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Indonesian people

Indonesians
Orang Indonesia
Total population
 Indonesia
c. 260 million
2016 estimate
c. 255 million
2015 estimate
c. 237 million
Indonesia 2010 census
Regions with significant populations
 Malaysia est 2,500,000
 Netherlands est 1,800,000
 Saudi Arabia est 1,500,000
 Singapore est 200,000
 Taiwan 161,000
 Hong Kong 102,100
 United States 101,270
 United Arab Emirates 100,000
 Suriname 90,000
 Australia 86,196
 South Korea 50,000
 Philippines 43,871
 Qatar 39,000
 Japan 30,567
 Canada 14,300
 United Kingdom 9,624 (2011)
 New Caledonia 7,000
 Macau 6,269
Languages
Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Batak, Minangkabau, Buginese and other Indonesia languages.
Religion
Islam (majority) · Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism· Hinduism · Buddhism · Animism · Shamanism
Related ethnic groups
Native Indonesians, Austronesians, Polynesians, Papuans, Negritos, Melanesians, Mongoloids

Indonesians are people from Indonesia, regardless of their race. There are about 300 ethnicities in Indonesia, a multicultural archipelagic country with a diversity of languages, culture, and religious beliefs. The population of Indonesia according to the 2010 national census was 237.64 million, and it was estimated to reach 255.4 million in 2015. 51% live on the island of Java, the world's most populous island. Around 95% of Indonesians are Pribumi (Native Indonesians), with Javanese forming the majority, while the other 5% are Indonesians with ancestry from foreign origin, such as Chinese Indonesians.

As of 2014, Indonesians make up 3.46% of world total population, and Indonesia is the fourth most populous country after China, India and United States.

Despite a fairly effective family planning program that has been in place since the 1967, for the decade ending in 2010, Indonesia's population growth was 1.49 percent. At that rate, Indonesia's population is projected to surpass the present population of the United States and would - if the current US population did not rise - become the world's third biggest after China and India by 2043. The family planning already revitalised based on the 1967 program to avoid Indonesia becoming the world's third most populous country.

With a population of 150 million, Java is home to 51 percent of the Indonesian population, and is the most populous island on Earth. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is located on western Java. Much of Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the centre of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies. Java was also the centre of the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s. Java dominates Indonesia politically, economically and culturally.

Other major island of Indonesia are Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua that took other 49 percent of Indonesian population. There are also other small populated island(s) such as Bali, Bangka, Madura, Nias, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands, Riau Islands and others.


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