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{{short description|Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania}}
{{Infobox Country or territory
{{about|the country}}
|native_name = ''Republik Indonesia''
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|conventional_long_name = Republic of Indonesia
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|common_name = Indonesia
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
|image_flag = Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg
{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}
|image_coat = Coat_of_Indonesia_transparent.png
{{Infobox country
|symbol_type = Coat of arms
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Indonesia
|image_map = LocationIndonesia.png
| common_name = Indonesia
|national_motto = ''"]"''{{spaces|2}}<small>(])<br/>"Unity in Diversity"</small><br/>]: ]
| native_name = {{native name|id|Republik Indonesia}}
|national_anthem = '']''
| image_flag = Flag of Indonesia.svg
|official_languages = ]
|capital = ] | image_coat = National emblem of Indonesia Garuda Pancasila.svg
| symbol_type = Emblem
|latd=6 |latm=08 |latNS=S |longd=106 |longm=45 |longEW=E
| national_motto = <br/>{{native phrase|kaw|]|paren=omit}} (])<br/>"Unity in Diversity"
|largest_city = capital
| other_symbol = {{lang|id|]}} (])<br />"The Five Principles"
|government_type = ] ]
| other_symbol_type = National ideology:
|leader_title1 = ]
| national_anthem = {{lang|id|]}}<br />"Indonesia the Great"<br /><div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">]</div>
|leader_title2 = ]
| image_map = {{Switcher|]|Show globe|]|Show map of ASEAN|default=1}}
|leader_name1 = ]
|leader_name2 = ] | capital = ]
| coordinates = {{Coord|6|10|S|106|49|E|type:city_region:ID}}
|area_rank = 16th
|area_magnitude = 1_E10 | largest_city = capital
| official_languages = ]<!--Note: Not just the official language, but also the national language (bahasa pemersatu)-->
|area = 1,904,569
|areami² = 735,355 <!--Do not remove per ]--> | demonym = ]
| regional_languages = ]{{efn|Excludes dialects and subdialects.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/|website= Kemdikbud.com|title= Bahasa dan Peta Bahasa|publisher= Kemdikbud|access-date= 18 August 2024}}</ref>
|percent_water = 4.85
| ethnic_groups = ]<!--Waiting for the long form of the 2020 census-->
|population_estimate = 222,781,000
| religion_year = 2023
|population_estimate_year = 2005
| religion = {{tree list}}
|population_estimate_rank = 4th
*87.1% ]
|population_census = 206,264,595
*10.5% ]
|population_census_year = 2000
**7.4% ]
|population_density = 117
**3.1% ]
|population_densitymi² = 303 <!--Do not remove per ]-->
*1.7% ]
|population_density_rank = 84th
*0.7% ]
|GDP_PPP_year = 2005
*0.08% ], ], and ]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://e-database.kemendagri.go.id/dataset/1203/tabel-data?page=23|title=Religion in Indonesia|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621091542/https://e-database.kemendagri.go.id/dataset/1203/tabel-data?page=23|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|According 2023 data.}}
|GDP_PPP = US$977.4 billion
{{tree list/end}}
|GDP_PPP_rank = 15th
| government_type = Unitary ]
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = US$4,458<ref name="IMF">{{cite press release |publisher=] |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2006/01/data/dbcoutm.cfm?SD=2005&ED=2005&R1=1&R2=1&CS=3&SS=2&OS=C&DD=0&OUT=1&C=536&S=PPPWGT-PPPPC&RequestTimeout=120&CMP=0&x=45&y=5 Estimate |accessdate=2006-10-05 |title=World Economic Outlook Database |date=April 2006}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = ]
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 110th
|HDI_year = 2004 | leader_name1 = ]
| leader_title2 = {{nowrap|]}}
|HDI = {{increase}} 0.711
|HDI_rank = 108th | leader_name2 = ]
| leader_title3 = ]
|HDI_category = <font color="#ffcc00">medium</font>
|Gini = 34.3 | leader_name3 = ]
| leader_title4 = ]
|Gini_year = 2002
|Gini_category = <font color="#ffcc00">medium</font> | leader_name4 = ]
| leader_title5 = ]
|sovereignty_type = ]
|sovereignty_note = from the ] | leader_name5 = ]
| legislature = ] (MPR)
|established_event1 = Declared
| upper_house = ] (DPD)
|established_event2 = Recognized
| lower_house = ] (DPR)
|established_date1 = ] ]
| sovereignty_type = ]
|established_date2 = ] ]
| sovereignty_note = from the ]<!-- Based on consensus, please discuss on the Talk Page before changing Netherlands to Japan, or adding both -->
|currency = ]
| established_event1 = ]
|currency_code = IDR
| established_date1 = 17 August 1945
|time_zone = various
| established_event2 = ]
|utc_offset = +7 to +9
| established_date2 = 27 December 1949
|time_zone_DST = not observed
| area_km2 = 1,904,569<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table03.pdf|title=UN Statistics|publisher=United Nations|date=2005|access-date=2007-10-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031023924/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table03.pdf|archive-date=2007-10-31}}</ref>
|utc_offset_DST =
|cctld = ] | area_label = Total
|calling_code = 62 | area_rank = 14th
|footnotes = | area_sq_mi = 735,358 <!--Do not remove per ]-->
| percent_water =
| area_label2 = ]
| area_data2 = 4.85
| population_estimate = {{increaseNeutral}} 282,477,584<ref>{{citation|url=https://dispendukcapil.acehtimurkab.go.id/berita/kategori/berita-nasional/rilis-data-kependudukan-semester-i-tahun-2024-potret-demografi-dan-implikasinya-bagi-pembangunan-nasional|title=Indonesian Population June 2024|work=]|language=id|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
| population_census = 270,203,917<ref name="2020census" />
| population_estimate_year = Q2 2024
| population_estimate_rank = 4th
| population_census_year = 2020
| population_density_km2 = 143
| population_density_sq_mi = 371
| population_density_rank = 88th
| GDP_PPP = {{increase}} $4.658&nbsp;trillion<ref name="IMFWEO.ID">{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2024/October/weo-report?c=536,&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2022&ey=2029&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1|title=World Economic Outlook Database, October 2024 Edition. (Indonesia)|publisher=]|website=www.imf.org|date=22 October 2024|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year = 2024
| GDP_PPP_rank = 8th
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = {{increase}} $16,542<ref name="IMFWEO.ID" />
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 102nd
| GDP_nominal = {{increase}} $1.402&nbsp;trillion<ref name="IMFWEO.ID" />
| GDP_nominal_year = 2024
| GDP_nominal_rank = 16th
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = {{increase}} $4,980<ref name="IMFWEO.ID" />
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 118th
| Gini = 37.9
| Gini_year = 2024
| Gini_change = decrease <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Gini ratio Maret 2024 tercatat sebesar 0,379|url=https://www.bps.go.id/id/pressrelease/2024/07/01/2371/gini-ratio-maret-2024-tercatat-sebesar-0-379-.html|access-date=2024-07-15|website=bps.go.id}}</ref>
| Gini_rank =
| HDI = 0.713
| HDI_year = 2022
| HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| HDI_ref = <ref name="UNHDR">{{cite web|url=https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2023-24reporten.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2023/24|language=en|publisher=]|date=2024-03-13|page=289|access-date=2024-03-13|archive-date=2024-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313164319/https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2023-24reporten.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 112th
| currency = ] (Rp)
| currency_code = IDR
| time_zone = ]
| utc_offset = +7 to +9
| date_format = DD/MM/YYYY
| drives_on = left <!--Note that this refers to the side of the road used, not the seating of the driver-->
| calling_code = ]
| cctld = ]
}} }}
'''Indonesia''',{{efn|{{IPAc-en|UK|ˌ|ɪ|n|d|ə|ˈ|n|iː|z|i|ə|,_|-|ʒ|ə}} {{Respell|IN|də|NEE|zee|ə|,_|-|zhə}} {{IPAc-en|US|audio=En-us-Indonesia.ogg|ˌ|ɪ|n|d|ə|ˈ|n|iː|ʒ|ə|,_|-|ʃ|ə}} {{Respell|IN|də|NEE|zhə|,_|-|shə}};<ref>{{Cite web|title=INDONESIA {{!}} Meaning & Definition for UK English {{!}} Lexico.com|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/indonesia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228122651/https://www.lexico.com/definition/indonesia|archive-date=2020-02-28|access-date=2022-05-07|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|Indonesia|access-date=2022-05-07}}</ref> {{IPA|id|ɪndoˈnesia}}}} officially the '''Republic of Indonesia''',{{efn|name=fn1|{{lang|id|Republik Indonesia}} ({{IPA|id|reˈpublik ɪndoˈnesia||audio=Id-Indonesia.ogg}}) is the most-used official name, though the name ] ({{lang|id|Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia}}, NKRI) also appears in some official documents.}} is a country in ] and ], between the ] and ] oceans. It consists of over ], including ], ], ], and parts of ] and ]. Indonesia is the world's largest ] and the ], at {{convert|1904569|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}}. With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's ] and the most populous ]. Java, the world's ], is home to more than half of the country's population.
'''Indonesia''', officially the '''Republic of Indonesia''' (]: ''Republik Indonesia''), is a ]<ref name="USCONGRESS">{{cite web| title=Country Profile: Indonesia| publisher=]| date=December 2004| url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Indonesia.pdf | accessdate=2006-12-09}}</ref> in ], and the world's largest ] state. With a population of over 200 million, it is the world's fourth ] country and the most populous ]-majority nation. Indonesia is a ], with an elected parliament and ]. The nation's ] is ]. The country shares land borders with ], ], and ] and by sea Indonesia neighbours ], ] and ].


Indonesia is a ] with an elected ]. It has ], of which nine have ]. The country's largest city, ], is the world's ]. Indonesia shares ] with ], ], and the ], as well as ]s with ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support one of the ].
The Indonesian archipelago, home of the ], has been an important trade destination since at least the time of the ] with whom seventh century ] sailors traded.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Jean Gelman|title=Indonesia |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven and London |pages=pp.22-26 |id=ISBN 0-300-10518-5}}</ref> Indonesia's history has been influenced by numerous foreign powers that were drawn to the archipelago by its wealth of natural resources; these have included ]ns, under whose influence ] and ] kingdoms flourished beginning in the early centuries CE, ] traders who spread ] from the thirteenth century,<ref>Ricklefs (1991), pages 3 to 14.</ref> and ]ans who fought for monopolization of the spice trade during the European ]. A ] existed in Indonesia for over three centuries; however, Indonesian ] was declared in 1945, which received official international recognition four years later. Indonesia's post-independence history has been turbulent with elements of separatism and corruption, periods of rapid economic growth and decline, natural disasters, and a ] process since 1998.


The ] has been a valuable region for ] since at least the seventh century, when Sumatra's ] and later Java's ] kingdoms engaged in ] with entities from ] and the ]. Over the centuries, local rulers assimilated foreign influences, leading to the flourishing of ] and ] kingdoms. ] traders and ] scholars later brought ], and European powers fought one another to monopolise trade in the Spice Islands of ] during the ]. Following three and a half centuries of ], Indonesia secured ] after ]. Indonesia's history has since been turbulent, with challenges posed by natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a ] process, and periods of rapid economic growth.
Indonesia is a ] consisting of numerous distinct ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups spread across its numerous islands that have not always been united. However, a <!-- shared -->history of ] and rebellion against it,<ref>Indonesia's physical boundaries were established by the Dutch who over several centuries took over the many islands establishing a single colony: ]. For most of the colonial period, Dutch rule over these territories was tenuous and it was only in the early twentieth century that Dutch dominance extended to the current boundaries. Dutch troops were engaged constantly in quelling one rebellion or another on and off Java. Local leaders such as ] in ], ] in ] and ] in ], and a bloody ] weakened the Dutch and tied up the colonial military forces (Schwartz 1999, pages 3-4). Despite great internal political, social and sectarian divisions during the ], Indonesia found unity in their fight for independence against the Dutch.</ref> a ], and a ] have helped to define Indonesia as a state and nation.<ref name="RICKLEFS_256">Ricklefs (1991), page 256</ref> Indonesia's national motto, ''"Bhinneka tunggal ika"'' ("Unity in diversity", derived from ]), reflects the amalgamation of a myriad cultures, languages, and ]s that shape every aspect of the country.<ref name="RICKLEFS_256"/> Sectarian tensions and separatism, however, have threatened political stability in some regions, leading to violent confrontations. With its massive population, parts of Indonesia are among the most densely populated in the world,<ref name="JOSHUA"/> yet despite such pressures, it has vast areas of wilderness that support the world's second highest level of ].<ref name="LESTER"/> The country is richly endowed with natural resources, yet poverty and immense inequality of wealth are defining features of contemporary Indonesia.


Indonesia consists of hundreds of ] and ] groups, with ] being the largest. A shared identity has developed with the motto ''"]"'' ("Unity in Diversity" ''literally'', "many, yet one"), defined by a ], cultural diversity, religious pluralism within a Muslim-majority population, and a history of ] and rebellion against it. A ], Indonesia is classified a ], with its ] the world's ] and the ]. It is the world's third-largest democracy, ], and is considered a ] in global affairs. The country is a member of several multilateral organisations, including the ], ], ], ] and a founding member of the ], ], ], ], ], ], and the ].
==Etymology==
The name ''Indonesia'' was derived from the ] ''Indus'', meaning "India", and ] ''nesos'', meaning "island".<ref name="EcoSeas1">{{cite book |last=Tomascik |first=T |coauthors=Mah, J.A., Nontji, A., Moosa, M.K. |title=The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas - Part One |publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd. |date=1996 |location=Hong Kong |id=ISBN 962-593-078-7}}</ref> Dating back to the ], the name far predates the formation of the Indonesian nation.<ref name="indoety">{{id icon}} {{cite news |last=Anshory |first=Irfan |coauthors= |title=Asal Usul Nama Indonesia |publisher=Pikiran Rakyat |date=2004-08-16 |url=http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/cetak/0804/16/0802.htm |accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> In 1850 George Earl, an ] ], proposed either the term "Indunesians" or his preference "Malayunesians" for the inhabitants of "Indian Archipelago or Malayan Archipelago".<ref name="JIAEA_1">{{cite journal |last=Earl |first=George S. W. |title=On The Leading Characteristics of the Papuan, Australian and Malay-Polynesian Nations |journal=Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (JIAEA) |date=1850 |pages=p.119}}</ref> In the same publication a student of Earl's, James Richardson Logan, used "Indonesia" as a synonym for "Indian Archipelago".<ref name="JIAEA_3">On his preference for the name ''Indonesia'', Logan said: ''The name Indian Archipelago is too long to admit of being used in an adjective or in an ethnographical form. Mr Earl suggests the ethnographical term Indu-nesians but rejects it in favour of Melayu-nesians. I prefer the purely geographical term Indonesia, which is merely a shorter synonym of Indian Islands or the Indian Archipelago. We thus get Indonesian for Indian Archipelagian or Archipelagic, and Indonesians for Indian Archipelagians or Indian Islanders.'' ({{cite journal |last=Logan |first=James Richardson |title=The Ethnology of the Indian Archipelago: Embracing Enquiries into the Continental Relations of the Indo-Pacific Islanders |journal=Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (JIAEA) |date=1850 |pages=pp. 4:252-347}}).</ref><ref name="JIAEA_2">{{cite journal |last=Earl |first=George S. W. |title=On The Leading Characteristics of the Papuan, Australian and Malay-Polynesian Nations |journal=Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (JIAEA) |date=1850 |pages=pp. 254, 277&ndash;278}}.</ref>
] academics with important positions in ] publications were, however, reluctant to use "Indonesia".<ref name="kroef1951">{{cite journal |title=The Term Indonesia: Its Origin and Usage |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |author=Jusuf M. van der Kroef |volume=71 |issue=3 |pages=166&ndash;171 |date=1951 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0279%28195107%2F09%2971%3A3%3C166%3ATTIIOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5}}</ref> They used either the term "]" (''Maleische Archipel''), the "Netherlands East Indies" (''Nederlandsch Oost Indïes''), popularly ''Indïe'', "the East" (''de Oost'') or even ''Insulinde,'' a term introduced in 1860 in the influential novel ] (1859), written by ], critical of Dutch colonialism. From 1900, the term Indonesia began to spread in academic circles outside the Netherlands, and Indonesian nationalist groups began to use the term for political expression.<ref name="kroef1951"/> ], from the University of Berlin, then popularized the name of Indonesia through his book ''Indonesien oder die Inseln des Malayichen Archipels, 1884-1894''. The first Indonesian scholar to use the name was ] (Ki Hajar Dewantara) when he established a ] bureau with the name of ''Indonesisch Pers-bureau'' in the ] in 1913.<ref name="indoety"/>


==History== == Etymology ==
{{Main|Names of Indonesia}}
] plant; native to Indonesia's ] and once one of the world's most valuable commodities, which drew European colonial powers to Indonesia.]]
]
{{main|History of Indonesia}}
The name ''Indonesia'' derives from the ] words {{lang|grc-Latn|]}} ({{lang|grc|Ἰνδός}}) and {{lang|grc|]}} ({{lang|grc|νῆσος}}), meaning "Indian islands".<ref name="EcoSeas1">{{cite book|last1=Tomascik|first1=Tomas|last2=Mah|first2=Anmarie Janice|last3=Nontji|first3=Anugerah|last4=Moosa|first4=Mohammad Kasim|title=The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas – Part One|publisher=Periplus Editions|year=1996|location=Hong Kong|isbn=978-962-593-078-7}}</ref> The name dates back to the 19th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850, ], an English ], proposed the terms ''Indunesians''—and, his preference, ''Malayunesians''—for the inhabitants of the "Indian Archipelago or ]".{{sfn|Earl|1850|p=119}}<ref name="indoety">{{cite web|url=http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/cetak/0804/16/0802.htm|title=The origin of Indonesia's name|last=Anshory|first=Irfan|publisher=Pikiran Rakyat|language=id|date=2004-08-16|access-date=2006-12-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215190155/http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/cetak/0804/16/0802.htm|archive-date=2006-12-15}}</ref> In the same publication, one of his students, ], used ''Indonesia'' as a synonym for ''Indian Archipelago''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Logan|first=James Richardson|title=The Ethnology of the Indian Archipelago: Embracing Enquiries into the Continental Relations of the Indo-Pacific Islanders|journal=Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia|year=1850|volume=4|pages=252–347}}</ref>{{sfn|Earl|1850|pp=254, 277–278}} Dutch academics writing in East Indies publications were reluctant to use ''Indonesia''. They preferred ''Malay Archipelago'' ({{langx|nl|Maleische Archipel}}); the '']'' ({{lang|nl|Nederlandsch Oost Indië}}), popularly {{lang|nl|Indië}}; ''the East'' ({{lang|nl|de Oost}}); and {{lang|nl|Insulinde}}.<ref name="Kroef">{{cite journal|title=The Term Indonesia: Its Origin and Usage|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|first=Justus M|last=van der Kroef|volume=71|issue=3|pages=166–171|year=1951|doi=10.2307/595186|jstor=595186|issn=0003-0279}}</ref>
Fossil evidence suggests the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited by '']'',<ref name="homerectus1">{{cite journal |last=Pope |title=Recent advances in far eastern paleoanthropology |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |volume=17 |pages=43-77 |publisher=Annual Review |date=1988 |accessdate= }} cited in {{cite book |last=Whitten |first=T |coauthors=Soeriaatmadja, R. E., Suraya A. A. |title=The Ecology of Java and Bali |publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd |date=1996 |location=Hong Kong |pages=309-312 |id=}}</ref> popularly known as the "]". Estimates of its existence range from 500,000<ref name="homerectus2">{{cite journal |last=Pope |first=G |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Evidence on the Age of the Asian Hominidae |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=80 |issue=16 |pages=4,988-4992 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |date=August 15, 1983 |url=http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/16/4988 |accessdate= }}
cited in {{cite book |last=Whitten |first=T |coauthors=Soeriaatmadja, R. E., Suraya A. A. |title=The Ecology of Java and Bali |publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd |date=1996 |location=Hong Kong |pages=309 |id=}}</ref> to 2 million years ago.<ref name="homerectus3">{{cite journal |last=de Vos |first=J.P. |coauthors=P.Y. Sondaar, |title=Dating hominid sites in Indonesia |journal=Science Magazine |volume=266 |issue=16 |pages=4,988-4992 |publisher=The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |date=9 December 1994 |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/266/5191/1726.pdf |doi=10.1126/science.7992059 |accessdate=}} cited in {{cite book |last=Whitten |first=T |coauthors=Soeriaatmadja, R. E., Suraya A. A. |title=The Ecology of Java and Bali |publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd |date=1996 |location=Hong Kong |pages=309 |id=}}</ref> The ], who form the majority of today's population, migrated to South East Asia from ] and first arrived in Indonesia around 2,000&nbsp;BCE, pushing an existing population of ] to the far eastern regions as they expanded. Ideal agricultural conditions and the mastering of ] ] cultivation as early as the ]&nbsp;BCE, <ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Jean Gelman |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia |publisher=Yale University Press |date= |location=New Haven and London |pages=pp.8-9 |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 0-300-10518-5}}</ref><!--BCE is correct, not CE!--> allowed villages, towns, and eventually small kingdoms to flourish by the ]. The region established trade between both ] and ] several centuries BCE.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Jean Gelman |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia |publisher=Yale University Press |date= |location=New Haven and London |pages=pp.15-18 |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 0-300-10518-5}}</ref> Fostered by Indonesia's strategic sea-lane position, trade became one of the most important influences on the country's history.{{fact}}


After 1900, ''Indonesia'' became more common in academic circles outside the Netherlands, and native nationalist groups adopted it for political expression.<ref name="Kroef" /> ] of the University of Berlin popularized the name through his book {{lang|de|Indonesien oder die Inseln des Malayischen Archipels, 1884–1894|italic=yes}}. The first native scholar to use the name was ] when in 1913, he established a press bureau in the Netherlands, {{lang|nl|Indonesisch Pers-bureau}}.<ref name="indoety" />
It was upon this trade, and the ] and ] that was brought with it,<ref>Taylor (2003), pages 23-26; Ricklefs (1991), page 3</ref> that the ] kingdom flourished from the seventh century CE. It became a powerful naval state, growing wealthy on the international trade it controlled through the region until its decline in the twelfth century. During the eighth and tenth centuries CE, the agriculturally-based Buddhist ] and Hindu ] dynasties thrived and declined in inland Java, building grand religious monuments such as Sailendra's ] and Mataram's ]. The Hindu ] kingdom was founded in East Java in the late thirteenth century, and under its mid-fourteenth century military commander, ], its influence stretched over much of modern day Indonesia. This period is often referred to as a "Golden Age" of Indonesian history.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The next great empire |author=Peter Lewis |journal=Futures |volume=14 |issue=1 |date=1982 |pages=47-61 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-3287(82)90071-4}}</ref>


== History ==
].]]
{{Main|History of Indonesia}}
Islam is thought to have been ] by ] traders and there were Muslim populations in northern Sumatra by the thirteenth century.<ref>Ricklefs (1991), pages 3 to 14</ref> Islam was gradually adopted by other Indonesian areas, often along ]s, and was the dominant religion in Java and Sumatra by the end of the ]. Rather than a violent conquest, it was, for the most part, peacefully laid over and mixed with existing cultural and religious influences,{{fact}} shaping what is still the predominant form of ], particularly in Java. European traders first arrived in the early ] seeking to monopolize the sources of ], ], and ] in ].<ref>Ricklefs (1991), page 22</ref> In 1512, the ], led by ], were the first Europeans to arrive in Indonesia;<ref name="RICKLEFSp24">{{cite book |last=Ricklefs |first=M.C. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300, second edition |publisher=MacMillan |date=1993 |location=London |pages=p.24 |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 0-333-57689-6}} </ref> the Dutch and ] followed. The Dutch became the dominant traders in Indonesia, establishing the ] (VOC) in 1602. Following bankruptcy, however, the VOC was formally dissolved in 1800 and the government of the Netherlands established the ] as a nationalised colony.<ref name="RICKLEFSp24">Ricklefs (1991), page 24 </ref>


=== Early history ===
The ] in Indonesia existed in various forms for over three hundred years until the ]ese ] during ].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Dutch Attitudes towards Colonial Empires, Indigenous Cultures, and Slaves |journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies |volume=31 |issue=3 |author=Gert Oostindie and Bert Paasman |pages=349-355 |date=1998 |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eighteenth-century_studies/v031/31.3oostindie.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Dutch Income in and from Indonesia 1700-1938 |journal=Modern Asian Studies |author=Angus Maddison |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-749X%281989%2923%3A4%3C645%3ADIIAFI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B |volume=23 |issue=4 |date=1989 |pages=645-670}}; {{cite book |last=Ricklefs |first=M.C. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title =History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300, second edition |publisher=MacMillan |date=1993 |location=London |pages= |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 0-333-57689-6}}</ref> During the war, ], a popular leader of the ], cooperated with the occupying Japanese with the intention of strengthening the independence movement.<ref>Ricklefs (1991), pages 203-211, 215; {{cite book |last=Reid |first=Anthony |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Indonesian National Revolution 1945-1950 |publisher=Longman |date=1974 |location=] |pages=pp.16, 33, 73, 85-86, 91-92, 101, 125, 141, 162 |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 0-582-71046-4}}</ref> On 17 August 1945, two days after the ], Sukarno unilaterally declared ].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Indonesia |author=H. J. Van Mook |authorlink=Hubertus Johannes van Mook |journal=Royal Institute of International Affairs |date=1949 |volume=25 |issue=3 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-5850%28194907%2925%3A3%3C274%3AI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P |pages=274-285}}; {{cite journal |title=Independence the Issue |journal=Far Eastern Survey |author=Charles Bidien |volume=14 |issue=24 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0362-8949%2819451205%2914%3A24%3C345%3AITI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S|pages=345-348 |date=5 December 1945}}</ref> Sukarno was declared the first ] and ] the ].<ref>Ricklefs (1991), page 213; {{cite book | last =Taylor | first =Jean Gelman | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Indonesia: Peoples and History | publisher =Yale University Press | date =2003 | location = | pages =325 | url =
{{Main|Prehistoric Indonesia}}
| doi = | id = ISBN 0-300-10518-5 }}; Reid (1973), page 30</ref> Over the next four years, a ] was fought as the Netherlands tried to win back its colony; in the face of international pressure, the Netherlands recognised Indonesian independence in 1949.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Independence the Issue |journal=Far Eastern Survey |author=Charles Bidien |volume=14 |issue=24 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0362-8949%2819451205%2914%3A24%3C345%3AITI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S|pages=345-348 |date=5 December 1945}}; {{cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-inde.htm |title=Indonesian War of Independence" |accessdate=2006-12-11 |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |work=Military}}</ref>
]s, a depiction of a bull, was discovered in the '']'' cave dated as over 40,000 (perhaps as old as 52,000) years old.]]
Fossilised remains of '']'', popularly known as the "]", suggest the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited two million to 500,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pope|first=G.G.|title=Recent advances in far eastern paleoanthropology|journal=Annual Review of Anthropology|volume=17|pages=43–77|year=1988|doi=10.1146/annurev.an.17.100188.000355}} cited in {{cite book|last1=Whitten|first1=T.|last2=Soeriaatmadja|first2=R.E.|last3=Suraya|first3=A.A.|title=The Ecology of Java and Bali|publisher=Periplus Editions|year=1996|location=Hong Kong|pages=309–412}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pope|first=G.G.|title=Evidence on the age of the Asian Hominidae|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=80|issue=16|pages=4988–4992|year=1983|pmid=6410399|doi=10.1073/pnas.80.16.4988|pmc=384173|bibcode=1983PNAS...80.4988P|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=de Vos|first1=J.P.|last2=Sondaar|first2=P.Y.|title=Dating hominid sites in Indonesia|journal=Science|volume=266|issue=16|pages=4988–4992|year=1994|doi=10.1126/science.7992059|bibcode=1994Sci...266.1726D|doi-access=free}}</ref> Fossils of ] (Flores Man) were found on ], dated to between 700,000 to 60,000 years ago.<ref name="Brown_et_al_2004">{{cite journal |author= Brown, P. |display-authors=etal<!--- |coauthors= Sutikna, T.; Morwood, M. J.; Soejono, R. P.; Jatmiko; Wayhu Saptomo, E.; Rokus Awe Due---> |date= 27 October 2004 |title= A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia |journal= ] |pmid= 15514638 |volume= 431 |issue= 7012 |doi= 10.1038/nature02999 |pages= 1055–1061 |bibcode= 2004Natur.431.1055B |s2cid= 26441 |url= http://doc.rero.ch/record/15287/files/PAL_E2586.pdf }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite journal |last1= Brumm |first1= Adam |last2= Jensen |first2= Gitte M. |last3= van den Bergh |first3= Gert D. |last4= Morwood |first4= Michael J. |last5= Kurniawan |first5= Iwan |last6= Aziz |first6= Fachroel |last7= Storey |first7= Michael |year= 2010 |title= Hominins on Flores, Indonesia, by one million years ago |journal= Nature |volume= 464 |issue= 7289 |pages= 748–752 |bibcode= 2010Natur.464..748B |doi= 10.1038/nature08844 |issn= 0028-0836 |pmid= 20237472 |s2cid= 205219871}}</ref> '']'' reached the region around 43,000 BCE.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/human-migration.html|title=The Great Human Migration|last=Gugliotta|first=Guy|newspaper=Smithsonian Magazine|publisher=Smithsonian Maganize|date=July 2008|access-date=2011-08-21|archive-date=2013-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213000228/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/human-migration.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ]s in ] and ], dating from 40,000 to 60,000 years ago, are considered the world's oldest known ]s and ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Oktaviana |first1=Adhi Agus |last2=Joannes-Boyau |first2=Renaud |last3=Hakim |first3=Budianto |last4=Burhan |first4=Basran |last5=Sardi |first5=Ratno |last6=Adhityatama |first6=Shinatria |last7=Hamrullah |last8=Sumantri |first8=Iwan |last9=Tang |first9=M. |last10=Lebe |first10=Rustan |last11=Ilyas |first11=Imran |last12=Abbas |first12=Abdullah |last13=Jusdi |first13=Andi |last14=Mahardian |first14=Dewangga Eka |last15=Noerwidi |first15=Sofwan |date=2024-07-03 |title=Narrative cave art in Indonesia by 51,200 years ago |journal=Nature |volume=631 |issue=8022 |pages=814–818 |language=en |doi=10.1038/s41586-024-07541-7 |issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free |pmid=38961284 |pmc=11269172 |bibcode=2024Natur.631..814O }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Garreth |date=2024-07-04 |title=Oldest example of figurative art found in Indonesian cave |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/07/04/oldest-example-of-figurative-art-found-in-indonesian-cave |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=The Art Newspaper}}</ref> There are many megalithic remains scattered throughout the archipelago, including ] in ], ] in ], and the ceremonial stone structures of ] and ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Prasetyo |first=Bagyo |url=https://repositori.kemdikbud.go.id/4657 |title=Megalitik: Fenomena yang berkembang di Indonesia |trans-title=Megalithic: A phenomenon that florished in Indonesia |date=2015 |publisher=Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional |isbn=9786020818252 |location=Jakarta |page=61}}</ref>


], who form the majority of the modern population, migrated to Southeast Asia from what is now Taiwan. They arrived in the archipelago around 2,000 BCE and confined the native ] to the far eastern regions as they spread east.{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=5–7}} Ideal agricultural conditions and the mastering of ] as early as the eighth century BCE{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=8–9}} allowed villages, towns, and small kingdoms to flourish by the first century CE. The archipelago's strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade, including with Indian kingdoms and Chinese dynasties, from several centuries BCE.{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=15–18}} Trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian history.{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=3, 9–11, 13–15, 18–20, 22–23}}{{sfn|Vickers|2005|pp=18–20, 60, 133–134}}
], Indonesia's founding president.]]
] carved on ] temple, {{Circa|800 CE}}. Outrigger boats from the archipelago may have made trade voyages to the east coast of Africa and Madagascar as early as the 1st century CE<ref>{{cite journal|title=A small cohort of Island Southeast Asian women founded Madagascar|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B|volume=279|issue=1739|pages=2761–2768|author1=Murray P. Cox|author2=Michael G. Nelson|author3=Meryanne K. Tumonggor|author4=François-X. Ricaut|author5=Herawati Sudoyo|date=2012-03-21|doi=10.1098/rspb.2012.0012|pmid=22438500|pmc=3367776}}</ref>]]
Sukarno's presidency moved from democracy towards authoritarianism and relied on balancing the often opposing forces of the ], Islam and ].<ref>Ricklefs (1991), pages 237 - 280</ref> Increasing tensions, however, between the military and the increasingly powerful ] (PKI) culminated in a coup on 30 September 1965, during which six top-ranking generals were murdered under ]. Led by ], a violent ] purge centered mainly in Java and Bali. The dominant PKI was in effect destroyed and hundreds of thousands were killed; a close count is impossible, but the most widely accepted estimates are in the range of 500,000 to 1million.<ref>{{cite journal |author=John Roosa and Joseph Nevins |date=5 November 2005 |url=http://www.counterpunch.org/roosa11052005.html|title=40 Years Later: The Mass Killings in Indonesia |accessdate=2006-11-12 |journal=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Unresolved Problems in the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 |author=Robert Cribb |journal=Asian Survey |volume=42 |issue=4 |date=2002 |pages=550-563 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2002.42.4.550}}</ref> Politically, Suharto capitalized on Sukarno's gravely weakened position; by March 1967, he had ] in a drawn-out power play between the two. Commonly referred to as the ],<ref>{{cite journal |title=General Suharto's New Order |author=John D. Legge |journal=Royal Institute of International Affairs |volume=44 |issue=1 |date=1968 |pages=40-47 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-5850%28196801%2944%3A1%3C40%3AGSNO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I}}</ref> Suharto's administration encouraged foreign ] in Indonesia, which become a major factor in the subsequent three decades of substantial economic growth.
From the seventh century CE, the ] naval kingdom flourished due to trade and the influences of ] and ].{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=22–26}}{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p=3}} Between the eighth and tenth centuries CE, the agricultural Buddhist ] and Hindu ] dynasties thrived and declined in inland Java, leaving grand religious monuments such as Sailendra's ] and Mataram's ]. The Hindu ] kingdom was founded in eastern Java in the late 13th century, and under ], its influence stretched over much of present-day Indonesia. This period is often referred to as the "Golden Age" in Indonesian history.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The next great empire|last=Lewis|first=Peter|journal=Futures|volume=14|issue=1|year=1982|pages=47–61|doi=10.1016/0016-3287(82)90071-4}}</ref>


