Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Jakarta
- Region
- Asia, South-Eastern Asia
- Population
- 285,721,236 (2025)
- Area
- 1,919,440 km²
- Currency
- Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
- Languages
- Indonesian, English, Dutch, Javanese
- Calling code
- +62
- Internet domain
- .id
- ISO codes
- ID, IDN, 360
- Time zone
- UTC+7:00 to UTC+9:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Indonesia covers about 1,919,440 square kilometres. By area it ranks 16th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Saudi Arabia and a little larger than Sudan. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste. Its centre lies at about 5° south, 120° east, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 286 million people live in Indonesia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 4th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 3.5 percent of the world's people. On average there are 149 people to each square kilometre. About 59 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 71 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Indonesian, English, Dutch, Javanese. A person from Indonesia is called Indonesian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Indonesian rupiah (code IDR, symbol Rp). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 1.45 trillion (2025), which is about US$ 5,060 for each person (2025).
Time
Indonesia spans 4 time zone areas, from UTC+7:00 to UTC+9:00. Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Jakarta | 8,540,121 |
| Surabaya | 3,018,022 |
| Bekasi | 2,648,272 |
| Bandung | 2,528,163 |
| Medan | 2,486,283 |
| Depok | 2,163,635 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South-Eastern Asia
Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.