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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.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 = "]"{{nbsp|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 = ]
| image_coat = National emblem of Indonesia Garuda Pancasila.svg
|capital = ]
| 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 = Jakarta
| 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 = ]
| capital = ]
|leader_name2 = ]
| coordinates = {{Coord|6|10|S|106|49|E|type:city_region:ID}}
|area_rank = 16th
| largest_city = capital
|area_magnitude = 1_E10
| official_languages = ]<!--Note: Not just the official language, but also the national language (bahasa pemersatu)-->
|area = 1,904,569
| demonym = ]
|areami² = 735,355 <!--Do not remove per ]-->
| languages2_type = '''Indigenous languages'''
|percent_water = 4.85
| languages2_sub = yes
|population_estimate = 222,781,000
| languages2 = ]{{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= 2024-08-18}}</ref>
|population_estimate_year = 2005
| ethnic_groups = ]<!--Waiting for the long form of the 2020 census-->
|population_estimate_rank = 4th
| religion_year = 2023
|population_census = 206,264,595
| religion = {{tree list}}
|population_census_year = 2000
*87.1% ]
|population_density = 117
*10.5% ]
|population_densitymi² = 303 <!--Do not remove per ]-->
**7.4% ]
|population_density_rank = 84th
**3.1% ]
|GDP_PPP_year = 2005
*1.7% ]
|GDP_PPP = US$977.4 billion
*0.7% ]
|GDP_PPP_rank = 15th
*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=2024-06-21|archive-date=2024-06-21|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_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>
{{tree list/end}}
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 110th
| government_type = Unitary ]
|HDI_year = 2004
| leader_title1 = ]
|HDI = {{profit}}0.711
| leader_name1 = ]
|HDI_rank = 108th
| leader_title2 = {{nowrap|]}}
|HDI_category = <font color="#ffcc00">medium</font>
| leader_name2 = ]
|sovereignty_type = ]
| leader_title3 = ]
|sovereignty_note = from the ]
| leader_name3 = ]
|established_event1 = Declared
| leader_title4 = ]
|established_event2 = Recognized
| leader_name4 = ]
|established_date1 = ] ]
| leader_title5 = ]
|established_date2 = ] ]
| leader_name5 = ]
|currency = ]
| legislature = ] (MPR)
|currency_code = IDR
| upper_house = ] (DPD)
|time_zone = various
| lower_house = ] (DPR)
|utc_offset = +7 to +9
| sovereignty_type = ]
|time_zone_DST = ''not observed''
| sovereignty_note = from the ]<!-- Based on consensus, please discuss on the Talk Page before changing Netherlands to Japan, or adding both -->
|utc_offset_DST =
| established_event1 = ]
|cctld = ]
| established_date1 = 17 August 1945
|calling_code = 62
| established_event2 = ]
|footnotes =
| established_date2 = 27 December 1949
| 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>
| area_label = Total
| area_rank = 14th
| 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=2024-10-20|author1=Admin}}</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=2024-10-22|access-date=2024-10-22}}</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=2024-03-14|archive-url=https://archive.ph/WJIkb|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>{{cite press release |publisher=] |title=Country Profile: Indonesia |date=December 2004 |accessdate=2006-12-09 |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Indonesia.pdf}}</ref> in the ] ], making it the world's largest archipelagic state. With a population of over 200 million, it is the world's fourth ] country and the most populous ]-majority nation. Its capital is ] and it shares land borders with ], ], 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 ] sailors first profited from the ] in ancient times. Indonesia's history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to the archipelago by its wealth of natural resources; ]-influenced ] and ] kingdoms flourished, ] traders who spread ] in ] times, and ] during the ], who fought for monopolization of the spice trade. Indonesia was ] by the ] for over three centuries; however, the nation declared its ] in 1945, which was internationally recognized four years later. Indonesia's post-independence history has been turbulent, with political instability and corruption, periods of rapid economic growth and decline, environmental catastrophe, and a recent ] process.


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. A shared history of ], ], a ], and a ] help to define Indonesia as a state. Indonesia's national motto, "''Bhinneka tunggal ika''" ("Unity in diversity", derived from ]), reflects the amalgamation of a myriad cultures, languages, and ethnic groups that shape every aspect of the country. Sectarian tensions, however, have threatened political stability in some regions, leading to violent confrontations.


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 the from ] ''indus'', meaning "India", and ''nesos'', meaning "islands".<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, an ] ] George Earl proposed to call the inhabitants of "Indian Archipelago or Malayan Archipelago" as either "Indunesians" or "Malayunesians"; preferring the latter term.<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=119}}</ref> J.C. Logan, Earl's student, used "Indonesia" in the same publication as a synonym for "Indian Archipelago".<ref name="JIAEA_2">''Ibid'', pp. 254, 277&ndash;278.</ref> The ] academics who had an important position for the ] publications, however, were 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 of "Malay Archipelago" (''Maleische Archipel''), the "Netherlands East Indies" (''Nederlandsch Oost Indïes'') popularly by ''Indïe'', "the East" (''de Oost'') or even ''Insulinde'' that was introduced in the ] novel in 1860. After 1900, the term of Indonesia began to spread in academic circles outside the Netherlands and Indonesian nationalist groups began to use the term for their political expression.<ref name="kroef1951"/> The first Indonesian scholar to use the name is ] (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}}
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{{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://archive.ph/2dnMh|archive-date=2013-01-12}}</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 termed 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 modern peoples of Indonesia are of ] origin and are descendant from immigrants from mainland South East Asia who first arrived around 6,000 years ago. Ideal agricultural conditions and the mastering of ] ] cultivation as early as the seventh century BC<!--BC is correct, not AD!--> allowed villages, towns, and eventually small kingdoms to flourish by the first century AD. Around the same time, the region established trade between both ] and ]. Fostered by Indonesia’s strategic sea-lane position, trade continued to be one of the most important influences on the country’s history.


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 popularised 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, that the ] kingdom flourished from the seventh century AD. 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 AD, the agriculturally-based Buddhist ] and Hindu ] dynasties thrived and declined in inland Java with grand monuments built, including ] and ] respectively. The Hindu ] kingdom was founded in eastern Java in 1294, and under its military commander ] stretched over much of modern day Indonesia in 1350. This period is referred to as a "Golden Age" in the country’s 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}}
] traders first ] in the late twelfth century, establishing settlements in the ] region. It spread across the Indonesian archipelago, following trade routes. Rather than a violent conquest, it was, for the most part, peacefully laid over and mixed with existing cultural and religious influences 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 ]. In 1506, the ], led by ], were the first Europeans to arrive in Indonesia; the Dutch and ] followed. The Dutch became the dominant traders in Indonesia, establishing the ] (VOC) in 1602. The VOC, however, was dissolved in 1798 and the government of the Netherlands established the ] as a fully-fledged colony.