] in the archipelago dates to the 13th century in northern ].{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=3–14}} Other parts of the archipelago gradually adopted Islam, and it was the dominant religion in ] and Sumatra by the end of the 16th century. For the most part, Islam overlaid and mixed with existing cultural and religious influences, which shaped the predominant form of Islam in Indonesia, particularly in Java.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=12–14}}
In 1997-1998, however, Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the ].<ref>{{cite book | last =Delhaise | first =Philippe F. | title =Asia in Crisis: The Implosion of the Banking and Finance Systems | publisher =Willey | date =1998 | pages =p.123 | id = ISBN 0-471-83450-5}}</ref> This aggravated popular discontent with the Suharto administration, which was already facing accusations of ]. ] against his now weakened presidency broke out in early 1998<ref>{{cite journal |title=Indonesia: from showcase to basket case |author=Jonathan Pincus and Rizal Ramli |journal=Cambridge Journal of Economics |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=723-734 |url=http://cje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/6/723|date=1998|doi=10.1093/cje/22.6.723}}</ref> and on 21 May 1998, Suharto announced his resignation, ushering in the ] era.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/indonesia/latest_news/97848.stm |title=President Suharto resigns |publisher=] |date=21 May 1998 |accessdate=2006-11-12}}</ref> East Timor voted to secede from Indonesia in 1999, following the 1975 ] and subsequent ] marked by repression and human rights abuses, for which Indonesia was internationally condemned.<ref>{{cite web |last=Burr |first=W. |authorlink= |coauthors=Evans, M.L. |title=Ford and Kissinger Gave Green Light to Indonesia's Invasion of East Timor, 1975: New Documents Detail Conversations with Suharto |work=National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 62 |publisher=], ], Washington, DC |date=6 Dec 2001 |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62 |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report |work=Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=2002-10-17 |url=http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13873.htm |accessdate=2006-09-29}}</ref> A wide range of reforms have been introduced since Suharto's resignation, including Indonesia's first ] in 2004, although progress has been slowed by political and economic instability, social unrest, terrorism and recent natural disasters. Although relations among different religious and ethnic groups are largely harmonious, acute sectarian discontent, even violence, remains a problem in some areas.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Robert W. Hefner |date=2000 |url=http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/RINVol3No1/east_timor.htm |title=Religious Ironies in East Timor |volume=3 |issue=1 |accessdate=2006-12-12 |journal=Religion in the News}}</ref> A political settlement to an armed separatist conflict in ] was achieved in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aceh rebels sign peace agreement |publisher=] |date=15 August 2005 |accessdate=2006-12-12 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4151980.stm}}</ref>


=== Colonial era ===
==Government and politics==
{{main|Politics of Indonesia}} {{Main|Dutch East Indies}}


] to ] at the end of the ] in 1830|alt=]]
===Structure and affiliations===
The first Europeans arrived in the archipelago in 1512, when Portuguese traders, led by ], ] the sources of ], ], and ] in the ].{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=22–24}} Dutch and British traders followed. In 1602, the Dutch established the ] (''Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie''; VOC) and became the dominant European power for almost 200 years. The VOC was dissolved in 1799 following bankruptcy, and the ] established the ] as a nationalised colony.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p=24}}
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Indonesia is a ] with a ]. Being a ], power is concentrated in the national government. Following the ] in 1998, Indonesian political and governmental structures have undergone major reforms. The ] has been amended four times: first in 1999, and then in 2000, 2001 and 2002. ], ] and ] branches were revamped, creating a newly liberal democratic ].<!-- <ref name="Harijanti2006">{{cite journal |title=Indonesia: General elections test the amended Constitution and the new Constitutional Court |journal=International Journal of Constitutional Law |author=Susi Dwi Harijanti and Tim Lindsey |volume=4 |issue=1 |date=2006 |pages=138-150 |doi=10.1093/icon/moi055}}</ref> such that it is now considered the world's third largest democracy (after ] and the ]).<ref>{{cite journal| author=Eric G. John| title=Indonesia: Positive Trends and the Implications for the United States Strategic Interests | journal =The DISAM Journal| volume=28| issue=1 |pages=91&ndash;95| date=2005| url=http://www.disam.dsca.mil/pubs/Journal%20Index/Journals/Journal_Index/Vol%2028_1/John.pdf}}; {{cite web| author=Eric G. John| title=Indonesia: Positive Trends and the Implications for U.S. Strategic Interests| work=Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Washington, DC| publisher=]| date =]| url=http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2005/53275.htm| accessdate=2007-03-23}}; {{cite web| title=U.S.-INDONESIA RELATIONS| publisher=US Embassy Jakarta | date=November 2006 |url=http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/irc/us-indo-relations.html| accessdate =2007-03-23}}</ref>
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;Executive
The ] is the ], ] of the ], and responsible for domestic governance, policy-making and foreign affairs. The president appoints a council of ministers, who are not required to be elected members of the legislature. ] was the first time the people directly voted for President and Vice President.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=] |date=2004 |title=The Carter Center 2004 Indonesia Election Report |url=http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2161.pdf |accessdate=2006-12-13}}; {{cite web |publisher=] |title=Countdown to 2004 Indonesia’s New General Election Law |author=Andrew Ellis |date=16 July 2003 |accessdate=2006-12-13 |url=http://www.usindo.org/Briefs/2003/Andrew%20Ellis%2007-16-03.htm |work=USINDO Brief}}</ref> Presidential terms are five years and limited to a maximum of two consecutive terms.<ref>_ (2002), ''The fourth Amendment of 1945 Indonesia Constitution'', Chapter III – The Executive Power, Art. 7.</ref>
;Parliament
The highest representative body at national level is the ] (MPR). Its main functions include supporting and amending the ], inauguration of the President and the fomalization of broad outlines of state policy; MPR has the power to impeach the President.<ref>{{id icon}} {{cite book |title=Ketetapan MPR-RI Nomor II/MPR/2000 tentang Perubahan Kedua Peraturan Tata Tertib Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia |author=People's Consultative Assembly (MPR-RI) |authorlink=People's Consultative Assembly |url=http://www.mpr.go.id/pdf/ketetapan/putusan%20MPRRI%202000.pdf |accessdate=2006-11-07}}</ref> MPR contains two ] of representatives; the ] (DPR) with 550 members and the ] (DPD) with 168 members.


For most of the ], Dutch control over the archipelago was tenuous. Dutch forces were engaged continuously in quelling rebellions on and off Java. The influence of local leaders such as ] in central Java, ] in central Sumatra, ] in ], and the ] weakened the Dutch and tied up the colonial military forces.{{sfn|Schwarz|1994|pp=3–4}}{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p=142}}{{sfn|Friend|2003|p=21}} Only in the early 20th century did Dutch dominance extend to what was to become Indonesia's current boundaries.{{sfn|Friend|2003|p=21}}{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=61–147}}{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=209–278}}{{sfn|Vickers|2005|pp=10–14}}
The DPR is the legislative body which passes legislation and monitors the executive branch. Members of the DPR are elected for five-year terms on a ] basis from more than two thousand ].<ref name="Harijanti2006"/> Since 1998, the DPR's role and influence has increased markedly, including: total control of ]s production without executive branch interventions; all members are now elected (] for military representatives have now been removed); and the introduction of some fundamental rights exclusive to the DPR.<ref name="Harijanti2006"/><ref name="ECONOMIST_FACTSHEET">{{cite web |title=Indonesia:Factsheet |last= |url=http://www.economist.com/countries/Indonesia/profile.cfm?folder=Profile-FactSheet |work=Country Briefings|publisher=] |date=3 Oct 2006 |accessdate=2006-12-13}}</ref> The DPD is a new chamber, based on the 2001 constitution amendment. It comprises four popularly elected ] members from each of the thirty-three provinces and represents regional areas within national politics; its role is restricted to bills concerning matters of regional management.<ref>{{cite book |title=Third Amendment to the 1945 Constitution of The Republic of Indonesia |url=http://www.gtzsfdm.or.id/documents/laws_n_regs/con_decree/3_AmdUUD45_eng.pdf |author=People's Consultative Assembly (MPR-RI) |authorlink=People's Consultative Assembly |accessdate=2006-12-13}}</ref> In legislative ]s, each citizen votes for members of DPR through political parties, DPD members through individual names, and members of the provincial and local Regional People's Representative Councils (DPRD).<ref name="Harijanti2006"/>
;Judiciary
The Indonesia ] comprises several ]s; the highest is the ]. Most civil disputes appear first before a State Court; from which ]s can be heard before the High Court. The Supreme Court can hear a final ] appeal or conduct a case review if there is new evidence. Apart from civil courts, Indonesia has a Commercial Court to handle ] and ]; a State Administrative Court to hear ] cases against the government; a Constitutional Court to hear disputes concerning legality of law products, general elections, dissolution of political parties, and the scope of authority of a state institution; and a Religious Court to deal with specific religious cases.<ref name="USCONGRESS"/>
;Military
] (TNI) total about 300,000 members, including the Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL, includes marines), and Air Force (TNI-AU).<ref>{{cite news | last =Chew | first =Amy
| title = Indonesia military regains ground | language =English | publisher =CNN Asia | date =2002-07-07 | url =http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/07/05/indonesia.sutarto/index.html | accessdate = 2007-04-24 }}</ref> The army has about 233,000 active-duty personnel. Defence spending in the national budget was 4% of GDP in 2006 and is controversially supplemented by revenue from military commercial interests and foundations.<ref>{{cite news | last =Witular | first =Rendi A. | title =Susilo Approves Additional Military Funding | language =English | publisher =The Jakarta Post | date =2005-05-19 | url =http://www.etan.org/et2005/may/22/19susilo.htm | accessdate = 2007-04-24 }}</ref> In the post-Suharto period since 1998, formal TNI representation in parliament has been removed, but although now curtailed its political influence remains extensive.<ref>Friend (2003), pages 473-475, 484</ref>


During World War II, the ] and ] ended Dutch rule{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p={{page needed|date=October 2020}}}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Dutch Attitudes towards Colonial Empires, Indigenous Cultures, and Slaves|journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies|volume=31|issue=3|author1=Gert Oostindie|author2=Bert Paasman|pages=349–355|year=1998|doi=10.1353/ecs.1998.0021|url=https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/files/488440/16390.pdf|hdl=20.500.11755/c467167b-2084-413c-a3c7-f390f9b3a092|s2cid=161921454|hdl-access=free|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922033534/https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/files/488440/16390.pdf|archive-date=2017-09-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID+id0029%29|title=Indonesia: World War II and the Struggle for Independence, 1942–50; The Japanese Occupation, 1942–45|publisher=Library of Congress|date=November 1992|access-date=2013-02-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821095117/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd%2Fcstdy%3A%40field%28DOCID+id0029%29|archive-date=2013-08-21}}</ref> and encouraged the independence movement.<ref>Robert Elson, ''The idea of Indonesia: A history'' (2008) pp 1–12</ref> Two days after the ] in August 1945, influential nationalist leaders ] and ] issued the ]. Sukarno, Hatta, and ] were appointed president, vice-president, and prime minister, respectively.{{sfn|Taylor|2003|p=325}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Indonesia|author=H. J. Van Mook|author-link=Hubertus Johannes van Mook|journal=Royal Institute of International Affairs|date=1949|volume=25|issue=3|pages=274–285|doi=10.2307/3016666|jstor=3016666}}</ref><ref name=Bidien1945>{{cite journal|title=Independence the Issue|journal=Far Eastern Survey|author=Charles Bidien|volume=14|issue=24|pages=345–348|date=1945-12-05|doi=10.2307/3023219|jstor=3023219}}</ref>{{sfn|Taylor|2003|p=325}} The Netherlands attempted to re-establish their rule. In the beginning of the ], the Dutch ] in the face of international pressure in December 1949, following the ].{{sfn|Friend|2003|p=35}}<ref name=Bidien1945/> Despite political, social, and sectarian divisions, Indonesians found unity in their fight for independence.{{sfn|Friend|2003|pp=21, 23}}{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=211–213}}
===Foreign relations===
{{main|Foreign relations of Indonesia}}
In contrast to the ] administration, which was hostile to western powers and neighboring ], ] since the ] ']' administration have been characterized by international cooperation and accommodation in order to gain external support for its political stability and economic development, whilst maintaining its independence and freedom of action.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia - Foreign Policy |work=U.S. Library of Congress |publisher=U.S. Library of Congress |date= |url=http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/40.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=2007-5-5}}</ref> Indonesian maintains close relationships with its neighbors in ], and is a founding member of ] and the ].<ref name="USSTATE">{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Background Note: Indonesia |work=U.S. Library of Congress |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date= |url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2748.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=2007-5-5}}</ref> Relations with ] were restored in ] after being frozen during anti-communist purges early in the Suharto era.<ref name="USCONGRESS"/> Indonesia has been a member of the ] since ],<ref>Indonesia temporarily withdrew from the UN on ] ] ] to the fact that Malaysia was elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. It announced its intention to "resume full cooperation with the United Nations and to resume participation in its activities" on ] ], and was invited to re-join the UN on ] ].</ref> and was one of the founders of the ] (NAM) and the ] (OIC).<ref name="USSTATE"/> Indonesia is signatory to the ] agreement, and a member of ], the ] and the ]. Indonesia has been the recipient of significant amounts of ] and ] since 1966, in particular from the ], ], ], and ].<ref name="USSTATE"/>


=== Post-World War II ===
===Contemporary issues===
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As of 2006, an estimated 17.8% of the population live below the ] and 49.0% of the population live on less than US$2 per day.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Making the New Indonesia Work for the Poor - Overview |publisher=] |date=2006 |accessdate=2006-12-26 |url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/Resources/Publication/280016-1152870963030/2753486-1165385030085/Overview_standalone_en.pdf}}</ref> The ] of 1998 severely increased levels of poverty. The average annual growth rate of 5% in recent years is not enough, however, to make a significant impact on unemployment.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Poverty in Indonesia: Always with them |journal=] |date=Sep fourteenth 2006 |accessdate=2006-12-26 |url=http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7925064}} ; {{cite news | author=Ridwan Max Sijabat|title =Unemployment still blighting the Indonesian landscape| publisher=]| date=] ]| url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/review/nat05.asp}}</ref> Stagnant wages growth and increases in fuel and rice prices, have worsened poverty levels.<ref>In 2005, the Government was forced to reduce its large subsidies on fuel prices drastically as international ] climbed, which was a major contributor to inflation and hardship. {{cite journal |title=Poverty in Indonesia: Always with them |journal=] |date=Sep fourteenth 2006 |accessdate=2006-12-26 |url=http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7925064}}</ref> Another stated Government priority is to reduce corruption and the lack of judicial independence, which significantly raises producers' costs and business uncertainty, and deters vital domestic and foreign investment.<ref name='ECONOMIST_FACTSHEET'/> Despite a significant degree of economic stability returning, economic watchers and most significantly investors, remain sceptical about the government's reform measures.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Poverty in Indonesia: Always with them |journal=] |date=Sep fourteenth 2006 |accessdate=2006-12-26 |url=http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7925064}} </ref>
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As president, Sukarno moved Indonesia from democracy towards authoritarianism and maintained power by balancing the opposing forces of ], political Islam, and the increasingly powerful ] (PKI).{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=237–280}} Tensions between the military and the PKI culminated in ] in 1965. The army, led by Major General ], countered by instigating a ] that killed between 500,000 and one million people and incarcerated roughly a million more in ].{{sfn|Melvin|2018|p=1}}{{sfn|Robinson|2018|p=3}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Unresolved Problems in the Indonesian Killings of 1965–1966|author=Robert Cribb|journal=Asian Survey|volume=42|issue=4|date=2002|pages=550–563|doi=10.1525/as.2002.42.4.550|s2cid=145646994}}; {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41651047|title=Indonesia massacres: Declassified US files shed new light|publisher=BBC|date=2017-10-17|access-date=2018-09-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531212048/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41651047|archive-date=2018-05-31}}</ref>{{sfn|Bevins|2020|pp=168, 185}} The PKI was blamed for the coup and effectively destroyed.{{sfn|Friend|2003|pp=107–109}}<ref>{{cite video|people=Chris Hilton (writer and director)|title=Shadowplay|medium=Television documentary|publisher=Vagabond Films and Hilton Cordell Productions|year=2001}}</ref>{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=280–283, 284, 287–290}} Suharto capitalised on Sukarno's weakened position, and following a ], Suharto was appointed president in March 1968. His US-backed ] administration<ref>{{cite journal|title=General Suharto's New Order|author=John D. Legge|journal=Royal Institute of International Affairs|volume=44|issue=1|year=1968|pages=40–47|jstor=2613527|doi=10.2307/2613527}}</ref>{{sfn|Melvin|2018|pp=9-10}}{{sfn|Vickers|2005|p=163}}<ref>David Slater, ''Geopolitics and the Post-Colonial: Rethinking North–South Relations'', London: Blackwell, p. 70</ref> encouraged ],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Farid|first=Hilmar|date=2005|title=Indonesia's original sin: mass killings and capitalist expansion, 1965–66|journal=Inter-Asia Cultural Studies|volume=6|issue=1|pages=3–16|doi=10.1080/1462394042000326879|s2cid=145130614}}</ref>{{sfn|Robinson|2018|p=206}}{{sfn|Bevins|2020|pp=167–168}} which was a crucial factor in the subsequent three decades of substantial economic growth.


Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Delhaise|first=Philippe F.|title=Asia in Crisis: The Implosion of the Banking and Finance Systems|publisher=Willey|year=1998|page=123|isbn=978-0-471-83450-2}}</ref> It brought out ] with the New Order's corruption and suppression of political opposition and ultimately ended Suharto's presidency.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p={{page needed|date=October 2020}}}}{{sfn|Vickers|2005|p={{page needed|date=October 2020}}}}{{sfn|Schwarz|1994|p={{page needed|date=October 2020}}}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Indonesia: from showcase to basket case|author=Jonathan Pincus|author2=Rizal Ramli|journal=Cambridge Journal of Economics|volume=22|issue=6|pages=723–734|date=1998|doi=10.1093/cje/22.6.723}}</ref> In 1999, East Timor seceded from Indonesia, following its ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Burr|first=W.|title=East Timor Revisited, Ford, Kissinger, and the Indonesian Invasion, 1975–76|work=National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 62|publisher=], ]|location=Washington, DC|date=2001-12-06|url=https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005181014/https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62/|archive-date=2019-10-05|access-date=2006-09-17}}</ref> and a ] marked by international condemnation of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/situation-human-rights-east-timor|title=Situation of human rights in East Timor|publisher=Relief Web|date=1999-12-10|access-date=2019-11-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120053730/https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/situation-human-rights-east-timor|archive-date=2019-11-20}}</ref> Since 1998, democratic processes have been strengthened by enhancing regional autonomy and instituting the country's ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2161.pdf|title=The Carter Center 2004 Indonesia Election Report|publisher=The Carter Center|access-date=2007-06-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614025148/http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2161.pdf|archive-date=2007-06-14}}</ref>
Significant separatist movements in the provinces of ] and ] have led to armed conflict and allegations of ]. Following a long standing ] between the ] and the ], a ] was reached in 2005. In Papua, there has been a significant, albeit imperfect, implementation of ] laws, and a reported decline in the levels of violence and human rights abuses since the presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.<ref>{{cite news |last=''Lateline'' TV Current Affairs |title=Sidney Jones on South East Asian conflicts |work=TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT, Interview with South East Asia director of the International Crisis Group |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) |date=] ]|url=http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1620483.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=International Crisis Group|title=Papua: Answer to Frequently Asked Questions |journal=Update Briefing |issue=No. 53 |pages=1 |publisher=International Crisis Group |date=] ]|url=http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/indonesia/b53_papua_answers_to_frequently_asked_questions.pdf |accessdate=2006-09-17}}</ref>


Political, economic and social instability, corruption, and instances of ] remained problems in the 2000s; however, the economy has performed strongly since 2007. Although relations among the diverse population are mostly harmonious, acute sectarian discontent and violence remain problematic in some areas.<ref name="RIP">{{cite book|last=Harsono|first=Andreas|title=Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia|publisher=Monash University Publishing|date=May 2019|isbn=978-1-925835-09-0}}</ref> A political settlement to an ] in Aceh was achieved in 2005.<ref name="AcehPeace">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/15/indonesia.tsunami20041|title=Indonesia signs Aceh peace deal|work=The Guardian|date=2005-08-15|access-date=2019-11-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116150100/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/15/indonesia.tsunami20041|archive-date=2018-11-16}}</ref>
].]]

] bombings linked to extreme ] and ]<ref>{{cite web |author=Chris Wilson|title=Indonesia and Transnational Terrorism |work=Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Group |publisher=Parliament of Australia |date=] ]|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2001-02/02cib06.htm |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> have occurred in Bali and Jakarta; ] killed 202 people (including 164 international tourists) in the Bali resort town of ] in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commemoration of 3rd anniversary of bombings |work=AAP |publisher=The Age Newspaper |date=] ] |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/war-on-terror/services-to-honour-victims-of-2002-bali-bombing/2005/10/12/1128796537208.html }}</ref> The attacks, combined with travel warnings issued by other countries, have severely damaged Indonesia's important ] and the economy's foreign investment prospects.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Travel Warning: Indonesia |publisher=US Embassy, Jakarta |date=] ] |url=http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/news/trv_warning02.html |accessdate=2006-12-26}}</ref> In cooperation with other countries, the Government has achieved substantial, but so far incomplete, success in apprehending and prosecuting the perpetrators, and fracturing their organizations.<ref>{{cite web |author=Reyko Huang |title=Priority Dilemmas: U.S. - Indonesia Military Relations in the Anti Terror War |work=Terrorism Project |publisher=Center for Defense Information |date=] ] |url=http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/priority.cfm}}</ref>
== Geography ==
{{Main|Geography of Indonesia|Indonesian Archipelago|List of islands of Indonesia}}
] and ] in ]. Indonesia's seismic and volcanic activity is among the world's highest]]
Indonesia is the southernmost country in Asia. The country lies between latitudes ] and ] and longitudes ] and ]. A ] spanning Southeast Asia and Oceania, it is the world's largest ], extending {{convert|5120|km|0}} from east to west and {{convert|1760|km|0}} from north to south.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Frederick|first1=William H.|last2=Worden|first2=Robert L.|title=Indonesia: A Country Study|series=Area Handbook Series|volume=550|date=1993|page=98|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dgmXWMgWcwC&pg=PA98|publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress|location=Washington, D.C.|language=en|isbn=978-0-8444-0790-6|access-date=9 November 2023|archive-date=2023-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120071717/https://books.google.com/books?id=6dgmXWMgWcwC&pg=PA98|url-status=live}}</ref> The country's ] says Indonesia has 17,504 islands (with 16,056 registered at the UN)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/08/21/16000-indonesian-islands-registered-at-un.html|title=16,000 Indonesian islands registered at UN|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2017-08-21|access-date=2018-12-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130202043/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/08/21/16000-indonesian-islands-registered-at-un.html|archive-date=2018-11-30}}</ref> scattered over both sides of the equator, around 6,000 of which are inhabited.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia/|title=The World Factbook: Indonesia|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|date=2018-10-29|access-date=2018-11-11|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413004319/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/indonesia|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest are ], ], ] (shared with Brunei and Malaysia), ], and ] (shared with Papua New Guinea).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.embassyofindonesia.org/index.php/basic-facts/|title=Facts & Figures|publisher=Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Washington, D.C.|access-date=2021-03-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606054934/https://www.embassyofindonesia.org/index.php/basic-facts/|archive-date=2017-06-06}}</ref> Indonesia shares land borders with ] on Borneo and ], ] on the island of New Guinea, ] on the island of ], and maritime borders with Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Palau, and Australia.

At {{convert|4884|m|ft}}, ] is Indonesia's highest peak, and ] in Sumatra is the largest lake, with an area of {{convert|1,145|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. ] are in Kalimantan and ] and include ], ], ], ] and ]. They serve as communication and transport links between the island's river settlements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573214/Republic_of_Indonesia.html|title=Republic of Indonesia|publisher=Microsoft Encarta|date=2006|access-date=2009-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028130659/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573214/Republic_of_Indonesia.html|archive-date=2009-10-28}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
{{Main|Climate of Indonesia|Climate change in Indonesia}}
], ]]]
Indonesia lies along the equator, and its climate tends to be relatively even year-round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/8/f/indonesia.pdf|title=Climate: Observations, projections and impacts|publisher=Met Office Hadley Centre|access-date=2017-08-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816111123/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/8/f/indonesia.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-16}}</ref> Indonesia has two seasons—a ] and a ]—with no extremes of summer or winter.<ref name="worldbank1">{{cite web|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/Resources/Environment/ClimateChange_Full_EN.pdf|title=Indonesia and Climate Change: Current Status and Policies|publisher=World Bank|access-date=2016-12-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227202326/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/Resources/Environment/ClimateChange_Full_EN.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-27}}</ref> For most parts of Indonesia, the dry season falls between May and October, while the wet season falls between November and April.<ref name="worldbank1" /> Indonesia's climate is almost entirely ], dominated by the ] found on every large island of Indonesia. Cooler climate types exist in mountainous regions that are {{convert|1300|to|1,500|m|ft|abbr=off}} above sea level. The oceanic climate (Köppen ''Cfb'') prevails in highland areas adjacent to rainforest climates, with uniform precipitation year-round. In highland areas near the ] ] and ]s, the subtropical highland climate (Köppen ''Cwb'') is more pronounced during dry season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indonesia's Climate and Precipitation|url=https://indonesia.mfa.gov.ir/en/generalcategoryservices/13009/indonesia.mfa.gov.ir|access-date=2024-03-29|website=indonesia.mfa.gov.ir|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

] map of Indonesia<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Beck|first1=Hylke E.|last2=Zimmermann|first2=Niklaus E.|last3=McVicar|first3=Tim R.|last4=Vergopolan|first4=Noemi|last5=Berg|first5=Alexis|last6=Wood|first6=Eric F.|author6-link=Eric Franklin Wood|title=Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution|journal=Scientific Data|date=2018-10-30|volume=5|page=180214|doi=10.1038/sdata.2018.214|pmid=30375988|pmc=6207062|bibcode=2018NatSD...580214B}}</ref>|alt=]]
Some regions, such as ] and ], experience only slight differences in rainfall and temperature between the seasons, whereas others, such as Nusa Tenggara, experience far more pronounced differences with droughts in the dry season and floods in the wet season. Rainfall varies across regions, with more in western Sumatra, Java, and the interiors of Kalimantan and Papua, and less in areas closer to Australia, such as Nusa Tenggara, which tends to be relatively dry. The almost uniformly warm waters that constitute 81% of Indonesia's area ensure that land temperatures remain relatively constant. ] is quite high, at between 70 and 90%. Winds are moderate and generally predictable, with monsoons usually blowing in from the south and east in May through October and from the north and west in November through April. ]s and large-scale storms pose little hazard to mariners; significant dangers come from swift currents in channels, such as the ] and ] straits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/29.htm|title=Climate|publisher=U.S. Library of Congress|access-date=2020-08-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324065541/http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/29.htm|archive-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>

Several studies consider Indonesia to be at severe risk from the ].<ref>Overland, Indra et al. (2017) '' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728065717/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320622312_Impact_of_Climate_Change_on_ASEAN_International_Affairs_Risk_and_Opportunity_Multiplier|date=2020-07-28}}'', Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and Myanmar Institute of International and Strategic Studies (MISIS).</ref> These include unreduced emissions resulting in an average temperature rise of around {{cvt|1|C-change|0}} by mid-century,<ref name="ImpLab">{{Cite web|url=https://www.impactlab.org/map/#usmeas=absolute&usyear=1981-2010&gmeas=change-from-hist&gyear=2080-2099&tab=global&gvar=tasmax-over-95F&gprob=0.5&grcp=rcp85|title=Climate Impact Map|publisher=Climate Impact Lab|access-date=2018-11-18|archive-date=2021-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810205627/https://impactlab.org/map/#usmeas=absolute&usyear=1981-2010&gmeas=change-from-hist&gyear=2080-2099&tab=global&gvar=tasmax-over-95F&gprob=0.5&grcp=rcp85|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ClimChng">{{cite web|title=Climate Change in Indonesia: Implications for Humans and Nature|url=http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/inodesian_climate_change_impacts_report_14nov07.pdf|vauthors=Case M, Ardiansyah F, Spector E|publisher=WWF|date=2007-11-14|access-date=2018-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219103237/http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/inodesian_climate_change_impacts_report_14nov07.pdf|archive-date=2018-02-19|url-status=live}}</ref> raising the frequency of drought and food shortages (with an impact on precipitation and the patterns of wet and dry seasons, and thus Indonesia's agriculture system<ref name="ClimChng" />) as well as numerous diseases and wildfires.<ref name="ClimChng" /> ] would also threaten most of Indonesia's population, who live in low-lying coastal areas.<ref name="ClimChng" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://climatecentral.org/news/report-flooded-future-global-vulnerability-to-sea-level-rise-worse-than-previously-understood|title=Report: Flooded Future: Global vulnerability to sea level rise worse than previously understood|date=2019-10-29|publisher=Climate Central|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102025006/https://climatecentral.org/news/report-flooded-future-global-vulnerability-to-sea-level-rise-worse-than-previously-understood|archive-date=2019-11-02|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44636934|title=Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world|last1=Lin|first1=Mayuri Mei|last2=Hidayat|first2=Rafki|publisher=BBC|date=2018-08-13|access-date=2018-11-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018234203/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44636934|archive-date=2018-10-18}}</ref> Impoverished communities would likely be affected the most by climate change.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indonesia: Climate Risk and Adaptation Country Profile|publisher=World Bank|date=April 2011|url=http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/countryprofile/doc/GFDRRCountryProfiles/wb_gfdrr_climate_change_country_profile_for_IDN.pdf|access-date=2018-11-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206014747/http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/countryprofile/doc/GFDRRCountryProfiles/wb_gfdrr_climate_change_country_profile_for_IDN.pdf|archive-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>

=== Geology ===
{{Main|Geology of Indonesia}} {{See also|Volcanoes of Indonesia}}
] area]]
], most of Indonesia's area is highly unstable, making it a site of numerous volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.<ref name="VolEthQ" /> It lies on the Pacific ], where the ] and the ] are pushed under the ], where they melt at about {{convert|100|km|abbr=off}} deep. A string of volcanoes runs through Sumatra, ], ] and ], and then to the ] of ] to northeastern ].{{sfn|Witton|2003|p=38}} Of the 400 volcanoes, around 130 are active.<ref name="VolEthQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26167897|title=Indonesia: Volcano nation|publisher=BBC|date=2015-11-05|access-date=2017-11-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128105714/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26167897|archive-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> Between 1972 and 1991, there were 29 volcanic eruptions, mostly on Java.<ref>{{cite book|title=World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia, Volume 10|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|year=2007|page=1306|isbn=978-0-7614-7631-3}}</ref> ] has made agricultural conditions unpredictable in some areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skemman.is/stream/get/1946/3303/10384/1/Sylviane_Lebon_fixed.pdf|title=Volcanic activity and environment: Impacts on agriculture and use of geological data to improve recovery processes|author=Sylviane L. G. Lebon|publisher=University of Iceland|date=January 2009|access-date=2016-12-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227203025/http://skemman.is/stream/get/1946/3303/10384/1/Sylviane_Lebon_fixed.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-27}}</ref> However, it has also resulted in fertile soils, a factor in historically sustaining the high population densities of Java and Bali.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitten|first1=T.|last2=Soeriaatmadja|first2=R. E.|author3=Suraya A. A.|title=The Ecology of Java and Bali|publisher=Periplus Editions|year=1996|location=Hong Kong|pages=95–97}}</ref>
] in ], Indonesia which is the largest volcanic lake in the world]]
A ] at present-day ] around 70,000 BCE. It is believed to have caused a global ] and cooling of the climate and subsequently led to a ] in human evolution, though this is still in debate.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/08/11/early-humans-may-have-lived-through-a-supervolcano-eruption/|title=Early Humans May Have Lived Through A Supervolcano Eruption|last=Bressan|first=David|magazine=Forbes|date=2017-08-11|access-date=2017-10-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811205248/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/08/11/early-humans-may-have-lived-through-a-supervolcano-eruption/|archive-date=2017-08-11}}</ref> The ] and the ] were among the largest in recorded history. The former caused 92,000 deaths and created an umbrella of volcanic ash that spread and blanketed parts of the archipelago and made much of the Northern Hemisphere ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tambora.html|title=Tambora|publisher=Volcano Discovery|date=2016-05-29|access-date=2016-12-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220181832/https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tambora.html|archive-date=2016-12-20}}</ref> The latter produced the loudest sound in recorded history and caused 36,000 deaths due to the eruption itself and the resulting tsunamis, with significant additional effects around the world years after the event.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2016/08/31/the-eruption-of-krakatoa-was-the-first-global-catastrophe/|title=The Eruption of Krakatoa Was the First Global Catastrophe|last=Bressan|first=David|magazine=Forbes|date=2016-08-31|access-date=2017-09-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902143003/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2016/08/31/the-eruption-of-krakatoa-was-the-first-global-catastrophe/|archive-date=2016-09-02}}</ref> Recent catastrophic disasters due to seismic activity include the ] and the ].

