Indonesia Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Indonesia with its capital Jakarta is located in Asia (Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean). It covers some 1,919,441 square kilometres (slightly less than three times the size of Texas) with 237,512,000 citizens. Indonesian, English, Dutch and Javanese are the official languages spoken in Indonesia (consider regional differences). Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia are bordering countries.

Indonesia straddles the Equator between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia is home to no less than 167 active volcanoes, far more than any other country. Some of the more accessible for visitors are in the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park and the Ijen Crater in East Java, Mount Rinjani in Lombok and perhaps easiest of all, Mount Batur in Bali.

Pictures from Capital (Jakarta)

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About Indonesia

The topography features mostly coastal lowlands with larger islands have interior mountains. The average density of population is about 123 per km². The climate in Indonesia can be described as tropical with hot, humid, more moderate in highlands. Potential natural disasters are occasional floods or severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes or forest fires.

To reach someone in Indonesia dial +62 prior to a number. There are 33,958,000 installed telephones. And there are 159,248,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".id". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 127/230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 33 regions/states in Indonesia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Indonesian population grew at a rate of 1.1% (or by 2,665,363 citizens). With 1,518,552 deaths and 4,482,766 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.22%. -298,851 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Indonesia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.