=== Early history ===
The ] in Indonesia existed in various forms for over three hundred years until the ] ] 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}}</ref> During the war, ], a popular leader of the ], cooperated with the occupying Japanese with the intention of strengthening the independence movement.<ref>{{cite news |author=Pramoedya Ananta Toer |authorlink=Pramoedya Ananta Toer |date=23-30 August 1999 |url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/sukarno1.html |title=Sukarno |publisher=] |accessdate=2006-12-11}}</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}}</ref><ref name="Bidien1945">{{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 ]. Over the next four years, a ] was fought as the Netherlands tried to win back its colony; the face of international pressure, the Netherlands recognised Indonesian independence in 1949.<ref name="Bidien1945"/><ref>{{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>
{{Main|Prehistoric Indonesia}}
]s, a depiction of a bull, was discovered in the '']'' cave dated as over 40,000 to 44,000 years old.]]
The Indonesian archipelago has been inhabited since the time of '']'' or "Java Man," with fossils dating back 2 million to 500,000 BCE.<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 '']'', found on Flores, date around 700,000 to 60,000 BCE, while '']'' arrived around 43,000 BCE.<ref>{{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=2004-10-27|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><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/human-migration.html|title=The Great Human Migration|last=Gugliotta|first=Guy|publisher=Smithsonian Maganize|date=July 2008|access-date=2011-08-21|archive-date=2017-09-17|archive-url=https://archive.ph/28kCJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Sulawesi and Borneo are home to the world's oldest known ]s, dating back 40,000 to 60,000 years,<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> and megalithic sites such as western Java's '']'', Sulawesi's '']'' as well as Sumatra's Nias and Sumba reflect early human settlements and ceremonial practices.<ref>{{cite book|last=Prasetyo|first=Bagyo|url=https://repositori.kemdikbud.go.id/4657|title=Megalithic: A phenomenon that flourished in Indonesia|date=2015|publisher=Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional|isbn=9786020818252|location=Jakarta|page=61}}</ref>


Around 2,000 BCE, ] began arriving from the island now known as ] in Southeast Asia, gradually displacing native ] to the far eastern part of the archipelago as they spread east,{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=5–7}} and would eventually form the majority of Indonesia's modern population. Favorable agricultural conditions and advancements like ] by the 8th century BCE{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=8–9}} enabled the growth of villages and kingdoms by the first century CE. The archipelago's strategic location fostered inter-island and international exchange with civilizations from the Indian subcontinent and mainland China, profoundly influencing Indonesian history and culture through trade.{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=3, 9–11, 13–15, 18–20, 22–23}}{{sfn|Vickers|2005|pp=18–20, 60, 133–134}}{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=15–18}}
], Indonesia's founding president.]]
Sukarno's presidency relied on balancing the often opposing forces of the ], Islam and Communism. Increasing tensions, however, between the powerful ] (PKI) and the Military culminated in an abortive coup on 30 September 1965, during which six top-ranking generals were murdered in ]. A quick counter-coup led by ] resulted in a violent anti-communist purge centered mainly in Java and Bali. Hundreds of thousands were killed<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> &ndash; the exact figure is uncertain with estimates ranging from 100,000 to as many as two million<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> &ndash; and the dominant PKI was in effect destroyed. 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.


By the 7th century CE, the ] naval kingdom thrived on trade, adopting Hindu and Buddhist influences. The 8th to 10th centuries saw the rise and decline of the Buddhist ] and Hindu ] dynasties, leaving monumental legacies like the ] and ] temples. ], a Hindu kingdom established in the late 13th century in eastern Java, dominated much of the archipelago under the leadership of ] in a period 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> Islam ] in the 13th century in northern Sumatra,{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=3–14}} and following gradual adoption in other islands, it became the dominant religion in Java and Sumatra by the 16th century, blending with pre-existing traditions to form a distinct Islamic culture, particularly in Java.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=12–14}}
In 1997-98, however, Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the ]. This aggravated popular discontent with Suharto, who 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 in Indonesia.<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>


=== Colonial era ===
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>
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] to ] at the end of the ] in 1830|alt=]]
In 1512, Europeans began arriving in the archipelago led by Portuguese traders under ] ] of the lucrative ] in the ].{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=22–24}} Dutch and British traders soon followed, with the former establishing the ] (''Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie'', VOC) in 1602 that eventually became the dominant European power for almost two centuries. After the VOC's dissolution in 1799 due to bankruptcy, the ] was established as a nationalised colony,{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p=24}} marking the beginning of formal colonial rule by the ]. Over the next century and a half, Dutch control over the archipelago was tenuous for much of this period, as they faced continuous rebellions from local leaders like Prince ] in central Java ] in central Sumatra, ] in Maluku, and ].{{sfn|Schwarz|1994|pp=3–4}}{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|p=142}}{{sfn|Friend|2003|p=21}} Dutch dominance only extended to Indonesia's modern boundaries in the early 20th century,{{sfn|Friend|2003|p=21}}{{sfn|Ricklefs|1991|pp=61–147}}{{sfn|Taylor|2003|pp=209–278}}{{sfn|Vickers|2005|pp=10–14}} with the establishment of Dutch posts in ].


The ] and ] during ] 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://archive.ph/RUqrj|archive-date=2013-08-21}}</ref> and encouraged Indonesia's independence movement.<ref>Robert Elson, ''The idea of Indonesia: A history'' (2008) pp 1–12</ref> Only two days after ] in August 1945, ] and ] issued the ], and they became the country's first president and vice-president along with ] as Prime Minister.{{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, prompting the start of ]. The conflict lasted until 1949 when the Dutch recognised Indonesian independence in the ] following international pressure.{{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}}
==Government and politics==
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=== Post-World War II ===
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Indonesia is a ] with ]. 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 in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. ], ] and ] branches were revamped, creating a newly liberal democratic political system.<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>
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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://archive.ph/suyFV|archive-date=2018-11-18}}</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.
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}}</ref><ref>{{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 4th Amendment of 1945 Indonesia Constitution'', Chapter III – The Executive Power, Art. 7.</ref>


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://archive.ph/Fn0wu|archive-date=2019-11-27|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://archive.ph/gSLLL|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</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>
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. The 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 lower house of representatives: the ] (DPR) with 550 members and the ] (DPD) with 168 members.