=== Biodiversity and conservation===
{{Main|Fauna of Indonesia|Flora of Indonesia|Conservation in Indonesia|Protected areas of Indonesia|List of national parks of Indonesia|List of biosphere reserves of Indonesia}}
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Indonesia's size, tropical climate, and archipelagic geography support one of the world's highest levels of ], and it is among the 17 ] identified by ]. Its flora and fauna are a mixture of Asian and ] species.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indonesia's Natural Wealth: The Right of a Nation and Her People|last=Mumtazah|first=Hani|publisher=Islam Online|date=2003-05-22|url=http://www.islamonline.net/English/Science/2003/05/article13.shtml|access-date=2006-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017034459/http://www.islamonline.net/English/Science/2003/05/article13.shtml|archive-date=2006-10-17|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=These Are The 5 Most Biodiverse Countries In The World|publisher=Yahoo|url=https://news.yahoo.com/5-most-biodiverse-countries-world-214740659.html|access-date=2022-03-02|archive-date=2023-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302064457/https://news.yahoo.com/5-most-biodiverse-countries-world-214740659.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ] islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Bali) were once linked to mainland Asia and have a wealth of Asian fauna. Large species such as the ], rhinoceros, orangutan, ], and leopard were once abundant as far east as Bali, but numbers and distribution have dwindled drastically. Having been long separated from the continental landmasses, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku have developed their unique flora and fauna.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitten|first1=T.|last2=Henderson|first2=G.|last3=Mustafa|first3=M.|title=The Ecology of Sulawesi|publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd.|year=1996|location=Hong Kong|isbn=978-962-593-075-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Monk|first1=K.A.|last2=Fretes|first2=Y.|last3=Reksodiharjo-Lilley|first3=G.|title=The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku|publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd.|year=1996|location=Hong Kong|isbn=978-962-593-076-3}}</ref> Papua was part of the Australian landmass and is home to a ] closely related to that of Australia, including over 600 bird species.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geographia.com/indonesia/indono02.htm|title=Indonesia|publisher=InterKnowledge Corp|date=2006-10-06|access-date=2006-10-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015200544/http://www.geographia.com/indonesia/indono02.htm|archive-date=2006-10-15}}</ref>

Indonesia is second only to Australia in terms of total ] species, with 36% of its 1,531 species of bird and 39% of its 515 species of mammal being endemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/468283.html|title=A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics, excerpt|last=Lambertini|first=Marco|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|date=2011-04-10|access-date=2017-02-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205010300/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/468283.html|archive-date=2017-02-05}}</ref> Indonesia harbours 83% of Southeast Asia's ], and the highest amount of forest carbon in the region.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Estoque|first1=Ronald C.|last2=Ooba|first2=Makoto|last3=Avitabile|first3=Valerio|last4=Hijioka|first4=Yasuaki|last5=DasGupta|first5=Rajarshi|last6=Togawa|first6=Takuya|last7=Murayama|first7=Yuji|date=2019-04-23|title=The future of Southeast Asia's forests|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=10|issue=1|page=1829|doi=10.1038/s41467-019-09646-4|pmid=31015425|issn=2041-1723|pmc=6478739|bibcode=2019NatCo..10.1829E}}</ref> Tropical seas surround Indonesia's {{convert|80000|km|mi|abbr=off}} of coastline. The country has a range of sea and coastal ecosystems, including ], dunes, estuaries, mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds, coastal mudflats, tidal flats, algal beds, and small island ecosystems.<ref name="EcoSeas1" /> Indonesia is one of the ] countries with the world's most enormous diversity of ], with more than 1,650 species in eastern Indonesia only.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/71545/coral-reef-destruction-spells-humanitarian-disaster|title=Coral reef destruction spells humanitarian disaster|last=Tamindael|first=Otniel|publisher=Antara News|date=2011-05-17|access-date=2011-05-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525101139/http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/71545/coral-reef-destruction-spells-humanitarian-disaster|archive-date=2011-05-25}}</ref>

] is the national animal of Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://masterliveaboards.com/komodo-dragons/|title=Diving Indonesia, Interesting facts Komodo Dragons|last=team|first=admin|date=19 April 2022|website=masterliveaboards.com|publisher=Master Liveaboards|access-date=4 June 2022|quote=}}</ref>]]
British naturalist ] described a dividing line (]) between the distribution of Indonesia's Asian and Australasian species.<ref name="Severin">{{cite book|last=Severin|first=Tim|title=The Spice Island Voyage: In Search of Wallace|publisher=Abacus Travel|year=1997|location=Great Britain|isbn=978-0-349-11040-0}}</ref> It runs roughly north–south along the edge of the Sunda Shelf, between Kalimantan and Sulawesi, and along the deep ], between ] and Bali. Flora and fauna on the west of the line are generally Asian, while east from Lombok is increasingly Australian until the tipping point at the ]. In his 1869 book, '']'', Wallace described numerous species unique to the area.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=A.R.|title=The Malay Archipelago|publisher=Periplus Editions|year=2000|orig-date=1869|isbn=978-962-593-645-1}}</ref> The region of islands between his line and New Guinea is now termed ].<ref name="Severin" />

Indonesia's large and growing population and rapid industrialisation present serious ]. They are often given a lower priority due to high poverty levels and weak, under-resourced governance.<ref name="forestprob">{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Jason R.|date=2007-08-14|url=http://www.american.edu/TED/ORANG.HTM|title=Deforestation in Indonesia and the Orangutan Population|publisher=TED Case Studies|access-date=2007-08-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811041439/http://www.american.edu/TED/ORANG.HTM|archive-date=2007-08-11}}</ref> Problems include the destruction of peatlands, large-scale illegal ] (causing ]), over-exploitation of marine resources, air pollution, garbage management, and reliable ].<ref name="forestprob" />
Indonesia has one of the world's fastest deforestation rates.<ref>{{Citation|title=Selling Out West Papua {{!}} 101 East|date=2020-06-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBbVu1ZOpYY&t=114s|publisher=]|language=en|access-date=2023-03-02|archive-date=2023-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302000019/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBbVu1ZOpYY&t=114s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=sust>{{cite journal|last1=Limaho|first1=Handoko|author2=Sugiarto|last3=Pramono|first3=Rudy|last4=Christiawan|first4=Rio|date=2022-07-14|title=The Need for Global Green Marketing for the Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia|journal=Sustainability|volume=14|issue=14|page=8621|doi=10.3390/su14148621|doi-access=free}}</ref> In 2020, forests covered approximately 49.1% of the country's land area,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS?locations=ID|title=Forest area (% of land area) – Indoneisa|publisher=World Bank|access-date=2021-06-14|archive-date=2021-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813152001/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.FRST.ZS?locations=ID|url-status=live}}</ref> down from 87% in 1950.<ref name="landuse">{{cite journal|last1=Tsujino|first1=Riyou|last2=Yumoto|first2=Takakazu|last3=Kitamura|first3=Shumpei|last4=Djamaluddin|first4=Ibrahim|last5=Darnaedi|first5=Dedy|date=November 2016|title=History of forest loss and degradation in Indonesia|journal=Land Use Policy|volume=57|pages=335–347|doi=10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.05.034|bibcode=2016LUPol..57..335T}}</ref> Since the 1970s, log production, various plantations and agriculture have been responsible for much of the ].<ref name="landuse" /> Most recently, it has been driven by the ] industry,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Austin|first1=Kemen G|last2=Schwantes|first2=Amanda|last3=Gu|first3=Yaofeng|last4=Kasibhatla|first4=Prasad D|date=2019-02-01|title=What causes deforestation in Indonesia?|journal=Environmental Research Letters|volume=14|issue=2|page=024007|doi=10.1088/1748-9326/aaf6db|bibcode=2019ERL....14b4007A|doi-access=free}}</ref> which has been criticised for its environmental impact and displacement of local communities.<ref name=sust /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mekongdmp.net/data/Resourcespapers/filepdf/PromisedLand.pdf|title=Palm Oil and Land Acquisition in Indonesia: Implications for Local Communities and Indigenous People|first1=Marcus|last1=Colchester|first2=Normal|last2=Jiwan|last3=Andiko|first3=Martua Sirait|first4=Asup Y.|last4=Firdaus|first5=A.|last5=Surambo|first6=Herbert|last6=Pane|date=2012-03-26|access-date=2012-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531005507/http://mekongdmp.net/data/Resourcespapers/filepdf/PromisedLand.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-31}}</ref> The situation has made Indonesia the world's largest forest-based emitter of greenhouse gases.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Chrysolite|first1=Hanny|last2=Juliane|first2=Reidinar|last3=Chitra|first3=Josefhine|last4=Ge|first4=Mengpin|date=2017-10-04|title=Evaluating Indonesia's Progress on its Climate Commitments|url=http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/10/evaluating-indonesias-progress-its-climate-commitments|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000659/http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/10/evaluating-indonesias-progress-its-climate-commitments|archive-date=2017-10-05|access-date=2018-08-26|website=]}}</ref> It also threatens the survival of indigenous and endemic species. The ] (IUCN) identified 140 species of mammals as ] and 15 as critically endangered, including the ],<ref>{{cite iucn|author=BirdLife International|title=''Leucopsar rothschildi''|volume=2016|page=e.T22710912A94267053|year=2016|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710912A94267053.en}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iucn.org/content/extinction-crisis-escalates-red-list-shows-apes-corals-vultures-dolphins-all-danger|title=Extinction crisis escalates: Red List shows apes, corals, vultures, dolphins all in danger|publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature|date=2007-09-12|access-date=2016-10-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016135339/https://www.iucn.org/content/extinction-crisis-escalates-red-list-shows-apes-corals-vultures-dolphins-all-danger|archive-date=2016-10-16}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite iucn|last=van Strien|first=N.J.|last2=Steinmetz|first2=R.|last3=Manullang|first3=B.|last4=Sectionov|first4=K.H.|last5=Isnan|first5=W.|last6=Rookmaaker|first6=K.|last7=Sumardja|first7=E.|last8=Khan|first8=M.K.M.|last9=Ellis|first9=S.|name-list-style=amp|title=''Rhinoceros sondaicus''|volume=2008|page=e.T19495A8925965|date=2008|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19495A8925965.en}}</ref> Some academics describe the deforestation and other environmental destruction in the country as an ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eco-business.com/news/explainer-what-is-ecocide/|title=Explainer: What is ecocide?|publisher=Eco-Business|author=Yeo, Kate|language=en|date=2022-08-04|access-date=2023-07-05|archive-date=2023-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017232943/https://www.eco-business.com/news/explainer-what-is-ecocide/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Aida|first1=Melly|last2=Tahar|first2=Abdul Muthalib|last3=Davey|first3=Orima|title=Proceedings of the 3rd Universitas Lampung International Conference on Social Sciences (ULICoSS 2022)|chapter=Ecocide in the International Law: Integration Between Environmental Rights and International Crime and Its Implementation in Indonesia|editor2-last=Putrawan|editor2-first=Gede Eka|editor3-last=Saputra|editor3-first=Bayu|editor4-last=Septiawan|editor4-first=Trio Yuda|date=2023|series=Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research|volume=740|pages=572–584|editor-last=Perdana|editor-first=Ryzal|doi=10.2991/978-2-38476-046-6_57|place=Paris|publisher=Atlantis Press SARL|language=en|isbn=978-2-38476-045-9|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Setiyono|first1=Joko|last2=Natalis|first2=Aga|date=2021-12-30|title=Ecocides as a Serious Human Rights Violation: A Study on the Case of River Pollution by the Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia|journal=International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning|language=en|volume=16|issue=8|pages=1465–1471|doi=10.18280/ijsdp.160807|s2cid=245606762|issn=1743-7601|doi-access=free}}</ref>

] in ]]]
As of 2023, the ] has gazetted 21.3% of the country's land as ], with the intention of developing a new protected area strategy in line with global ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pusparini|first1=Wulan|last2=Cahyana|first2=Andi|last3=Grantham|first3=Hedley S.|last4=Maxwell|first4=Sean|last5=Soto-Navarro|first5=Carolina|last6=Macdonald|first6=David W.|date=2023-01-16|title=A bolder conservation future for Indonesia by prioritising biodiversity, carbon and unique ecosystems in Sulawesi|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|page=842|doi=10.1038/s41598-022-21536-2|issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free|pmid=36646696|pmc=9842766|bibcode=2023NatSR..13..842P}}</ref> The country also has 411 ]s, or 9% of the country's total maritime area, and has set a target to increase this to 30% by 2045. However, a 2023 study suggested this target is not on track and that existing marine reserves are poorly managed.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Basten|last=Gokkon|date=2023-05-19|title=Study: Indonesia's extensive network of marine reserves are poorly managed|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/indonesia-maritime-marine-reserve-mpa-protected-area-management-funding/|access-date=2024-01-02|website=Mongabay Environmental News|language=en-US}}</ref>

Around 390 marine areas are managed in some way by government bodies, communities, and other sectors, with potential for these to be considered ] (OECMs). There is some policy recognition of OECMs but no national mechanism for reporting them.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Estradivari|last2=Agung|first2=Muh. Firdaus|last3=Adhuri|first3=Dedi Supriadi|last4=Ferse|first4=Sebastian C. A.|last5=Sualia|first5=Ita|last6=Andradi-Brown|first6=Dominic A.|last7=Campbell|first7=Stuart J.|last8=Iqbal|first8=Mohamad|last9=Jonas|first9=Harry D. |last10=Lazuardi |first10=Muhammad Erdi|last11=Nanlohy|first11=Hellen|last12=Pakiding|first12=Fitryanti|last13=Pusparini|first13=Ni Kadek Sri|last14=Ramadhana|first14=Hikmah C.|last15=Ruchimat|first15=Toni|date=2022-03-01|title=Marine conservation beyond MPAs: Towards the recognition of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in Indonesia|journal=Marine Policy|volume=137|page=104939|doi=10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104939|issn=0308-597X|doi-access=free|bibcode=2022MarPo.13704939E}}</ref>

]s in ], one of three parks that form the ]]]

There are 55 ] in Indonesia, of which 9 are predominantly ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/INFORMASI/TN%20INDO-ENGLISH/tn_index.htm|title=National Parks in Indonesia|access-date=2009-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009143318/http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/INFORMASI/TN%20INDO-ENGLISH/tn_index.htm|archive-date=9 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Of these 6 are ]s, such as the ] that includes three parks. Seven national parks are part of the ]<ref>UNESCO: , retrieved 22 October 2013</ref> and 5 are ]s of international importance under the ]. Around 9% of the Indonesia surface are national parks.

] in the ], one of Indonesia's over 100 marine protected areas]]
As of 2012 Indonesia had over 100 ] covering an area of 15.7 million ha, of which 32 where managed by the Ministry of Forestry while the rest where managed by local governments. In 2009 the president ] declared a target of reaching 20 million hectares by 2020. In 2010 Indonesia also set out a longer term target to further increase the coverage of its marine protected areas to 10% of its territorial waters, or 31 million hectares.<ref name="Yulianto">Yulianto et al. (2013) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224095217/http://indonesia.wcs.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=15154&PortalId=137&DownloadMethod=attachment |date=24 December 2013 }}, Wildlife Conservation Society</ref>

== Government and politics ==
{{Main|Politics of Indonesia}}
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Indonesia is a republic with a presidential system. Following the ] in 1998, political and governmental structures have undergone sweeping reforms, with ] revamping the executive, legislative and judicial branches.<ref name="Harijanti2006">{{cite journal|title=Indonesia: General elections test the amended Constitution and the new Constitutional Court|last1=Dwi Harijanti|first1=Susi|last2=Lindsey|first2=Tim|journal=International Journal of Constitutional Law|volume=4|issue=1|pages=138–150|doi=10.1093/icon/moi055|date=2006-01-01|doi-access=free}}</ref> Chief among them is the delegation of power and authority to various regional entities while remaining a ].<ref>{{Citation|last1=Ardiansyah|first1=Fitrian|last2=Marthen|first2=Andri|last3=Amalia|first3=Nur|title=Forest and land-use governance in a decentralized Indonesia|date=2015|doi=10.17528/cifor/005695|doi-access=free|hdl=10535/9986|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The ] is the ] and ], ] of the ] (''Tentara Nasional Indonesia'', TNI), and the director of domestic governance, policy-making, and foreign affairs. The president may serve a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms.<ref>(2002), ''The fourth Amendment of 1945 Indonesia Constitution'', Chapter III – The Executive Power, Article 7.</ref>

The highest representative body at the national level is the ] (''Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat'', MPR). Its main functions are supporting and amending the constitution, inaugurating and impeaching the president,<ref>Chapter II, Article 3, 3rd Clause of the 1945 Constitution.</ref><ref name="UUD45">{{cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---ilo_aids/documents/legaldocument/wcms_174556.pdf|title=The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia|publisher=International Labour Organization|access-date=2017-10-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011113409/http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---ilo_aids/documents/legaldocument/wcms_174556.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-11}}</ref> and formalising broad outlines of state policy. The MPR comprises two houses; the ] (''Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat'', DPR), with 575 members, and the ] (''Dewan Perwakilan Daerah'', DPD), with 136.<ref name="INAlegis">{{cite web|url=https://australiaindonesiacentre.org/app/uploads/2018/09/Guide-to-the-2019-Presidential-Elections-Kevin-Evans.pdf|title=Guide to the 2019 Indonesian Elections|last=Evans|first=Kevin|publisher=Australia-Indonesia Centre|date=2019|access-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417120111/https://australiaindonesiacentre.org/app/uploads/2018/09/Guide-to-the-2019-Presidential-Elections-Kevin-Evans.pdf|archive-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> The DPR passes legislation and monitors the executive branch. Reforms since 1998 have markedly increased its role in national governance,<ref name="Harijanti2006" /> while the DPD is a new chamber for matters of regional management.<ref>Chapter VIIA, Article 22D of the 1945 Constitution.</ref><ref name="UUD45" />

Most civil disputes appear before the State Court (''Pengadilan Negeri''); appeals are heard before the High Court (''Pengadilan Tinggi''). The ] (''Mahkamah Agung'') is the highest level of the judicial branch and hears final cessation appeals and conducts case reviews. Other courts include the ] (''Mahkamah Konstitusi'') which listens to constitutional and political matters, and the Religious Court (''Pengadilan Agama''), which deals with codified Islamic Personal Law (''sharia'') cases.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cammack|first1=Mark E.|last2=Feener|first2=R. Michael|publisher=Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal|date=January 2012|title=The Islamic Legal System in Indonesia|url=http://digital.law.washington.edu/dspace-law/bitstream/handle/1773.1/1091/21PRPLJ013.pdf|access-date=2017-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701133616/http://digital.law.washington.edu/dspace-law/bitstream/handle/1773.1/1091/21PRPLJ013.pdf|archive-date=2017-07-01|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, the ] (''Komisi Yudisial'') monitors the performance of judges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.komisiyudisial.go.id/frontend/static_content/authority_and_duties/about_ky|title=Authority and Duty|publisher=Judicial Commission of the Republic of Indonesia|language=id|access-date=2024-03-16|archive-date=2021-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019190810/https://www.komisiyudisial.go.id/frontend/static_content/authority_and_duties/about_ky}}</ref>

=== Parties and elections ===
{{Main|List of political parties in Indonesia|Elections in Indonesia}}

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Since 1999, Indonesia has had a multi-party system. In all ] since the fall of the ], no political party has won an overall majority of seats. The ] (PDI-P) secured the most votes in the ], becoming their third consecutive wins since 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-elections-pdip-megawati-soekarnoputri-prabowo-subianto-4213661|title=Megawati's PDI-P scores hat-trick in Indonesia election, but the party faces opposition dilemma under a Prabowo government|first=Kiki|last=Siregar|publisher=]|date=22 March 2024|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> Other notable parties include the ] (''Golkar''), the ] (''Gerindra''), the ], and the ] (PKS).

The first general election was held in 1955 to elect members of the DPR and the ] (''Konstituante''). The most recent elections in 2019 resulted in nine political parties in the DPR, with a ] of 4% of the national vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2017/08/04/new-election-bill-new-hope-for-democracy.html|title=New election bill, new hope for democracy|last=Maboy|first=Olasri|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2017-08-04|access-date=2018-10-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010124440/http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2017/08/04/new-election-bill-new-hope-for-democracy.html|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref> At the national level, Indonesians did not elect a president until 2004. Since then, the president is elected for a five-year term, as are the party-aligned members of the DPR and the non-partisan DPD.<ref name="INAlegis" /><ref name="Harijanti2006" /> Beginning with the ], elections for governors and mayors have occurred on the same date. In 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that legislative and presidential elections would be held simultaneously, starting in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/02/08/explaining-the-2019-simultaneous-elections.html|title=Explaining the 2019 simultaneous elections|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|last=Tehusijarana|first=Karina M.|date=2019-02-08|access-date=2020-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513073335/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/02/08/explaining-the-2019-simultaneous-elections.html|archive-date=2019-05-13|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Administrative divisions ===
{{Main|Subdivisions of Indonesia}}
Indonesia has several levels of subdivisions. The first level are the ], which have a legislature (''Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah'', DPRD) and an elected ]. A total of 38 provinces have been established from the original eight in 1945,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kebudayaan.kemdikbud.go.id/muspres/sejarah-wilayah-indonesia/|title=Sejarah Wilayah Indonesia|date=2018-09-12|author=Museum Kepresidenan|publisher=]|access-date=2020-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129032207/https://kebudayaan.kemdikbud.go.id/muspres/sejarah-wilayah-indonesia/|archive-date=2020-01-29|url-status=live}}</ref> the most recent change being the split of ] from the province of ] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.antaranews.com/news/264759/southwest-papua-officially-becomes-indonesias-38th-province|title=Southwest Papua officially becomes Indonesia's 38th province|agency=]|first=Fardah|last=Assegaf|date=2022-12-09|access-date=2023-02-07|archive-date=2023-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226035306/https://en.antaranews.com/news/264759/southwest-papua-officially-becomes-indonesias-38th-province|url-status=live}}</ref> The second level are the ] (''kabupaten'') and ] (''kota''), led by regents (''bupati'') and mayors (''walikota''), respectively, and a legislature (''DPRD Kabupaten/Kota''). The third level are the ] (''kecamatan'', ''distrik'' in ], or ''kapanewon'' and ''kemantren'' in ]), and the fourth are the ] (either ''desa'', ''kelurahan'', ''kampung'', ''nagari'' in ], or ''gampong'' in ]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Setiawan|first=Irfan|title=Rekonstruksi Birokrasi Pemerintahan Daerah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYgpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|publisher=Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri|year=2014|pages=187–188|access-date=2021-01-05|archive-date=2023-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152628/https://books.google.com/books?id=LYgpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|url-status=live}}</ref>

The village is the lowest level of government administration. It is divided into several community groups (''rukun warga'', RW), which are further divided into neighbourhood groups (''rukun tetangga'', RT). In Java, the village (''desa'') is divided into smaller units called ''dusun'' or ''dukuh'' (hamlets), which are the same as RW. Following the implementation of regional autonomy measures in 2001, regencies and cities have become chief administrative units responsible for providing most government services. The village administration level is the most influential on a citizen's daily life and handles village or neighbourhood matters through an elected village head (''lurah'' or ''kepala desa'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insideindonesia.org/the-village-head-as-patron-2|title=The village head as patron|work=Inside Indonesia|last1=Berenschot|first1=Ward|last2=Sambodho|first2=Prio|date=2017-05-09|access-date=2020-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329193633/https://www.insideindonesia.org/the-village-head-as-patron-2|archive-date=2018-03-29}}</ref>

Nine provinces—Aceh, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, ], ], ], ], ], and ]—are granted a ] (''otonomi khusus'') from the central government. Aceh, a conservative ], has the right to create some aspects of an independent legal system implementing '']''.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Michelle Ann Miller|title=The Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam law: a serious response to Acehnese separatism?|journal=Asian Ethnicity|volume=5|issue=3|year=2004|pages=333–351|doi=10.1080/1463136042000259789|s2cid=143311407}}</ref> Yogyakarta is the only ] legally recognised within Indonesia, with the positions of governor and vice governor being prioritised for the reigning ] and ], respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/23/thousands-bid-farewell-yogyakarta-pakualaman-leader.html|title=Thousands bid farewell to Yogyakarta, Pakualaman leader|work=]|first=Slamet|last=Susanto|date=2015-11-23|access-date=2022-06-27|archive-date=2022-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627015937/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/23/thousands-bid-farewell-yogyakarta-pakualaman-leader.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The six Papuan provinces are the only ones where the ] have privileges in their local government.<ref>{{cite news|date=2019-09-17|title=Putting Indigenous Papuans as the Leading Subject of Development|language=id|url=https://www.indonesia.go.id/narasi/indonesia-dalam-angka/ekonomi/menempatkan-orang-papua-asli-sebagai-subjek-utama-pembangunan|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219162329/https://www.indonesia.go.id/narasi/indonesia-dalam-angka/ekonomi/menempatkan-orang-papua-asli-sebagai-subjek-utama-pembangunan|archive-date=2020-02-19}}</ref>

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=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Indonesia}}
] headquarters and the largest city ] serves as the organization's diplomatic capital<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASEAN Secretariat renamed as ASEAN Headquarters to strengthen regional diplomacy|url=https://gutzy.asia/2023/09/07/asean-secretariat-renamed-as-asean-headquarters-to-strengthen-regional-diplomacy|access-date=2023-09-10|publisher=Gutzy Asia|date=2023-09-07|archive-date=2023-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114110512/https://gutzy.asia/2023/09/07/asean-secretariat-renamed-as-asean-headquarters-to-strengthen-regional-diplomacy/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Indonesia maintains 132 diplomatic missions abroad, including 95 embassies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kemlu.go.id/portal/id/page/29/kedutaan_konsulat|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Republic of Indonesia|date=2019-03-26|title=Missions|access-date=2019-07-15|language=id|archive-date=2021-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829134618/https://kemlu.go.id/portal/id/page/29/kedutaan_konsulat|url-status=live}}</ref> The country adheres to what it calls a "free and active" foreign policy, seeking a role in regional affairs in proportion to its size and location but avoiding involvement in conflicts among other countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://btk.ppke.hu/uploads/articles/554378/file/Feny%C5%91%20M%C3%A1rton_Szakdolgozat_MA_2015.pdf|title=The Foreign Policy of Indonesia In Light of President Jokowi's "Visi-Misi" Program|last1=Péter|first1=Klemensits|last2=Márton|first2=Fenyő|publisher=Pázmány Péter Catholic University|date=2017-08-16|access-date=2017-10-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010152016/https://btk.ppke.hu/uploads/articles/554378/file/Feny%C5%91%20M%C3%A1rton_Szakdolgozat_MA_2015.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref>

Indonesia was a significant battleground during the Cold War. Numerous attempts by the United States and the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/the-indonesia-documents-and-the-us-agenda/543534/|title=What the United States Did in Indonesia|last=Bevins|first=Vincent|publisher=The Atlantic|date=2017-10-20|access-date=2019-07-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428190633/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/the-indonesia-documents-and-the-us-agenda/543534/|archive-date=2019-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/94948/wp_sdsc_411.pdf|title=Strategic Realignment or Déjà vu? Russia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century|last1=Muraviev|first1=Alexey|last2=Brown|first2=Colin|publisher=Australian National University|date=December 2008|access-date=2016-12-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227202518/https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/94948/wp_sdsc_411.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-27}}</ref> and China to some degree,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/10/01/china-and-sept-30-movement.html|title=China and the Sept. 30 movement|last=Dahana|first=A.|publisher=The Jakarta Post|date=2015-10-01|access-date=2019-07-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005021538/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/10/01/china-and-sept-30-movement.html|archive-date=2015-10-05}}</ref> culminated in the 1965 coup attempt and subsequent upheaval that led to a reorientation of foreign policy.{{sfn|Robinson|2018}} Quiet alignment with the Western world while maintaining a non-aligned stance has characterised Indonesia's foreign policy since then.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/97.htm|title=Indonesia – Foreign Policy|publisher=U.S. Library of Congress|access-date=2006-09-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927151642/http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/97.htm|archive-date=2006-09-27}}</ref> Today, it maintains close relations with its neighbours and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (]) and the ]. In common with most of the ], Indonesia does not have diplomatic relations with Israel and has actively supported ]. However, observers have pointed out that Indonesia has ties with Israel, albeit discreetly.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/the-quiet-growth-in-indonesia-israel-relations/|title=The Quiet Growth in Indonesia-Israel Relations|author=Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat|magazine=The Diplomat|date=2015-03-11|access-date=2018-09-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613085526/https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/the-quiet-growth-in-indonesia-israel-relations/|archive-date=2018-06-13}}</ref>

Indonesia has been ] of the United Nations since 1950{{efn|name=fn2|During the ], Indonesia withdrew from the UN due to the latter's election to the ], although it returned 18 months later. It marked the first time in UN history that a member state had attempted a withdrawal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/bahasa/englishedition/143883-united-nations-withdrawal-philippines-duterte|title=What happened when Indonesia 'withdrew' from the United Nations|last=Gutierrez|first=Natashya|work=Rappler|date=2016-08-22|access-date=2018-09-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101151415/https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/bahasa/englishedition/143883-united-nations-withdrawal-philippines-duterte|archive-date=2016-11-01}}</ref>}} and was a founding member of the ] (NAM) and the ] (OIC).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fri_BwAAQBAJ&pg=PP62|title=Indonesia's Ascent: Power, Leadership, and the Regional Order|date=2015-02-25|access-date=2017-12-19|isbn=978-1-137-39741-6|last1=Roberts|first1=C.|last2=Habir|first2=A.|last3=Sebastian|first3=L.|publisher=Springer|archive-date=2023-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152554/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fri_BwAAQBAJ&pg=PP62|url-status=live}}</ref> Indonesia is a signatory to the ] agreement, the ], the ] (WTO), and a former member of ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-opec-meeting-indonesia-idUSKBN13Q3M7|title=Net oil importer Indonesia leaves producer club OPEC, again|last1=Jensen|first1=Fergus|last2=Asmarini|first2=Wilda|work=Reuters|access-date=2016-12-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201141227/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-opec-meeting-indonesia-idUSKBN13Q3M7|archive-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> Indonesia has been a humanitarian and development aid recipient since 1967,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://devinit.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Investments-to-End-Poverty-Chapter-10-Indonesia.pdf|title=Indonesia|publisher=Development Initiatives|date=2013|access-date=2018-07-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107152704/http://devinit.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Investments-to-End-Poverty-Chapter-10-Indonesia.pdf|archive-date=2014-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/12/02/why-does-indonesia-seem-to-prefer-foreign-aid-from-china/|title=Why does Indonesia seem to prefer foreign aid from China?|author=Pierre van der Eng|publisher=East Asia Forum|date=2017-12-02|access-date=2018-07-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722143133/http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/12/02/why-does-indonesia-seem-to-prefer-foreign-aid-from-china/|archive-date=2018-07-22}}</ref> and recently, the country established its first overseas aid programme in late 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/10/18/indonesia-launches-international-assistance-agency.html|title=Indonesia Launches $212M International Development Aid Fund|publisher=Jakarta Globe|last=Yasmin|first=Nur|date=2019-10-18|access-date=2020-11-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020134511/https://jakartaglobe.id/news/indonesia-launches-212m-international-development-aid-fund|archive-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>

=== Military ===
{{Main|Indonesian National Armed Forces|Military history of Indonesia}}
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Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) include the ] (TNI–AD), ] (TNI–AL, which includes ]), and ] (TNI–AU). The army has about 400,000 active-duty personnel. Defence spending in the national budget was 0.7% of ] (GDP) in 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ms.mil.xpnd.gd.zs?end=2018&start=2007&view=chart|title=Indonesia: Military expenditure (% of GDP)|publisher=World Bank|date=2018|access-date=2020-03-28|archive-date=2020-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328150931/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ms.mil.xpnd.gd.zs%3Fend%3D2018%26start%3D2007%26view%3Dchart|url-status=live}}</ref> with controversial involvement of military-owned commercial interests and foundations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/06/17/tnis-gold-mine-corruption-and-military-owned-businesses-in-indonesia/|title=TNI's Gold Mine: Corruption and Military-Owned Businesses in Indonesia|author=Jessica Vincentia Marpaung|publisher=The Global Anti Corruption Blog|date=2016-06-17|access-date=2017-12-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218051830/https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/06/17/tnis-gold-mine-corruption-and-military-owned-businesses-in-indonesia/|archive-date=2017-12-18}}</ref> The Armed Forces were formed during the ] when it undertook guerrilla warfare along with informal militia. Since then, territorial lines have formed the basis of all TNI branches' structure, aimed at maintaining domestic stability and deterring foreign threats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp9899/99rp23|title=Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-TNI)|last=Lowry|first=Bob|publisher=Parliament of Australia|date=1999-06-29|access-date=2019-07-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008153611/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp9899/99rp23|archive-date=2017-10-08}}</ref> The military has possessed a strong political influence since its founding, which ]. Political reforms in 1998 included the removal of the TNI's formal representation from the legislature. Nevertheless, its political influence remains, albeit at a reduced level.<ref>{{cite thesis|url=https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10063/4977/thesis.pdf?sequence=1|title=The Political Influence of the Military Before and After Democratic Transition: Experiences from Indonesia – An Assessment on Myanmar|last=Beets|first=Benjamin H.|publisher=Victoria University of Wellington|date=2015|doi=10.26686/wgtn.17013962|access-date=2018-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110650/https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10063/4977/thesis.pdf?sequence=1|archive-date=2018-07-30|type=thesis|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since independence, the country has struggled to maintain unity against local insurgencies and separatist movements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-09-mn-439-story.html|title=Indonesia Faces 3 Separatist Movements|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=1990-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010151213/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-09/news/mn-439_1_separatist-movements|archive-date=2017-10-10|url-status=live|access-date=2017-10-10}}</ref> Some, notably in ] and ], have led to an armed conflict and subsequent allegations of human rights abuses and brutality from all sides.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Agustinus Beo da Costa, Tom Allard|date=2021-05-21|title=Indonesia's troop surge to 'wipe out' armed rebels, says police chief|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/indonesia-papua-police-chief-rebels-b1851320.html|website=]|language=en|access-date=2022-04-02|archive-date=2022-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402154726/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/indonesia-papua-police-chief-rebels-b1851320.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Friend|2003|pp=270–273, 477–480}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3809079.stm|title=Indonesia flashpoints: Aceh|publisher=BBC|date=2005-12-29|access-date=2006-08-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822194320/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3809079.stm|archive-date=2006-08-22}}</ref> The former was resolved peacefully in 2005,<ref name="AcehPeace" /> while the latter has continued amid a significant, albeit imperfect, implementation of regional autonomy laws.<ref>{{cite web|date=2006-09-05|title=Papua: Answer to Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/indonesia/b53_papua_answers_to_frequently_asked_questions.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918233640/http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/indonesia/b53_papua_answers_to_frequently_asked_questions.pdf|archive-date=2006-09-18|access-date=2006-09-18|publisher=International Crisis Group}}</ref> Reports from ],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-09-03|title=Pope Francis Must Urge Indonesia to Respect Human Dignity and Social Justice in Development|url=https://www.amnesty.id/kabar-terbaru/siaran-pers/pope-francis-must-urge-indonesia-to-respect-human-dignity-and-social-justice-in-development/09/2024/|access-date=2024-10-04|website=Amnesty International Indonesia|language=en}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2024-09-18|title="If It's Not Racism, What Is It?" Discrimination and Other Abuses Against Papuans in Indonesia|url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/09/18/if-its-not-racism-what-it/discrimination-and-other-abuses-against-papuans|journal=]|language=en}}</ref> and the ] have raised the issue of ] committed by Indonesian troops in Papua such as extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MC|first=Ali|date=2022-10-19|title=Australia committed to military cooperation with Indonesia|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/19/australia-to-continue-indonesia-military-cooperation|access-date=2024-10-04|website=]|language=en|quote=In 2020, an independent report published by UN experts found that at least 50,000 people had been displaced in the province due to violence. It cited allegations of the use of excessive force, torture and killings against Indigenous West Papuans by the police or military.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stefan Armbruster, Victor Mambor and BenarNews staff|date=2024-06-27|title=Indonesia accused of subverting Pacific push for UN rights mission to Papua|url=https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/pacific/indonesia-papua-pacific-push-un-visit-06272024011114.html|work=]|quote=A highly critical U.N. Human Right Committee report on Indonesia released in May highlighted "systematic reports about the use of torture" and "extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of Indigenous Papuan people."}}</ref> Past engagements of the army include the ] against the Netherlands over the ], the opposition to the ]-sponsored ] ("]"), the ] of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), and the ], the latter having been Indonesia's most massive military operation.<ref>Indonesia. Department of Foreign Affairs. ''Decolonization in East Timor''. Jakarta: Department of Information, Republic of Indonesia, 1977. {{OCLC|4458152}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Budiardjo|first1=Carmel|first2=Liem Soei|last2=Liong|title=The War against East Timor|location=London|publisher=Zed Books|year=1984|page=22|isbn=0-86232-228-6}}</ref>

