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Last reviewed: 30-09-2009

Indonesia
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BASIC FACTS
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Capital
Jakarta

Language
Bahasa Indonesia is the official language. There are hundreds of regional languages, among them Javanese. English is widely used for business purposes.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Area size
1811570 sq. km

Area comparison
Slightly smaller than Mexico

Population
2009 230.0 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 231.4 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 228.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 226.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 223.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 220.4 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 217.5 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 214.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 211.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
288.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)


PEOPLE

Language
Bahasa Indonesia is the official language. There are hundreds of regional languages, among them Javanese. English is widely used for business purposes.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2009 230.0 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 231.4 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 228.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 226.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 223.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 220.4 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 217.5 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 214.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 211.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
288.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
The main ethnic groups include Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese and Papuan. There are also Chinese and Indian minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Islam is the main religion, accounting for 86 percent of the population. Nearly 10 percent are Christian, while Buddhist and Hindu minorities make up most of the rest.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 50.4 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 49.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 48.1 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 47.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 45.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 44.5 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 43.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 42.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1945
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
93 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
2005 28.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 28.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 29.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 29.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 30.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 30.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
GMT +7 West (including Jakarta), GMT +8 Central and GMT +9 East

Climate description
Many local differences in climate within Indonesia, due mainly to two main seasonal wind systems. The east monsoon, from June to September, brings dry weather, while the west monsoon, December to March, brings rain. Stable high temperatures throughout the year with high and often oppressive humidity.

Currency
Rupiah

Telephone dialling code
(+) 62

Driving (left/right)
Left


STANDARD OF LIVING

Average life expectancy
2005 69.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 67.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 66.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 66.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 66.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 66.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 67.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 65.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 64.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 64.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 64.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 64.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 71.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 69.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 68.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 68.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 68.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 68.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2007 25 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 26 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 28 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 30 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 31 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 33 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 33 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 35 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2007 31 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 34 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 36 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 38 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 41 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 45 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 72 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 72 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 68 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 64 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 56 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 56 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
2005 420 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 230 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 107 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 108 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 110 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 111 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 112 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 110 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2007 28 percent U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006 28 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005 28 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 28 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 26 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 26 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2000 26 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population
2003-2005 17 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average 6 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 6 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
2006 80 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 77 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 78 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 78 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 52 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 55 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 52 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 55 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 90.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 87.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 87.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 87.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 86.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 94.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 92.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 92.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 92.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 91.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 86.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 83.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 83.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 82.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 82.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2008 134 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 87 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 67 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 62 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 48 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 38 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 37 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 35 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 33 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers
2008 618 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 416 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 288 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 214 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 140 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 87 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 56 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 31 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 18 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Internet users
2008 108 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 108 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 89 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 35 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 26 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 24 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 21 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 20 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 9 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
2008 126 (joint) Transparency International 2008
2007 143 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 130 (joint) Transparency International
2005 137 (joint) Transparency International
2004 133 (joint) Transparency International
2003 122 (joint) Transparency International
2002 96 (joint) Transparency International
2001 88 (joint) Transparency International
2000 85 (joint) Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report


ECONOMY & AID

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2005 7.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 7.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 7.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002 7.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001 7.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2007 1650 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 1420 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 1250 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 1110 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 920 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 810 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 740 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 590 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
2007 432.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 364.6 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 285.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 256.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 234.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 195.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 160.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 165.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth
2006 5.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 5.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 5.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 4.8  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 4.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 3.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 4.9  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2007 11.5 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 14.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 14.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 8.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 5.5 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 5.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 14.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 20.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.6 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
28.5 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008


HEALTH

Physicians
2000-2004 13 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 13 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 16 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 16 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2007 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Risk exists throughout the year in the whole country except in the Jakarta Municipality, big cities and within the area of the tourist resorts of Bali and Java. P.falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported. P.vivax resistant to chloroquine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases
2007 228 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2006 234 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2005 239 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2004 245 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2003 251 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2002 257 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2001 263 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2000 270 per 100,000 people WHO 2009


CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Number of refugees originating here
2008 18852 UNHCR
2007 20230 UNHCR
2006 34728 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 34384 UNHCR
2004 27919 UNHCR
2003 16240 UNHCR
2002 9906 UNHCR
2001 8970 UNHCR
2000 9149 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2008 369 UNHCR
2007 315 UNHCR
2006 301 UNHCR
2005 89 UNHCR
2004 169 UNHCR
2003 233 UNHCR
2002 28596 UNHCR
2001 73551 UNHCR
2000 122618 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
2009 70000 - 120000 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2009
2008 150000-250000 IDMC 2008
2007 100000 - 200000 IDMC 2008
2006 150000 - 250000 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2006
2005 342000 - 600000 IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year
2007 8 Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006 5 Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 8 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 1.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 1.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 1.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2005 0.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004 0.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002 1.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001 1.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000 No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 1.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 1.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 1.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 0.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 0.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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