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://archive.ph/nhdDy|archive-date=2020-01-20}}</ref>
The DPR is the legislative body which passes legislations and monitors the executive branch. Members of the DPR are elected for five-year terms on a ] basis from more than two thousand electoral districts.<ref name="Harijanti2006"/> Since 1998, the DPR's role has increased markedly, including a total control of ]s production without executive branch interventions, all members are now elected (no reserved seats for military personnel) and some fundamental rights exclusive for 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. Its members are representatives from the thirty-three provinces; each has four ] representatives. During the legislative ], each citizen votes for members of DPR through political parties, DPD members through individual names, and the provincial and local Regional People's Representative Councils (DPRD).<ref name="Harijanti2006"/> DPD represents regional areas within national politics and 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>


== Geography ==
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 administrative law 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.
{{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=2023-11-09|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://archive.ph/o127u|archive-date=2018-11-30}}</ref> scattered over both sides of the equator, around 922 of which are permanently 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=2025-01-15|access-date=2025-01-20|archive-date=2025-01-20|archive-url=https://archive.ph/1KEMV|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://archive.ph/XfwcH|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://archive.ph/BdtGZ|archive-date=2013-04-14}}</ref>
] (TNI) total about 300,000 members, including the Army (TNI-AD), Navy (including marines), and Air Force. The army has about 233,000 active-duty personnel. Defence spending in the national budget is 3% of GDP supplemented by revenue from military-run businesses and foundations. In the post-Suharto period since 1998, formal TNI representation in parliament has been removed, but its political influence remains extensive.


===Contemporary issues=== === Climate ===
{{Main|Climate of Indonesia|Climate change in Indonesia}}
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 14th 2006 |accessdate=2006-12-26 |url=http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7925064}}</ref> In 2005, the Government was forced to reduce its large subsidies on fuel prices drastically as international oil prices climbed, which, combined with stagnant wages growth and increasing rice prices, have worsened poverty levels. Another stated Government priority is to stamp out corruption, which significantly raises producers' costs and deters investment.<ref name='ECONOMIST_FACTSHEET'/>
Indonesia's equatorial position ensures a relatively stable climate 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> characterised by two main seasons: ] from May to October and ] from November to April, with no extremes of summer and 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> The climate is predominantly ], with cooler climates in mountainous areas over {{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> There is a variation in rainfall patterns, with regions like western Sumatra, Java, and the interiors of Kalimantan and Papua receiving more precipitation, while areas closer to Australia, such as Nusa Tenggara, are drier. The warm waters covering 81% of Indonesia's area keep land temperatures stable, with high humidity (70-90%) and moderate, predictable winds influenced by monsoon cycles. Major weather hazards include strong currents in straits, such as the ] and ]s,<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://archive.ph/a9yfY|archive-date=2013-01-14}}</ref> rather than typhoons or storms.


] 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=]]
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 ceasefire agreement was reached in 2005. In Papua, there has been a significant, albeit imperfect, implementation of regional autonomy laws, and a reported decline in the levels of violence and human rights abuses.<ref>{{cite news |last=''Lateline'' TV Current Affairs |first= |coauthors= |title=Sidney Jones on South East Asian conflicts |work=TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT, Interview with South East Asia director of the International Crisis Group |pages= |language= |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) |date=2006-04-20 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1620483.htm |accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=International Crisis Group |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Papua: Answer to Frequently Asked Questions |journal=Update Briefing |volume= |issue=No. 53 |pages=1 |publisher=International Crisis Group |date=2006-09-05 |url=http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/indonesia/b53_papua_answers_to_frequently_asked_questions.pdf |doi= |id= |accessdate=2006-09-17}}</ref>
Several studies consider Indonesia to be at severe risk from the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320622312_Impact_of_Climate_Change_on_ASEAN_International_Affairs_Risk_and_Opportunity_Multiplier|title=Impact of Climate Change on ASEAN International Affairs: Risk and Opportunity Multiplier|display-authors=etal|publisher=Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and Myanmar Institute of International and Strategic Studies (MISIS)|date=November 2016|access-date=2017-02-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/pCxP6|archive-date=2020-07-28}}</ref> including a temperature rise of {{cvt|1|C-change|0}} by mid-century due to unreduced emissions.<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> This warming could intensify droughts, disrupt rainfall patterns critical to agriculture,<ref name="ClimChng" /> and increase occurrences of food shortages, diseases, and wildfires.<ref name="ClimChng" /> ] would also threaten the country's densely populated coastal regions,<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://archive.ph/mN6F1|archive-date=2021-12-25|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://archive.ph/pTeOE|archive-date=2018-08-13}}</ref> and impoverished communities are expected to be disproportionately affected 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 ===
]
] in ], the world's largest volcanic lake. Indonesia is located in the Pacific ] area]]
] bombings linked to extreme ] and ]<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Chris |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Indonesia and Transnational Terrorism |work= Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Group |publisher=Parliament of Australia |date=2001-10-11 |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2001-02/02cib06.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-10-15}}</ref> have occurred in Bali and Jakarta; ] came in 2002, killing 202 people (including 164 international tourists) in the resort town of ].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |coauthors= |title=Commemoration of 3rd anniversary of bombings |work=AAP |pages= |language=English |publisher=The Age Newspaper |date=2006-12-10 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/war-on-terror/services-to-honour-victims-of-2002-bali-bombing/2005/10/12/1128796537208.html |accessdate= }}</ref> The attacks and travel warnings issued by other countries have severely damaged the country’s important ] and the economy's foreign investment prospects.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Travel Warning: Indonesia |work= |publisher=US Embassy, Jakarta |date=10 May 2005 |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 |last=Huang|first=Reyko |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Priority Dilemmas: U.S. - Indonesia Military Relations in the Anti Terror War |work=Terrorism Project |publisher=Center for Defense Information |date=2002-23-05 |url=http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/priority.cfm |format= |doi= |accessdate= }}</ref>
{{Main|Geology of Indonesia}} {{See also|List of volcanoes in Indonesia}}
In terms of ], 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://archive.ph/TLg94|archive-date=2020-01-20}}</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 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 displays of affection such as kissing in public 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=8 March 2006}}</ref>


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://archive.ph/hSYdE|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</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://archive.ph/8hsH2|archive-date=2013-12-07}}</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://archive.ph/j40zz|archive-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> Recent catastrophic disasters due to seismic activity include the ] and the ].
==Administrative divisions==
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{{main|Provinces of Indonesia|Subdivisions of Indonesia}}
Indonesia has thirty-three ]s, three of which have special status, and a special capital region. Each province has its own political legislature and is headed by a governor. The provinces are subdivided into ] and ], which are further subdivided into ], and again into ]. 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 influential handling matters of a village or neighbourhood by an elected ''lurah'' or ''kepala desa'' (village chief).