== Economy ==
{{Main|Economy of Indonesia|Economic history of Indonesia}}
{{See also|Agriculture in Indonesia}}
] plantation in ], ]. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm oil<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pacheco|first1=P.|last2=Gnych|first2=S.|last3=Dermawan|first3=A.|last4=Komarudin|first4=H.|last5=Okarda|first5=B.|date=2017|title=The Palm Oil Global Value Chain: Implications for Economic Growth and Social and Environmental Sustainability|journal=Center for International Forestry Research – Working Paper|volume=220}}</ref>]]
Indonesia has a ] in which the private sector and government play vital roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indonesia-investments.com/culture/economy/item177|title=Economy of Indonesia|publisher=Indonesia Investments|access-date=2017-05-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504124120/https://www.indonesia-investments.com/culture/economy/item177|archive-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> As the only ] member state in Southeast Asia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g20.org/|title=G20 Presidency of Indonesia|publisher=G20|access-date=2022-08-18|archive-date=2015-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205230641/http://g20.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> the country has the largest economy in the region and is classified as a ]. Per a 2024 estimate, it is the world's ] and ], estimated to be {{currency|1.402&nbsp;trillion|USD|passthrough=yes}} and {{currency|4.658&nbsp;trillion|USD|passthrough=yes}}, respectively. Per capita GDP in PPP is {{currency|16,542|USD|passthrough=no}}, while nominal ] is {{currency|4,980|USD|passthrough=no}}.<ref name="IMFWEO.ID" /> Services are the economy's largest sector and account for 43.4% of GDP (2018), followed by industry (39.7%) and agriculture (12.8%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/319236/share-of-economic-sectors-in-the-gdp-in-indonesia/|title=Indonesia: Share of economic sectors in the gross domestic product (GDP) from 2008 to 2018|publisher=Statista|date=December 2019|access-date=2020-03-28|archive-date=2018-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092751/https://www.statista.com/statistics/319236/share-of-economic-sectors-in-the-gdp-in-indonesia/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2009, it has employed more people than other sectors, accounting for 47.7% of the total labour force, followed by agriculture (30.2%) and industry (21.9%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/320160/employment-by-economic-sector-in-indonesia/|title=Indonesia: Distribution of employment by economic sector from 2009 to 2019|publisher=Statista|date=December 2019|access-date=2020-03-28|archive-date=2016-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042323/https://www.statista.com/statistics/320160/employment-by-economic-sector-in-indonesia/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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Over time, the structure of the economy has changed considerably.<ref name="RBA">{{cite web|url=http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2011/dec/pdf/bu-1211-4.pdf|title=The Growth and Development of the Indonesian Economy|last1=Elias|first1=Stephen|last2=Noone|first2=Clare|publisher=Reserve Bank of Australia|date=December 2011|access-date=2016-12-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227203419/http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2011/dec/pdf/bu-1211-4.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-27}}</ref> Historically, it has been weighted heavily towards agriculture, reflecting both its stage of economic development and government policies in the 1950s and 1960s to promote agricultural self-sufficiency.<ref name="RBA" /> A gradual process of industrialisation and urbanisation began in the late 1960s and accelerated in the 1980s as falling oil prices saw the government focus on diversifying away from oil exports and towards manufactured exports.<ref name="RBA" /> This development continued throughout the 1980s and into the next decade despite the ], during which the GDP rose at an average rate of 7.1%. As a result, the official poverty rate fell from 60% to 15%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Indonesia-POVERTY-AND-WEALTH.html|title=Indonesia – Poverty and Wealth|publisher=Encyclopedia of the Nations|access-date=2011-07-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714155857/http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Indonesia-POVERTY-AND-WEALTH.html#ixzz1FB50TL4X|archive-date=2011-07-14}}</ref> Trade barriers reduction from the mid-1980s made the economy more globally integrated. The growth ended with the ] that severely impacted the economy, including a 13.1% real GDP contraction in 1998 and a 78% inflation. The economy reached its low point in mid-1999 with only 0.8% real GDP growth.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Titiheruw|first1=Ira S.|last2=Atje|first2=Raymond|date=2008|title=Managing Capital Flows: The Case of Indonesia|journal=Asian Development Bank Institute Discussion Paper|volume=94|pages=9–10}}</ref>

] hosting primarily nickel-related industries in ], ]]]
Relatively steady inflation<ref>{{cite web|last=Temple|first=Jonathan|date=2001-08-15|title=Growing into trouble: Indonesia after 1966|url=http://www.efm.bris.ac.uk/economics/working_papers/pdffiles/dp01522.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227202512/http://www.efm.bris.ac.uk/economics/working_papers/pdffiles/dp01522.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-27|access-date=2016-12-27|publisher=University of Bristol}}</ref> and have contributed to strong economic growth in recent years. From 2007 to 2019, annual growth accelerated to between 4% and 6% due to improvements in the banking sector and domestic consumption,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2017/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=42&pr.y=11&sy=2007&ey=2017&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=536&s=NGDP_RPCH&grp=0&a=|title=World Economic Outlook Database: Report for Selected Countries and Subjects – Indonesia|publisher=International Monetary Fund|date=October 2017|access-date=2018-01-09|archive-date=2018-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125114318/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2017/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=42&pr.y=11&sy=2007&ey=2017&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=536&s=NGDP_RPCH&grp=0&a=|url-status=live}}</ref> helping Indonesia weather the 2008–2009 ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2009/car072809b.htm|title=IMF Survey: Indonesia's Choice of Policy Mix Critical to Ongoing Growth|publisher=International Monetary Fund|date=2009-07-28|access-date=2017-02-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205010131/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2009/car072809b.htm|archive-date=2017-02-05}}</ref> and regain in 2011 the investment grade rating it had lost in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/fitch-upgrades-indonesias-rating-to-investment-grade/484940|title=Fitch Upgrades Indonesia's Rating to Investment Grade|newspaper=Jakarta Globe|date=2011-12-15|access-date=2012-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108060719/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/fitch-upgrades-indonesias-rating-to-investment-grade/484940|archive-date=2012-01-08}}</ref> {{as of|2019}}, 9.41% of the population lived below the poverty line, and the official open unemployment rate was 5.28%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/indonesia-s-economy-grew-last-year-despite-shortfalls/1697593|title=Indonesia's economy grew last year despite shortfalls|last=Musyaffa|first=Iqbal|publisher=Anadoly Agency|date=2020-01-09|access-date=2020-03-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110142100/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/indonesia-s-economy-grew-last-year-despite-shortfalls/1697593|archive-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> During the first year of the global ], the economy suffered its first recession since the 1997 crisis but recovered in the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/37584|title=Indonesia Economic Prospects, June 2022: Financial Deepening for Stronger Growth and Sustainable Recovery|publisher=WorldBank|date=2022-05-31|access-date=2022-08-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622092437/https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/37584|archive-date=2022-06-22}}</ref>

Indonesia has abundant natural resources. Its primary industries are fishing, petroleum, timber, paper products, cotton cloth, tourism, petroleum mining, natural gas, bauxite, coal, and tin. Its main agricultural products are rice, coconuts, soybeans, bananas, coffee, tea, palm, rubber, and sugar cane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/basic-facts/|title=Facts & Figures – Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia &#124; Washington D.C.|access-date=2022-09-05|archive-date=2022-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905163515/http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/basic-facts/}}</ref> Indonesia is the world's largest ].<ref>{{cite news|title=How Indonesia Became the Biggest Player in the Nickel Market|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-13/how-indonesia-became-the-biggest-player-in-the-nickel-market|work=Bloomberg|date=13 June 2024|access-date=30 August 2024|archive-date=30 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830080040/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-13/how-indonesia-became-the-biggest-player-in-the-nickel-market|url-status=live}}</ref> These commodities make up a large portion of the country's exports, with palm oil and coal briquettes as the leading export commodities. In addition to refined and crude petroleum as the primary imports, telephones, vehicle parts and wheat cover the majority of additional imports. China, the United States, Japan, Singapore, India, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand are Indonesia's principal export markets and import partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oec.world/en/profile/country/idn|title=Indonesia|publisher=The Observatory of Economic Complexity|date=2019|access-date=2020-08-22|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119012002/https://oec.world/en/profile/country/idn|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Tourism ===
{{Main|Tourism in Indonesia}}] in ], the world's largest Buddhist temple, is the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia<ref>{{cite book|title=Indonesia|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd.|date=2003|location=Melbourne|pages=211–215|isbn=978-1-74059-154-6|last=Elliott|first=Mark}}</ref>]]

] contributed around {{currency|9.8&nbsp;billion|USD|passthrough=yes}} to GDP in 2020, and in the previous year, Indonesia received 15.4&nbsp;million visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/reports/travel-and-tourism-development-index-2021/explore-the-data#report-nav|title=Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 Edition – Interactive Data and Economy Profiles|publisher=World Economic Forum|date=2021|access-date=2022-12-26|archive-date=2022-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226010318/https://www.weforum.org/reports/travel-and-tourism-development-index-2021/explore-the-data#report-nav|url-status=live}}</ref> Overall, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan are the top five sources of visitors to Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bps.go.id/indicator/16/327/3/jumlah-kedatangan-wisatawan-mancanegara-ke-indonesia-menurut-negara-tempat-tinggal.html|title=Number of International Tourist Arrivals to Indonesia by Country of Residence|publisher=Statistics Indonesia|date=2002–2019|access-date=2020-12-06|language=id|archive-date=2020-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206034809/https://www.bps.go.id/indicator/16/327/3/jumlah-kedatangan-wisatawan-mancanegara-ke-indonesia-menurut-negara-tempat-tinggal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2011, ''Wonderful Indonesia'' has been the country's international marketing campaign slogan to promote tourism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/01/06/tourism-ministry-set-launch-%E2%80%98wonderful-indonesia%E2%80%99-campaign.html|title=Tourism Ministry set to launch 'Wonderful Indonesia' campaign|last=Erwida|first=Maulia|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2011-01-06|access-date=2014-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312211940/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/01/06/tourism-ministry-set-launch-%E2%80%98wonderful-indonesia%E2%80%99-campaign.html|archive-date=2014-03-12}}</ref>

], ], has the highest recorded level of diversity in marine life, according to ]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/09/indonesia/doubilet-text|title=Indonesia Undersea|last=Doubilet|first=David|magazine=National Geographic|date=September 2007|access-date=2009-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806040153/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/09/indonesia/doubilet-text|archive-date=2009-08-06}}</ref>]]
Nature and culture are prime attractions of Indonesian tourism. The country has a well-preserved natural ecosystem with rainforests stretching over about 57% of Indonesia's land (225&nbsp;million acres). Forests on Sumatra and Kalimantan are examples of popular destinations, such as the Orangutan wildlife reserve. Moreover, Indonesia has one of the world's longest coastlines, measuring {{convert|54716|km|0}}. The ancient ] and ] temples, as well as ] and ] with their traditional festivities, are some of the popular destinations for cultural tourism.<ref name="pariwisata">{{cite book|title=Informasi Pariwisata Nusantara|language=id|publisher=]|year=2014|location=Jakarta|type=Not for sale}}</ref>

Indonesia has ], including the ] and the ]; and a further 18 in a tentative list that includes ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/id|title=Indonesia – Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2016-11-27|archive-date=2019-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227022340/http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/id|url-status=live}}</ref> Other attractions include specific points in Indonesian history, such as the colonial heritage of the Dutch East Indies in the ]s of ] and ] and the ] of ] and ].<ref name="pariwisata" />

=== Science and technology ===
{{Main|Science and technology in Indonesia}}
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Government expenditure on research and development is relatively low (0.3% of GDP in 2019),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Huda|first1=Nur|last2=Pawennei|first2=Irsan|last3=Ratri|first3=Andhina|last4=Taylor|first4=Veronica L.|date=2020-12-01|title=Making Indonesia's Research and Development Better|url=https://www.ksi-indonesia.org/assets/uploads/original/2021/02/ksi-1613637314.pdf|publisher=Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance|page=53|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928070135/https://www.ksi-indonesia.org/assets/uploads/original/2021/02/ksi-1613637314.pdf|archive-date=2021-09-28}}</ref> and Indonesia ranked 54th (from 133 countries) on the 2024 ] report and performance above expectation for level of development in uppermiddle-income group.<ref>{{Cite book |year=2024|title=Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship|url=https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/global-innovation-index-2024/en/|access-date=2024-10-06|page=18|publisher=]|language=en|doi=10.34667/tind.50062|isbn=978-92-805-3681-2}}</ref> Historical examples of scientific and technological developments include the paddy cultivation technique ], which is common in Southeast Asia, and the ] boats by the ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kastenmarine.com/phinisi_history.htm|title=History of the Indonesian Pinisi|last=Kasten|first=Michael|access-date=2016-12-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209081906/http://www.kastenmarine.com/phinisi_history.htm|archive-date=2016-12-09}}</ref> In the 1980s, Indonesian engineer ] invented a road construction technique named ] that later became widely used in several countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/11/man-1000-shoulders.html|title=Man of 1000 shoulders|last=Sertori|first=Trisha|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2014-12-11|access-date=2015-03-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320110612/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/11/man-1000-shoulders.html|archive-date=2015-03-20}}</ref> The country is also an active producer of passenger trains and freight wagons with its state-owned company, the ] (INKA), and has exported trains abroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/02/04/056843078/INKA-to-Manufacture-Trains-for-Export-to-Bangladesh-Sri-Lanka|title=INKA to Manufacture Trains for Export to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka|last=Rika Stevani|first=Louis|publisher=Tempo|date=2017-02-04|access-date=2018-01-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115032449/https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/02/04/056843078/INKA-to-Manufacture-Trains-for-Export-to-Bangladesh-Sri-Lanka|archive-date=2018-01-15}}</ref>

Indonesia has a long history of developing military and small commuter aircraft. It is the only country in Southeast Asia to build and produce aircraft. The state-owned ] (''PT. Dirgantara Indonesia'') has provided components for ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://properti.kompas.com/read/2011/10/26/08061555/presiden.kunjungi.pt.dirgantara.indonesia.|title=President Visits PT Dirgantara Indonesia|publisher=Kompas|last=Liu|first=Hindra|date=2011-10-26|access-date=2011-05-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513132842/https://properti.kompas.com/read/2011/10/26/08061555/presiden.kunjungi.pt.dirgantara.indonesia.|archive-date=2021-05-13}}</ref> The company also collaborated with ] of Spain to develop the ], which has been used by several countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.detik.com/industri/3135372/ptdi-ekspor-40-unit-pesawat-terlaris-cn235|title=PTDI Ekspor 40 Unit Pesawat, Terlaris CN235|last=Dwi Sutianto|first=Feby|publisher=detikFinance|date=2016-02-05|language=id|access-date=2017-08-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815175446/https://finance.detik.com/industri/3135372/ptdi-ekspor-40-unit-pesawat-terlaris-cn235|archive-date=2017-08-15}}</ref> Former President ] was involved in the research and coordination.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/30/habibie-receives-honorary-doctorate.html|title=Habibie receives honorary doctorate|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2010-01-30|access-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072336/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/30/habibie-receives-honorary-doctorate.html|archive-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> Indonesia has also joined the South Korean programme to manufacture the 4.5-generation fighter jet ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/kf-x-paper-pushing-or-peer-fighter-program-010647/|title=KF-X Fighter: Korea's Future Homegrown Jet|publisher=Defense Industry Daily|date=2017-11-21|access-date=2017-11-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123011721/https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/kf-x-paper-pushing-or-peer-fighter-program-010647/|archive-date=2017-11-23}}</ref>

Indonesia has a space programme and space agency, the ] (''Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional'', LAPAN). In the 1970s, Indonesia became the first developing country to operate a satellite system called ],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/08/archives/indonesian-satellite-to-be-launched-communications-craft-is-first.html|title=Indonesian Satellite to Be Launched|last=Mcelheny|first=Victor K.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1976-07-08|access-date=2018-08-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802050737/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/08/archives/indonesian-satellite-to-be-launched-communications-craft-is-first.html|archive-date=2018-08-02}}</ref> a series of communication satellites owned by ]. The first satellite, PALAPA A1, was launched on 8 July 1976 from the ] in Florida, United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spacejournal.ohio.edu/issue8/his_marwah3.html|title=Planning and Development of Indonesia's Domestic Communications Satellite System PALAPA|publisher=Online Journal of Space Communication|date=2005|access-date=2015-05-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518111302/http://spacejournal.ohio.edu/issue8/his_marwah3.html|archive-date=2015-05-18}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, Indonesia has launched 19 satellites for various purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=INDO&t=country|title=Satellites by countries and organizations: Indonesia|publisher=N2YO|access-date=2024-05-07|archive-date=2018-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728101259/https://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=INDO&t=country|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2024, Indonesia granted licensure to satellite internet provider ] aimed at bringing Internet connectivity to the rural and underserved regions of Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-05-08|title=SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacexs-unit-starlink-secures-indonesia-122755897.html|access-date=2024-05-09|website=Yahoo News|language=en-SG|archive-date=2024-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512233545/https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacexs-unit-starlink-secures-indonesia-122755897.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Infrastructure ==
{{See also|List of main infrastructure projects in Indonesia}}

=== Transport ===
{{Main|Transport in Indonesia}}
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Indonesia's transport system has been shaped over time by the economic resource base of an archipelago and the distribution of its 275&nbsp;million people highly concentrated on ].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Legge|first1=John D.|title=Review: Indonesia's Diversity Revisited|journal=Indonesia|date=April 1990|volume=49|issue=49|pages=127–131|url=http://cip.cornell.edu/seap.indo/1107012385|jstor=3351057|doi=10.2307/3351057|hdl=1813/53928|hdl-access=free|access-date=2018-07-01|archive-date=2023-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152603/https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/52499|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, the transport sector generated about 5.2% of GDP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emis.com/blog/indonesia-transportation-sector-report-20172018|title=Indonesian Transportation Sector Report 2017/2018|last=del Olmo|first=Esmeralda|publisher=EMIS|date=2017-11-06|access-date=2018-10-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024074026/https://www.emis.com/blog/indonesia-transportation-sector-report-20172018|archive-date=2018-10-24}}</ref> The road transport system has a total length of {{convert|542310|km|mi|abbr=off}} {{As of|2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bps.go.id/linkTableDinamis/view/id/820|title=Length of Road by Surface, 1957–2018 (Km)|publisher=Statistics Indonesia|language=id|access-date=2020-03-21|archive-date=2017-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815140110/https://www.bps.go.id/linkTableDinamis/view/id/820|url-status=live}}</ref> Jakarta has the ], boasting {{convert|251.2|km|abbr=off}} in 13 corridors and ten cross-corridor routes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transjakarta.co.id/produk-dan-layanan/infrastruktur/koridor/|title=Koridor|publisher=TransJakarta|language=id|access-date=2017-08-15|archive-date=2022-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118090254/http://transjakarta.co.id/produk-dan-layanan/infrastruktur/koridor/|url-status=live}}</ref> ]s such as ''bajaj'' and ''becak'' and ]s such as ''Angkot'' and ''Minibus'' are a regular sight in the country.
In the freer political environment of the post-Suharto years, the role of religion, particularly Islam, in society and politics is hotly debated. The current "anti-pornography" bill before Parliament, for example, is aimed not only at publications and movies, but also at outlawing immodest dress and public displays of affection such as kissing and dancing. Its supporters argue that it is a necessity to maintain moral standards; its detractors maintain it would be an unwelcome control of individual freedoms and would be discriminatory towards women in particular.<ref>{{cite video |people=Peter Cave, Mark Colvin |title=Indonesian women rally against anti-pornography bill |medium=TV Current Affairs |publisher=Lateline, ] |location=Sydney |date=] ]}}</ref>


] is the first high-speed rail in Southeast Asia and the Southern Hemisphere]]
==Administrative divisions==
Most ] are in Java, and partly Sumatra and Sulawesi,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jakartaglobe.id/vision/sulawesis-first-trains-begin-transporting-passengers-in-trial|title=Sulawesi's First Trains Begin Transporting Passengers in Trial|first=Ifan|last=Ahmad|work=]|date=2022-10-29|access-date=2023-10-23|archive-date=2023-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028235440/https://jakartaglobe.id/vision/sulawesis-first-trains-begin-transporting-passengers-in-trial|url-status=live}}</ref> used for freight and passenger transport, such as local commuter rail services (mainly in ] and ]) complementing the ] in several cities. In the late 2010s, Jakarta and ] were the first cities in Indonesia to have ] systems, with more planned for other cities in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.overtureglobal.io/story/at-last-light-rail-comes-to-jakarta|title=At Last, Light Rail Comes to Jakarta|last=Coca|first=Nithin|publisher=Overture|date=2019-04-14|access-date=2019-11-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122052504/https://www.overtureglobal.io/story/at-last-light-rail-comes-to-jakarta|archive-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> In 2023, a high-speed rail called ] connecting the cities of Jakarta and ] commenced operations, a first for Southeast Asia and the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/indonesias-high-speed-train-speed-fare-distance-cost-everything-you-need-to-know-1.1692276969730|title=Indonesia's high-speed train: Speed, fare, distance, cost, everything you need to know|first=Jay|last=Hilotin|work=]|date=2023-08-17|access-date=2023-10-23|archive-date=2023-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023124636/https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/indonesias-high-speed-train-speed-fare-distance-cost-everything-you-need-to-know-1.1692276969730|url-status=live}}</ref>
]
{{main|Provinces of Indonesia|Administrative divisions of Indonesia}}
Administratively, Indonesia consists of ] (four of which have special status) including a special capital region. Each has its own political legislature and is headed by a governor. The provinces are subdivided into regencies ('']'') and ('']''), which are further subdivided into subdistricts ('']''), and again into village groupings ('']''). Following the implementation of regional autonomy measures in 2001, the 440 districts or regencies have become the key administrative units responsible for providing most government services. The village administration level is one of the most influential on a citizen's daily life, and handles matters of a village or neighbourhood through an elected ''lurah'' or ''kepala desa'' (village chief).


Indonesia's largest airport, ], is among the busiest in the Southern Hemisphere, ]. ] and ] are the country's second-and third-busiest airport, respectively. ], the country's flag carrier since 1949, is one of the world's leading airlines and a member of the global airline alliance ]. The ] is the busiest and most advanced Indonesian port,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21693404-after-decades-underinvestment-infrastructure-spending-picking-up-last|title=The 13,466-island problem|newspaper=The Economist|date=2016-02-27|access-date=2017-06-16|archive-date=2021-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429111749/https://www.economist.com/special-report/2016/02/25/the-13466-island-problem|url-status=live}}</ref> handling more than 50% of Indonesia's trans-shipment cargo traffic.
===Indonesian provinces and their capitals===
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'''Sumatra'''
*]* (''Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam'') - ]
*] (''Sumatera Utara'') - ]
*] (''Sumatera Barat'') - ]
*] - ]
*] (''Kepulauan Riau'') - ]
*] - ]
*] (''Sumatera Selatan'') - ]
*] - ]
*] - ]
*] - ]
'''Java'''
*]* - ]
*] - ]
*] (''Jawa Barat'') - ]
*] (''Jawa Tengah'') - ]
*]* - ]
*] (''Jawa Timur'') - ]
'''Lesser Sunda Islands'''
*] - ]
*] (''Nusa Tenggara Barat'') - ]
*] (''Nusa Tenggara Timur'') - ]
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'''Kalimantan'''
*] (''Kalimantan Barat'') - ]
*] (''Kalimantan Tengah'') - ]
*] (''Kalimantan Selatan'') - ]
*] (''Kalimantan Timur'') - ]
'''Sulawesi'''
*] (''Sulawesi Utara'') - ]
*] - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Tengah'') - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Barat'') - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Selatan'') - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Tenggara'') - ]
'''Maluku islands'''
*] - ]
*] (''Maluku Utara'') - ]
'''Papua'''
*] (''Papua Barat'') - ]
*]* - ]
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===Special Regions=== === Energy ===
{{Main|Energy in Indonesia}}
Four provinces have special status: ], ], ] and ]. Special Region status provides greater legislative privileges and a higher degree of autonomy from the ] in comparison to other provinces. The Acehnese government, for example, has the right to create an independent legal system; in 2003, it instituted a form of '']'' (Islamic law).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Michelle Ann Miller |title=The Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam law: a serious response to Acehnese separatism? |journal=Asian Ethnicity |volume=5 |issue=3 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/caet/2004/00000005/00000003/art00005 |date=2004 |pages=333&ndash;351 |doi=10.1080/1463136042000259789}}</ref> Yogyakarta was granted the status of 'Special Region' as recognition for is pivotal role in supporting Indonesian Republicans during the ];<ref> (''translated version''). ] (1974). Chapter VII Transitional Provisions, Art. 91.</ref> the positions of governor and its vice governor are prioritized for descendants of the ] and ], respectively,<ref>Elucidation on the Indonesia Law No. 22/1999 Regarding Regional Governance. ] (1999). Chapter XIV Other Provisions, Art. 122.</ref> much like a ]. ], formerly known as ], has had special autonomy status since 2001. As part of the autonomy package was the introduction of the Papuan People's Council tasked with arbitration and speaking on behalf of Papuan tribal customs, however, the implementation of the autonomy measures has been criticised as half-hearted and incomplete.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dursin |first=Richel |coauthors=Kafil Yamin |title=Another Fine Mess in Papua |work=Editorial |pages= |language= |publisher=The Jakarta Post |date=2004-11-18 |url=http://www.infid.be/papua_mess.htm
|accessdate=2006-10-05}}; {{cite news |last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Papua Chronology Confusing Signals from Jakarta |work=|pages= |language= |publisher=The Jakarta Post |date=2004-11-18 |url=http://www.infid.be/papua_mess.htm#Papua%20Chronology%20Confusing%20Signals%20from%20Jakarta |accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> Jakarta is the country's special capital region.


], ]]]
==Geography==
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{{main|Geography of Indonesia}}
Indonesia's ], about 6,000 of which are inhabited,<ref>{{cite web | first =Hendriawan | title =Indonesia Regions | publisher =Indonesia Business Directory | url =http://www.indonext.com/Regions/ | accessdate = 2007-04-24 }}</ref> are scattered over both sides of the ]. By land area, the five largest islands are ], ], ] (the Indonesian part of ]), ] (shared with ]) and ] (not in that order). Indonesia borders Malaysia on the island of Borneo, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea, and East Timor on the island of ]. The capital, ], is on Java and is the nation's largest city, followed by ], ], ], and ].


In 2019, Indonesia produced {{convert|17.059|e15Btu|TWh|lk=on|order=flip|abbr=off}} and consumed {{convert|8.043|e15Btu|TWh|order=flip|abbr=off}} worth of energy.<ref name="USEIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/country.php?iso=IDN|title=Overview: Indonesia|publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration|date=2021-09-24|access-date=2022-12-03|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120041356/https://www.eia.gov/international/overview/country/IDN|url-status=live}}</ref> The country has substantial energy resources, including {{convert|22|e9oilbbl|e9m3|abbr=off}} of conventional oil and gas reserves (of which about 4&nbsp;billion barrels are recoverable), 8&nbsp;billion barrels of oil-equivalent coal-based methane (CBM) resources, and 28&nbsp;billion tonnes of recoverable coal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey%20Offices/Indonesia/PDFs/Ten_ideas_to_reshape_Indonesias_energy_sector.ashx|title=Ten ideas to reshape Indonesia's energy sector|last1=Budiman|first1=Arief|last2=Das|first2=Kaushik|last3=Mohammad|first3=Azam|last4=Tee Tan|first4=Khoon|last5=Tonby|first5=Oliver|publisher=McKinsey&Company|date=September 2014|access-date=2015-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330035251/http://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey%20Offices/Indonesia/PDFs/Ten_ideas_to_reshape_Indonesias_energy_sector.ashx|archive-date=2015-03-30}}</ref>
At 1,919,440&nbsp;] (741,050&nbsp;]), Indonesia is the world's sixteenth-largest country in terms of land area.<ref name="ciarank">{{cite web |last=Central Intelligence Agency |title=Rank Order Area |work=The World Factbook |publisher=US ], Washington, DC |date=2006-10-17 |url=https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html |accessdate=2006-11-03}}</ref> Its average population density is 134.39 people per square kilometer, 79th in the world,<ref>{{cite web |title=Population density - Persons per&nbsp;km² 2006 |work=CIA world factbook |publisher=Photius Coutsoukis |date=2006 |url=http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/population_density_2006_1.html |accessdate=2006-10-04}}</ref> although Java, the world's most populous island,<ref name="JOSHUA">{{cite web | last = Calder | first = Joshua | title = Most Populous Islands | publisher = World Island Information | date = 3 May 2006 | url = http://www.worldislandinfo.com/POPULATV2.htm
| accessdate = 2006-09-26 }}</ref> has a population density of 940 people per km². At 4,884 meters (12,405 feet), ] in ] is Indonesia's highest peak and ] in Sumatra its largest lake with an area of 1,145&nbsp;km² (442&nbsp;mi²). The country's largest rivers are in Kalimantan and include the ], and ]. With their sources in the island's central ], they meander through ] to the sea allowing communication and transport between settlements built along their edges.<ref>{{cite web |last=|first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Republic of Indonesia |work=Encarta |publisher=Microsoft |date=2006 |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573214/Republic_of_Indonesia.html#s4 |format= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref>


In late 2020, Indonesia's total national installed power generation capacity stands at 72,750.72 MW.<ref>{{cite book|date=September 2020|title=Statistik Ketenagalistrikan 2020|url=https://gatrik.esdm.go.id/assets/uploads/download_index/files/8f7e7-20211110-statistik-2020-rev03.pdf|publisher=Directorate General of Electricity|language=id|page=7|edition=33|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203081054/https://gatrik.esdm.go.id/assets/uploads/download_index/files/8f7e7-20211110-statistik-2020-rev03.pdf|archive-date=2022-12-03}}</ref> Although reliance on domestic coal and imported oil has increased between 2010 and 2019,<ref name="USEIA"/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gielen|first1=Dolf|last2=Saygin|first2=Deger|last3=Rigter|first3=Jasper|date=March 2017|title=Renewable Energy Prospects: Indonesia, a REmap analysis|journal=International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)|isbn=978-92-95111-19-6}}</ref> Indonesia has seen progress in ], with hydropower and geothermal being the most abundant sources that account for more than 8% of the country's energy mix.<ref name="USEIA"/> As of 2021, power generation from solar, wind, biomass, and ocean energy is still small.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwc.com/id/en/energy-utilities-mining/assets/power/power-guide-2017.pdf|title=Power in Indonesia 2017|publisher=PwC|date=November 2017|access-date=2018-09-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913064347/https://www.pwc.com/id/en/energy-utilities-mining/assets/power/power-guide-2017.pdf|archive-date=2018-09-13}}</ref> The country's largest dam, ], has an installed capacity of 186.5 MW that feeds into the Java grid managed by the State Electricity Company ('']'', PLN).
] and ] in ]. Indonesia's seismic and volcanic activity is among the world's highest.]]
Indonesia's location on the edges of three ]s&mdash;the Pacific, Eurasian, and Australian plates&mdash;makes it the site of numerous ] and frequent ]s. Indonesia has at least 150 ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/region.cfm?rnum=06&rpage=list| title=Volcanoes of Indonesia| publisher=]| accessdate=2007-03-25| work=Global Volcanism Program}}</ref> including ] and ], both famous for their devastating eruptions in the nineteenth century. The eruption of the ] ] approximately 70,000 years ago was one of the largest eruptions known and a ]. Recent disasters due to seismic activity include the ] which killed an estimated 167,736 in northern Sumatra<ref>{{cite web
| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =The Human Toll | work =UN Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery | publisher =] | date = | url =http://www.tsunamispecialenvoy.org/country/humantoll.asp | format = | doi = | accessdate =2007-03-25 }}</ref> and the ] in 2006. ], however, is a major contributor to the high agricultural fertility that has historically sustained the high population densities of Java and Bali.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitten |first=T |coauthors=Soeriaatmadja, R. E., Suraya A. A. |title=The Ecology of Java and Bali |publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd |date=1996 |location=Hong Kong |pages=95-97 |id=}}</ref>


