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Indonesia

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Capital: Jakarta

Population

Total Population (million): 225.00
Annual growth rate: 1.20%
Density: 118 inhab./km²
Urban population: 48.00%
Population of The principal urban areas are Jakarta and its suburbs, Surabaya and Bandung.: Jakarta (8 222 515

 ); Surabaya (2 410 417); Bandung (2 025 159); Medan (1 601 606); Palembang (1 085 475); Semarang (1 003 575)

Ethnic Origins: In Indonesia there are more than 300 ethnic groups, the main ones being the Javanese, the Sundanese, the Madurese, the Minangkabau, the Betawi, the Bugis, the Papuans. Amongst the minorities of non-Indonesian origin are the Chinese, Indians and Arabs.
Official Language: Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia)
Other languages spoken: There are more than 660 languages. The most important ones are Javanese (70 million), Sundanese (20 million), Madurese (9 million) and Malay (15 million). English is also spoken.
Business language: English
Religion: Muslims 87%, Protestants 6%, Catholics 3%, Hindus 2%, Others 2%.
Literacy rate: 90.38%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Jakarta
It is %T:%M %A in Denpasar
It is %T:%M %A in Jayapura

Exchange rate on :


Country overview

Area: 1,904,570 km²
Type of State: Unitary Republic  made up of 440 administrative districts, based on parliamentary democracy with a Presidential form of government.
Type of economy: Lower-middle-income economy, Emerging Financial Market
Leading economy in South East Asia.
HID*: 0.728
HDI (world rank): 107/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


Weather in Jakarta
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26°

Low: 25°  |  High: 32°

Humidity: 89%  |  Wind: 26 km/h
Sunrise: 5:26 am  |  Sunset: 5:47 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Indonesia, dial 00 or 008
To call in Indonesia, dial 62
Internet suffix: .id
Computers: 2.0 per 100 inhabitants
Telephone lines: 7.7 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users: 5.6 per 100 inhabitants
Access to electricity: 54% of the population

Indicator of economic freedom

Score:
53.9/100
Position:
Moderatly unFree
World Rank:
119 out of 157
Regional Rank:
22 out of 30

Distribution of Economic freedom in the world
Source: 2008 Index of Economic freedom, Heritage Foundation

 

Country risk

See the country risk analysis from provided by Ducroire.

 

Indicator of political freedom

Political freedom:
2/7
Civil liberties:
3/7
Ranking:
Free

Map of freedom 2007
Source: Freedom House

 

Indicator of freedom of the press

World Rank:
100/169
Evolution:
3 places up compared to 2006

Source: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, Reporters Without Borders

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