 2003.
note: 2005 population of Bali, Banten, Jakarta Timur and Sumatera Barat concerns end 2004.
Propinsi Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Banda Aceh 55,390 3,929,234 4,031,589
Propinsi Sumatera Utara Medan 71,681 11,642,488 11,688,987
Propinsi Sumatera Barat Padang 42,297 4,248,515 4,555,810
Propinsi Riau Pekanbaru 94,561 3,907,763 4,563,406
Propinsi Jambi Jambi 53,436 2,407,166 2,627,216
Propinsi Sumatera Selatan Palembang 74,795 6,210,800 6,767,645
Propinsi Bengkulu Bengkulu 19,789 1,455,500 1,546,286
Propinsi Lampung Bandar Lampung 35,385 6,730,751 7,104,572
Propinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung Pangkal Pinang 34,459 899,968 1,042,828
Propinsi Kepulauan Riau Tanjungpinang   1,040,207 1,273,011
Propinsi DKI Jakarta Jakarta 664 8,361,079 8,839,247
Propinsi Jawa Barat Bandung 34,817 35,724,093 38,886,975
Propinsi Jawa Tengah Semarang 32,544 31,223,258 31,896,114
Propinsi DI Yogyakarta Yogyakarta 3,186 3,121,045 3,337,095
Propinsi Jawa Timur Surabaya 47,923 34,765,993 36,058,107
Propinsi Banten Serang 8,801 8,098,277 9,008,151
Propinsi Bali Denpasar 5,633 3,150,057 3,378,092
Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat Mataram 20,153 4,008,601 4,169,695
Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur Kupang 47,350 3,823,154 4,243,182
Propinsi Kalimantan Barat Pontianak 146,807 4,016,353 4,042,817
Propinsi Kalimantan Tengah Palangkaraya 153,564 1,855,473 1,913,026
Propinsi Kalimantan Selatan Banjarmasin 36,535 2,984,026 3,271,413
Propinsi Kalimantan Timur Samarinda 210,985 2,451,895 2,840,874
Propinsi Sulawesi Utara Menado 15,926 2,000,872 2,121,017
Propinsi Sulawesi Tengah Palu 63,689 2,175,993 2,290,969
Propinsi Sulawesi Selatan Makassar 62,641 7,159,170 7,488,674
Propinsi Sulawesi Tenggara Kendari 38,140 1,820,379 1,960,697
Propinsi Gorontalo Gorontalo 12,215 833,496 920,015
Propinsi Sulawesi Barat Mamuju 16,796 891,618 968,449
Propinsi Maluku Ambon 51,830 1,166,300 1,249,212
Propinsi Maluku Utara Sofifi/Ternate 26,041 815,101 881,867
Propinsi Papua Barat Manokwari 104,919 529,689 616,960
Propinsi Papua Jayapura 317,062 1,684,144 1,822,878
total   1,922,570 205,132,458 217,406,876

Main cities

name population
1995-07-01
estimate
Jakarta 9,160,500
Surabaya 2,701,300
Bandung 2,368,200
Medan 1,909,700
Semarang 1,366,500
Palembang 1,352,300
Tangerang 1,198,300
Ujung Pandang 1,091,800
Bandar Lampung 832,400
Malang 763,400
Padang 721,500
Pakan Baru 558,200
Samarinda 536,100
Bandjarmasin 534,600
Surakarta 516,500
Pontianak 449,100
Denpasar 435,000
Yogyakarta 419,500
Balikpapan 416,200
Jambi 410,400
Manado 398,900
Pakalongan 341,400
Tegal 313,400
Ambon 313,100
Mataram 306,600
Banda Aceh 291,300
Bogor 285,000
Cirebon 262,300
Bengkulu 262,100
Kediri 261,300
Pematang Siantar 230,900
Binjai 206,800
Probolinggo 190,100
Jayapura 180,400
Mojokerto 170,900
Batam 168,200
Pasuruan 162,800
Palangkaraya 148,700
Gorontalo 132,900
Tebing Tinggi 129,300
Sukabumi 125,400
Pangkal Pinang 124,000
Magelang 123,100
Blitar 122,600
Tanjung Balai 114,700
Pare Pare 109,700
Bitung 107,100
Madiun 106,600
Salatiga 103,000
source: United Nations Statistics Division.