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Indonesia’s country conventional long form name is Republic of Indonesia. Locally, it is called Republik Indonesia or Indonesia for short. Formerly, its name was Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies.

Indonesia’s national symbol is garuda (mythical bird), while its national colors are red and white. Its national anthem is “Indonesia Raya” or Great Indonesia in English. Its capital is Jakarta, with geographic coordinates of 6 10 S, 106 49 E.

Sources: The World Factbook, UNDP, World Bank Open Data

Unemployment rate: 5.4% in 2017

Population below poverty line: 10.9% in 2016

Household income or consumption by percentage share: 3.4% for the lowest 10% and 28.2% for the highest 10% in 2010

Economics

Political parties and leaders: Democrat Party or PD [Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO], Functional Groups Party or GOLKAR [Airlangga HARTARTO], Great Indonesia Movement Party or GERINDRA [PRABOWO Subianto Djojohadikusumo], and others.

International organizations: ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, CD, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-11, G-15, G-20, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IORA, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, MSG (associate member), NAM, OECD (enhanced engagement), OIC, OPCW, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, and WTO

Politics

President: Joko Widodo

Vice President: Jusuf Kalla

Female representation in parliament: –

Government type: Unitary presidential constitutional republic

Administrative districts: –

Independence: 17 August 1945 (declared independence from the Netherlands)

National holidays: Independence Day, 17 August (1945)

Military expenditure: 0.88% of GDP in 2015

Military branches: Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL), includes marines (Korps Marinir, KorMar), naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan Udara Nasional (Kohanudnas) in 2013

Government

Nationality: Indonesian

Population: 260,580,739 in July 2017

Ethnic groups: Javanese 40.1%, Sundanese 15.5%, Malay 3.7%, Batak 3.6%, Madurese 3%, Betawi 2.9%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Buginese 2.7%, Bantenese 2%, Banjarese 1.7%, Balinese 1.7%, Acehnese 1.4%, Dayak 1.4%, Sasak 1.3%, Chinese 1.2%, other 15% in 2010

Religions: Muslim 87.2%, Protestant 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% in 2010

Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.02% (male 33,205,805/female 31,994,844) 15-24 years: 16.99% (male 22,537,842/female 21,738,210) 25-54 years: 42.4% (male 56,493,414/female 53,980,979) 55-64 years: 8.58% (male 10,192,430/female 12,177,931) 65 years and over: 7.01% (male 7,954,795/female 10,304,489) in 2017

Dependency ratio: total dependency ratio: 49.2 youth dependency ratio: 41.6 elderly dependency ratio: 7.6 potential support ratio: 13.2 in 2015

Population growth rate: 0.86% in 2017

Birth rate: 16.2 births/1,000 population in 2017

Death rate: 6.5 deaths/1,000 population in 2017

Urban population: 55.2% of total population in 2017

Rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change in 2015-20

Demographics

Education expenditures: 3.3% of GDP in 2014

Literacy rate (age 15 and over can read and write): 95.4% of total population

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): 13 years total in 2014

Unemployment: 22.6 % in total in 2015

Female labour force participation rate: –

Education

Natural resources: petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, and silver

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, automotive, electrical appliances, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, medical instruments and appliances, handicrafts, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, processed food, jewelry, and tourism

Industrial production growth rate: 3.8% in 2017

Labor force: 126.1 million in 2016

Labor force by occupation: agriculture (32%), industry (21%), and services (47%) in 2016

Exports: $157.8 billion in 2017

Commodities: mineral fuels, animal or vegetable fats (includes palm oil), electrical machinery, rubber, machinery and mechanical appliance parts

Imports: $142.3 billion in 2017

Commodities: mineral fuels, boilers, machinery, and mechanical parts, electric machinery, iron and steel, and foodstuffs

Natural Resources

World Press Freedom Index: –

Total subscriptions of fixed lines: 10,372,912and the subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was 4 in July 2016

Total subscriptions of mobile cellular: 385,573,398 and the subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was 149 in July 2016

International country code: 62 (international service is available)

Broadcast media: mixture of about a dozen national TV networks – 2 public broadcasters, the remainder private broadcasters – each with multiple transmitters; more than 100 local TV stations; widespread use of satellite and cable TV systems; public radio broadcaster operates 6 national networks, as well as regional and local stations; overall, more than 700 radio stations with more than 650 privately operated in 2008

Internet country code: .id

Internet users: 65,525,226 in total that is 25.4% of population in July 2016

Culture

Flora and Fauna

Area: 1,904,569 sq km in total with 1,811,569 sq km of land and 93,000 sq km of water

Land boundaries: 2,958 km in total

Border country: Malaysia 1,881 km, Papua New Guinea 824 km, Timor-Leste 253 km

Climate: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Land use: 31.2% for agricultural land (13% arable land; 12.1% permanent crops; and 6.1% permanent pasture); 51.7% for forest; and 17.1% for other in 2011

Irrigated land: 67,220 sq km in 2012

Borderline

Maternal mortality ratio: 126 deaths/100,000 live births in 2015

Infant mortality rate: 22.7 deaths/1,000 live births in total in 2017

Life expectancy at birth: 73 years in total population in 2017

Total fertility rate: 2.11 children born/woman in 2017

Contraceptive prevalence: 61.1% in 2015

Health expenditures: 2.8% of GDP in 2014.

Physicians density: 0.2 physicians/1,000 population in 2012

Hospital bed density: 1.2 beds/1,000 population in 2015