Indonesia
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Indonesia,[lower-alpha 1] officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia),[lower-alpha 2] is an island nation in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 square miles). With over 278 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.
Republic of Indonesia | |
|---|---|
| Motto: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Old Javanese) "Unity in Diversity" | |
| Anthem: Indonesia Raya "Great Indonesia" | |
| National ideology: Pancasila (lit. 'Five principles') | |
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| Capital and largest city | Jakarta 6°10′S 106°49′E |
| Official language | Indonesian |
| Regional languages | Over 700 languages[1] |
| Ethnic groups | Over 1,300 ethnic groups[2] |
| Religion (2018)[3] |
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| Demonym(s) | Indonesian |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
| Joko Widodo | |
| Ma'ruf Amin | |
| Puan Maharani | |
| Muhammad Syarifuddin | |
| Legislature | People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) |
| Regional Representative Council (DPD) | |
| People's Representative Council (DPR) | |
| Independence from the Netherlands | |
| 17 August 1945 | |
| 27 December 1949 | |
| Area | |
• Land | 1,904,569[4] km2 (735,358 sq mi) (14th) |
| 4.85 | |
| Population | |
• Q2 2023 estimate |  278,696,200[5] (4th) |
• 2020 census | 270,203,917[6] |
• Density | 143/km2 (370.4/sq mi) (90th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  US$4.398 trillion[7] (7th) |
• Per capita | US$15,855[7] (98th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | US$1.392 trillion[7] (16th) |
• Per capita | US$5,016[7] (112th) |
| Gini (2022) |  37.9[8]medium |
| HDI (2021) |  0.705[9]high · 114th |
| Currency | Indonesian rupiah (Rp) (IDR) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 to +9 (various) |
| Date format | DD/MM/YYYY |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +62 |
| ISO 3166 code | ID |
| Internet TLD | .id |
Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India. Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity.
The Indonesian archipelago has been a valuable region for trade since at least the seventh century when Srivijaya and later Majapahit traded with entities from mainland China and the Indian subcontinent. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign influences from the early centuries, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Muslim traders later brought Islam, and European powers fought one another to monopolise trade in the Spice Islands of Maluku during the Age of Discovery. Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism, Indonesia secured its independence after World War II. Indonesia's history has since been turbulent, with challenges posed by natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratisation process, and periods of rapid economic change.
Indonesia consists of thousands of distinct native ethnic and hundreds of linguistic groups, with Javanese being the largest. A shared identity has developed with the motto "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" ("Unity in Diversity" literally, "many, yet one"), defined by a national language, cultural diversity, religious pluralism within a Muslim-majority population, and a history of colonialism and rebellion against it. The economy of Indonesia is the world's 16th-largest by nominal GDP and the 7th-largest by PPP. It is the world's third-largest democracy, a regional power and is considered a middle power in global affairs. The country is a member of several multilateral organisations, including the United Nations, World Trade Organization, G20, and a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, East Asia Summit, D-8 and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.