== Demographics ==
]ial Indonesia has a ] with two distinct ]al ] and ] seasons. Average annual rainfall in the lowlands varies from 1,780 to 3,175 millimetres (70 to 125 inches), and up to 6,100 millimetres (240 inches) in mountainous regions. Mountainous areas&mdash;particularly in the west coast of Sumatra, West Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua&mdash;receive the highest rainfall. Humidity is generally high, averaging about 80%. Temperatures vary little over the year; the average daily ] of Jakarta is 26° to 30° ] (79° to 86° ]).<ref>{{cite web
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The ] recorded ] as 270.2&nbsp;million, the ], with a moderately high population growth rate of 1.25%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://waspada.co.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=182106:fifty-years-needed-to-bring-population-growth-to-zero&catid=30:english-news&Itemid=101|title=Fifty years needed to bring population growth to zero|publisher=Waspada Online|date=2011-03-19|access-date=2011-05-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510014541/http://waspada.co.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=182106:fifty-years-needed-to-bring-population-growth-to-zero&catid=30:english-news&Itemid=101|archive-date=2011-05-10}}</ref> ] is the world's most populous island,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-population-island|title=Highest population, island|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=2017-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606183647/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-population-island|archive-date=2017-06-06|url-status=live}}</ref> where 56% of the country's population lives.<ref name="2020census">{{cite web|url=https://www.bps.go.id/website/materi_ind/materiBrsInd-20210121151046.pdf|page=9|publisher=Statistics Indonesia|title=Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2020|language=id|date=2021-01-21|access-date=2021-01-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122154418/https://www.bps.go.id/website/materi_ind/materiBrsInd-20210121151046.pdf|archive-date=2021-01-22}}</ref> The population density is {{convert|141|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}},<ref name="2020census" /> ranking 88th in the world, although Java has a population density of {{convert|1,067|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. In 1961, the first post-colonial census recorded a total of 97&nbsp;million people.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQbd3-G6riUC|title=Population Trends in Indonesia|last=Nitisastro|first=Widjojo|publisher=Equinox Publishing|via=Google Books|page=268|date=2006|access-date=2015-09-05|isbn=978-979-3780-43-6}}</ref> It is expected to grow to around 295&nbsp;million by 2030 and 321&nbsp;million by 2050.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2017_DataBooklet.pdf|title=World Population Prospect: 2017 Revision|publisher=United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs – Population Division|date=2017-06-21|access-date=2017-12-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220083223/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2017_DataBooklet.pdf|archive-date=2017-12-20}}</ref> The country currently possesses a relatively young population, with a median age of 30.2 years (2017 estimate).<ref name="CIA" />
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==Ecology==
The spread of the population is uneven throughout the archipelago, with a varying habitats and levels of ], ranging from the ] of Jakarta to ] in Papua.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/2191|title=BBC: First contact with isolated tribes?|publisher=Survival International|date=2007-01-25|access-date=2017-07-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730073348/http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/2191|archive-date=2017-07-30}}</ref> As of 2017, about 54.7% of the population lives in urban areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-population-urban|title=Share of people living in urban areas, 2017|publisher=Our World in Data|date=2017|access-date=2020-09-05|archive-date=2021-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812214024/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-population-urban|url-status=live}}</ref> Jakarta is the country's ] and the ], with over 34&nbsp;million residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Demographia World Urban Areas, 15th Annual Edition|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|publisher=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207210003/http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|archive-date=2020-02-07|date=April 2019}}</ref> About 8&nbsp;million ]; most settled in Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fois.or.id/tapping-the-indonesian-diaspora-potential-97baef4e98ba?gi=fa637167c9c7|title=Tapping the Indonesian Diaspora Potential|last=Krisetya|first=Beltsazar|publisher=Forum for International Studies|date=2016-09-14|access-date=2017-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220084622/https://fois.or.id/tapping-the-indonesian-diaspora-potential-97baef4e98ba?gi=fa637167c9c7|archive-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>
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{{Largest cities of Indonesia|class=info}}
Indonesia's vast size, tropical climate, and ] geography, support the world's second highest level of ] (after ]).<ref name="LESTER">{{cite book
| last =Lester | first =Brown, R | title =State of the World 1997: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society (14th edition) | publisher =W. W. Norton & Company | date =1997 | location =New York | pages =page 7 | id = ISBN-0393040089 }}</ref> 58% of the country is covered by ]s<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesia |work=Global Virtual University |publisher=Globalis |url=http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/country.cfm?Country=ID |accessdate=}}</ref> and its ] and ] is a mixture of ]n and ]n species<!-- which are contained in some of the world’s most distinctive and varied ecosystems{{citation required}}-->.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesia’s Natural Wealth: The Right of a Nation and Her People |publisher=Islam Online |date=2003-05-22 |url=http://www.islamonline.net/English/Science/2003/05/article13.shtml |accessdate=2006-10-06}}</ref> Once linked to the Asian mainland, the ] (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Bali) have a wealth of Asian fauna. Large species such as the ], ], ], ], and ], although once abundant and distributed east as far as Bali, have dwindled drastically in number and distribution. Sumatra and Kalimantan still contain vast forests, predominantly of Asian species, but they are being logged at rapid rates. In contrast, the forests of smaller but densely populated Java have largely been removed for human habitation and agriculture. Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara and Maluku&mdash;having been long separated from the continental landmasses&mdash;have developed their own unique flora and fauna.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitten |first=T. |coauthors=Henderson, G., Mustafa, M. |title=The Ecology of Sulawesi |publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd. |date=1996 |location=Hong Kong |id=ISBN 962-593-075-2}}; {{cite book |last=Monk, |first=K.A. |coauthors=Fretes, Y., Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. |title=The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku |publisher=Periplus Editions Ltd. |date=1996 |location=Hong Kong |id=ISBN 962-593-076-0}}</ref> Originally part of the Australian landmass, the highlands of Papua have a number of unique environments, including over six hundred bird species, with fauna closely related to that of Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesia |publisher=InterKnowledge Corp. |url=http://www.geographia.com/indonesia/indono02.htm |accessdate=2006-10-06}}</ref>


=== Ethnic groups and languages ===
Surrounding thousands of islands with over 80,000 kilometers of coastline, the warm, tropical seas of Indonesia also boast a high level of biodiversity,<ref name="EcoSeas1"/> with a corresponding diverse range of ]s that include ], ]s, ], ], ]s, ] beds, ], tidal flats, algal beds, and small island ecosystems.
{{Main|Ethnic groups in Indonesia|Native Indonesians|Languages of Indonesia}}
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Indonesia is an ethnically diverse country, with around 600 distinct native ethnic groups.<ref name="BPS">{{cite web|url=http://www.bps.go.id/website/pdf_publikasi/watermark%20_Kewarganegaraan%2C%20Suku%20Bangsa%2C%20Agama%20dan%20Bahasa_281211.pdf|title=Nationality, Ethnicity, Religion, and Languages of Indonesians|language=id|last1=Na'im|first1=Akhsan|last2=Syaputra|first2=Hendry|publisher=]|date=2010|access-date=2015-09-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194534/http://www.bps.go.id/website/pdf_publikasi/watermark%20_Kewarganegaraan%2C%20Suku%20Bangsa%2C%20Agama%20dan%20Bahasa_281211.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-23}}</ref> Most Indonesians are descended from ] whose languages had origins in ], which possibly originated in what is now Taiwan. Another major grouping is the ], who inhabit eastern Indonesia (the ], ], and the eastern part of the ]).{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=5–7}}{{sfn|Witton|2003|pp=139, 181, 251, 435}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dawson|first1=B.|last2=Gillow|first2=J.|title=The Traditional Architecture of Indonesia|publisher=Thames and Hudson Ltd.|year=1994|location=London|page=7|isbn=978-0-500-34132-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://gln.kemdikbud.go.id/glnsite/diaspora-melanesia-di-nusantara/|title=Diaspora Melanesia di Nusantara|access-date=2022-08-24|language=id|author1=Truman Simanjuntak|author2=Herawati Sudoyo|author3=Multamia R.M.T. Lauder|author4=Allan Lauder|author5=Ninuk Kleden Probonegoro|author6=Rovicky Dwi Putrohari|author7=Desy Pola Usmany|author8=Yudha P.N. Yapsenang|author9=Edward L. Poelinggomang|author10=Gregorius Neonbasu|publisher=Direktorat Sejarah, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan|isbn=978-602-1289-19-8|year=2015|archive-date=2022-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225091356/https://gln.kemdikbud.go.id/glnsite/diaspora-melanesia-di-nusantara/}}</ref>


The ] are the largest ethnic group, constituting 40.06% of the population<ref name="ISEASdemo">{{cite book |last1=Ananta |first1=Aris |last2=Arifin |first2=Evi Nurvidya |last3=Hasbullah |first3=M Sairi |last4=Handayani |first4=Nur Budi |last5=Pramono |first5=Agus |year=2015 |title=Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crKfCgAAQBAJ |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=978-981-4519-87-8 }}</ref> and are politically dominant.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kingsbury|first=Damien|title=Autonomy and Disintegration in Indonesia|publisher=Routledge|page=131|isbn=0-415-29737-0|year=2003}}</ref> They are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of Java and also in sizeable numbers in most provinces. The ] are the next largest group (15.51%), followed by ], ], ], ], ], and ] people.<ref name="ISEASdemo"/>{{efn|Small but significant populations of ], ], Europeans and Arabs are concentrated mostly in urban areas.}} A sense of Indonesian nationhood exists alongside strong regional identities.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p=256}}
] ], a great ape ] to Indonesia.]]
The British naturalist ] described a dividing line between the distribution of Indonesia's Asian and ] species.<ref name="Severin">{{cite book |last=Severin |first=Tim |title=The Spice Island Voyage: In Search of Wallace |publisher=Abacus Travel |date=1997 |location=Great Britain |id=ISBN 0-349-11040-9}}</ref> Known as the "]", it runs roughly north-south along the edge of the ], between Kalimantan and Sulawesi, and then down along the deep ], between ] and ]. West of the line the flora and fauna are more Asian; moving east from Lombok, they are increasingly Australian. Wallace described not only this transition between Asian and Australasian species, but also numerous species unique to the surrounding area,<ref>{{cite book |last=Wallace |first=A.R. |title=The Malay Archipelago |publisher=Periplus Editions |date=2000 (originally 1869) |id=ISBN 962-593-645-9}},</ref> now termed "]".<ref name="Severin"/>


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As a highly populous country part-way through a rapid ] process, Indonesia faces serious ecological issues, which are often given a lower priority due to high poverty levels and weak, under-resourced governance.<ref name="forestprob">{{cite paper |author=Jason R. Miller |title=Deforestation in Indonesia and the Orangutan Population |publisher=TED Case Studies |date=1997-01-30 |url=http://www.american.edu/TED/orang.htm |accessdate=}}</ref> Issues include: large-scale ] (much of it ]) and related wildfires causing ] over parts of western Indonesia, ] and ]; over-exploitation of marine resources; and environmental problems associated with rapid ] and ], including ], ], garbage management, and reliable water and ] services.<ref name="forestprob"/> ] threatens the survival of indigenous and ] species, including 140 species of ] identified by the ] (IUCN) as ] and fifteen identified as critically ] including the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Massicot |first=Paul |title=Animal Info - Indonesia |publisher=Animal Info - Information on Endangered Mammals |url=http://www.animalinfo.org/country/indones.htm |accessdate=}}</ref>
The country's official language is ], a variant of ] based on its ], which had been the archipelago's '']'' for centuries. It was ] and achieved official status in 1945 under the name ''Bahasa Indonesia''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.languagetranslation.com/translation/languages/indonesian-translation4.html|title=The History of Indonesian|publisher=Language Translation, Inc.|access-date=2016-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043125/http://www.languagetranslation.com/translation/languages/indonesian-translation4.html|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> Due to centuries-long contact with other languages, it is rich in local and foreign influences.{{efn|These influences include Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Makassarese, Hindustani, Sanskrit, Tamil, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese and English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dannyreviews.com/h/Indonesian_Language.html|title=The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society|last=Sneddon|first=James N.|publisher=University of South Wales Press Ltd.|date=April 2013|access-date=2018-01-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729003635/http://dannyreviews.com/h/Indonesian_Language.html|archive-date=2017-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Anwar|first=Khaidir|url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_1976_num_12_1_1296|title=Minangkabau, Background of the main pioneers of modern standard Malay in Indonesia|journal=Archipel|year=1976|volume=12|pages=77–93|doi=10.3406/arch.1976.1296|access-date=2017-06-09|archive-date=2018-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203045433/http://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_1976_num_12_1_1296|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/MED-Magazine/May2006/38-Indonesian-English-false-friends.htm|title=Language interference: Indonesian and English|last=Amerl|first=Ivana|publisher=MED Magazine|date=May 2006|access-date=2018-01-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729050607/http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/MED-Magazine/May2006/38-Indonesian-English-false-friends.htm|archive-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>}} Nearly every Indonesian speaks the language due to its widespread use in education, academics, communications, business, politics, and mass media. Most Indonesians also speak at least one of more than 700 local languages,<ref name="ethnologue">{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/ID/languages|title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Twenty-first edition|last1=Simons|first1=Gary F.|last2=Fennig|first2=Charles D.|publisher=SIL International|access-date=2018-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626224541/https://www.ethnologue.com/country/ID/languages|archive-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> often as their first language. Most belong to the ], while over 270 ] are spoken in eastern Indonesia.<ref name="ethnologue" /> Of these, ] is the most widely spoken<ref name="CIA" /> and has co-official status in the ].<ref>{{cite act|type=Regional Regulation|index=2|date=2021|legislature=]|title=Peraturan Daerah Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Nomor 2 Tahun 2021 tentang Pemeliharaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Sastra, dan Aksara Jawa|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/162614/perda-no-2-tahun-2021|language=id}}</ref>


In 1930, ] and other Europeans ('']''), Eurasians, and derivative people like the ] numbered 240,000, or 0.4%, of the total population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nidi.knaw.nl/Content/NIDI/output/reports/nidi-report-64.pdf|title=The Demographic History of the Dutch in the East Indies|last=van Nimwegen|first=Nico|date=2002|publisher=Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut|access-date=2011-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723103734/http://www.nidi.knaw.nl/Content/NIDI/output/reports/nidi-report-64.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-23}}</ref> Historically, they constituted only a tiny fraction of the native population and remain so today. Also, the Dutch language never had a substantial number of speakers or official status despite the Dutch presence for almost 350 years.{{sfn|Baker|Prys Jones|1998|p=202}} The small minorities that can speak it or ] fluently are the aforementioned ethnic groups and descendants of Dutch colonisers. This reflected the Dutch colonial empire's primary purpose, which was commercial exchange as opposed to sovereignty over homogeneous landmasses.<ref name=Ward>{{cite book|last=Ward|first=Kerry|title=Networks of Empire: Forced Migration in the Dutch East India Company|date=2009|pages=322–342|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-521-88586-7}}</ref> Today, there is some degree of fluency by either educated members of the oldest generation or legal professionals,{{sfn|Ammon|Dittmar|Mattheier|Trudgill|2006|p=2017}} as specific law codes are still only available in Dutch.{{sfn|Booij|1999|p=2}}
==Economy==
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{{main|Economy of Indonesia}}
Indonesian ] for 2005 was US$287 billion,<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesia Data Profile |work= |publisher= |url=http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?PTYPE=CP&CCODE=IDN |accessdate=}}</ref> with a ] (]) of US$4,458, ranking Indonesia 110th in the world.<ref name="IMF"/> The ] is the economy's largest accounting for 45.3% of GDP (2005), followed by ] (40.7%) and ] (14.0%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Statistics and its Development in Indonesia |work=Sub Committee on Statistics: First Session 18-20 February, 2004 |publisher=Economic and Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific |page=p.19 |date= |url=http://www.unescap.org/stat/sos1/sos1_indonesia.pdf}}</ref> Agriculture, however, is the country's largest employer, employing 44.3% of the 95 million-strong workforce, followed by the services sector (36.9%) and industry (18.8%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesia at a Glance |work=Indonsia Development Indicators and Data |publisher=] |date=13 August 2006 |url=http://devdata.worldbank.org/AAG/idn_aag.pdf}}</ref> Major industries include ] and ], ], ], and ]. Major agricultural products include ], ], ], ], ]s and ].


=== Religion ===
Indonesia's main export markets are ] (22.3% of Indonesian exports in 2005), the ] (13.9%), ] (9.1%), and ] (8.9%). The major suppliers of imports to Indonesia are Japan (18.0%), China (16.1%), and Singapore (12.8%). In 2005, Indonesia ran a ] with ] revenues of US$83.64 billion and ] expenditure of US$62.02 billion. The country has extensive natural resources, including ], ], ], ], and ]. Indonesia's major imports include ] and ], ], ], and ].<ref name='indoCIA'/>
{{Main|Religion in Indonesia}}
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Although the government officially recognises only ]: ], ], ], ], ], ],<ref>{{cite book|surname=Shah|given=Dian A. H.|year=2017|title=Constitutions, Religion and Politics in Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka|place=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ek4DwAAQBAJ&q=Constitutions%2C%20Religion%20and%20Politics%20in%20Asia%3A%20Indonesia%2C%20Malaysia&pg=PR6|isbn=978-1-107-18334-6|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-date=2023-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152557/https://books.google.com/books?id=8ek4DwAAQBAJ&q=Constitutions%2C%20Religion%20and%20Politics%20in%20Asia%3A%20Indonesia%2C%20Malaysia&pg=PR6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Marshall">{{cite journal|last=Marshall|first=Paul|date=2018|title=The Ambiguities of Religious Freedom in Indonesia|journal=The Review of Faith & International Affairs|volume=16|issue=1|pages=85–96|doi=10.1080/15570274.2018.1433588|doi-access=free}}</ref> and ] for administrative purpose,<ref name="Marshall" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2016/12/07/09405241/penjelasan.pemerintah.terkait.pentingnya.kolom.agama.di.kk.dan.ktp|title=Penjelasan Pemerintah Terkait Pentingnya Kolom Agama di KK dan KTP|publisher=]|date=2017-12-07|access-date=2024-02-29|language=Indonesian|archive-date=2024-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229034716/https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2016/12/07/09405241/penjelasan.pemerintah.terkait.pentingnya.kolom.agama.di.kk.dan.ktp|url-status=live}}</ref> religious freedom is guaranteed in the country's constitution.<ref>Chapter XA, Article 28E, 1st Clause of the 1945 Constitution.</ref><ref name="UUD45" /> With 244 million adherents (87.1%) in 2023, Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country,{{sfn|Ricklefs|2001|p=379}}<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://e-database.kemendagri.go.id/dataset/1203/tabel-data?page=23|title=Religion in Indonesia|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621091542/https://e-database.kemendagri.go.id/dataset/1203/tabel-data?page=23|url-status=live}}</ref> with ] being the majority (99%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/future-of-the-global-muslim-population-sunni-and-shia/|title=Sunni and Shia Muslims|publisher=Pew Research Center|date=2011-01-27|access-date=2017-05-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506114552/http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/future-of-the-global-muslim-population-sunni-and-shia/|archive-date=2017-05-06}}</ref> The ] and ], respectively, constitute 1% (1–3&nbsp;million) and 0.2% (200,000–400,000) of Muslims.<ref name="Marshall" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268976.pdf|title=2016 Indonesia International Religious Freedom Report|author=((Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor))|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=2017|access-date=2017-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219044652/https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268976.pdf|archive-date=2017-12-19}}</ref> About 10% of Indonesians are Christians, who form the ].<ref>{{Citation|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|year=2014|title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2014, Indonesia|publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238298|access-date=2015-12-28|archive-date=2022-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206002546/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238298|url-status=live}}</ref> Most ]s are ],<ref>{{cite book|last=Oey|first=Eric|title=Bali|place=Singapore|publisher=Periplus Editions|year=1997|edition=3rd|isbn=978-962-593-028-2}}</ref> and most ] are ].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFNKQcvGNSAC&pg=PA98|title=Ethnic Chinese in Contemporary Indonesia|editor=Suryadinata, Leo|year=2008|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=978-981-230-835-1|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2023-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152603/https://books.google.com/books?id=UFNKQcvGNSAC&pg=PA98|url-status=live}}</ref>
Despite its immense ] and ] productivity, prosperity has often failed to be equitable. Following independence, the economy deteriorated drastically as a result of political instability, a young and inexperienced government, and ill-disciplined ]. By the time of ] in the mid-1960s, the economy was in chaos with 1,000% annual ], shrinking export revenues, crumbling ], factories operating at minimal capacity, and negligible ], resulting in severe poverty and hunger.<ref name='SCHWARZ'>Schwarz (1994), pages 52-57</ref> In the late 1960s, the ] administration brought ] to ] that quickly brought inflation down, stabilized the currency, managed ], and attracted ] and ].<ref name='SCHWARZ'/>


] ]s performing ] ritual at ] temple, Central Java]]
Indonesia is ] only member of ] and the 1970s oil price rises provided an export revenue windfall that contributed to economic growth rates averaging over 7% from 1968 to 1981.<ref name='SCHWARZ'/> Growth slowed, however, to an average of 4.3% per annum between 1981 and 1988 due to declining oil prices, on which the Indonesian economy had become heavily dependent, and due to inefficiencies of over-regulation. The late 1980s saw a range of economic reform measures including a managed devaluation of the ] to improve export competitiveness, and de-regulation of the financial sector. Foreign investment flowed into Indonesia, particularly into the rapidly developing export-orientated ], and from 1989 to 1997, the Indonesian economy ] by an average of over 7%.<ref name='SCHWARZ'/><ref name="CountryBrief">{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia: Country Brief |work=Indonesia:Key Development Data & Statistics |publisher=] |date=September 2006 |url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/INDONESIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20095968~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:226309,00.html |format= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref>
The natives of the Indonesian archipelago originally practised indigenous ] and ], beliefs that are common to ].<ref name="Ooi" /> They worshipped and revered ancestral spirits and believed that supernatural spirits ('']'') might inhabit certain places such as large trees, stones, forests, mountains, or sacred sites.<ref name="Ooi">{{cite book|title=Southeast Asia: A historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor (3 volume set)|editor=Ooi, Keat Gin|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2004|page=177|isbn=978-1-57607-770-2}}</ref> Examples of Indonesian native belief systems include the ] ], ]'s ], and the ] ]. They have significantly impacted how other faiths are practised, evidenced by a large proportion of people—such as the Javanese ], ], and Dayak Christians—practising a less ], ] form of their religion.<ref>Magnis-Suseno, F. 1981, ''Javanese Ethics and World-View: The Javanese Idea of the Good Life'', PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta, 1997, pp. 15–18 {{ISBN|979-605-406-X}}, {{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2003/23829.htm|title=2003 International Religious Freedom Report|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=2003|access-date=2012-01-13|archive-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809081448/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2003/23829.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>


] prayer ceremony at ] in ], the only Indonesian province where ] is the predominant religion]]
The ] of 1997-98, however, hit Indonesia hard. Against the US dollar, the currency dropped from about Rp. 2,000 to Rp. 18,000 and the economy shrunk by a devastating 13.7%, causing much hardship.<ref name="CountryBrief"/> The ] has since stabilized at around Rp. 10,000 and there has been a slow but significant recovery. GDP growth exceeded 5% in both 2004 and 2005 and is forecasted to increase.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=IMF Executive Board Concludes 2006 Article IV Consultation and Fifth Post-Program Monitoring Discussions with Indonesia |work=Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 06/91 |publisher=], ] |date=7 August 2006 |url=http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2006/pn0691.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia: Forecast |work=Country Briefings |publisher=] |date=3 October 2006 |url=http://www.economist.com/countries/Indonesia/profile.cfm?folder=Profile-Forecast |format= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> The patchy nature of the recovery has been exacerbated by political instability since 1998, perceptions of corruption at all levels of government and business, and a perceived slow pace of economic reform.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Guerin |first=G. |authorlink= |coauthors=| title=Don't count on a Suharto accounting |journal=Asia Tims Online |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher=Asia Times Online Ltd, Hong Kong |date=23 May 2006 |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HE23Ae01.html |doi= |id= |accessdate=}}</ref> Real per capita income has reached pre-1997 crisis levels but annual inflation in 2006 is estimated at 17%.
] influences reached the archipelago as early as the first century CE.<ref>], The Indian Religions in Pre-Islamic Indonesia and their survival in Bali, in {{Google books|X7YfAAAAIAAJ|Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast Asia, Religions|pages=1–54}}</ref> The ] ] of ] in western Java around 130 was the first historically recorded ] kingdom in the archipelago.<ref>Darsa, Undang A. 2004. "Kropak 406; Carita Parahyangan dan Fragmen Carita Parahyangan", Makalah disampaikan dalam Kegiatan Bedah Naskah Kuna yang diselenggarakan oleh Balai Pengelolaan Museum Negeri Sri Baduga. Bandung-Jatinangor: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Padjadjaran: hlm. 1–23.</ref> ] arrived around the 6th century,<ref>{{cite web|title=Buddhism in Indonesia|work=Buddha Dharma Education Association|year=2005|url=http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/indo-txt.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510074118/http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/indo-txt.htm|archive-date=2019-05-10|access-date=2006-10-03}}</ref> and its history in Indonesia is closely related to that of Hinduism, as some empires based on Buddhism had their roots around the same period. The archipelago has witnessed the rise and fall of Hindu and Buddhist empires such as ], ], ], and Mataram. Though no longer a majority, Hinduism and Buddhism remain to have a substantial influence on Indonesian culture.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rachman|first1=T.|date=2013|title='Indianization' of Indonesia in an Historical Sketch|journal=International Journal of Nusantara Islam|volume=1|issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/india/global-influence-of-hinduism/influence-hinduism-buddhism-indonesian-culture/|title=Influence of Hinduism and Buddhism on Indonesian culture|publisher=Sanskriti Magazine|last=Sedyawati|first=Edi|date=2014-12-19|access-date=2020-12-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415194440/https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/india/global-influence-of-hinduism/influence-hinduism-buddhism-indonesian-culture/|archive-date=2017-04-15}}</ref>


] in ], ]. The ] began in the region]]
==Demographics==
] was introduced by ] traders of the ] ] as well as ] traders from the ] and ] as early as the 8th century CE.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Vol. 2: M–Z|last=Martin|first=Richard C.|year=2004|publisher=Macmillan}}</ref><ref>Gerhard Bowering et al. (2012), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Princeton University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-691-13484-0}}, pp. xvi</ref> For the most part, Islam overlaid and mixed with existing cultural and religious influences, resulting in a distinct form of Islam ('']'').{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=12–14}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Indonesia – Bhineka Tunggal Ika|publisher=Centre Universitaire d'Informatique|url=http://cui.unige.ch/~luthi/download/indo.html|access-date=2006-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914023845/http://cui.unige.ch/~luthi/download/indo.html|archive-date=2006-09-14}}</ref> Trade, ] such as by the ] and Chinese explorer ], and military campaigns by ] helped accelerate the ].<ref>Taufiq Tanasaldy, Regime Change and Ethnic Politics in Indonesia, Brill Academic, {{ISBN|978-90-04-26373-4}}</ref><ref>Gerhard Bowering et al., The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Princeton University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-691-13484-0}}</ref> By the end of the 16th century, Islam became the dominant religion of ] and ].
] boys in ].]]
{{main|Demographics of Indonesia}}
The national population from the 2000 national census is 206 million,<ref name='bps2000'>{{cite press release |title=2000 Population Statistics |publisher=Indonesian Central Statistics Bureau |date=30 June 2000 |url=http://www.bps.go.id/sector/population/pop2000.htm |accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> and the Indonesian Central Statistics Bureau and ''Statistics Indonesia'' estimate 222 million as the population for 2006.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Indonesian Central Statistics Bureau |title=Tingkat Kemiskinan di Indonesia Tahun 2005-2006 |date=1 September 2006 |url=http://www.bps.go.id/releases/files/kemiskinan-01sep06.pdf |language=] |accessdate=2006-09-26}}</ref> 130 million people live on the island of ], the world's most populous island.<ref>{{cite web |last=Calder |first=Joshua |title=Most Populous Islands |publisher=World Island Information |date=3 May 2006 |url=http://www.worldislandinfo.com/POPULATV2.htm |accessdate=2006-09-26}}</ref> Despite a considerably successful ] program over the last four decades, the population is expected to grow to around 315 million in 2035 based on the current estimated annual growth rate of 1.25%.


], ], a ] ritual during ]]]
===Ethnic groups===
] was brought by Portuguese traders and missionaries such as ] ], who visited and baptised several thousand locals.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=25, 26, 28}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sydneycatholic.org/events/pilgrimageofgrace/about.shtml|title=About St Francis Xavier|publisher=Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney|access-date=2018-07-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116164225/https://www.sydneycatholic.org/events/pilgrimageofgrace/about.shtml|archive-date=2012-11-16}}</ref> Its spread faced difficulty due to the Dutch East India Company's policy of banning the religion and the Dutch hostility due to the ] against Catholic Spain's rule. ] is mostly the result of ] and ] missionary efforts during the Dutch colonial era.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=28, 62}}{{sfn|Vickers|2005|p=22}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Goh|first=Robbie B.H.|title=Christianity in Southeast Asia|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|page=80|isbn=978-981-230-297-7|year=2005}}</ref> Although they are the most common branch, there are a multitude of other denominations elsewhere in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reformiert-online.net/weltweit/64_eng.php|title=Indonesia – Asia|publisher=Reformed Online|access-date=2006-12-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205042413/http://reformiert-online.net/weltweit/64_eng.php|archive-date=2006-12-05}}</ref>
] woman in traditional dress.]]
Most Indonesians are ethnically ], particularly in more populous western and central Indonesia, and much of eastern Indonesia is ]n. There are, however, around 300 distinct native ethnicities in Indonesia and 742 different languages and dialects;<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Expat Web Site Association |title=An Overview of Indonesia |work=Living in Indonesia, A Site for Expatriates |url=http://www.expat.or.id/info/overview.html |accessdate=2006-10-05}}; {{cite web |last=Merdekawaty |first=E. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title="Bahasa Indonesia" and languages of Indonesia |work=UNIBZ - Introduction to Linguistics |publisher=Free University of Bozen |date=2006-07-06 |url=http://www.languagestudies.unibz.it/Bahasa%20Indonesia_Merdekawaty.pdf |accessdate=2006-07-17}}</ref> the largest ethnic groups are ], ], ] and ]. Small but significant populations of ], Indians, Europeans and Arabs are concentrated mostly in ]s.


There is a ], mostly the descendants of Dutch and Iraqi Jews, and some local converts. Most of them left in the decades after Indonesian independence, with only a tiny number of Jews remaining today, mostly in Jakarta, Manado, and Surabaya.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bh.org.il/jewish-community-indonesia/|title=The Jewish Community in Indonesia|author=Ayala Klemperer-Markman|translator=Julie Ann Levy|publisher=Beit Hatfutsot|access-date=2020-03-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804011540/https://www.bh.org.il/jewish-community-indonesia/|archive-date=2019-08-04}}</ref> Judaism was once officially listed as ''Hebrani'' under the Sukarno government but ceased to be recorded separately like other religions with few adherents since 1965.<ref name="Aryani 2022 pp. 199–226">{{cite journal|last=Aryani|first=Sekar Ayu|title=Dialectic of Religion and National Identity in North Sulawesi Jewish Communities in The Perspective of Cross-Cultural and Religious Psychology|journal=Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies|publisher=Al-Jamiah Research Centre|volume=60|issue=1|date=2022-06-25|issn=2338-557X|doi=10.14421/ajis.2022.601.199-226|pages=199–226|doi-access=free}}</ref> Presently, one of the only remaining synagogues in Indonesia is ] located in ], ], around 31&nbsp;km from ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beritamanado.com/bupati-royke-roring-resmikan-synagogue-shaar-hashamayim/|title=Bupati Minahasa Royke Roring Resmikan Synagogue Shaar Hashamayim|last=Wullur|first=Frangky|date=25 December 2019|website=beritamanado.com|publisher=Berita Manado|access-date=5 January 2020|quote=}}</ref>
An almost universally shared sense of Indonesian nationhood overlays this vast diversity of steadfastly maintained regional identities, providing a largely harmonious society. The country is not, however, without social tensions, with religious and ethnic differences triggering sometimes horrendous violence. The ] has contributed to the spread of people from highly populated Java and ] to eastern Indonesia. Ethnic and religious differences between migrants (including transmigrants) and the local peoples have been blamed for numerous difficulties, sometimes culminating in bloody conflicts such as the massacre of hundreds of Madurese by a local ] community in ],<ref>{{cite paper |author=T.N. Pudjiastuti |title=Migration & Conflict in Indonesia |publisher=International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Paris |date=2002 |url=http://www.iussp.org/Bangkok2002/S15Pudjiastuti.pdf |accessdate=2006-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kalimantan The Conflict|work=Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research |url=http://www.preventconflict.org/portal/main/maps_kalimantan_conflict.php |accessdate=2007-01-07 |publisher=Conflict Prevention Initiative, Harvard University}}</ref> and conflicts in ],<ref>{{cite conference|author=J.W. Ajawaila; M.J. Papilaya; Tonny D. Pariela; F. Nahusona; G. Leasa; T. Soumokil; James Lalaun and W. R. Sihasale |title=Proposal Pemecahan Masalah Kerusuhan di Ambon |publisher=Fica-Net |date=1999 |location=Ambon, Indonesia |url=http://www.fica.org/hr/ambon/idRusuh1.html |accessdate=2006-09-29| booktitle=Report on Church and Human Rights Persecution in Indonesia}}</ref> ],<ref>Kyoto University: Sulawesi Kaken Team & Center for Southeast Asian Studies </ref> and parts of ] and ].