=== Biodiversity ===
===Indonesian provinces and their capitals===
{{Main|Fauna of Indonesia|Flora of Indonesia|Environment of Indonesia}}
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'''Sumatra'''
*]* (''Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam'') - ]
*] (''Sumatera Utara'') - ]
*] (''Sumatera Barat'') - ]
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*] (''Kepulauan Riau'') - ]
*] - ]
*] (''Sumatera Selatan'') - ]
*] - ]
*] - ]
*] - ]
'''Java'''
*]* - ]
*] - ]
*] (''Jawa Barat'') - ]
*] (''Jawa Tengah'') - ]
*]* - ]
*] (''Jawa Timur'') - ]
'''Kalimantan'''
*] (''Kalimantan Barat'') - ]
*] (''Kalimantan Tengah'') - ]
*] (''Kalimantan Selatan'') - ]
*] (''Kalimantan Timur'') - ]
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'''Bali'''
*] - ]
'''Nusa Tenggara'''
*] (''Nusa Tenggara Barat'') - ]
*] (''Nusa Tenggara Timur'') - ]
'''Sulawesi'''
*] (''Sulawesi Utara'') - ]
*] - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Tengah'') - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Barat'') - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Selatan'') - ]
*] (''Sulawesi Tenggara'') - ]
'''Maluku islands'''
*] - ]
*] (''Maluku Utara'') - ]
'''Papua'''
*] (''Irian Jaya Barat'') - ]
*]* - ]
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Four provinces have special status; ], ], ] and ]. Special status provides legislative privileges and more autonomy from the central government 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 remains a ] whose sultan is the territory's '']'' governor for life.<ref>{{cite web |last=Negoro |first=Suryo S. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Arts, Cultures, Rituals and Other Information of Puro Pakualaman |work=Joglosemar |publisher=Sangga Sarana Persada |date=1998 |url=http://www.joglosemar.co.id/pka_info1.html |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> ], formerly known as Irian Jaya, has had special status since 2001.<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}}</ref> ] is the country's special capital region.
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Recognised by ] as one of 17 ], Indonesia hosts one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity due to its tropical climate, large size, and archipelagic geography. The country's flora and fauna include a mix 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://archive.ph/SDOXI|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=2025-01-20|archive-url=https://archive.ph/JdBaK|url-status=live}}</ref> The ] islands (Sumatra, Java, and Borneo) have a wealth of Asian fauna as they were once linked to mainland Asia, while Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku and Papua evolved unique ecosystems due to their separation from the continental landmasses.<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, once part of the Australian landmass, is home to over 600 bird species closely related to Australia.<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://archive.ph/iI8A|archive-date=2012-05-27}}</ref> Indonesia is second only to Australia in total ] species, with 6% 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://archive.ph/lQhLI|archive-date=2013-07-23}}</ref>
==Geography==
{{main|Geography of Indonesia}}
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Indonesia's ], about 6,000 of which are inhabited,<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesian Geography |work=U.S. Library of Congress |publisher=Country Studies - Indonesia |url=http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/28.htm |accessdate= }}</ref> are scattered around the ]. The five main islands are ], ], ] (the Indonesian part of ]), ] (shared with ]) and ]. 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 Jakarta is on Java and is the nation's largest city, followed by ], ], ], and ].


The country also boasts {{convert|80000|km|mi|abbr=off}} of coastline, featuring diverse sea and coastal ecosystems, such as dunes and mangroves,<ref name="EcoSeas1"/> as well as coral reefs in the ] that harbor the highest diversity of ] globally, with more than 1,650 species in eastern Indonesia.<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://archive.ph/LIOrG|archive-date=2013-01-01}}</ref> The ], described by English naturalist ], marks the biogeographical divide between Asian and Australasian species, with the region between the Wallace and ]s (called ]) hosting unique biodiversity as described in Wallace's 1869 book, '']''.<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><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> Indonesia's extensive forests, comprising 83% of Southeast Asia's old-growth forest,<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> are deemed crucial for the region's ecological balance and carbon storage.
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 population density is 134.39 people per square kilometer, 79th in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population density - Persons per 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> 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>


Indonesia faces severe ] due to extensive deforestation,<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> peatland destruction, and over-exploitation of resources, driven by industries such as logging, plantations and agriculture since the 1970s,<ref name="landuse" /> and in most recent years, palm oil.<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><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> Forest cover declined from 87% in 1950 to 48% in 2022,<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=2025-01-19}}</ref><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> highlighting the country as a leading 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://archive.ph/AGiln|archive-date=2025-01-20|access-date=2018-08-26|website=]}}</ref> These issues 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://archive.ph/l3gIz|archive-date=2007-08-11}}</ref> They also threaten indigenous and endemic species, with the ] (IUCN) listing many as critically endangered, such as 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://archive.ph/5kU4n|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</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> Environmental degradation has prompted some academics to label these activities as ecocide.<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=2025-01-20|archive-url=https://archive.ph/R3hwC|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>
] and ] in ]. Indonesia's seismic and volcanic activity is among the world's highest.]]
Its location on the edges of three ]s, specifically the Pacific, Eurasian, and Australian plates, makes Indonesia a site of numerous ] and frequent ]s. Indonesia has at least 66 ],<ref>Topinka, USGS/CVO, 2001; base map modified from CIA map, 1997; volcanoes from: Simkin & Siebert, 1994</ref> including ] and ] both famous for their devastating eruptions in the nineteenth century. The eruption of the ] ] 71,500 ± 4000 years ago was one of the largest eruptions known and a ]. Recent disasters due to seismic activity include the ] in 2004 and the ] in 2006. Volcanic ash, however, is a major contributor to the high agricultural fertility that has historically sustained significantly high population density on the islands 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>


=== Conservation ===
]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. The mountainous west coast of Sumatra western Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua receive the highest rainfall. Humidity is generally high, averaging about 80%. Temperatures vary little over the year; the average daily temperature range of Jakarta is 21° to 33° Celsius (69° to 92° Fahrenheit).
{{Main|Conservation in Indonesia|Protected areas of Indonesia|List of national parks of Indonesia|List of biosphere reserves of Indonesia}}
] in the ], one of Indonesia's over 100 marine protected areas]]
As of 2023, Indonesia has designated 21.3% of its land as ] and aims to align its strategy with the 2022 ].<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> Additionally, 411 marine reserves account for 9% of the country's maritime area, with a target to increase this to 30% by 2045. However, a recent study highlights that the current efforts are off track and 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|archive-date=2025-01-22|archive-url=https://archive.ph/D71Jp|url-status=live}}</ref> Approximately 390 marine areas are managed by government bodies, communities, and other sectors, with potential for classification as ] (OECMs), though there is 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>


