Indonesia 
Facts
Population:
228,437,870 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
30.26% (male 35,144,702; female 33,973,879)
15-64 years:
65.11% (male 74,273,519; female 74,458,291)
65 years and over:
4.63% (male 4,641,816; female 5,945,663) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.6% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
22.26 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
40.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.27 years
male:
65.9 years
female:
70.75 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.05% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
52,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
3,100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Indonesian(s)
adjective:
Indonesian
Ethnic groups:
Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26%
Religions:
Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998)
Languages:
Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
83.8%
male:
89.6%
female:
78% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $654 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
21%
industry:
35%
services:
44% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
20% (1998)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
3.6%
highest 10%:
30.3% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
99 million (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
15%-20% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$26 billion
expenditures:
$30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
petroleum and natural gas; textiles, apparel, and footwear; mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood; rubber; food; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
7.5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
78.674 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
80.36%
hydro:
14.63%
nuclear:
0%
other:
5.01% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
73.167 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs
Exports:
$64.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
oil and gas, plywood, textiles, rubber
Exports - partners:
Japan 21%, US 14%, Singapore 10%, South Korea 7%, Netherlands 3%, Australia 3%, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan (1999 est.)
Imports:
$40.4 billion (c.i.f., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment; chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Japan 12%, US 12%, Singapore 10%, Germany 6%, Australia 6%, South Korea 6%, Taiwan, China (1999 est.)
Debt - external:
$144 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$43 billion from IMF program and other official external financing (1997-2000)
Currency:
Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
Currency code:
IDR
Exchange rates:
Indonesian rupiahs per US dollar - 10,000 (January 2001), 8,421.8 (2000), 7,855.2 (1999), 10,013.6 (1998), 2,909.4 (1997), 2,342.3 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year; note - previously was 1 April - 31 March, but starting with 2001, has been changed to calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Adil
(Independent tabloid), Jakarta
Aksi
(Sensationalist tabloid), Jakarta
Analisa
(Business-oriented), Medan
Berita Harian
(Pro-government), Jakarta
(Business-oriented, independent), Jakarta
http://www.bisnis.com/
(Weekly magazine), Jakarta
http://www.gatra.com/
Indonesia Times
(Independent), Jakarta
Indonesia in the News
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The arrest of Muslim leaders known for their hard-line political stance has contributed to fears of reprisals among Muslims. The Jakarta Post's Soeryo Winoto talked to Hasyim Muzadi, the leader of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama.
'If mishandled, Indonesia's crackdown on Islamists and consequent polarization could inadvertently help rather than hinder the formation of a Jemaah Islamiyah—an Islamic community in Indonesia,' writes The Jakarta Post.
Joseph Kirshcke reports on the challenges facing the world's newest country.
One of the most public debates about press freedom in Indonesia since mass rioting brought Suharto’s rigid, 32-year presidency to its knees in 1998 is coming to an unceremonious close at the end of a secluded, nondescript street in south Jakarta behind a padlocked gate.
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