At the national and local level, Indonesia's political leadership and civil society groups have played a crucial role in interfaith relations, both positively and negatively. The invocation of the first principle of Indonesia's philosophical foundation, Pancasila<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/86.htm|title=Pancasila|publisher=U.S. Library of Congress|date=2017-02-03|access-date=2017-02-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205010135/http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/86.htm|archive-date=2017-02-05}}</ref>{{sfn|Vickers|2005|p=117}} (which contained the principle of "belief in the One Supreme God"), often serves as a reminder of ],<ref>{{cite book|surname=Madjid|given=Nurcholish|title=Islamic Roots of Modern Pluralism: Indonesian Experience|publisher=Studia Islamika: Indonesian Journal for Islamic Studies|year=1994}}</ref> though instances of intolerance have occurred.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-04-16|title=The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia|language=en-GB|work=]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22165159|access-date=2023-03-01|archive-date=2023-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302002925/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22165159|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RIP" /> An overwhelming majority of Indonesians consider religion to be essential and an integral part of life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/|title=How religious commitment varies by country among people of all ages|publisher=Pew Research Center|date=2018-06-13|access-date=2018-11-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827174002/http://www.pewforum.org/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/|archive-date=2018-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2018/10/28/religion-in-indonesia-an-insight/|title=Religion in Indonesia: An Insight|last=Pearce|first=Jonathan MS|publisher=Patheos|date=2018-10-28|access-date=2018-11-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028170242/https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2018/10/28/religion-in-indonesia-an-insight/|archive-date=2018-10-28}}</ref>
]s are arguably the most influential ] in Indonesia. Although they make up 1 to 2 percent of the population, the majority of the locally-owned businesses and wealth in the country is Chinese-controlled. This has caused considerable resentment<ref>{{cite web |author=M. F. Swasono |title=Indigenous Cultures in the Development of Indonesia |work=INTEGRATION OF ENDOGENOUS CULTURAL DIMENSION INTO DEVELOPMENT |publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi |date=1997 |url=http://ignca.nic.in/cd_05008.htm |accessdate=2006-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=S. Long |title=The Overseas Chinese |publisher=Prospect Magazine |date=] ] |url=http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=4212 |accessdate=2006-09-17}}</ref> despite the fact that it is only a small proportion of Chinese that hold great wealth, and that a large ] of prosperous, non-Chinese has developed. The ]&mdash;much of which were aimed at the Chinese&mdash;were, in part, expressions of this resentment.<ref>{{cite web |author=M. Ocorandi |title=An Analysis of the Implication of Suharto's resignation for Chinese Indonesians |publisher=Worldwide HuaRen Peace Mission |date=] ] |url=http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/54b/083.html |accessdate=2006-09-26}}; {{cite web |author=F.H. Winarta |title=Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Belum Menjadi Kenyataan Menjelang HUT Kemerdekaan RI Ke-59 |publisher=Komisi Hukum Nasional Republik Indonesia (National Law Commission, Republic of Indonesia), Jakarta |date=August 2004 |url=http://ignca.nic.in/cd_05008.htm |language=]}}</ref>


===Languages=== === Education ===
{{Main|Education in Indonesia}}
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{{main|Languages of Indonesia}}
Education is compulsory for 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/awakening-indonesia-s-golden-generation-extending-compulsory-education-9-12-years|title=Awakening Indonesia's Golden Generation: Extending Compulsory Education from 9 to 12 Years|last1=al-Samarrai|first1=Samer|last2=Cerdan-Infantes|first2=Pedro|publisher=The World Bank Blog|date=2013-03-09|access-date=2017-10-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010151231/http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/awakening-indonesia-s-golden-generation-extending-compulsory-education-9-12-years|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref> Parents can choose between state-run, non-sectarian schools or private or semi-private religious (usually Islamic) schools, supervised by the ministries of Education and Religion, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/jais/volume/docs/vol14/v14_03_tan_047-062.pdf|title=Educative Tradition and Islamic Schools in Indonesia|last=Tan|first=Charlene|publisher=Nanyang Technological University|date=2014|access-date=2016-03-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327141040/https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/jais/volume/docs/vol14/v14_03_tan_047-062.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-27}}</ref> Private international schools that do not follow the ] are also available. The enrolment rate is 93% for primary education, 79% for secondary education, and 36% for tertiary education (2018).<ref name="UIS">{{cite web|url=http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/id|title=Indonesia|publisher=UNESCO Institute for Statistics|date=2016-11-27|access-date=2020-09-05|archive-date=2017-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821124830/http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/ID|url-status=live}}</ref> The literacy rate is 96% (2018), and the government spends about 3.6% of GDP (2015) on education.<ref name="UIS" /> In 2018, there were 4,670 higher educational institutions in Indonesia, with most (74%) located in Sumatra and Java.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Huda|first1=Nur|last2=Pawennei|first2=Irsan|last3=Ratri|first3=Andhina|last4=Taylor|first4=Veronica L.|date=2020-12-01|title=Making Indonesia's Research and Development Better|url=https://www.ksi-indonesia.org/assets/uploads/original/2021/02/ksi-1613637314.pdf|publisher=Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance|page=36|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928070135/https://www.ksi-indonesia.org/assets/uploads/original/2021/02/ksi-1613637314.pdf|archive-date=2021-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/indonesia-unequal-higher-education|title=Indonesia's Unequal Higher Education|website=Asia Sentinel|date=2018-05-04|access-date=2020-12-03|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924060508/https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/indonesia-unequal-higher-education|archive-date=2020-09-24}}</ref> According to the ], Indonesia's top universities are the ], ], and the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/indonesia?country=&#91;ID&#93;&sorting=&#91;rankings_htol|title=List of Universities in Indonesia|publisher=]|access-date=2022-06-12|archive-date=2022-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716164900/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/indonesia?country=%5BID%5D&sorting=%5Brankings_htol|url-status=live}}</ref>
The official national language, ] (''Bahasa Indonesia''), is universally taught in schools and is spoken by nearly every Indonesian. It is the language of business, politics, national media, education and academia. Yet, in isolated areas &ndash; even on the major islands &ndash; it is not uncommon to find villagers who are not familiar with Indonesian.<ref>{{cite conference |first=Brian |last=Crawford |title=South of the Philippines, East of Kalimantan, West of the Malukus |publisher=Conservation Strategies |url=http://www.reefnet.org/issue6/constrat6.htm |accessdate=2006-10-05}}; {{cite conference |first=Noel B. |last=Salazar |title=An Anthropologist's Report from Yogyakarta, Indonesia |publisher=Penn Museum Research |date=2006-04-06 |url=http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/blogs/earthquake_blog.shtml |accessdate=}}</ref> It was originally a ] for most of the region, including present-day ] and is thus closely related to ]. It was first promoted as a national language in 1928 by the ] (PNI), accepted by the Dutch as the '']'' language for the colony, and then declared the ] after independence. Most Indonesians speak at least one of the ] (''bahasa daerah''), often as their ]. Of these, ] is the most widely-spoken language, as it is the language of the largest ethnic group.<ref name='indoCIA'>Indonesia - ] https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html</ref> ], on the other hand, has as many as five hundred or more indigenous ] or ] in a region of just 2.7 million people.


===Religion=== === Healthcare ===
{{Main|Health in Indonesia}}
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Government expenditure on healthcare was about 3.3% of GDP in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.searo.who.int/entity/health_situation_trends/cp_ino.pdf?ua=1|title=2018 Health SDG Profile: Indonesia|publisher=World Health Organization|date=July 2018|access-date=2018-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206041612/http://www.searo.who.int/entity/health_situation_trends/cp_ino.pdf?ua=1|archive-date=2018-12-06}}</ref> As part of an attempt to achieve universal health care, the government launched the National Health Insurance ('']'', JKN) in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/01/02/birth-indonesia-s-medicare-fasten-your-seatbelts.html|title=Birth of Indonesia's 'Medicare': Fasten your seatbelts|last=Thabrany|first=Hasbullah|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2014-01-02|access-date=2018-08-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110053307/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/01/02/birth-indonesia-s-medicare-fasten-your-seatbelts.html|archive-date=2014-01-10}}</ref> It includes coverage for a range of services from the public and also private firms that have opted to join the scheme. Despite remarkable improvements in recent decades, such as rising life expectancy (from 62.3 years in 1990 to 71.7 years in 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life expectancy|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Our World in Data|archive-date=2020-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813180308/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy|url-status=live}}</ref> and declining child mortality (from 84 deaths per 1,000 births in 1990 to 23.9 deaths in 2019),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Child mortality rate|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-igme|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Our World in Data|archive-date=2022-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127024732/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-igme|url-status=live}}</ref> challenges remain, including maternal and child health, low ], ], a ], and infectious diseases.<ref>{{cite journal|title=On the road to universal health care in Indonesia, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016|journal=The Lancet|author1=Nafsiah Mboi|author2=Indra Murty Surbakti|author3=Indang Trihandini|author4=Iqbal Elyazar|author5=Karen Houston Smith|author6=Pungkas Bahjuri Ali|author7=Soewarta Kosen|author8=Kristin Flemons|author9=Sarah E Ray|author10=Jackie Cao|author11=Scott D Glenn|author12=Molly K Miller-Petrie|author13=Meghan D Mooney|author14=Jeffrey L Ried|author15=Dina Nur Anggraini Ningrum|author16=Fachmi Idris|author17=Kemal N Siregar|author18=Pandu Harimurti|author19=Robert S Bernstein|author20=Tikki Pangestu|author21=Yuwono Sidharta|author22=Mohsen Naghavi|author23=Christopher J L Murray|author24=Simon I Hay|display-authors=5|volume=392|issue=10147|pages=581–591|year=2018|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30595-6|pmid=29961639|pmc=6099123}}</ref>
Although the ] guarantees ] for all citizens,<ref>{{cite web |title=The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia |work=US-ASEAN |url=http://www.us-asean.org/Indonesia/constitution.htm |accessdate=2006-10-02}}</ref> the government officially only recognizes six religions, namely ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Yang">{{cite journal |last=Yang |first=Heriyanto |title=The History and Legal Position of Confucianism in Post Independence Indonesia |journal=Religion |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=8 |date=August 2005 |url=http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/pdf/2005/yang2005.pdf |accessdate= 2006-10-02}}</ref> Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation with almost 86% of Indonesians declared ] according to the 2000 ].<ref name='indoCIA'>Indonesia - The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html</ref> 11% of the population is ] (of which roughly two-thirds are ]), 2% are ], and 1% ].


=== Human rights ===
Before the arrival of the ] faiths of Christianity and Islam, the popular ] in the region were thoroughly influenced by ] ] through Hinduism and Buddhism. The influence of Hinduism and classical ] remain defining traits of ]; the Indian concept of the ] still shapes Indonesian concepts of leadership and the use of ] in courtly literature and adaptations of Indian mythology such as the '']'' and '']''. The vast majority of ] are ] who, similar to '']'' Muslims of Java, follow a version of Hinduism ] with existing cultural and religious beliefs and markedly distinct from orthodox Hinduism.<ref>{{citation |last=Oey |first=Eric |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author2-link= |title=Bali |place=Singapore |publisher=Periplus Editions |year=1997 |location= |volume= |edition=3rd |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 962-593-028-0}}</ref> The Sumatra-based ] kingdom of the seventh century&nbsp;AD was an early center of ]. Most Buddhists in modern-day Indonesia, however, are ethnic ].<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia - Buddhism |work=U.S. Library of Congress |publisher=U.S. Library of Congress |date= |url=http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/40.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref>
{{Main|Human rights in Indonesia|Organised crime in Indonesia|Papua conflict}}
] of Jakarta on 14 May 1998]]
In the economic sphere, there is a gap in wealth, unemployment rate, and health between densely populated islands and economic centres (such as ] and ]) and sparsely populated, disadvantaged areas (such as ] and ]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://papuaweb.org/dlib/s123/upton/_phd.pdf|title=The impact of migration on the people of Papua, Indonesia: A historical demographic analysis|last=Upton|first=Stuart|publisher=University of New South Wales|date=January 2009|access-date=2017-05-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073548/http://papuaweb.org/dlib/s123/upton/_phd.pdf|archive-date=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/12/08/indonesia-rising-divide|title=Indonesia's Rising Divide|publisher=World Bank|date=2015-12-07|access-date=2016-12-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214162710/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/12/08/indonesia-rising-divide|archive-date=2016-12-14}}</ref> This is created by a situation in which nearly 80% of Indonesia's population lives in the western parts of the archipelago<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crawford.anu.edu.au/acde/ip/pdf/lpem/2011/Zulfan_2011.pdf|title=Routine Violence in Java, Indonesia: Neo-Malthusian and Social Justice Perspectives|last1=Tadjoeddin|first1=Mohammad Zulfan|last2=Chowdury|first2=Anis|last3=Murshed|first3=Syed Mansoob|date=October 2010|access-date=2017-10-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010152048/https://crawford.anu.edu.au/acde/ip/pdf/lpem/2011/Zulfan_2011.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref> and yet grows slower than the rest of the country.


In the social arena, numerous cases of racism and discrimination, especially ] and ], have been well documented throughout Indonesia's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/16/black-lives-matter-papua-indonesia/|title=Black Lives Matter in Indonesia, Too|publisher=Foreign Policy|last=Varagur|first=Krithika|date=2020-06-16|access-date=2020-11-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622134847/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/16/black-lives-matter-papua-indonesia/|archive-date=2020-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/55a619124.html|title=Indonesia: Situation of Chinese-Indonesians, including Christians; treatment by society and authorities (2012 – April 2015)|publisher=Refworld|date=2015-04-02|access-date=2021-02-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814101752/https://www.refworld.org/docid/55a619124.html|archive-date=2015-08-14}}</ref> Such cases have sometimes led to violent conflicts, most notably the ] and the ], which has continued since 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Jennifer|author-link=Jennifer Robinson (lawyer)|date=2012-03-21|title=The UN's chequered record in West Papua|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/3/21/the-uns-chequered-record-in-west-papua|access-date=2024-10-04|website=]|language=en}}</ref> LGBT people also regularly face challenges. Although ] have been relatively obscure, the 2010s (especially after 2016) have seen a rapid surge of ], putting LGBT Indonesians into a frequent subject of intimidation, discrimination, and even violence.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stapleton|first=Dan F.|date=2017-08-11|title=Will hardline Islamic attitudes stop Lombok becoming the 'new Bali'?|work=]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d2c24350-7910-11e7-a3e8-60495fe6ca71|url-status=live|access-date=2022-05-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220422045550/https://www.ft.com/content/d2c24350-7910-11e7-a3e8-60495fe6ca71|archive-date=2022-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/its-ok-to-be-gay-in-indonesia-so-long-as-you-keep-it-quiet/a-6456222|title=It's OK to be gay in Indonesia so long as you keep it quiet|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=2011-03-02|access-date=2020-11-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101200401/https://www.dw.com/en/its-ok-to-be-gay-in-indonesia-so-long-as-you-keep-it-quiet/a-6456222|archive-date=2018-01-01}}</ref> In addition, Indonesia has been reported to have sizeable numbers of ] and ]ers, with the former being prevalent in the palm oil and tobacco industries, while the latter in the fishing industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.equaltimes.org/slow-progress-in-the-fight-against|title=Slow progress in the fight against child labour in Indonesia|publisher=Equal Times|last=Villadiego|first=Laura|date=2018-04-25|access-date=2021-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120234321/https://www.equaltimes.org/slow-progress-in-the-fight-against|archive-date=2021-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Global Slavery Index 2018|url=https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/executive-summary/|publisher=Walk Free Foundation|date=2018-07-19|access-date=2021-02-19|archive-date=2021-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120124826/https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/executive-summary/|url-status=live}}</ref>
] in Jakarta, reportedly the largest mosque in ].]]
] is known to have first been adopted by Indonesians in northern Sumatra in ] following the influence of traders, and became ] by the ].<ref name="csi">{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia - Islam |work=U.S. Library of Congress |publisher= |date= |url=http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/37.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> Although Islam was first adopted on Java and Sumatra, Indonesia-wide emigration has increased the number of Muslims living in ], ], ], ], and ]. Like other religions in Indonesia, Islam has blended with local traditional beliefs such as those practiced by the ''Abangan''<ref>Magnis-Suseno, F. 1981, ''Javanese Ethics and World-View: The Javanese Idea of the Good Life'', PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta, 1997, pp.15-18, ISBN 979-605-406-X.</ref> and with other belief systems in northern Sumatra and Kalimantan. Such ] practises draw on distinctly Indonesian customs and typically differ from more ] Islam by favoring local customs over ]. One notable difference includes a generally greater level of freedom and higher social status for women.<ref name="islamstudieswom">{{cite web |last=Fajrul Falaakh |first=Mohammad |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Islam in Pluralist Indonesia: Challenges Ahead |work= |publisher=The Centre for Independent Studies |date=2002-12-11 |url=http://www.cis.org.au/Events/acton/acton02.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> The majority of Indonesian Muslims are generally accepting of differing religious practices and interpretations within their own faith.<ref name="islamstudieswom"/> Although the form of worship may differ, Muslims in Indonesia are typically devout; many have made the ] to ], for example. More Orthodox Muslims believing in a stricter adherence to ] make up a smaller but growing percentage of the population;<ref name="sharia1">{{cite news |last=Puno |first=Ricardo V. |coauthors= |title=A neighbor in ferment |work= |pages= |language=English |publisher=ABS CBN News |date=2007-03-07 |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=69259 |accessdate=2007-03-09}}</ref> the wearing of a '']'', for example, is becoming more common.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bayuni |first=Endy |coauthors= |title=Cute Veil! Where'd You Get It? |work= |pages= |language=English |publisher=The Jakarta Post |date=2007-03-02 |url=http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/endy_bayuni/2007/03/to_veil_or_not_to_veil.html |accessdate=2007-03-09}}</ref> There is a small but outspoken ] ] presence in Indonesia, some of which seek to establish Indonesia as an Islamic state. Most Indonesian Muslims, however, are wary of these movements.<ref>{{cite web | last =Bayuni | first =Endy M. | title =Terrorism Undermines Political Islam in Indonesia | work =YaleGlobal Online | publisher =Yale Center for the Study of Globalization | date =26 November 2003-11-26 | url =http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=2886
| accessdate =2007-04-27}}; {{cite web | last =Pan | first =Esther | title =INDONESIA: Local Elections
| publisher =Council on Foreign Relations | date =July 12, 2005 | url =http://www.cfr.org/publication/8247/indonesia.html#7 | accessdate =2007-04-27}}; {{cite web
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| url =http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HF14Ae02.html
| accessdate =2007-04-27}}</ref>


== Culture ==
] was first brought to Indonesia by early Portuguese colonialists and missionaries,<ref>Ricklefs (1991), pp. 25, 26, 28 ; {{cite web | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =1500 to 1670: Great Kings and Trade Empires | work =
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| publisher = | date = | url =http://www.gimonca.com/sejarah/sejarah02.shtml | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-04-25 }}</ref> and the ] denominations are largely a result of Dutch ] and ] missionary efforts during its colonial time.<ref>Ricklefs (1991), pp.28,62; Vickers (2005), p.22; {{cite book
The cultural history of the Indonesian archipelago spans more than two millennia. Influences from the ], ], the Middle East, Europe,<ref name="JForshee">{{cite web|url=http://demografi.bps.go.id/phpFileTree/bahan/kumpulan_tugas_mobilitas_pak_chotib/Kelompok_1/Referensi/Jill_Forshee_Culture_and_Customs_of_Indonesia_Culture_and_Customs_of_Asia__2006.pdf|title=Culture and Customs of Indonesia|last=Forshee|first=Jill|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2006|access-date=2017-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010152700/http://demografi.bps.go.id/phpFileTree/bahan/kumpulan_tugas_mobilitas_pak_chotib/Kelompok_1/Referensi/Jill_Forshee_Culture_and_Customs_of_Indonesia_Culture_and_Customs_of_Asia__2006.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Henley|first=David|title=<SCP>I</SCP> ndonesia|date=2015|encyclopedia=The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism|pages=1–7|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|doi=10.1002/9781118663202.wberen460|chapter=Indonesia|isbn=978-1-118-66320-2}}</ref> ], and ] have historically shaped the cultural, linguistic and religious makeup of the archipelago. As a result, modern-day Indonesia has a multicultural, multilingual and multi-ethnic society,<ref name="ethnologue" /><ref name="BPS" /> with a complex cultural mixture that differs significantly from the original indigenous cultures. Indonesia currently holds ], including ] puppet theatre, ], ], education and training in Indonesian batik, ], ], ], three genres of traditional ], ] ship, ], ], ], and ]. Additionally, ], ], and ] were inscribed through joint nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/indonesia-ID?info=elements-on-the-lists|title=Indonesia – Intangible heritage, cultural sector|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=2017-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052039/https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/indonesia-ID?info=elements-on-the-lists|url-status=live}}</ref>
| last = Goh | first = Robbie B.H. | title = Christianity in Southeast Asia | publisher = Institute of Southeast Asian Studies | pages = 80 | id = 9812302972 }}</ref> Missionary efforts for the most part did not extend to Java or other already predominantly Muslim areas.<ref>Vickers (2005), p.22</ref> As with Islam and Hinduism, Christian beliefs in Indonesia are sometimes ] with other traditional beliefs or faiths by a small percentage of Indonesians.<ref>{{cite conference
| title =Indonesia Annual International Religious Freedom
| publisher =Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
| date =2003-12-18
| location =Jakarta, Indonesia
| url =http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/press_rel/religious_report2003.html
| accessdate = 2007-04-25 }}</ref>


==Culture and art forms== === Art and architecture ===
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Indonesia has around three hundred ethnic groups, each with ] that have shifted over the centuries. Modern-day Indonesian culture is a fusion of this diversity. Indonesia has also imported cultural aspects from ]ic, Chinese, Malay and ] sources.
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Indonesian arts include both age-old art forms developed through centuries and recently developed ]. Indonesian arts have absorbed foreign influences—most notably from India, the ], China, and Europe—due to contacts and interactions facilitated, and often motivated by trade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expat.or.id/info/artshandicrafts-indonesia.html|title=Indonesian Arts and Crafts|publisher=Living in Indonesia: A site for expats|access-date=2016-12-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227203136/http://www.expat.or.id/info/artshandicrafts-indonesia.html|archive-date=2016-12-27}}</ref> Painting is an ], where its people are famed for their artistry. Their painting tradition started as classical ] or ] style visual narrative, derived from visual art discovered on '']'' bas reliefs in eastern Java.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aclhs-web-pro-1.ucc.usyd.edu.au/HEURIST_FILESTORE/balipaintings/Forgecataloguesinglefile.pdf|title=Balinese Traditional Paintings|last=Forge|first=Anthony|publisher=The Australian Museum|date=1978|access-date=2016-12-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220200212/http://aclhs-web-pro-1.ucc.usyd.edu.au/HEURIST_FILESTORE/balipaintings/Forgecataloguesinglefile.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-20}}</ref>


The most dominant has traditionally been ]; however, Chinese, Arab, and European influences have also been significant. Traditional carpentry, masonry, stone, and woodwork techniques and decorations have thrived in ], with numbers of traditional houses' ('']'') styles that have been developed. The traditional houses and settlements vary by ethnic group, and each has a specific custom and history.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oup15S3lTDAC|title=Indonesian Houses: Tradition and Transformation in Vernacular Architecture|publisher=NUS Press|year=2004|isbn=978-9971-69-292-6|editor1=Reimar Schefold|page=5|access-date=2020-05-31|editor2=P. Nas|editor3=Gaudenz Domenig|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152632/https://books.google.com/books?id=Oup15S3lTDAC|archive-date=2023-03-09|url-status=live}}</ref> Examples include ]'s ], ]'s ] and ], Javanese-style ] pavilions with ]-style roofs, ]'s ]s, various ], ] and ], and also different forms of ]s (''lumbung'').
Traditional ] and ] dances, for example, contain aspects of ] culture and mythology as does the Javanese and Balinese '']'' ("shadow puppet") shows, depicting mythological events. Cloth such as ], ] and ] are created across Indonesia with different areas having different styles and specializations. The most dominant influences on ] have traditionally been ]; however, Chinese, Arab, and European architectural influences have been significant. '']'' is a unique martial art originating from the archipelago.


There have been numerous discoveries of ] in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indonesia.gr/indonesian-culture-arts-and-traditions/|title=Indonesian Culture; Arts and Tradition|publisher=Embassy of Indonesia, Athens|date=2010-09-30|access-date=2016-12-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226171504/http://indonesia.gr/indonesian-culture-arts-and-traditions/|archive-date=2016-12-26}}</ref> Subsequently, tribal art has flourished within the culture of ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>''Violence and Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture from Indonesia'' {{ISBN|978-0-8248-2924-7}} p. 113</ref><ref>''Archaeology: Indonesian Perspective : R.P. Soejono's Festschrift'' {{ISBN|979-26-2499-6}} pp. 298–299</ref> Wood and stone are common materials used as the media for sculpting among these tribes. Between the 8th and 15th centuries, the Javanese civilisation developed refined stone sculpting art and architecture influenced by the Hindu-Buddhist ] civilisation. The temples of ] and ] are among the most famous examples of the practice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/592|title=Borobudur Temple Compounds|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|access-date=2017-10-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010150711/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/592|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref>
] including ''Soto Ayam'' (chicken noodle soup), ''sate kerang'' (]), ''telor pindang'' (preserved eggs), ''perkedel'' (fritter), and ''es teh manis'' (ice tea).]]
Derived from centuries of exchange with Chinese, European, ]ern and Indian influences, Indonesia has developed its ], which varies across its regions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Witton |first=Patrick |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=World Food: Indonesia |publisher=] |date=2002 |location=Melbourne |pages= |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 1-74059-009-0}}</ref> Rice is the ] of most Indonesian dishes and is served with several ]es of meat and/or vegetables. In comparison to the infused flavors of ] and ], flavors in Indonesia are kept relatively separate, simple and substantial.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brissendon |first=Rosemary |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=South East Asian Food |publisher=Hardie Grant Books |date=2003 |location=Melbourne |pages= |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 1-74066-013-7}}</ref> Spices, notably chili, and ] are fundamental ingredients, as are fish and chicken, although ] tends to be expensive.


=== Music, dance and clothing ===
] varies within cities and groups as people who live in the countryside would listen to a different kind of music than people in the city. Although ] was introduced to Indonesia by the Indonesian ] God Bless (see ]),<ref>{{id icon}} {{cite web |title=''Ian Antono: Pelopor Gitar Hero Indonesia'' |last=Diaz (editor) |first= |url=http://www.gitaris.com/IanAntono.p |work=Biography of Ian Antono |publisher=Gitaris.com |date=2005}}</ref> native Indonesian music is still preserved. Examples of Indonesian ] are '']'' and ''Keroncong''. '']'' is a hugely popular contemporary genre of ] partly derived from Arabic, Indian, and Malay folk music. The Indonesian movie industry's popularity peaked in the 1980s and dominated cinemas in Indonesia,<ref name="kompasmovies">{{cite news |last=Kristianto |first=JB |title=Sepuluh Tahun Terakhir Perfilman Indonesia |language=Indonesian |publisher=Kompas |date=2005-07-02 |url=http://www.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0507/02/Bentara/1857854.htm |accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> although it fell significantly in the ].<ref>{{id icon}} {{cite web |title=Kondisi Perfilman di Indonesia (The State of The Film Industry in Indonesia) |work=Panton |url=http://www.geocities.com/Paris/7229/film.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> As of 2000, however, the industry has improved gradually with a number of successful movies released.<ref name="kompasmovies"/>
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The music of Indonesia predates historical records. Various indigenous tribes incorporate chants and songs accompanied by musical instruments in their rituals. ], ], ], ], ], ], and ] are examples of traditional Indonesian instruments. These include ] and ] from the Middle East,<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Harnish|editor1-first=David|editor2-last=Rasmussen|editor2-first=Anne|year=2011|title=Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> ] from Portugal,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/15/%E2%80%98keroncong%E2%80%99-freedom-music-portuguese-descendants.html|title='Keroncong': Freedom music from Portuguese descendants|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2011-06-16|access-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923061057/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/15/%E2%80%98keroncong%E2%80%99-freedom-music-portuguese-descendants.html|archive-date=2015-09-23}}</ref> and ]—one of Indonesia's most popular music genres—with Hindi influence as well as Malay orchestras.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Ariel Heryanto|last=Heryanto|first=Ariel|year=2008|title=Popular Culture in Indonesia: Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> Today, the Indonesian music industry has notable regional popularity in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tirto.id/musik-di-tengah-konflik-indonesia-malaysia-cu8t|title=Music Amid the Indonesia-Malaysia Conflict|publisher=Tirto.id|language=id|last=Abdulsalam|first=Husein|date=2017-08-23|access-date=2020-12-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817090354/https://tirto.id/musik-di-tengah-konflik-indonesia-malaysia-cu8t|archive-date=2019-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimela.com/news-entertainment/read/2982723/editor-says-ketika-musik-indonesia-berjaya-di-negeri-tetangga|title=Editor Says: Ketika Musik Indonesia Berjaya di Negeri Tetangga|publisher=Fimela|language=id|last=Zulmi|first=Nizar|date=2017-06-08|access-date=2020-12-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125054232/https://www.fimela.com/news-entertainment/read/2982723/editor-says-ketika-musik-indonesia-berjaya-di-negeri-tetangga|archive-date=2021-01-25}}</ref> due to the common culture and ] between ] and ].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtWdhQ7vc6kC&pg=PA71|title=The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar|last1=Adelaar|first1=K. Alexander|last2=Himmelmann|first2=Nikolaus|date=2013-03-07|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-75509-5|page=71|access-date=2022-03-08|archive-date=2023-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152556/https://books.google.com/books?id=OtWdhQ7vc6kC&pg=PA71|url-status=live}}</ref>


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Indonesian dances have more than 3,000 original dances. Scholars believe that they had their beginning in rituals and religious worship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indonesia-tourism.com/general/theatre.html|title=Indonesia Tourism: The Dance and Theater in the Archipelago|publisher=Indonesia Tourism|access-date=2010-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124083455/http://indonesia-tourism.com/general/theatre.html|archive-date=2010-11-24}}</ref> Examples include war dances, a dance of ]s, and a dance to call for rain or any agricultural rituals such as ]. Indonesian dances derive their influences from the archipelago's prehistoric and tribal, Hindu-Buddhist, and Islamic periods. Recently, modern dances and urban teen dances have gained popularity due to the influence of Western culture and those of Japan and South Korea to some extent. However, various traditional dances, including those of Java, Bali, and Dayak, remain a tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhb.gov.sg/spm/-/media/spm/documents/indonesia-land-of-dance-and-dragon.pdf?la=en|title=Land of Dance & Dragon|publisher=National Heritage Board|author=Chua Mei Lin|date=January–March 2011|access-date=2020-12-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206060336/https://www.nhb.gov.sg/spm/-/media/spm/documents/indonesia-land-of-dance-and-dragon.pdf?la=en|archive-date=2020-12-06}}</ref>


Indonesia has various clothing styles due to its long and rich cultural history. The national costume originates from the country's indigenous culture and traditional textile traditions. The Javanese ] and ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-11/16/c_131249994.htm|title=Cultural feast at ASEAN Fair|last=Ziyi|first=Xia|publisher=Xinhua|date=2011-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219173602/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-11/16/c_131249994.htm|archive-date=2011-12-19}}</ref> are arguably Indonesia's most recognised national costumes, though they have ] and ] origins as well.<ref name="ReferenceA">Jill Forshee, ''Culture and customs of Indonesia'', Greenwood Publishing Group: 2006: {{ISBN|0-313-33339-4}}. 237 pp.</ref> Each province has a representation of traditional attire and dress,<ref name="JForshee" /> such as ] of ] from ]; ] of ] and ] from Sumatra; and ] of ] from ]. People wear national and regional costumes during traditional weddings, formal ceremonies, music performances, government and official occasions,<ref name="ReferenceA" /> and they vary from traditional to modern attire.
==See also==
{{Indonesia-related topics}}


=== Theatre and cinema ===
==References==
{{Main|Theatre of Indonesia|Cinema of Indonesia}}
===General===
{{Further|List of highest-grossing films in Indonesia}}
* Friend, T ''Indonesian Destinies'', Harvard University Press, 2003, hardcover, 544 pages, ISBN 0-674-01137-6
]s and ] in an act of the ''Wayang Wong'' performance|alt=]]
* {{cite book |last=Ricklefs |first=M.C. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1300, Second Edition |publisher=MacMillan |date=1991 |location= |pages= |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 0-333-57689-X}}
], the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese ] theatre displays several legends from Hindu mythology such as the ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamelan.org/balungan/back_issues/balungan(9-10)/2-Ruslaiana_Dancedrama.pdf|title=Traditions, Wayang Wong Priangan: Dance Drama of West Java|date=2004|access-date=2017-10-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010152545/http://www.gamelan.org/balungan/back_issues/balungan(9-10)/2-Ruslaiana_Dancedrama.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref> Other forms of local drama include the Javanese ] and ], the Sundanese ], Betawi ],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Southeast-Asian-arts/Shadow-puppet-theatre|title=Southeast Asian arts|last=José|first=Maceda|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2016-04-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420080922/https://www.britannica.com/art/Southeast-Asian-arts/Shadow-puppet-theatre|archive-date=2016-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnol.asia/arts-culture/19661-ketoprak-javanese-folk-art-part-1-of-2.html|title=Ketoprak: Javanese Folk Art (Part 1 of 2)|last=Dewangga|first=Kusuma|publisher=Indonesia's Global Portal|date=2013-11-10|access-date=2013-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113041642/http://www.tnol.asia/arts-culture/19661-ketoprak-javanese-folk-art-part-1-of-2.html|archive-date=2013-11-13}}</ref> and various Balinese dance dramas. They incorporate humour and jest and often involve audiences in their performances.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Indonesia/Theatre-and-dance|title=Indonesia – Theatre and Dance|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2016-06-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629210212/https://www.britannica.com/place/Indonesia/Theatre-and-dance|archive-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> Some theatre traditions also include music, dancing and ] martial art, such as ] from the ] of West Sumatra. It is usually performed for traditional ceremonies and festivals<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Daughters Take Over? Female Performers in Randai Theatre|last=Pauka|first=Kirstin|journal=The Drama Review|volume=42|issue=1|pages=113–121|year=1998|doi=10.1162/105420498760308706|s2cid=57565023}}</ref><ref name="randai">{{cite web|url=http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/glossary/randai/|title=Randai (Indonesian folk theater form, uses silat)|date=2011-03-08|publisher=MIT Global Shakespeares|access-date=2016-12-18|archive-date=2016-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316100101/http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/glossary/randai/|url-status=live}}</ref> and based on semi-historical Minangkabau legends and love story.<ref name="randai" /> Modern performing art also developed in Indonesia with its distinct style of drama. Notable theatre, dance, and drama troupes such as ''Teater Koma'' are famous as they often portray social and political satire of Indonesian society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insideindonesia.org/review-indonesian-post-colonial-theatre|title=Review: Indonesian post-colonial theatre|last=Hatley|first=Barbara|publisher=Inside Indonesia|date=2017-11-13|access-date=2017-12-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221065709/http://www.insideindonesia.org/review-indonesian-post-colonial-theatre|archive-date=2017-12-21}}</ref>
* Schwarz, A. 1999, ''A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia's Search for Stability'', Westview Press; second edition (October 1999), ISBN 0-8133-3650-3
* {{cite book |last=Vickers|first=Adrian|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A History of Modern Indonesia|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2005 |location= |pages= |url= |doi= |id= ISBN 0-521-54262-6}}


]'' (1926), the first fiction film produced in the Dutch East Indies]]
===Further reading===
The first film produced in the archipelago was '']'',<ref name="Ctrip" /> a silent film by Dutch director L. Heuveldorp. The film industry expanded after independence, with six films made in 1949 rising to 58 in 1955. ], who made significant imprints in the 1950s and 1960s, is generally considered the pioneer of Indonesian films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/5206668/google-doodle-usmar-ismail-indonesia/|title=Today Is the 97th Birthday of the Father of Indonesian Cinema. Here's What You Should Know About Usmar Ismail|publisher=TIME|date=2018-03-20|access-date=2019-11-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409155237/https://time.com/5206668/google-doodle-usmar-ismail-indonesia/|archive-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> The ] saw the use of cinema for nationalistic, anti-Western purposes, and foreign films were subsequently banned, while the New Order used a censorship code that aimed to maintain social order.<ref name="Krishna Sen">{{cite book|last=Sen|first=Krishna|editor=Giecko, Anne Tereska|title=Contemporary Asian Cinema, Indonesia: Screening a Nation in the Post-New Order|publisher=Berg|year=2006|location=Oxford/New York|pages=|isbn=978-1-84520-237-8|url=https://archive.org/details/contemporaryasia0000unse/page/96}}</ref> Production of films peaked during the 1980s, although it declined significantly in the next decade.<ref name="Ctrip">{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/indonesia/articles/the-reformation-of-indonesian-film/|title=The Reformation of Indonesian Film|last=Sitorus|first=Rina|publisher=The Culture Trip|date=2017-11-30|access-date=2019-11-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122042803/https://theculturetrip.com/asia/indonesia/articles/the-reformation-of-indonesian-film/|archive-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> Notable films in this period include '']'' (1980), '']'' (1987), '']'' (1988), '']'' (1989), and ]'s comedy films.
<div class="references-small">
; History
* {{cite book |author=Anderson, Ben |title=''Java in a Time of Revolution: Occupation and Resistance, 1944-1946'' |year=1972 |publisher=Cornell University Press |location=Ithaca, N.Y. |id=ISBN 0-8014-0687-0}}
* Beekman, E.M. (editor), ''Fugitive Dreams: An anthology of Dutch colonial literature'', 2000 Periplus Editions Ltd, Hong Kong, ISBN 0870235753
* Drakeley, S: ''The History of Indonesia'', Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood, 2005, 201 pages, ISBN 0-313-33114-6
* Friend, T ''Indonesian Destinies'', Harvard University Press, 2003, hardcover, 544 pages, ISBN 0-674-01137-6
* ], ''Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: How one man's courage changed the course of history'', 2000 Sceptre; 400 pages, ISBN 0-340-69676-1
* Raffles, T.S. ''The History of Java'', Oxford Univ Pr (T) 1979 (originally published 1817), ISBN 0-19-580347-7