Indonesia's conservation framework includes 55 national parks, covering around 9% of the country's surface area. Among these, nine are predominantly marine parks,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/INFORMASI/TN%20INDO-ENGLISH/tn_index.htm|title=National Parks in Indonesia|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-url=https://archive.ph/4jSID|archive-date=2013-10-09|df=dmy-all}}</ref> with six recognised as ], seven as part of the ]<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2013|title=Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/asia-and-the-pacific/|access-date=2013-10-22|publisher=UNESCO|language=en-US|archive-date=2025-01-22|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GVwd2|url-status=live}}</ref> and five wetlands of international importance under the 1971 ]. Notably, Indonesia has over 100 marine protected areas spanning 15.7 million hectares as of 2012 managed by the Ministry of Forestry and local governments. Previous targets included reaching 20 million hectares by 2020 under former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's 2009 initiative and 10% of territorial waters, or 31 million hectares.<ref name="Yulianto">{{cite web|url=http://indonesia.wcs.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=15154&PortalId=137&DownloadMethod=attachment|title=Spatial Analysis to Achieve 20 Million Hectares of Marine Protected Areas by 2020|display-authors=etal|publisher=Wildlife Conservation Society|date=2013-12-24|access-date=2017-02-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224095217/http://indonesia.wcs.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?EntryId=15154&PortalId=137&DownloadMethod=attachment|archive-date=2013-12-24}}</ref>
==Ecology==
Indonesia’s vast size, tropical climate and ] geography, supports the world's second highest level of ] (after ]); 45% 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 ] and ] 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,<ref name="EcoSula">{{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}}</ref> Nusa Tenggara and Maluku,<ref name="EcoNTM">{{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> having been long separated from the continental landmasses, have developed their own unique flora and fauna. 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>


== Government and politics ==
] ], a great ape ] to Indonesia.]]
{{Main|Politics of Indonesia}}
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.
{{See also|Government of Indonesia}}
] Jakarta, ]|alt=]]
Indonesia is a republic with a presidential system. Following the ], sweeping ] has restructured the executive, legislative, and judicial branches while maintaining its ] framework despite the push to delegate powers to regional entities.<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><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 ] serves as ], ], and commander-in-chief of the ] (''Tentara Nasional Indonesia'', TNI) and overseeing domestic and foreign policies. Presidents may serve up to two consecutive five-year terms.<ref>(2002), ''The fourth Amendment of 1945 Indonesia Constitution'', Chapter III – The Executive Power, Article 7.</ref>


The ] (''Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat'', MPR) is Indonesia's highest representative body, responsible for amending the constitution, inaugurating or impeaching the president, and formalising state policies.<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> It consists of two houses, the ] (''Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat'', DPR), which has 575 members and handles legislation and executive oversight, and the ] (''Dewan Perwakilan Daerah'', DPD) with 136 members, which focuses on regional matters.<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> Since 1998, reforms have significantly enhanced the DPR's governance role,<ref name="Harijanti2006" /> while the DPD represents Indonesia's diverse regional interests.<ref>Chapter VIIA, Article 22D of the 1945 Constitution.</ref><ref name="UUD45" />
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"/>


Indonesia's judiciary includes several key institutions. The ] (''Mahkamah Agung'') is the highest judicial authority, handling final appeals and case reviews. The ] (''Mahkamah Konstitusi'') addresses constitutional and political matters, while the Religious Court (''Pengadilan Agama'') oversees Islamic personal law 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 judicial performance.<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=2025-01-20|archive-url=https://archive.ph/TMlxs}}</ref>
As a highly populous country part-way through a rapid ] process, Indonesia faces grave 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 ], such as air pollution, traffic congestion, garbage management, and reliable water and waste water 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>


=== Parties and elections ===
==Economy==
{{main|Economy of Indonesia}} {{Main|List of political parties in Indonesia|Elections in Indonesia}}
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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 ] (]) being 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=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> Agriculture, however, is the country's largest employer, employing 46.5% of the 95 million-strong workforce, followed by the services sector (41.7%) and industry (11.8%).<ref name='ECONOMIST_FACTSHEET'/> Major industries include ] and ], ], ], and ]. Major agricultural products include ], ], ], ], ]s and ].


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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'/>
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Indonesia has had a multi-party system since 1999 where no political party has won a majority of seats in the ]. Political parties are broadly categorized into two groups, secular parties such as ] (PDI-P), the ] (''Golkar''), and the ] (''Gerinda''), and Islamic parties such as ] (PKB) and ] (PKS). Indonesia's political spectrum is characterised by preference for pragmatism and ideological fluidity over strict ideological adherence to fit the prevailing political climate,<ref name="ParPol">{{cite web|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2023/09/15/these-unholy-alliances-undermine-indonesian-democracy.html|title=These unholy alliances undermine Indonesian democracy|publisher=The Jakarta Post|author=Bayuni, Endy|date=2023-09-15|access-date=2025-01-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/JOyMm|archive-date=2025-01-23}}</ref> as well as what is called ], with extensive power-sharing among parties and limited accountability to voters.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Slater|first=Dan|date=2018|title=Party Cartelization, Indonesian-Style: Presidential Powersharing and the Contingency of Democratic Opposition|journal=Journal of East Asian Studies|language=en|volume=18|issue=1|pages=23–46|doi=10.1017/jea.2017.26|issn=1598-2408|doi-access=free}}</ref> Pre-election alliances are also the norm, which is unlike in many democracies where the reverse case are common.<ref name="ParPol" />
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 inexperienced government, and ill-disciplined economic nationalism. 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'>{{cite book |last=Schwarz |first=Adam |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s |publisher=Allen & Unwin |date=1994 |location=] |pages=52-57 |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 978-1-86373-665-0}}</ref> The ] administration brought ] to ] that quickly brought inflation down, stabilized the currency, managed ], and attracted ] and ].<ref name='SCHWARZ'/>


In 1955, the first general election was held to elect members of the DPR and the ] (''Konstituante''). The ] brought eight political parties to 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://archive.ph/N538U|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</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 ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/02/08/explaining-the-2019-simultaneous-elections.html|title=Explaining the 2019 simultaneous elections|publisher=The Jakarta Post|last=Tehusijarana|first=Karina M.|date=2019-02-08|access-date=2020-08-16|archive-url=https://archive.ph/TS3RZ|archive-date=2020-01-20|url-status=live}}</ref>
Indonesia is Asia's only member of ] and the 1970s oil price rises provided an export revenue windfall and growth from 1968 to 1981 that averaged over 7%.<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 Indonesia had become overly dependant, and inefficiencies due to over-regulation of the economy. 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 a rapidly developing export-orientated manufacturing sector, 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>


