Indonesia 2015 | Overview | Economy & Demographics
DEMOGRAPHICS
- Total population: 253.6 million
- Urban population: 53% of total population (2014)
- Rate of urbanization: 2.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
- Jakarta is only slightly bigger than Singapore but has double the population.
- The population is expected to reach one billion people in the year 2100.
Source: GroupM
Centres of population
- JAKARTA (capital) 10.176 million
- Surabaya 2.834 million
- Bandung 2.513 million
- Medan 2.182 million
- Semarang 1.614 million
- Palembang 1.454 million (2014)
Population by age:
- 0-14 years: 26.2% (male 33,854,520/female 32,648,568)
- 15-24 years: 17.1% (male 22,067,716/female 21,291,548)
- 25-54 years: 42.3% (male 54,500,650/female 52,723,359)
- 55-64 years: 7.9% (male 9,257,637/female 10,780,724)
- 65 years and over: 6.5% (male 7,176,865/female 9,308,056) (2014 est.)
Median age
- Indonesia 29.2
- China 36.7
- India 27
- Malaysia 27.7
- US 37.6
- UK 40.4
- Japan 46.1
Literacy rate (% of population over 15 years who can read and write)
- Indonesia 92.8
- China 95.1
- Malaysia 93.1
Land area
- 1,904,569 sq km or approximately 735,000 square miles – about the same as the UK, France, Germany, and Spain combined – or slightly smaller than the US.
ECONOMY
GDP
- $856.1 billion (2014 est.) about the same as the Netherlands
- GDP growth rate - 5.2% (2014 est)
- GDP per capita - $10,200 (2014 est.)
Foreign Direct Investment inflows (US$b)
- Indonesia 18.4
- China 258.2
- India 28.2
- Korea 12.2
(Source: OECD, 2013)
Ease of doing business
- Indonesia ranks 114th out of 189 countries, with 1 being the most business-friendly
Internet users per 100 people
- Indonesia 15.8
- United States 84.2
- Malaysia 67.0
- Brazil 51.6
- China 45.8
- India 15.1
(Source: World Bank, 2013-14)
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- Indonesia 125
- UK 125
- Japan 118
- South Korea 111
- US 96
- China 89
- India 71
Source: World Bank
Smartphone users as a % of mobile users
- Indonesia 21.3% in 2014
(Source: Statista)
Sources: World Bank, CIA Factbook, OECD, Statista