]making started addressing previously banned topics, such as religion, race, and love, since 1998.<ref name="Krishna Sen" /> Between 2000 and 2005, the number of films released each year steadily increased.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0507/02/Bentara/1857854.htm|title=The Last 10 Years of Indonesia's Film Industry|last=Kristianto|first=JB|newspaper=Kompas|language=id|date=2005-07-02|access-date=2008-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113052204/http://www.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0507/02/Bentara/1857854.htm|archive-date=2008-01-13}}</ref> ] and ] were among the new generation of filmmakers who co-directed ''Kuldesak'' (1999), '']'' (2000), '']'' (2002), and '']'' (2008). In 2022, '']'' smashed box office records, becoming the most-watched Indonesian film with 9.2&nbsp;million tickets sold.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/indonesian-films-record-box-office-kkn-di-desa-penari-satans-slaves-2-disney-1235204953/|title=Indonesian Films Race Past Pre-Pandemic Admissions Record; 'KKN Di Desa Penari', 'Satan's Slaves 2', Disney Movies Top 2022 Box Office; Theatrical Market Set For Growth|last=Shackleton|first=Liz|magazine=Deadline|date=2022-12-22|access-date=2022-12-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225073509/https://deadline.com/2022/12/indonesian-films-record-box-office-kkn-di-desa-penari-satans-slaves-2-disney-1235204953/|archive-date=2022-12-25}}</ref> Indonesia has held annual film festivals and awards, including the ] (''Festival Film Indonesia'') held intermittently since 1955. It hands out the ]. From 1973 to 1992, the festival was held annually and then discontinued until its revival in 2004.
; Politics and economics
* Luwarso, L.(editor), ''Jakarta Crackdown'', 1997, Alliance of Independent Journalists, FORUM-ASIA, & ISAI, 318 pages.
* Schwarz, A. 1999, ''A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia's Search for Stability'', Westview Press; second edition (October 1999), ISBN 0-8133-3650-3
* Lloyd G, Smith S, ''Indonesia Today'', Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001, 343 pages, ISBN 0-7425-1761-6


=== Mass media and literature ===
; Travel
{{Main|Mass media in Indonesia|Indonesian literature}}
* Wallace, A.R., ''The Malay Archipelago'', 1869, 515 pages. (re-released paperback edition by Periplus Editions Ltd, 2000, ISBN 962-593-645-9)
] at ], reporting the ]]]
] freedom increased considerably after the fall of the New Order, during which the Ministry of Information monitored and controlled domestic media and restricted foreign media.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shannon L.|first=Smith|author2=Lloyd Grayson J.|title=Indonesia Today: Challenges of History|publisher=Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|year=2001|location=Melbourne|isbn=978-0-7425-1761-5}}</ref> The television market includes several national commercial networks and provincial networks that compete with public ], which held a monopoly on TV broadcasting from 1962 to 1989. By the early 21st century, the communications system had brought television signals to every village, and people can choose from up to 11 channels.<ref name="frd2011">{{citation-attribution|1={{cite book|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/2011038834|title=Indonesia: A country study|editor-first=William H.|editor-last=Frederick|editor2-first=Robert L.|editor2-last=Worden|publisher=Library of Congress, Federal Research Division|edition=6th|date=2011|isbn=978-0-8444-0790-6|access-date=2015-03-15|archive-date=2022-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209105017/https://lccn.loc.gov/2011038834|url-status=live}}}}</ref> Private radio stations carry news bulletins while foreign broadcasters supply programmes. The number of printed publications has increased significantly since 1998.<ref name="frd2011" />


Like other developing countries, Indonesia began developing Internet in the early 1990s. Its first commercial ], PT. Indo Internet, began operation in Jakarta in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleanitproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2010-Radical-websites-Indonesia.pdf|title=The Internet in Indonesia: Development and Impact of Radical Websites|author=Jennifer Yang Hui|publisher=Routledge|date=2009-12-02|access-date=2017-12-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193316/http://www.cleanitproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2010-Radical-websites-Indonesia.pdf|archive-date=2017-12-12}}</ref> The country had 171&nbsp;million Internet users in 2018, with a penetration rate that keeps increasing annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/05/18/indonesia-has-171-million-internet-users-study.html|title=Indonesia has 171 million internet users: Study|publisher=The Jakarta Post|date=2019-05-19|access-date=2019-07-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605043732/https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/05/18/indonesia-has-171-million-internet-users-study.html|archive-date=2019-06-05}}</ref> Most are between the ages of 15 and 19 and depend primarily on mobile phones for access, outnumbering laptops and computers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450288410/Indonesian-internet-users-turn-to-smartphones-to-go-online|title=Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online|author=Ai Lei Tao|publisher=Computer Weekly|date=2016-04-25|access-date=2017-10-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010151259/http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450288410/Indonesian-internet-users-turn-to-smartphones-to-go-online|archive-date=2017-10-10}}</ref>
; Society
* Magnis-Suseno, F., ''Javanese Ethics and World View: The Javanese idea of the good life'', 1981 (translated from the German 1997), PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, ISBN 979-605-406-X
* Pramoedya, A., ''Tales from Djakarta: caricatures of circumstances and their human beings'', Equinox Publishing (Asia) PTE LTD, 2000 (first published 1963), Jakarta, ISBN 979-95898-1-9
* Koch, C., ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' (fiction), 1978 Michael Joseph Ltd, London


], Indonesia's famous novelist. Many considered him to be Southeast Asia's leading candidate for a ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/pramoedya|title=Pramoedya|publisher=Prospect|last=Templer|first=Robert|date=1999-06-20|access-date=2019-08-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829092831/https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/pramoedya|archive-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> ]]
; Arts and culture
The oldest evidence of writing in the Indonesian archipelago is a series of ] inscriptions dated to the 5th century. Many of Indonesia's peoples have firmly rooted ]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sil.org/asia/ldc/parallel_papers/unesco_jakarta.pdf|title=Preserving intangible cultural heritage in Indonesia|last1=Czermak|first1=Karin|last2=Delanghe|first2=Philippe|last3=Weng|first3=Wei|publisher=SIL International|access-date=2007-07-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709194435/http://www.sil.org/asia/ldc/parallel_papers/unesco_jakarta.pdf|archive-date=2007-07-09}}</ref> In written poetry and prose, several traditional forms dominate, mainly ], ], ], ] and ]. Examples of these forms include '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nursisto|title=Ikhtisar Kesusastraan Indonesia: dari pantun, bidal, gurindam hingga puisi kontemporer: dari dongeng, hikayat, roman hingga cerita pendek dan novel|publisher=Adicita|date=2000|isbn=978-979-9246-28-8}}{{page needed|date=December 2016}}</ref>
* Dawson, B., Gillow, J., ''The Traditional Architecture of Indonesia'', 1994 Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, ISBN 0-500-34132-X
* Holt, Claire. '' Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change ''. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967
* Richter, A., ''Arts & Crafts of Indonesia'', 1993 Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 160 pages, ISBN 0-8118-0454-2
* Wijaya, M., ''Architecture of Bali: A source book of traditional and modern forms'', 2002 Archipelago Press, Singapore, 224 pages, ISBN 981-4068-25-X


Early modern Indonesian literature originates in the Sumatran tradition.<ref>{{cite book|last=Joy Freidus|first=Alberta|year=1977|title=Sumatran Contributions to the Development of Indonesian Literature, 1920–1942|publisher=Asian Studies Program, University of Hawaii}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Seong Chee Tham|title=Essays on Literature and Society in Southeast Asia: Political and Sociological Perspectives|page=99|date=1981|location=Kent Ridge, Singapore|publisher=Singapore University Press|isbn=978-9971-69-036-6|url={{Google books|id=h6SOvP6FLskC|page=99|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> ], the government bureau for literature, was instituted in 1917 to promote the development of indigenous literature. Many scholars consider the 1950s and 1960s to be the Golden Age of Indonesian Literature.<ref name="literary">{{cite web|url=https://jakartaglobe.id/lifestyle/introduction-literature-indonesia-2015-frankfurt-book-fairs-guest-honor/|title=An Introduction to the Literature of Indonesia, 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair's Guest of Honor|publisher=Jakarta Globe|last=Boediman|first=Manneke|date=2015-10-14|access-date=2020-06-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626092816/https://jakartaglobe.id/lifestyle/introduction-literature-indonesia-2015-frankfurt-book-fairs-guest-honor/|archive-date=2020-06-26}}</ref> The style and characteristics of modern Indonesian literature vary according to the dynamics of the country's political and social landscape,<ref name="literary" /> most notably the war of independence in the second half of the 1940s and the anti-communist mass killings in the mid-1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/28/why-isnt-more-indonesia-literature-translated-english|title='17,000 islands of imagination': discovering Indonesian literature|work=The Guardian|last=Doughty|first=Louis|date=2016-05-28|access-date=2020-06-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529122114/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/28/why-isnt-more-indonesia-literature-translated-english|archive-date=2016-05-29}}</ref> Notable literary figures of the modern era include ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
; Natural history
* Whitten, T., Whitten, T, ''Wild Indonesia: The wildlife & scenery of the Indonesian archipelago'', 1992 New Holland Ltd, London, ISBN 1-85368-128-8
* ''The Ecology of Indonesia Series'' (7 volumes), 1996. Periplus Editions
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===Notes=== === Cuisine ===
{{Main|Indonesian cuisine}}
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Indonesian cuisine has many regional cuisines, often based upon indigenous culture and foreign influences such as Chinese, African, European, Middle Eastern, and Indian precedents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Witton|first=Patrick|title=World Food: Indonesia|publisher=]|year=2002|location=Melbourne|isbn=978-1-74059-009-9}}</ref> Rice is the leading ] and is served with ]es of meat and vegetables. Spices (notably chili), ], fish, and chicken are fundamental ingredients.<ref>Compared to the infused flavors of ] and ], flavors in Indonesia are kept relatively separate, simple and substantial.{{cite book|last=Brissendon|first=Rosemary|title=South East Asian Food|publisher=Hardie Grant Books|year=2003|location=Melbourne|isbn=978-1-74066-013-6}}</ref>


Some popular dishes such as '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' are ubiquitous and considered national dishes. The Ministry of Tourism, however, chose '']'' as the official national dish in 2014, describing it as binding the diversity of various culinary traditions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/02/10/celebratory-rice-cone-dish-represent-archipelago.html|title=Celebratory rice cone dish to represent the archipelago|last=Natahadibrata|first=Nadya|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=2014-02-10|access-date=2014-07-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213059/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/02/10/celebratory-rice-cone-dish-represent-archipelago.html|archive-date=2014-07-14}}</ref> Other popular dishes include '']'', one of the many ]s along with '']'' and '']''. Another fermented food is '']'', similar in some ways to '']'' but uses a variety of bases (not only soy), created by different fungi, and is prevalent in ].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sastraatmadja|first1=D. D.|display-authors=etal|year=2002|title=Production of High-Quality Oncom, a Traditional Indonesian Fermented Food, by the Inoculation with Selected Mold Strains in the Form of Pure Culture and Solid Inoculum|journal=Journal of the Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University|volume=70|hdl=115/13163}}</ref>
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Other popular sports include ] and basketball, which were part of the first ] (''Pekan Olahraga Nasional'', PON) in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nblindonesia.com/v1/index.php?page=abouten|title=History of Basketball in Indonesia|publisher=National Basketball League Indonesia|access-date=2016-09-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908220708/http://www.nblindonesia.com/v1/index.php?page=abouten|archive-date=2016-09-08}}</ref> '']'' and '']'' (bull racing) in ] are some examples of Indonesia's traditional sports. In areas with a history of tribal warfare, mock fighting contests are held, such as ''caci'' in ] and '']'' in ]. '']'' is an Indonesian martial art that, in 2018, became one of the sporting events in the Asian Games, with Indonesia appearing as one of the leading competitors. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia topped the SEA Games medal table ten times since 1977,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/907202/lack-of-gold|title=Lack of Gold|publisher=Tempo|date=2017-09-08|access-date=2020-08-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816043954/https://en.tempo.co/read/907202/lack-of-gold|archive-date=2020-08-16}}</ref> most recently in ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.antaranews.com/news/77844/ffinal-medal-tally-sea-games-2011|title=Final medal tally SEA Games 2011|newspaper=ANTARA News|date=2011-11-22|access-date=2020-08-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823054617/https://en.antaranews.com/news/77844/ffinal-medal-tally-sea-games-2011|archive-date=2018-08-23}}</ref>
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Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania This article is about the country. For other uses, see Indonesia (disambiguation).

Republic of IndonesiaRepublik Indonesia (Indonesian)
Flag of Indonesia Flag Emblem of Indonesia Emblem
Motto: 
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Old Javanese)
"Unity in Diversity"
Anthem: Indonesia Raya
"Indonesia the Great"
National ideology:
Pancasila (Sanskrit)
"The Five Principles"
Show globeShow map of ASEAN
Capitaland largest cityJakarta
6°10′S 106°49′E / 6.167°S 106.817°E / -6.167; 106.817
Official languagesIndonesian
Recognised regional languages718 languages
Ethnic groups See ethnic groups
Religion (2023)
Demonym(s)Indonesian
GovernmentUnitary presidential republic
• President Prabowo Subianto
• Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka
• House Speaker Puan Maharani
• Supreme Court Sunarto
• Constitutional Court Suhartoyo
LegislaturePeople's Consultative Assembly (MPR)
• Upper houseRegional Representative Council (DPD)
• Lower houseHouse of Representatives (DPR)
Independence from the Netherlands
• Proclaimed 17 August 1945
• Recognised 27 December 1949
Area
• Total1,904,569 km (735,358 sq mi) (14th)
• Water (%)4.85
Population
• Q2 2024 estimateNeutral increase 282,477,584 (4th)
• 2020 census270,203,917
• Density143/km (370.4/sq mi) (88th)
GDP (PPP)2024 estimate
• TotalIncrease $4.658 trillion (8th)
• Per capitaIncrease $16,542 (102nd)
GDP (nominal)2024 estimate
• TotalIncrease $1.402 trillion (16th)
• Per capitaIncrease $4,980 (118th)
Gini (2024)Positive decrease 37.9
medium inequality
HDI (2022)Increase 0.713
high (112th)
CurrencyIndonesian rupiah (Rp) (IDR)
Time zoneUTC+7 to +9 (IDT)
Date formatDD/MM/YYYY
Drives onLeft
Calling code+62
ISO 3166 codeID
Internet TLD.id

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country 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 280 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.

Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special autonomous status. The country's largest city, 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, Peninsular Malaysia, 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 Sumatra's Srivijaya and later Java's Majapahit kingdoms engaged in commerce with entities from mainland China and the Indian subcontinent. Over the centuries, local rulers assimilated foreign influences, leading to the flourishing of Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms. Sunni traders and Sufi scholars 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 growth.

Indonesia consists of hundreds of distinct ethnic and 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. A developing country, Indonesia is classified a newly industrialized country, with its economy the world's 16th-largest by nominal GDP and the 8th-largest by PPP. It is the world's third-largest democracy, 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, BRICS and a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, East Asia Summit, MIKTA, APEC, D-8, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Etymology

Main article: Names of Indonesia
The region that is today identified as Indonesia has carried different names, such as "East Indies" in this 1855 map

The name Indonesia derives from the Greek words Indos (Ἰνδός) and nesos (νῆσος), meaning "Indian islands". The name dates back to the 19th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850, George Windsor Earl, an English ethnologist, proposed the terms Indunesians—and, his preference, Malayunesians—for the inhabitants of the "Indian Archipelago or Malay Archipelago". In the same publication, one of his students, James Richardson Logan, used Indonesia as a synonym for Indian Archipelago. Dutch academics writing in East Indies publications were reluctant to use Indonesia. They preferred Malay Archipelago (Dutch: Maleische Archipel); the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlandsch Oost Indië), popularly Indië; the East (de Oost); and Insulinde.

After 1900, Indonesia became more common in academic circles outside the Netherlands, and native nationalist groups adopted it for political expression. Adolf Bastian of the University of Berlin popularized the name through his book Indonesien oder die Inseln des Malayischen Archipels, 1884–1894. The first native scholar to use the name was Ki Hajar Dewantara when in 1913, he established a press bureau in the Netherlands, Indonesisch Pers-bureau.

History

Main article: History of Indonesia

Early history

Main article: Prehistoric Indonesia
One of the oldest known figurative paintings, a depiction of a bull, was discovered in the Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave dated as over 40,000 (perhaps as old as 52,000) years old.

Fossilised remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the "Java Man", suggest the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited two million to 500,000 years ago. Fossils of Homo floresiensis (Flores Man) were found on Flores, dated to between 700,000 to 60,000 years ago. Homo sapiens reached the region around 43,000 BCE. Cave paintings in Sulawesi and Kalimantan, dating from 40,000 to 60,000 years ago, are considered the world's oldest known paintings and figurative art. There are many megalithic remains scattered throughout the archipelago, including Gunung Padang in West Java, Lore Lindu in Central Sulawesi, and the ceremonial stone structures of Nias and Sumba.

Austronesian peoples, who form the majority of the modern population, migrated to Southeast Asia from what is now Taiwan. They arrived in the archipelago around 2,000 BCE and confined the native Melanesians to the far eastern regions as they spread east. Ideal agricultural conditions and the mastering of wet-field rice cultivation as early as the eighth century BCE allowed villages, towns, and small kingdoms to flourish by the first century CE. The archipelago's strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade, including with Indian kingdoms and Chinese dynasties, from several centuries BCE. Trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian history.

A Borobudur ship carved on Borobudur temple, c. 800 CE. Outrigger boats from the archipelago may have made trade voyages to the east coast of Africa and Madagascar as early as the 1st century CE

From the seventh century CE, the Srivijaya naval kingdom flourished due to trade and the influences of Hinduism and Buddhism. Between the eighth and tenth centuries CE, the agricultural Buddhist Sailendra and Hindu Mataram dynasties thrived and declined in inland Java, leaving grand religious monuments such as Sailendra's Borobudur and Mataram's Prambanan. The Hindu Majapahit kingdom was founded in eastern Java in the late 13th century, and under Gajah Mada, its influence stretched over much of present-day Indonesia. This period is often referred to as the "Golden Age" in Indonesian history.

The earliest evidence of Islamized populations in the archipelago dates to the 13th century in northern Sumatra. Other parts of the archipelago gradually adopted Islam, and it was the dominant religion in Java and Sumatra by the end of the 16th century. For the most part, Islam overlaid and mixed with existing cultural and religious influences, which shaped the predominant form of Islam in Indonesia, particularly in Java.

Colonial era

Main article: Dutch East Indies
Painting from 1835 illustrating the submission of Prince Diponegoro to General De Kock at the end of the Java War in 1830

The first Europeans arrived in the archipelago in 1512, when Portuguese traders, led by Francisco Serrão, sought to monopolise the sources of nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper in the Maluku Islands. Dutch and British traders followed. In 1602, the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) and became the dominant European power for almost 200 years. The VOC was dissolved in 1799 following bankruptcy, and the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies as a nationalised colony.

For most of the colonial period, Dutch control over the archipelago was tenuous. Dutch forces were engaged continuously in quelling rebellions on and off Java. The influence of local leaders such as Prince Diponegoro in central Java, Imam Bonjol in central Sumatra, Pattimura in Maluku, and the Aceh War weakened the Dutch and tied up the colonial military forces. Only in the early 20th century did Dutch dominance extend to what was to become Indonesia's current boundaries.

During World War II, the Japanese invasion and occupation ended Dutch rule and encouraged the independence movement. Two days after the surrender of Japan in August 1945, influential nationalist leaders Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta issued the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence. Sukarno, Hatta, and Sutan Sjahrir were appointed president, vice-president, and prime minister, respectively. The Netherlands attempted to re-establish their rule. In the beginning of the Indonesian National Revolution, the Dutch recognised Indonesian independence in the face of international pressure in December 1949, following the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference. Despite political, social, and sectarian divisions, Indonesians found unity in their fight for independence.

Post-World War II

Sukarno (left) and Hatta (right), Indonesia's founding fathers and the first President and Vice President respectively

As president, Sukarno moved Indonesia from democracy towards authoritarianism and maintained power by balancing the opposing forces of the military, political Islam, and the increasingly powerful Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). Tensions between the military and the PKI culminated in an attempted coup in 1965. The army, led by Major General Suharto, countered by instigating a violent anti-communist purge that killed between 500,000 and one million people and incarcerated roughly a million more in concentration camps. The PKI was blamed for the coup and effectively destroyed. Suharto capitalised on Sukarno's weakened position, and following a drawn-out power play with Sukarno, Suharto was appointed president in March 1968. His US-backed "New Order" administration encouraged foreign direct investment, which was a crucial factor in the subsequent three decades of substantial economic growth.

Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. It brought out popular discontent with the New Order's corruption and suppression of political opposition and ultimately ended Suharto's presidency. In 1999, East Timor seceded from Indonesia, following its 1975 invasion by Indonesia and a 25-year occupation marked by international condemnation of human rights abuses. Since 1998, democratic processes have been strengthened by enhancing regional autonomy and instituting the country's first direct presidential election in 2004.

Political, economic and social instability, corruption, and instances of terrorism remained problems in the 2000s; however, the economy has performed strongly since 2007. Although relations among the diverse population are mostly harmonious, acute sectarian discontent and violence remain problematic in some areas. A political settlement to an armed separatist conflict in Aceh was achieved in 2005.

Geography

Main articles: Geography of Indonesia, Indonesian Archipelago, and List of islands of Indonesia
Mount Semeru and Mount Bromo in East Java. Indonesia's seismic and volcanic activity is among the world's highest

Indonesia is the southernmost country in Asia. The country lies between latitudes 11°S and 6°N and longitudes 95°E and 141°E. A transcontinental country spanning Southeast Asia and Oceania, it is the world's largest archipelagic state, extending 5,120 kilometres (3,181 mi) from east to west and 1,760 kilometres (1,094 mi) from north to south. The country's Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investments Affairs says Indonesia has 17,504 islands (with 16,056 registered at the UN) scattered over both sides of the equator, around 6,000 of which are inhabited. The largest are Sumatra, Java, Borneo (shared with Brunei and Malaysia), Sulawesi, and New Guinea (shared with Papua New Guinea). Indonesia shares land borders with Malaysia on Borneo and Sebatik, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea, East Timor on the island of Timor, and maritime borders with Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Palau, and Australia.

At 4,884 metres (16,024 ft), Puncak Jaya is Indonesia's highest peak, and Lake Toba in Sumatra is the largest lake, with an area of 1,145 km (442 sq mi). Indonesia's largest rivers are in Kalimantan and New Guinea and include Kapuas, Barito, Mamberamo, Sepik and Mahakam. They serve as communication and transport links between the island's river settlements.

Climate

Main articles: Climate of Indonesia and Climate change in Indonesia
Rainforest in Mount Palung National Park, West Kalimantan

Indonesia lies along the equator, and its climate tends to be relatively even year-round. Indonesia has two seasons—a dry season and a wet season—with no extremes of summer or winter. For most parts of Indonesia, the dry season falls between May and October, while the wet season falls between November and April. Indonesia's climate is almost entirely tropical, dominated by the tropical rainforest climate found on every large island of Indonesia. Cooler climate types exist in mountainous regions that are 1,300 to 1,500 metres (4,300 to 4,900 feet) above sea level. The oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) prevails in highland areas adjacent to rainforest climates, with uniform precipitation year-round. In highland areas near the tropical monsoon and tropical savanna climates, the subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) is more pronounced during dry season.

Köppen-Geiger climate classification map of Indonesia

Some regions, such as Kalimantan and Sumatra, experience only slight differences in rainfall and temperature between the seasons, whereas others, such as Nusa Tenggara, experience far more pronounced differences with droughts in the dry season and floods in the wet season. Rainfall varies across regions, with more in western Sumatra, Java, and the interiors of Kalimantan and Papua, and less in areas closer to Australia, such as Nusa Tenggara, which tends to be relatively dry. The almost uniformly warm waters that constitute 81% of Indonesia's area ensure that land temperatures remain relatively constant. Humidity is quite high, at between 70 and 90%. Winds are moderate and generally predictable, with monsoons usually blowing in from the south and east in May through October and from the north and west in November through April. Typhoons and large-scale storms pose little hazard to mariners; significant dangers come from swift currents in channels, such as the Lombok and Sape straits.

Several studies consider Indonesia to be at severe risk from the projected effects of climate change. These include unreduced emissions resulting in an average temperature rise of around 1 °C (2 °F) by mid-century, raising the frequency of drought and food shortages (with an impact on precipitation and the patterns of wet and dry seasons, and thus Indonesia's agriculture system) as well as numerous diseases and wildfires. Rising sea levels would also threaten most of Indonesia's population, who live in low-lying coastal areas. Impoverished communities would likely be affected the most by climate change.

Geology

Main article: Geology of Indonesia See also: Volcanoes of Indonesia
Major volcanoes in Indonesia. Indonesia is in the Pacific Ring of Fire area

Tectonically, most of Indonesia's area is highly unstable, making it a site of numerous volcanoes and frequent earthquakes. It lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the Indo-Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate are pushed under the Eurasian Plate, where they melt at about 100 kilometres (62 miles) deep. A string of volcanoes runs through Sumatra, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, and then to the Banda Islands of Maluku to northeastern Sulawesi. Of the 400 volcanoes, around 130 are active. Between 1972 and 1991, there were 29 volcanic eruptions, mostly on Java. Volcanic ash has made agricultural conditions unpredictable in some areas. However, it has also resulted in fertile soils, a factor in historically sustaining the high population densities of Java and Bali.

View of Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Indonesia which is the largest volcanic lake in the world

A massive supervolcano erupted at present-day Lake Toba around 70,000 BCE. It is believed to have caused a global volcanic winter and cooling of the climate and subsequently led to a genetic bottleneck in human evolution, though this is still in debate. The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora and the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa were among the largest in recorded history. The former caused 92,000 deaths and created an umbrella of volcanic ash that spread and blanketed parts of the archipelago and made much of the Northern Hemisphere without summer in 1816. The latter produced the loudest sound in recorded history and caused 36,000 deaths due to the eruption itself and the resulting tsunamis, with significant additional effects around the world years after the event. Recent catastrophic disasters due to seismic activity include the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake.

Biodiversity and conservation

Main articles: Fauna of Indonesia, Flora of Indonesia, Conservation in Indonesia, Protected areas of Indonesia, List of national parks of Indonesia, and List of biosphere reserves of Indonesia Species endemic to Indonesia. Clockwise from top: Rafflesia arnoldii; orangutan; Amorphophallus titanum; greater bird-of-paradise

Indonesia's size, tropical climate, and archipelagic geography support one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity, and it is among the 17 megadiverse countries identified by Conservation International. Its flora and fauna are a mixture of Asian and Australasian species. The Sunda Shelf islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Bali) were once linked to mainland Asia and have a wealth of Asian fauna. Large species such as the Sumatran tiger, rhinoceros, orangutan, Asian elephant, and leopard were once abundant as far east as Bali, but numbers and distribution have dwindled drastically. Having been long separated from the continental landmasses, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku have developed their unique flora and fauna. Papua was part of the Australian landmass and is home to a unique fauna and flora closely related to that of Australia, including over 600 bird species.

Indonesia is second only to Australia in terms of total endemic species, with 36% of its 1,531 species of bird and 39% of its 515 species of mammal being endemic. Indonesia harbours 83% of Southeast Asia's old-growth forest, and the highest amount of forest carbon in the region. Tropical seas surround Indonesia's 80,000 kilometres (50,000 miles) of coastline. The country has a range of sea and coastal ecosystems, including beaches, dunes, estuaries, mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds, coastal mudflats, tidal flats, algal beds, and small island ecosystems. Indonesia is one of the Coral Triangle countries with the world's most enormous diversity of coral reef fish, with more than 1,650 species in eastern Indonesia only.

Komodo dragon is the national animal of Indonesia.

British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace described a dividing line (Wallace Line) between the distribution of Indonesia's Asian and Australasian species. It runs roughly north–south along the edge of the Sunda Shelf, between Kalimantan and Sulawesi, and along the deep Lombok Strait, between Lombok and Bali. Flora and fauna on the west of the line are generally Asian, while east from Lombok is increasingly Australian until the tipping point at the Weber Line. In his 1869 book, The Malay Archipelago, Wallace described numerous species unique to the area. The region of islands between his line and New Guinea is now termed Wallacea.

Indonesia's large and growing population and rapid industrialisation present serious environmental issues. They are often given a lower priority due to high poverty levels and weak, under-resourced governance. Problems include the destruction of peatlands, large-scale illegal deforestation (causing extensive haze across parts of Southeast Asia), over-exploitation of marine resources, air pollution, garbage management, and reliable water and wastewater services. Indonesia has one of the world's fastest deforestation rates. In 2020, forests covered approximately 49.1% of the country's land area, down from 87% in 1950. Since the 1970s, log production, various plantations and agriculture have been responsible for much of the deforestation in Indonesia. Most recently, it has been driven by the palm oil industry, which has been criticised for its environmental impact and displacement of local communities. The situation has made Indonesia the world's largest forest-based emitter of greenhouse gases. It also threatens the survival of indigenous and endemic species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) identified 140 species of mammals as threatened and 15 as critically endangered, including the Bali myna, Sumatran orangutan, and Javan rhinoceros. Some academics describe the deforestation and other environmental destruction in the country as an ecocide.

Banteng in Ujung Kulon National Park

As of 2023, the government of Indonesia has gazetted 21.3% of the country's land as protected areas, with the intention of developing a new protected area strategy in line with global post-2020 framework. The country also has 411 marine reserves, or 9% of the country's total maritime area, and has set a target to increase this to 30% by 2045. However, a 2023 study suggested this target is not on track and that existing marine reserves are poorly managed.

Around 390 marine areas are managed in some way by government bodies, communities, and other sectors, with potential for these to be considered other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). There is some policy recognition of OECMs but no national mechanism for reporting them.

Sumatran elephants in Kerinci Seblat National Park, one of three parks that form the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

There are 55 national parks in Indonesia, of which 9 are predominantly marine. Of these 6 are World Heritage Sites, such as the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra that includes three parks. Seven national parks are part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves and 5 are wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar convention. Around 9% of the Indonesia surface are national parks.

Bunaken National Park in the Coral Triangle, one of Indonesia's over 100 marine protected areas

As of 2012 Indonesia had over 100 marine protected areas covering an area of 15.7 million ha, of which 32 where managed by the Ministry of Forestry while the rest where managed by local governments. In 2009 the president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared a target of reaching 20 million hectares by 2020. In 2010 Indonesia also set out a longer term target to further increase the coverage of its marine protected areas to 10% of its territorial waters, or 31 million hectares.

Government and politics

Main article: Politics of Indonesia
A presidential inauguration by the MPR in the Parliament Complex Jakarta, 2014

Indonesia is a republic with a presidential system. Following the fall of the New Order in 1998, political and governmental structures have undergone sweeping reforms, with four constitutional amendments revamping the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Chief among them is the delegation of power and authority to various regional entities while remaining a unitary state. The President of Indonesia is the head of state and head of government, commander-in-chief of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI), and the director of domestic governance, policy-making, and foreign affairs. The president may serve a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms.

The highest representative body at the national level is the People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat, MPR). Its main functions are supporting and amending the constitution, inaugurating and impeaching the president, and formalising broad outlines of state policy. The MPR comprises two houses; the People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR), with 575 members, and the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, DPD), with 136. The DPR passes legislation and monitors the executive branch. Reforms since 1998 have markedly increased its role in national governance, while the DPD is a new chamber for matters of regional management.

Most civil disputes appear before the State Court (Pengadilan Negeri); appeals are heard before the High Court (Pengadilan Tinggi). The Supreme Court of Indonesia (Mahkamah Agung) is the highest level of the judicial branch and hears final cessation appeals and conducts case reviews. Other courts include the Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi) which listens to constitutional and political matters, and the Religious Court (Pengadilan Agama), which deals with codified Islamic Personal Law (sharia) cases. Additionally, the Judicial Commission (Komisi Yudisial) monitors the performance of judges.

Parties and elections

Main articles: List of political parties in Indonesia and Elections in Indonesia Prabowo Subianto,
8th president of Indonesia
Gibran Rakabuming Raka,
14th vice president of Indonesia

Since 1999, Indonesia has had a multi-party system. In all legislative elections since the fall of the New Order, no political party has won an overall majority of seats. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secured the most votes in the 2024 general election, becoming their third consecutive wins since 2014. Other notable parties include the Party of the Functional Groups (Golkar), the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), the Democratic Party, and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

The first general election was held in 1955 to elect members of the DPR and the Constitutional Assembly (Konstituante). The most recent elections in 2019 resulted in nine political parties in the DPR, with a parliamentary threshold of 4% of the national vote. At the national level, Indonesians did not elect a president until 2004. Since then, the president is elected for a five-year term, as are the party-aligned members of the DPR and the non-partisan DPD. Beginning with the 2015 local elections, elections for governors and mayors have occurred on the same date. In 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that legislative and presidential elections would be held simultaneously, starting in 2019.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Subdivisions of Indonesia

Indonesia has several levels of subdivisions. The first level are the provinces, which have a legislature (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah, DPRD) and an elected governor. A total of 38 provinces have been established from the original eight in 1945, the most recent change being the split of Southwest Papua from the province of West Papua in 2022. The second level are the regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota), led by regents (bupati) and mayors (walikota), respectively, and a legislature (DPRD Kabupaten/Kota). The third level are the districts (kecamatan, distrik in Papua, or kapanewon and kemantren in Yogyakarta), and the fourth are the villages (either desa, kelurahan, kampung, nagari in West Sumatra, or gampong in Aceh).

The village is the lowest level of government administration. It is divided into several community groups (rukun warga, RW), which are further divided into neighbourhood groups (rukun tetangga, RT). In Java, the village (desa) is divided into smaller units called dusun or dukuh (hamlets), which are the same as RW. Following the implementation of regional autonomy measures in 2001, regencies and cities have become chief administrative units responsible for providing most government services. The village administration level is the most influential on a citizen's daily life and handles village or neighbourhood matters through an elected village head (lurah or kepala desa).

Nine provinces—Aceh, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua—are granted a special autonomous status (otonomi khusus) from the central government. Aceh, a conservative Islamic territory, has the right to create some aspects of an independent legal system implementing sharia. Yogyakarta is the only pre-colonial monarchy legally recognised within Indonesia, with the positions of governor and vice governor being prioritised for the reigning Sultan of Yogyakarta and Duke of Pakualaman, respectively. The six Papuan provinces are the only ones where the indigenous people have privileges in their local government.