=== Administrative divisions ===
The ] of 1997-98, however, hit Indonesia hard. Against the USD, 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%.
{{Main|Subdivisions of Indonesia}}
Indonesia is divided into several administrative levels. At the first level are the ], each with a legislature (''Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah'', DPRD) and an elected ]. The number of provinces has grown from 8 in 1945 to 38 today,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kebudayaan.kemdikbud.go.id/muspres/sejarah-wilayah-indonesia/|title=Sejarah Wilayah Indonesia|date=2018-09-12|author=Museum Kepresidenan|work=Museum Kepresidenan RI Balai Kirti|publisher=]|access-date=2020-01-29|archive-url=https://archive.ph/C8WKH|archive-date=2025-01-20|url-status=live}}</ref> with the most recent one, Southwest Papua, established 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=2025-01-20|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Cnflg|url-status=live}}</ref> The second level includes ] (''kabupaten'') and cities (''kota''), led by regents (''bupati'') and mayors (''walikota''), respectively, both supported by legislatures (''DPRD Kabupaten/Kota''). Below this are ] (''kecamatan'', ''distrik'' in Papua), and the fourth level comprises ], known by various names like ''desa'', ''kelurahan'', ''kampung'', ''nagari'' (in West Sumatra), or ''gampong'' (in Aceh). Villages are subdivided into community groups (''rukun warga'', RW) and neighborhood groups (''rukun tetangga'', RT), with further subdivisions like hamlets (''dusun'' or ''dukuh'') in Java.<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 level is the lowest administrative unit but holds significant influence over daily life. Village governments are led by elected heads (''lurah'' or ''kepala desa'') and handle local matters.<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://archive.ph/a2iz8|archive-date=2018-03-29}}</ref> Since the implementation of regional autonomy in 2001, regencies and cities have become key administrative units, responsible for most government services. Nine provinces—Aceh, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, ], ], ], ], ], and ]—are granted a ] (''otonomi khusus'') from the central government. A conservative ], Aceh applies aspects of sharia 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|year=2004|pages=333–351|doi=10.1080/1463136042000259789|s2cid=143311407}}</ref> Yogyakarta uniquely retains its ], with its ] and ] serving as governor and vice governor<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=2025-01-20|archive-url=https://archive.ph/kjWnl|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Papuan provinces are the only ones where indigenous people hold privileges in local governance.<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://archive.ph/W2TAD|archive-date=2020-02-19}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{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> The country's Central Statistics Bureau and ''Statistics Indonesia'' quoted 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=in ] |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 family planning 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%.


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===Ethnic groups===
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Most Indonesians are ethnically ], particularly in central and western Indonesia, although much of eastern Indonesia is ]n. There are, however, around 300 distinct native ethnicities in Indonesia and 742 different languages and dialects.<ref name='expat'>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 |format= |doi= |accessdate= 2006-07-17}}</ref> Small but significant populations of ethnic Chinese, Indians and Arabs are concentrated mostly in urban areas. An almost universally shared sense of Indonesian nationhood overlays this vast diversity and steadfastly maintained regional identities, providing a largely harmonious society.


=== Foreign relations ===
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{{Main|Foreign relations of Indonesia}}
Indonesia, however, is not without social tensions with religious and ethnic differences triggering sometimes horrendous violence. The ] contributed to the spread of people from highly populated Java and ] to eastern Indonesia. Ethnic and religious differences between these immigrants 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 name="migcon">{{cite paper |author=Pudjiastuti, T. N. |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>Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research Conflict in Kalimantan]</ref> and conflicts in ],<ref>{{cite conference |first=J.W. |last=Ajawaila |authorlink= |coauthors=M.J. Papilaya, Tonny D. Pariela, F. Nahusona, G. Leasa, T. Soumokil, James Lalaun, 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 |doi= |id= |accessdate=2006-09-29}}</ref> ],<ref>Kyoto University: Sulawesi Kaken Team & Center for Southeast Asian Studies </ref> and parts of ] and ].
] 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://archive.ph/HcXGp|url-status=live}}</ref>]]


Indonesia follows an "independent and active" (''bebas aktif'') foreign policy, a term coined by founding father ] in 1948<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Laksamana|first1=Evan|last2=Alexandra|first2=Lina|title=Hatta and Indonesia's Independent and Active Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect|publisher=ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute|journal=Contemporary Southeast Asia|date=August 2023|volume=45|issue=2|pages=327-330|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27241198|jstor=27241198|access-date=2025-01-23}}</ref> by which the country aims to navigate great power politics and maintain autonomy and avoid alignment with major powers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Vibhanshu Shekhar|date=2022-10-26|title=Indonesia's Great-Power Management in the Indo-Pacific, The Balancing Behavior of a "Dove State"|url=https://www.nbr.org/publication/indonesias-great-power-management-in-the-indo-pacific-the-balancing-behavior-of-a-dove-state/|publisher=The National Burreau of Asian Research|page=53|volume=17|number=4}}</ref> The President holds the ultimate authority in determining foreign policy directions<ref>Chapter III - The Executive Power, Articles 4, 11 and 13 of the Amended 1945 Constitution</ref><ref name="UUD45" /> while the ] is responsible for formulating and implementing foreign policy. Meanwhile, the Parliament (DPR) provides oversight and ratifies international treaties. Indonesia is considered to be a ] internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/11/17/redefining-indonesias-role-on-the-global-stage-as-a-middle-power/|title=Redefining Indonesia's Role on the Global Stage as a Middle Power|publisher=Modern Diplomacy|author=Gozali, Gufron|date=2023-11-17|access-date=2025-01-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/oqQ02|archive-date=2025-01-23}}</ref>
]s are arguably the most influential ethnic minority in Indonesia. Although the Chinese make up only 2% 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 |last=Swasono |first=M. F. |authorlink= |coauthors= |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 |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Long |first=S. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Overseas Chinese |work= |publisher=Prospect Magazine |date=1998-04-09 |url=http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=4212 |format= |doi= |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 middle class of prosperous, non-Chinese has developed. The ], much of which was aimed at the Chinese, were expressions of these sentiments.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ocorandi |first=M. |title=An Analysis of the Implication of Suharto's resignation for Chinese Indonesians |publisher=Worldwide HuaRen Peace Mission |date=28 May 1998 |url=http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/54b/083.html |accessdate=2006-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{id icon}} {{cite web |last=Winarta |first=F. H. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=''Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Belum Menjadi Kenyataan Menjelang HUT Kemerdekaan RI Ke-59'' |work= |publisher=''Komisi Hukum Nasional Republik Indonesia'' (National Law Commission, Republic of Indonesia), Jakarata |date=August 2004 |url=http://ignca.nic.in/cd_05008.htm |format= |doi= |accessdate= }}</ref>


As the largest country in Southeast Asia and a founding member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (]), Indonesia has put ASEAN as the cornerstone of its foreign policy. Indonesia has ] while refraining from formal ], though the two countries maintain discreet ties.<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://archive.ph/jtWnj|archive-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> In the past decade and a half, Indonesia has built deep ], primarily relating to substantial investments in infrastructure and trade,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/indonesian-chinese-relations/|title=The future of Indonesia-China relations after Jokowi|publisher=Geopolitical Intelligence Services AG|author=Prashanth Parameswaran|date=2023-11-08|access-date=2025-01-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/zTq2U|archive-date=2024-11-15}}</ref> while at the same time maintaining a strategic ], focusing on economic cooperation, security, and counterterrorism efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-the-united-states-indonesia-senior-officials-22-foreign-policy-and-defense-dialogue/|title=Joint Statement on the United States-Indonesia Senior Officials' 2+2 Foreign Policy and Defense Dialogue|publisher=|date=2023-10-23|access-date=2025-01-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Uz2Iq|archive-date=2023-11-01}}</ref>
===Languages===
{{main|Languages of Indonesia}}
The official national language, ] (Indonesian: ''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}}</ref><ref>{{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 official language after independence. Most Indonesians speak at least one of the ] (''bahasa daerah''), often as their first language. Of these, ] is the most widely-spoken language, as it is the language of the largest ethnic group.<ref name='indoCIA'>Indonesia - The World Factbook 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.


