Indonesia  
   
Geography
Location: South-eastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Area: total: 1,919,440 sq km
land: 1,826,440 sq km
water: 93,000 sq km
Natural Resources: petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver
Population and Health
Population:  253,609,643 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

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: 6.5% (male 9,257,637/female 10,780,724)
65 years and over: 6.4% (male 7,176,865/female 9,308,056) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.95% (2014 est.)
Birth rate: 17.04 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Death rate:  6.34 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 25.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 72.17 years
male: 69.59 years
female: 74.88 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.18 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method): 61% (2007-2012)

Unmet need of contraceptive:

 11.4% (2012)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

 605,500 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  26,800 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.8%
male: 95.6%
female: 90.1% (2011 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $1.285 trillion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $867.5 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  5.3% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $5,200 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 15.3%
industry: 47.6%
services: 37.1% (2009 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 14.3%
industry: 46.6%
services: 39.1% (2013 est.)

Population below poverty line: 11.7% (2012 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.7% (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: rubber and similar products, palm oil, poultry, beef, forest products, shrimp, cocoa, coffee, medicinal herbs, essential oil, fish and its similar products, and spices
Industries: Petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 4.3% (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities: oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber
Currency (code): Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
Others
Nationality: noun: Indonesian(s)
adjective: Indonesian

Religions: 

 Muslim : 87 %
Protestant : 6 %
Roman Catholic : 3 %
Hindu : 2 %
Buddhist : 1 %
Others : 1 % (2005)

Languages: 

 Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Indonesia
conventional short form: Indonesia
former: Netherlands East Indies; Dutch East Indies
Government type:  republic
Capital: name: Jakarta
geographic coordinates: 6 10 S, 106 48 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
note: Indonesia is divided into three time zones
Administrative divisions: 30 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Irian Jaya Barat, Jakarta Raya**, Jambi, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Kepulauan Riau, Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua, Riau, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*
note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, the 440 districts or regencies have become the key administrative units responsible for providing most government services
Independence:  17 August 1945 (independence declared); 27 December 1949 (recognized by the Netherlands)
Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts and by new criminal procedures and election codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014