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Foreign relations

Main article: Foreign relations of Indonesia
Indonesia serves as the seat of ASEAN headquarters and the largest city Jakarta serves as the organization's diplomatic capital

Indonesia maintains 132 diplomatic missions abroad, including 95 embassies. The country adheres to what it calls a "free and active" foreign policy, seeking a role in regional affairs in proportion to its size and location but avoiding involvement in conflicts among other countries.

Indonesia was a significant battleground during the Cold War. Numerous attempts by the United States and the Soviet Union, and China to some degree, culminated in the 1965 coup attempt and subsequent upheaval that led to a reorientation of foreign policy. Quiet alignment with the Western world while maintaining a non-aligned stance has characterised Indonesia's foreign policy since then. Today, it maintains close relations with its neighbours and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the East Asia Summit. In common with most of the Muslim world, Indonesia does not have diplomatic relations with Israel and has actively supported Palestine. However, observers have pointed out that Indonesia has ties with Israel, albeit discreetly.

Indonesia has been a member of the United Nations since 1950 and was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Indonesia is a signatory to the ASEAN Free Trade Area agreement, the Cairns Group, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and a former member of OPEC. Indonesia has been a humanitarian and development aid recipient since 1967, and recently, the country established its first overseas aid programme in late 2019.

Military

Main articles: Indonesian National Armed Forces and Military history of Indonesia Indonesian Armed Forces. Clockwise from top: Indonesian Army during training session; Sukhoi Su-30; Pindad Anoa; and Indonesian naval vessel KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda (367)

Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) include the Army (TNI–AD), Navy (TNI–AL, which includes Marine Corps), and Air Force (TNI–AU). The army has about 400,000 active-duty personnel. Defence spending in the national budget was 0.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, with controversial involvement of military-owned commercial interests and foundations. The Armed Forces were formed during the Indonesian National Revolution when it undertook guerrilla warfare along with informal militia. Since then, territorial lines have formed the basis of all TNI branches' structure, aimed at maintaining domestic stability and deterring foreign threats. The military has possessed a strong political influence since its founding, which peaked during the New Order. Political reforms in 1998 included the removal of the TNI's formal representation from the legislature. Nevertheless, its political influence remains, albeit at a reduced level.

Since independence, the country has struggled to maintain unity against local insurgencies and separatist movements. Some, notably in Aceh and Papua, have led to an armed conflict and subsequent allegations of human rights abuses and brutality from all sides. The former was resolved peacefully in 2005, while the latter has continued amid a significant, albeit imperfect, implementation of regional autonomy laws. Reports from Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and the UNHRC have raised the issue of human rights abuses committed by Indonesian troops in Papua such as extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances. Past engagements of the army include the conflict against the Netherlands over the Dutch New Guinea, the opposition to the British-sponsored creation of Malaysia ("Konfrontasi"), the mass killings of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), and the invasion of East Timor, the latter having been Indonesia's most massive military operation.

Economy

Main articles: Economy of Indonesia and Economic history of Indonesia See also: Agriculture in Indonesia
Vast palm oil plantation in Bogor Regency, West Java. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm oil

Indonesia has a mixed economy in which the private sector and government play vital roles. As the only G20 member state in Southeast Asia, the country has the largest economy in the region and is classified as a newly industrialised country. Per a 2024 estimate, it is the world's 16th largest economy by nominal GDP and 8th in terms of GDP at PPP, estimated to be US$1.402 trillion and US$4.658 trillion, respectively. Per capita GDP in PPP is US$16,542, while nominal per capita GDP is US$4,980. Services are the economy's largest sector and account for 43.4% of GDP (2018), followed by industry (39.7%) and agriculture (12.8%). Since 2009, it has employed more people than other sectors, accounting for 47.7% of the total labour force, followed by agriculture (30.2%) and industry (21.9%).

Industrial area in Batam

Over time, the structure of the economy has changed considerably. Historically, it has been weighted heavily towards agriculture, reflecting both its stage of economic development and government policies in the 1950s and 1960s to promote agricultural self-sufficiency. A gradual process of industrialisation and urbanisation began in the late 1960s and accelerated in the 1980s as falling oil prices saw the government focus on diversifying away from oil exports and towards manufactured exports. This development continued throughout the 1980s and into the next decade despite the 1990 oil price shock, during which the GDP rose at an average rate of 7.1%. As a result, the official poverty rate fell from 60% to 15%. Trade barriers reduction from the mid-1980s made the economy more globally integrated. The growth ended with the 1997 Asian financial crisis that severely impacted the economy, including a 13.1% real GDP contraction in 1998 and a 78% inflation. The economy reached its low point in mid-1999 with only 0.8% real GDP growth.

Morowali Industrial Park hosting primarily nickel-related industries in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi

Relatively steady inflation and have contributed to strong economic growth in recent years. From 2007 to 2019, annual growth accelerated to between 4% and 6% due to improvements in the banking sector and domestic consumption, helping Indonesia weather the 2008–2009 Great Recession, and regain in 2011 the investment grade rating it had lost in 1997. As of 2019, 9.41% of the population lived below the poverty line, and the official open unemployment rate was 5.28%. During the first year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the economy suffered its first recession since the 1997 crisis but recovered in the following year.

Indonesia has abundant natural resources. Its primary industries are fishing, petroleum, timber, paper products, cotton cloth, tourism, petroleum mining, natural gas, bauxite, coal, and tin. Its main agricultural products are rice, coconuts, soybeans, bananas, coffee, tea, palm, rubber, and sugar cane. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of nickel. These commodities make up a large portion of the country's exports, with palm oil and coal briquettes as the leading export commodities. In addition to refined and crude petroleum as the primary imports, telephones, vehicle parts and wheat cover the majority of additional imports. China, the United States, Japan, Singapore, India, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand are Indonesia's principal export markets and import partners.

Tourism

Main article: Tourism in Indonesia
Borobudur in Central Java, the world's largest Buddhist temple, is the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia

Tourism contributed around US$9.8 billion to GDP in 2020, and in the previous year, Indonesia received 15.4 million visitors. Overall, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan are the top five sources of visitors to Indonesia. Since 2011, Wonderful Indonesia has been the country's international marketing campaign slogan to promote tourism.

Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, has the highest recorded level of diversity in marine life, according to Conservation International

Nature and culture are prime attractions of Indonesian tourism. The country has a well-preserved natural ecosystem with rainforests stretching over about 57% of Indonesia's land (225 million acres). Forests on Sumatra and Kalimantan are examples of popular destinations, such as the Orangutan wildlife reserve. Moreover, Indonesia has one of the world's longest coastlines, measuring 54,716 kilometres (33,999 mi). The ancient Borobudur and Prambanan temples, as well as Toraja and Bali with their traditional festivities, are some of the popular destinations for cultural tourism.

Indonesia has ten UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Komodo National Park and the Cosmological Axis of Yogyakarta and its Historic Landmarks; and a further 18 in a tentative list that includes Bunaken National Park and Raja Ampat Islands. Other attractions include specific points in Indonesian history, such as the colonial heritage of the Dutch East Indies in the old towns of Jakarta and Semarang and the royal palaces of Pagaruyung and Ubud.

Science and technology

Main article: Science and technology in Indonesia
Palapa satellite launch in 1984

Government expenditure on research and development is relatively low (0.3% of GDP in 2019), and Indonesia ranked 54th (from 133 countries) on the 2024 Global Innovation Index report and performance above expectation for level of development in uppermiddle-income group. Historical examples of scientific and technological developments include the paddy cultivation technique terasering, which is common in Southeast Asia, and the pinisi boats by the Bugis and Makassar people. In the 1980s, Indonesian engineer Tjokorda Raka Sukawati invented a road construction technique named Sosrobahu that later became widely used in several countries. The country is also an active producer of passenger trains and freight wagons with its state-owned company, the Indonesian Railway Industry (INKA), and has exported trains abroad.

Indonesia has a long history of developing military and small commuter aircraft. It is the only country in Southeast Asia to build and produce aircraft. The state-owned Indonesian Aerospace company (PT. Dirgantara Indonesia) has provided components for Boeing and Airbus. The company also collaborated with EADS CASA of Spain to develop the CN-235, which has been used by several countries. Former President B. J. Habibie was involved in the research and coordination. Indonesia has also joined the South Korean programme to manufacture the 4.5-generation fighter jet KAI KF-21 Boramae.

Indonesia has a space programme and space agency, the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional, LAPAN). In the 1970s, Indonesia became the first developing country to operate a satellite system called Palapa, a series of communication satellites owned by Indosat. The first satellite, PALAPA A1, was launched on 8 July 1976 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. As of 2024, Indonesia has launched 19 satellites for various purposes. In May 2024, Indonesia granted licensure to satellite internet provider Starlink aimed at bringing Internet connectivity to the rural and underserved regions of Indonesia.

Infrastructure

See also: List of main infrastructure projects in Indonesia

Transport

Main article: Transport in Indonesia Transport modes in Indonesia. Clockwise from top: DAMRI bus; KAI train; Garuda Indonesia airliner; and Pelni ship

Indonesia's transport system has been shaped over time by the economic resource base of an archipelago and the distribution of its 275 million people highly concentrated on Java. In 2016, the transport sector generated about 5.2% of GDP. The road transport system has a total length of 542,310 kilometres (336,980 miles) as of 2018. Jakarta has the most extended bus rapid transit system globally, boasting 251.2 kilometres (156.1 miles) in 13 corridors and ten cross-corridor routes. Rickshaws such as bajaj and becak and share taxis such as Angkot and Minibus are a regular sight in the country.

Whoosh is the first high-speed rail in Southeast Asia and the Southern Hemisphere

Most railways are in Java, and partly Sumatra and Sulawesi, used for freight and passenger transport, such as local commuter rail services (mainly in Greater Jakarta and Yogyakarta–Solo) complementing the inter-city rail network in several cities. In the late 2010s, Jakarta and Palembang were the first cities in Indonesia to have rapid transit systems, with more planned for other cities in the future. In 2023, a high-speed rail called Whoosh connecting the cities of Jakarta and Bandung commenced operations, a first for Southeast Asia and the Southern Hemisphere.

Indonesia's largest airport, Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, is among the busiest in the Southern Hemisphere, serving 49 million passengers in 2023. Ngurah Rai International Airport and Juanda International Airport are the country's second-and third-busiest airport, respectively. Garuda Indonesia, the country's flag carrier since 1949, is one of the world's leading airlines and a member of the global airline alliance SkyTeam. The Port of Tanjung Priok is the busiest and most advanced Indonesian port, handling more than 50% of Indonesia's trans-shipment cargo traffic.

Energy

Main article: Energy in Indonesia
Sidrap wind farm, Indonesia's first wind power plant, in Sidrap Regency, South Sulawesi

In 2019, Indonesia produced 4,999 terawatt-hours (17.059 quadrillion British thermal units) and consumed 2,357 terawatt-hours (8.043 quadrillion British thermal units) worth of energy. The country has substantial energy resources, including 22 billion barrels (3.5 billion cubic metres) of conventional oil and gas reserves (of which about 4 billion barrels are recoverable), 8 billion barrels of oil-equivalent coal-based methane (CBM) resources, and 28 billion tonnes of recoverable coal.

In late 2020, Indonesia's total national installed power generation capacity stands at 72,750.72 MW. Although reliance on domestic coal and imported oil has increased between 2010 and 2019, Indonesia has seen progress in renewable energy, with hydropower and geothermal being the most abundant sources that account for more than 8% of the country's energy mix. As of 2021, power generation from solar, wind, biomass, and ocean energy is still small. The country's largest dam, Jatiluhur, has an installed capacity of 186.5 MW that feeds into the Java grid managed by the State Electricity Company (Perusahaan Listrik Negara, PLN).

Demographics

Main articles: Demographics of Indonesia and Indonesians See also: List of Indonesian cities by population and List of metropolitan areas in Indonesia
Population density of Java and Madura by subdistrict as of 2022, with major urban areas shown

The 2020 census recorded Indonesia's population as 270.2 million, the fourth largest in the world, with a moderately high population growth rate of 1.25%. Java is the world's most populous island, where 56% of the country's population lives. The population density is 141 people per square kilometre (370 people/sq mi), ranking 88th in the world, although Java has a population density of 1,067 people per square kilometre (2,760 people/sq mi). In 1961, the first post-colonial census recorded a total of 97 million people. It is expected to grow to around 295 million by 2030 and 321 million by 2050. The country currently possesses a relatively young population, with a median age of 30.2 years (2017 estimate).

Indonesia's ten metropolitan areas labeled with their populations

The spread of the population is uneven throughout the archipelago, with a varying habitats and levels of development, ranging from the megacity of Jakarta to uncontacted tribes in Papua. As of 2017, about 54.7% of the population lives in urban areas. Jakarta is the country's primate city and the second-most populous urban area globally, with over 34 million residents. About 8 million Indonesians live overseas; most settled in Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, and Australia.

  Largest cities in Indonesia
2023 BPS estimate
Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop.
Jakarta
Jakarta
Surabaya
Surabaya
1 Jakarta Special Capital Region 11,135,191 11 South Tangerang Banten 1,429,529 Bandung
Bandung
Medan
Medan
2 Surabaya East Java 3,017,382 12 Batam Riau Islands 1,294,548
3 Bandung West Java 2,579,837 13 Pekanbaru Riau 1,138,530
4 Medan North Sumatra 2,539,829 14 Bogor West Java 1,137,018
5 Bekasi West Java 2,526,133 15 Bandar Lampung Lampung 1,073,451
6 Depok West Java 1,967,831 16 Padang West Sumatra 939,851
7 Tangerang Banten 1,927,815 17 Malang East Java 885,271
8 Palembang South Sumatra 1,781,672 18 Samarinda East Kalimantan 868,499
9 Semarang Central Java 1,699,585 19 Tasikmalaya West Java 761,080
10 Makassar South Sulawesi 1,477,861 20 Denpasar Bali 670,210

Ethnic groups and languages

Main articles: Ethnic groups in Indonesia, Native Indonesians, and Languages of Indonesia
A map of ethnic groups in Indonesia

Indonesia is an ethnically diverse country, with around 600 distinct native ethnic groups. Most Indonesians are descended from Austronesian peoples whose languages had origins in Proto-Austronesian, which possibly originated in what is now Taiwan. Another major grouping is the Melanesians, who inhabit eastern Indonesia (the Maluku Islands, Western New Guinea, and the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands).

The Javanese are the largest ethnic group, constituting 40.06% of the population and are politically dominant. They are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of Java and also in sizeable numbers in most provinces. The Sundanese are the next largest group (15.51%), followed by Malay, Batak, Madurese, Betawi, Minangkabau, and Bugis people. A sense of Indonesian nationhood exists alongside strong regional identities.

Map of districts (kecamatan, one level below the city/regency) in Indonesia, coloured by its population density as measured by person per square kilometres

The country's official language is Indonesian, a variant of Malay based on its prestige dialect, which had been the archipelago's lingua franca for centuries. It was promoted by nationalists in the 1920s and achieved official status in 1945 under the name Bahasa Indonesia. Due to centuries-long contact with other languages, it is rich in local and foreign influences. Nearly every Indonesian speaks the language due to its widespread use in education, academics, communications, business, politics, and mass media. Most Indonesians also speak at least one of more than 700 local languages, often as their first language. Most belong to the Austronesian language family, while over 270 Papuan languages are spoken in eastern Indonesia. Of these, Javanese is the most widely spoken and has co-official status in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

In 1930, Dutch and other Europeans (Totok), Eurasians, and derivative people like the Indos numbered 240,000, or 0.4%, of the total population. Historically, they constituted only a tiny fraction of the native population and remain so today. Also, the Dutch language never had a substantial number of speakers or official status despite the Dutch presence for almost 350 years. The small minorities that can speak it or Dutch-based creole languages fluently are the aforementioned ethnic groups and descendants of Dutch colonisers. This reflected the Dutch colonial empire's primary purpose, which was commercial exchange as opposed to sovereignty over homogeneous landmasses. Today, there is some degree of fluency by either educated members of the oldest generation or legal professionals, as specific law codes are still only available in Dutch.

Religion

Main article: Religion in Indonesia
Map of districts (kecamatan, one level below the municipality) in Indonesia, coloured by the plurality/majority religious affiliation in the district and what percentage of citizens it represents

Although the government officially recognises only six religions: Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and indigenous religions for administrative purpose, religious freedom is guaranteed in the country's constitution. With 244 million adherents (87.1%) in 2023, Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, with Sunnis being the majority (99%). The Shias and Ahmadis, respectively, constitute 1% (1–3 million) and 0.2% (200,000–400,000) of Muslims. About 10% of Indonesians are Christians, who form the majority in several provinces in eastern Indonesia. Most Hindus are Balinese, and most Buddhists are Chinese Indonesians.

Buddhist monks performing Pradakshina ritual at Borobudur temple, Central Java

The natives of the Indonesian archipelago originally practised indigenous animism and dynamism, beliefs that are common to Austronesian peoples. They worshipped and revered ancestral spirits and believed that supernatural spirits (hyang) might inhabit certain places such as large trees, stones, forests, mountains, or sacred sites. Examples of Indonesian native belief systems include the Sundanese Sunda Wiwitan, Dayak's Kaharingan, and the Javanese Kejawèn. They have significantly impacted how other faiths are practised, evidenced by a large proportion of people—such as the Javanese abangan, Balinese Hindus, and Dayak Christians—practising a less orthodox, syncretic form of their religion.

A Hindu prayer ceremony at Besakih Temple in Bali, the only Indonesian province where Hinduism is the predominant religion

Hindu influences reached the archipelago as early as the first century CE. The Sundanese Kingdom of Salakanagara in western Java around 130 was the first historically recorded Indianised kingdom in the archipelago. Buddhism arrived around the 6th century, and its history in Indonesia is closely related to that of Hinduism, as some empires based on Buddhism had their roots around the same period. The archipelago has witnessed the rise and fall of Hindu and Buddhist empires such as Majapahit, Sailendra, Srivijaya, and Mataram. Though no longer a majority, Hinduism and Buddhism remain to have a substantial influence on Indonesian culture.

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh. The spread of Islam in Indonesia began in the region

Islam was introduced by Sunni traders of the Shafi'i school as well as Sufi traders from the Indian subcontinent and southern Arabia as early as the 8th century CE. For the most part, Islam overlaid and mixed with existing cultural and religious influences, resulting in a distinct form of Islam (santri). Trade, Islamic missionary activity such as by the Wali Sanga and Chinese explorer Zheng He, and military campaigns by several sultanates helped accelerate the spread of Islam. By the end of the 16th century, Islam became the dominant religion of Java and Sumatra.

Semana Santa festival in Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara, a Catholic ritual during Holy Week

Catholicism was brought by Portuguese traders and missionaries such as Jesuit Francis Xavier, who visited and baptised several thousand locals. Its spread faced difficulty due to the Dutch East India Company's policy of banning the religion and the Dutch hostility due to the Eighty Years' War against Catholic Spain's rule. Protestantism is mostly the result of Calvinist and Lutheran missionary efforts during the Dutch colonial era. Although they are the most common branch, there are a multitude of other denominations elsewhere in the country.

There is a small Jewish presence in the archipelago, mostly the descendants of Dutch and Iraqi Jews, and some local converts. Most of them left in the decades after Indonesian independence, with only a tiny number of Jews remaining today, mostly in Jakarta, Manado, and Surabaya. Judaism was once officially listed as Hebrani under the Sukarno government but ceased to be recorded separately like other religions with few adherents since 1965. Presently, one of the only remaining synagogues in Indonesia is Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue located in Tondano, North Sulawesi, around 31 km from Manado.

At the national and local level, Indonesia's political leadership and civil society groups have played a crucial role in interfaith relations, both positively and negatively. The invocation of the first principle of Indonesia's philosophical foundation, Pancasila (which contained the principle of "belief in the One Supreme God"), often serves as a reminder of religious tolerance, though instances of intolerance have occurred. An overwhelming majority of Indonesians consider religion to be essential and an integral part of life.

Education

Main article: Education in Indonesia
University of Indonesia is one of Indonesia's top universities

Education is compulsory for 12 years. Parents can choose between state-run, non-sectarian schools or private or semi-private religious (usually Islamic) schools, supervised by the ministries of Education and Religion, respectively. Private international schools that do not follow the national curriculum are also available. The enrolment rate is 93% for primary education, 79% for secondary education, and 36% for tertiary education (2018). The literacy rate is 96% (2018), and the government spends about 3.6% of GDP (2015) on education. In 2018, there were 4,670 higher educational institutions in Indonesia, with most (74%) located in Sumatra and Java. According to the QS World University Rankings, Indonesia's top universities are the University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University, and the Bandung Institute of Technology.

Healthcare

Main article: Health in Indonesia
Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta

Government expenditure on healthcare was about 3.3% of GDP in 2016. As part of an attempt to achieve universal health care, the government launched the National Health Insurance (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, JKN) in 2014. It includes coverage for a range of services from the public and also private firms that have opted to join the scheme. Despite remarkable improvements in recent decades, such as rising life expectancy (from 62.3 years in 1990 to 71.7 years in 2019) and declining child mortality (from 84 deaths per 1,000 births in 1990 to 23.9 deaths in 2019), challenges remain, including maternal and child health, low air quality, malnutrition, a high rate of smoking, and infectious diseases.

Human rights

Main articles: Human rights in Indonesia, Organised crime in Indonesia, and Papua conflict
Riots on the streets of Jakarta on 14 May 1998

In the economic sphere, there is a gap in wealth, unemployment rate, and health between densely populated islands and economic centres (such as Sumatra and Java) and sparsely populated, disadvantaged areas (such as Maluku and Papua). This is created by a situation in which nearly 80% of Indonesia's population lives in the western parts of the archipelago and yet grows slower than the rest of the country.

In the social arena, numerous cases of racism and discrimination, especially against Chinese Indonesians and Papuans, have been well documented throughout Indonesia's history. Such cases have sometimes led to violent conflicts, most notably the May 1998 riots and the Papua conflict, which has continued since 1962. LGBT people also regularly face challenges. Although LGBT issues have been relatively obscure, the 2010s (especially after 2016) have seen a rapid surge of anti-LGBT rhetoric, putting LGBT Indonesians into a frequent subject of intimidation, discrimination, and even violence. In addition, Indonesia has been reported to have sizeable numbers of child and forced labourers, with the former being prevalent in the palm oil and tobacco industries, while the latter in the fishing industry.

Culture

Main article: Culture of Indonesia See also: National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia and Public holidays in Indonesia

The cultural history of the Indonesian archipelago spans more than two millennia. Influences from the Indian subcontinent, mainland China, the Middle East, Europe, Melanesian, and Austronesian peoples have historically shaped the cultural, linguistic and religious makeup of the archipelago. As a result, modern-day Indonesia has a multicultural, multilingual and multi-ethnic society, with a complex cultural mixture that differs significantly from the original indigenous cultures. Indonesia currently holds sixteen items of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage, including wayang puppet theatre, kris, batik, education and training in Indonesian batik, angklung, saman dance, noken, three genres of traditional Balinese dance, pinisi ship, pencak silat, gamelan, jamu, and reog. Additionally, pantun, kebaya, and kolintang were inscribed through joint nominations.

Art and architecture

Main articles: Indonesian art and Architecture of Indonesia Further information: Indonesian painting View of Dieng Plateau (1872) by Raden SalehSix Horsemen Chasing Deer (1860) by Raden SalehTongkonan, a traditional Torajan vernacular houseBugis house, South SulawesiGedung Sate building is an example of Sundanese and foreign mix architecture in Bandung, West JavaPagaruyung Palace, a Minangkabau architecture from West Sumatra

Indonesian arts include both age-old art forms developed through centuries and recently developed contemporary art. Indonesian arts have absorbed foreign influences—most notably from India, the Arab world, China, and Europe—due to contacts and interactions facilitated, and often motivated by trade. Painting is an established and developed art in Bali, where its people are famed for their artistry. Their painting tradition started as classical Kamasan or Wayang style visual narrative, derived from visual art discovered on candi bas reliefs in eastern Java.

The most dominant has traditionally been Indian; however, Chinese, Arab, and European influences have also been significant. Traditional carpentry, masonry, stone, and woodwork techniques and decorations have thrived in vernacular architecture, with numbers of traditional houses' (rumah adat) styles that have been developed. The traditional houses and settlements vary by ethnic group, and each has a specific custom and history. Examples include Toraja's Tongkonan, Minangkabau's Rumah Gadang and Rangkiang, Javanese-style Pendopo pavilions with Joglo-style roofs, Dayak's longhouses, various Malay houses, Balinese houses and temples, and also different forms of rice barns (lumbung).

There have been numerous discoveries of megalithic sculptures in Indonesia. Subsequently, tribal art has flourished within the culture of Nias, Batak, Asmat, Dayak, and Toraja. Wood and stone are common materials used as the media for sculpting among these tribes. Between the 8th and 15th centuries, the Javanese civilisation developed refined stone sculpting art and architecture influenced by the Hindu-Buddhist Dharmic civilisation. The temples of Borobudur and Prambanan are among the most famous examples of the practice.

Music, dance and clothing

Main articles: Music of Indonesia, Dance in Indonesia, and National costume of Indonesia Indonesian music and dance. From top, left to right: Javanese Gamelan player; Angklung; Balinese Pendet dance; Sundanese Jaipongan Mojang Priangan dance; Acehnese Saman dance; Minangkabau Candle dance

The music of Indonesia predates historical records. Various indigenous tribes incorporate chants and songs accompanied by musical instruments in their rituals. Angklung, kacapi suling, gong, gamelan, talempong, kulintang, and sasando are examples of traditional Indonesian instruments. These include gambus and qasida from the Middle East, keroncong from Portugal, and dangdut—one of Indonesia's most popular music genres—with Hindi influence as well as Malay orchestras. Today, the Indonesian music industry has notable regional popularity in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei due to the common culture and mutual intelligibility between Indonesian and Malay.

A typical Minangkabau songket, the pattern in the lower third representing bamboo sproutsCotton wikkelrok with batik geometric pattern

Indonesian dances have more than 3,000 original dances. Scholars believe that they had their beginning in rituals and religious worship. Examples include war dances, a dance of witch doctors, and a dance to call for rain or any agricultural rituals such as Hudoq. Indonesian dances derive their influences from the archipelago's prehistoric and tribal, Hindu-Buddhist, and Islamic periods. Recently, modern dances and urban teen dances have gained popularity due to the influence of Western culture and those of Japan and South Korea to some extent. However, various traditional dances, including those of Java, Bali, and Dayak, remain a tradition.

Indonesia has various clothing styles due to its long and rich cultural history. The national costume originates from the country's indigenous culture and traditional textile traditions. The Javanese batik and kebaya are arguably Indonesia's most recognised national costumes, though they have Sundanese and Balinese origins as well. Each province has a representation of traditional attire and dress, such as ulos of Batak from North Sumatra; songket of Malay and Minangkabau from Sumatra; and ikat of Sasak from Lombok. People wear national and regional costumes during traditional weddings, formal ceremonies, music performances, government and official occasions, and they vary from traditional to modern attire.

Theatre and cinema

Main articles: Theatre of Indonesia and Cinema of Indonesia Further information: List of highest-grossing films in Indonesia
The Pandavas and Krishna in an act of the Wayang Wong performance

Wayang, the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese shadow puppet theatre displays several legends from Hindu mythology such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Other forms of local drama include the Javanese Ludruk and Ketoprak, the Sundanese Sandiwara, Betawi Lenong, and various Balinese dance dramas. They incorporate humour and jest and often involve audiences in their performances. Some theatre traditions also include music, dancing and silat martial art, such as Randai from the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra. It is usually performed for traditional ceremonies and festivals and based on semi-historical Minangkabau legends and love story. Modern performing art also developed in Indonesia with its distinct style of drama. Notable theatre, dance, and drama troupes such as Teater Koma are famous as they often portray social and political satire of Indonesian society.

Advertisement for Loetoeng Kasaroeng (1926), the first fiction film produced in the Dutch East Indies

The first film produced in the archipelago was Loetoeng Kasaroeng, a silent film by Dutch director L. Heuveldorp. The film industry expanded after independence, with six films made in 1949 rising to 58 in 1955. Usmar Ismail, who made significant imprints in the 1950s and 1960s, is generally considered the pioneer of Indonesian films. The latter part of the Sukarno era saw the use of cinema for nationalistic, anti-Western purposes, and foreign films were subsequently banned, while the New Order used a censorship code that aimed to maintain social order. Production of films peaked during the 1980s, although it declined significantly in the next decade. Notable films in this period include Pengabdi Setan (1980), Nagabonar (1987), Tjoet Nja' Dhien (1988), Catatan Si Boy (1989), and Warkop's comedy films.

Independent filmmaking started addressing previously banned topics, such as religion, race, and love, since 1998. Between 2000 and 2005, the number of films released each year steadily increased. Riri Riza and Mira Lesmana were among the new generation of filmmakers who co-directed Kuldesak (1999), Petualangan Sherina (2000), Ada Apa dengan Cinta? (2002), and Laskar Pelangi (2008). In 2022, KKN di Desa Penari smashed box office records, becoming the most-watched Indonesian film with 9.2 million tickets sold. Indonesia has held annual film festivals and awards, including the Indonesian Film Festival (Festival Film Indonesia) held intermittently since 1955. It hands out the Citra Award. From 1973 to 1992, the festival was held annually and then discontinued until its revival in 2004.

Mass media and literature

Main articles: Mass media in Indonesia and Indonesian literature
Metro TV at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, reporting the 2010 AFF Championship

Media freedom increased considerably after the fall of the New Order, during which the Ministry of Information monitored and controlled domestic media and restricted foreign media. The television market includes several national commercial networks and provincial networks that compete with public TVRI, which held a monopoly on TV broadcasting from 1962 to 1989. By the early 21st century, the communications system had brought television signals to every village, and people can choose from up to 11 channels. Private radio stations carry news bulletins while foreign broadcasters supply programmes. The number of printed publications has increased significantly since 1998.

Like other developing countries, Indonesia began developing Internet in the early 1990s. Its first commercial Internet service provider, PT. Indo Internet, began operation in Jakarta in 1994. The country had 171 million Internet users in 2018, with a penetration rate that keeps increasing annually. Most are between the ages of 15 and 19 and depend primarily on mobile phones for access, outnumbering laptops and computers.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's famous novelist. Many considered him to be Southeast Asia's leading candidate for a Nobel Prize in Literature

The oldest evidence of writing in the Indonesian archipelago is a series of Sanskrit inscriptions dated to the 5th century. Many of Indonesia's peoples have firmly rooted oral traditions. In written poetry and prose, several traditional forms dominate, mainly syair, pantun, gurindam, hikayat and babad. Examples of these forms include Syair Abdul Muluk, Hikayat Hang Tuah, Sulalatus Salatin, and Babad Tanah Jawi.

Early modern Indonesian literature originates in the Sumatran tradition. Balai Pustaka, the government bureau for literature, was instituted in 1917 to promote the development of indigenous literature. Many scholars consider the 1950s and 1960s to be the Golden Age of Indonesian Literature. The style and characteristics of modern Indonesian literature vary according to the dynamics of the country's political and social landscape, most notably the war of independence in the second half of the 1940s and the anti-communist mass killings in the mid-1960s. Notable literary figures of the modern era include Hamka, Chairil Anwar, Mohammad Yamin, Merari Siregar, Marah Roesli, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and Ayu Utami.

Cuisine

Main article: Indonesian cuisine
Nasi Padang with rendang, gulai, and vegetables

Indonesian cuisine has many regional cuisines, often based upon indigenous culture and foreign influences such as Chinese, African, European, Middle Eastern, and Indian precedents. Rice is the leading staple food and is served with side dishes of meat and vegetables. Spices (notably chili), coconut milk, fish, and chicken are fundamental ingredients.

Some popular dishes such as nasi goreng, gado-gado, sate, and soto are ubiquitous and considered national dishes. The Ministry of Tourism, however, chose tumpeng as the official national dish in 2014, describing it as binding the diversity of various culinary traditions. Other popular dishes include rendang, one of the many Minangkabau cuisines along with dendeng and gulai. Another fermented food is oncom, similar in some ways to tempeh but uses a variety of bases (not only soy), created by different fungi, and is prevalent in West Java.

Sports

Main articles: Sport in Indonesia and Indonesian martial arts
A demonstration of pencak silat, a form of martial arts

Badminton and football are the most popular sports in Indonesia. Indonesia is among the few countries that have won the Thomas and Uber Cup, the world team championship of men's and women's badminton. Along with weightlifting, it is the sport that contributes the most to Indonesia's Olympic medal tally. Liga 1 is the country's premier football club league. On the international stage, Indonesia was the first Asian team to participate in the FIFA World Cup in 1938 as the Dutch East Indies. On a regional level, Indonesia won a bronze medal at the 1958 Asian Games as well as three gold medals at the 1987, 1991, and 2023 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). Indonesia's first appearance at the AFC Asian Cup was in 1996.

Other popular sports include boxing and basketball, which were part of the first National Games (Pekan Olahraga Nasional, PON) in 1948. Sepak takraw and karapan sapi (bull racing) in Madura are some examples of Indonesia's traditional sports. In areas with a history of tribal warfare, mock fighting contests are held, such as caci in Flores and pasola in Sumba. Pencak silat is an Indonesian martial art that, in 2018, became one of the sporting events in the Asian Games, with Indonesia appearing as one of the leading competitors. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia topped the SEA Games medal table ten times since 1977, most recently in 2011.

See also

Notes

  1. Excludes dialects and subdialects.
  2. According 2023 data.
  3. UK: /ˌɪndəˈniːziə, -ʒə/ IN-də-NEE-zee-ə, -⁠zhə US: /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə, -ʃə/ IN-də-NEE-zhə, -⁠shə; Indonesian pronunciation: [ɪndoˈnesia]
  4. Republik Indonesia ([reˈpublik ɪndoˈnesia] ) is the most-used official name, though the name Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia, NKRI) also appears in some official documents.
  5. During the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Indonesia withdrew from the UN due to the latter's election to the United Nations Security Council, although it returned 18 months later. It marked the first time in UN history that a member state had attempted a withdrawal.
  6. Small but significant populations of ethnic Chinese, Indians, Europeans and Arabs are concentrated mostly in urban areas.
  7. These influences include Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Makassarese, Hindustani, Sanskrit, Tamil, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese and English.

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  9. Xiamen 2017
  10. Johannesburg 2018
  11. Brasília 2019
  12. Saint Petersburg 2020
  13. New Delhi 2021
  14. Beijing 2022
  15. Johannesburg 2023
  16. Kazan 2024
  17. TBD 2025
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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
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and territories
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communities
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organizations
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  • As the "Turkish Cypriot State".
D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
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Non-Aligned Movement
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‡ denotes a former member state of the Non-Aligned Movement
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
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