Indonesia Demographics Profile 2013

Population

248,645,008 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 27% (male 34,224,282/female 33,022,222)
15-24 years: 17.1% (male 21,696,545/female 20,939,720)
25-54 years: 42.2% (male 53,007,277/female 51,909,233)
55-64 years: 7.2% (male 8,490,220/female 9,536,097)
65 years and over: 6.4% (male 6,926,153/female 8,893,259) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 28.5 years
male: 28 years
female: 29.1 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

1.03% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

17.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

6.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 44% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

JAKARTA (capital) 9.121 million; Surabaya 2.509 million; Bandung 2.412 million; Medan 2.131 million; Semarang 1.296 million (2009)

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: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 71.62 years
male: 69.07 years
female: 74.29 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.23 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

310,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

8,300 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 67% of population
rural: 36% of population
total: 52% of population
unimproved:
urban: 33% of population
rural: 64% of population
total: 48% of population

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, dengue fever, and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

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

Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 94%
female: 86.8% (2004 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2009)

Education expenditures

2.8% of GDP (2008)

Maternal mortality rate

220 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

19.6% (2007)

Health expenditures

5.5% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.288 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Hospital bed density

0.6 beds/1,000 population (2002)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

2.4% (2001)