Pribumi

Pribumi
"Sons of the soil"

A Native Indonesian Balinese girl wearing kebaya during a traditional ceremony.
Total population
(230 million (2006 estimation))
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia 255,461,700
Indonesia	est 200 million
Malaysia	1,085,658
Saudi Arabia	850,000
Netherlands	500.000
Hong Kong	102,100
United States	101,270
Australia	86,196
United Arab Emirates	75,000
Philippines	10,000
Languages
Indonesian languages (Javanese, Sundanese, Malay, etc)
Religion
Islam (Predominantly Sunnis, Shias and others), Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism), Hindu Dharma, Buddhism, Animism, Shamanism, Sunda Wiwitan, Kaharingan, Parmalim, Kejawen, Naurus, Aluk' To Dolo
Related ethnic groups
Austronesians, Polynesians, Papuans, Negritos, Melanesians, Mongoloids, Indonesians
a The figure in Malaysia merely assert those who holds an Indonesian citizenship, the figure doesn't include Malaysian who have some Indonesian ancestry which potentially double or triple of figure, due to the constant migration since millennia ago.

Native Indonesians, or Pribumi (literally "sons of the land"), are members of the population group in Indonesia that shares a similar sociocultural and ethnic heritage whose members are considered natives of the country. The term native Indonesians should not be confused with the more generic term Indonesians or Indonesian citizens. The latter might apply to a larger demographic group which include ethnicities of foreign origin, such as Chinese Indonesians.

Translated from inlander in Dutch, the term was first coined by the Dutch colonial administration to lump diverse groups of local inhabitants of Indonesia's archipelago, mostly for social discrimination purposes. During the colonial period, the Dutch instilled a regime of three-level racial separation; the first class race being Europeans; the second class race being those of partial European ancestry as well as "Foreign Orientals" (Vreemde Oosterlingen) which includes Chinese, Arabs, and Indians; and the third class race being the natives (Inlanders), including Javanese, Malays, Dayaks, Papuans and Moluccans. The colonial system was similar to the caste system in Hispanic America, or the South African apartheid system, which prohibited inter-racial neighborhoods (wet van wijkenstelsel) and inter-racial interactions were limited by passenstelsel laws.