Indonesia has been ] 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://archive.ph/q5m5d|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>}} and is a founding member of the ] (NAM), the ] (OIC) and the ].<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 also a signatory to the ] agreement, the ], and the ] (WTO). 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://archive.ph/JwMKf|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> but it has established an overseas aid programme of its own in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jakartaglobe.id/news/indonesia-launches-212m-international-development-aid-fund|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://archive.ph/d4G8I|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> The country also plays a role in maintaining international peace and security, Indonesia has deployed thousands of military and police personnel to multiple United Nations peacekeeping missions, including in ], the ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/3-country-and-mission.pdf|title=Summary of Contributions to UN Peacekeeping by Country, Mission and Post|publisher=United Nations Peacekeeping|date=2019-08-31|access-date=2025-01-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926183651/https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/3-country-and-mission.pdf|archive-date=2024-09-26}}</ref>
===Religion===
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{{main|Religion in Indonesia}}
Although the ] guarantees religious freedom 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% ].


=== Military ===
Before the arrival of the ] faiths of Christianity and Islam, the popular belief systems in the region were thoroughly influenced by ] religious philosophy through Hinduism and Buddhism. The influence of Hinduism and classical ] remain defining traits of ]; the Indian concept of the god-king 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, follow a version of Hinduism ] with existing cultural and religious beliefs and markedly distinct from orthodox Hinduism.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rogge |first=Michael |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=JAVANESE MYSTICAL MOVEMENTS |work= |publisher= |date=2006-06-02 |url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/javmys1.html |format= |doi= |accessdate=2006-10-03}}</ref> The Sumatra-based ] kingdom of the seventh century AD was an early center of Buddhism in Indonesia. 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|Indonesian National Armed Forces|Military history of Indonesia}}


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] was first brought to northern Sumatra by ] traders in the thirteenth century and had become ] by the fifteenth century.<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 once mainly practiced in 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 '']'' Muslims on Java<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 <small>(viewed 17 Sept 2006)</small>.</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; the wearing of a ''jilbab'', for example, is becoming more common. There is a small but outspoken hard-line ] presence in Indonesia, some of which seek to establish Indonesia as an Islamic state. Most Indonesian Muslims, however, are wary of these movements.
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Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) consist of the ] (TNI-AD), ] (TNI-AL) (including the ]), and Air Force (TNI-AU), with the Army comprising around 400,000 active personnel. Established during the ], the TNI initially engaged in guerrilla warfare alongside informal militias. Its territorial structure focuses on 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://archive.ph/ggJuD|archive-date=2017-10-08}}</ref> Though political reforms in 1998 removed TNI's formal legislative role, it continues to wield political influence, albeit reduced from ].<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> Defence spending in 2022 was 0.7% of GDP,<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=2022|access-date=2025-01-22}}</ref> with controversies surrounding military-owned commercial ventures.<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://archive.ph/MLt6R|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
] was first brought to Indonesia by early Portuguese colonialists and missionaries, and the ] denominations are largely a result of Dutch ] and ] missionary efforts during its colonial time. Missionary efforts did not extend to Java or other predominantly Muslim areas. As with Islam and Hinduism, Christian beliefs in Indonesia are sometimes ] with animism and other traditional beliefs and cultural practices.


Since independence, Indonesia has struggled to maintain unity against separatist movements and insurgencies,<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://archive.ph/A7XIv|archive-date=2025-01-20|url-status=live|access-date=2017-10-10}}</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://archive.ph/8rVg|archive-date=2012-05-23}}</ref> notably in ] and ]. While the former ended peacefully in 2005,<ref name="AcehPeace" /> the latter has continued amid an implementation of regional autonomy<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> as well as allegations of human rights abuses,<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|publisher=]|language=en|access-date=2022-04-02|archive-date=2022-04-24|archive-url=https://archive.ph/tk595|url-status=live}}</ref> including extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances, reported by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the UNHRC.<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|archive-url=https://archive.ph/ESkXq|archive-date=2022-10-21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|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|publisher=]|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.ph/ACJ3d|archive-date=2022-10-21|url-status=live}}</ref><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|publisher=]|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.ph/iWjYY|archive-date=2022-10-21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|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|publisher=]|archive-url=https://archive.ph/hpCYK|archive-date=2025-01-22|url-status=live}}</ref> Indonesia's historical military engagements include ] over ], opposition to the British-backed creation of Malaysia ('']''), the anti-communist mass killings, and the ], which was Indonesia's largest 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>
==Culture and art forms==
] shadow puppet performance as seen by the audience.]]
{{main|Culture of Indonesia}}
Indonesia has around three hundred ethnic groups, each with cultural differences that have shifted over the centuries. Modern-day Indonesian culture is a fusion of this diversity. Indonesia has also imported cultural aspects from ], Chinese, Malay and ] sources.


=== Law enforcement and human rights ===
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, particularly from the 19th century, European architecture has had a significant influence. '']'' is a unique martial art originating from the archipelago.
{{Main|Indonesian National Police|Human rights in Indonesia}}
Law enforcement in Indonesia is chiefly performed by the ] (POLRI), together with other law enforcement agencies under the president, a certain ] or ] (BUMN) which perform policing duties for a certain ]. These law enforcement agencies are under the supervision and trained by the POLRI. The National Police essentially is the national ] force of the country responsible for enforcing law and order of the state.


