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:  242,968,342 (July 2010 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.7% (male 34,276,146/female 33,094,836)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 80,806,409/female 80,065,855)
65 years and over: 6.1% (male 6,504,559/female 8,220,537) (2010 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.097% (2010 est.)
Birth rate: 18.45 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Death rate:  6.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 28.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population: 71.05 years
country comparison to the world: 137
male: 68.53 years
female: 73.69 years (2010 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.28 children born/woman (2010 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

270,000 (2007 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  8,700 (2007 est.)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 94%
female: 86.8% (2004 est.)
Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $969.2 billion (2009 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $521 billion (2009 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4.5% (2009 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $4,000 (2009 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 15.3%
industry: 47.6%
services: 37.1% (2009 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture: 42.1%
industry: 18.6%
services: 39.3% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line: 17.8% (2006)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.8% (2009 est.)
Investment (gross fixed): 31.1% of GDP (2009 est.)
Agriculture - products: Rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs
Industries: Petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 3.5% (2009 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
 
 

 

 

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