Throughout the country's history, instances of racism and discrimination, especially ] and ], have been well documented.<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://archive.ph/Z1ZRh|archive-date=2021-06-27}}</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> The former case notably peaked in the ], following a series of similar riots dating back to 1994 in Medan<ref>{{cite book|first=R.E.|last=Elson|year=2001|title=Suharto: A Political Biography|pages=130–135|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, United Kingdom|isbn=0-521-77326-1}}</ref> and ]. Independence movements, such as the ] (who ] based on sharia law),<ref>{{cite web|last=Schulze|first=Kirsten E.|date=2004|title=The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) : anatomy of a separatist organization|url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/50a0fd04-a672-4607-a41c-1d554e9a64d6|language=en-US}}</ref> ] (a ] in East Timor) and the ] (who ]) have led to violent conflicts and accusations of human rights abuses of all sides involved.
] 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, Middle Eastern 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 staple food of most Indonesian dishes and is served with several side dishes 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 chilli, and coconut milk are fundamental ingredients as is fish and chicken, although red meat tends to be expensive.


The situation has improved since the ] and the subsequent reforms. ]<ref>{{Citation|last=Fernandes|first=Clinton|title=East Timor and the Struggle for Independence|date=2010|work=The Development of Institutions of Human Rights: A Comparative Study|pages=163–178|editor-last=Barria|editor-first=Lilian A.|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230109483_11|access-date=2025-01-16|place=New York|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|language=en|doi=10.1057/9780230109483_11|isbn=978-0-230-10948-3|editor2-last=Roper|editor2-first=Steven D.}}</ref> and the insurgency in Aceh were solved in 2005 under the Helsinki agreement, in which Aceh was to be granted a special autonomy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ansori|first=Mohammad Hasan|date=2012-11-01|title=From Insurgency to Bureaucracy: Free Aceh Movement, Aceh Party and the New Face of Conflict|url=https://account.stabilityjournal.org/index.php/up-j-sijsd/article/view/sta.ah|journal=Stability: International Journal of Security and Development|language=en|volume=1|issue=1|pages=31–44|doi=10.5334/sta.ah|doi-access=free|issn=2165-2627}}</ref> The reforms ushered a more democratic political climate in the country, where it saw the abolishment of several laws deemed discriminatory, especially against ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chinese in Indonesia|url=https://minorityrights.org/communities/chinese-3/#:~:text=Since%201998%20violence%20and%20tensions,languages%20and%20other%20discriminatory%20laws.|access-date=2025-01-16|website=Minority Rights Group|language=en-US}}</ref> ] has also become an official holiday since 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aisyah|first=Novia|title=Sejarah Singkat Imlek dari Era Sukarno sampai Ditetapkan Jadi Hari Libur Nasional|url=https://www.detik.com/edu/detikpedia/d-7183740/sejarah-singkat-imlek-dari-era-sukarno-sampai-ditetapkan-jadi-hari-libur-nasional|access-date=2025-01-16|website=detikedu|language=id-ID}}</ref> The conflict in Papua, however, remains ongoing as of 2024 and 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>
Indonesian music 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 traditional music are '']'' and ''Keroncong''. '']'' is a hugely popular contemporary genre of pop music 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 early 1990s.<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"/>


== Economy ==
] freedom in Indonesia increased considerably after the end of President ]'s rule, during which the now-defunct Ministry of Information monitored and controlled domestic media and restricted foreign media.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shannon L. |first=Smith |authorlink= |coauthors=Llyod Grayson J. |title=Indonesia Today: Challenges of History |publisher=Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |date=2001 |location=Melbourne, Australia |pages= |url= |doi= |id=ISBN 0-7425-1761-6}}</ref> The ] market includes ten national commercial networks and provincial networks that compete with public ]. Private ]s carry their own news bulletins and foreign broadcasters can supply programs. ] use is increasing; '']'' reported in 2004 that there were 10 million users.{{cn}}<!--more recent data, or data showing the increase would be good-->
{{Main|Economy of Indonesia|Economic history of Indonesia|Poverty in 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>]]
] hosting primarily ] in ], ]. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of nickel<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=2024-06-13|access-date=2024-08-30|archive-date=2024-06-13|archive-url=https://archive.ph/mAmFD|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Indonesia operates a ] where both the private sector and the government play significant 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://archive.ph/tEnSZ|archive-date=2013-07-19}}</ref> As the only ] member state in Southeast Asia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g20.org/about-g20/g20-members/|title=G20 Members|publisher=G20|access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> it has the region's largest economy and is classified as a ]. In 2024, its nominal GDP was {{currency|1.402&nbsp;trillion|USD|passthrough=yes}}, ], while its GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) was {{currency|4.658&nbsp;trillion|USD|passthrough=yes}}, ]. 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" /> Based on 2022 data, services dominate the economy in terms employment (48.8%), followed by agriculture (29.2%) and industry (21.8%), while in terms of share of GDP, both services and industry dominate (roughly 41% each), with agriculture coming second (12.4%).<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 2012 to 2022|publisher=Statista|author=O'Neill, Aaron|date=2024-07-04|access-date=2020-03-28|archive-date=2025-01-19|archive-url=https://archive.ph/SVu5P|url-status=live}}</ref><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 2012 to 2022|publisher=Statista|author=O'Neill, Aaron|date=2024-07-04|access-date=2025-01-19|archive-date=2025-01-19|archive-url=https://archive.ph/y5apy|url-status=live}}</ref>


The economic structure has shifted significantly over time,<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> transitioning from agriculture in the 1950s and 1960s<ref name="RBA" /> to gradual industrialization and urbanization, especially from the late 1960s to the 1980s.<ref name="RBA" /> Falling oil prices in the 1980s prompted diversification into manufactured exports, resulting in substantial economic growth (the GDP rose at an average rate of 7.1%.) and poverty reduction 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://archive.ph/6LdAE|archive-date=2013-01-29}}</ref> However, the growth ended during the ], causing a severe setback where the economy experienced a 13.1% GDP contraction, a 78% inflation and a real GDP growth of only 0.8% in 1999.<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> The economy began recovering in the early 2000s, achieving consistent growth rates between 4% and 6% from 2004 to 2024 due to banking improvements and increased domestic consumption,<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><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=2025-01-21|archive-url=https://archive.ph/xtDP5|url-status=live}}</ref> which helped 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://archive.ph/znXi|archive-date=2012-05-27}}</ref> Although the ] in the early 2020s caused the country's first recession since 1997, the economy rebounded within a 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>
==See also==
{{Indonesian_Topics}}


Indonesia boasts abundant natural resources, including nickel, coal, palm oil, and petroleum, which dominate its export portfolio.<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=2021-06-09|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ir0IB}}</ref> It imports refined and crude petroleum, vehicle parts, and wheat, with major trade partners including China, the United States, Japan, Singapore, India, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oec.world/en/profile/country/idn|title=Indonesia|publisher=The Observatory of Economic Complexity|date=2022|access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> Despite these resources and decades of development, disparities in wealth, employment and economic opportunities persist between densely populated and economically advantaged regions in the western islands like Java and Sumatra, and sparsely populated, underdeveloped areas in the east like Maluku and Papua.<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://archive.ph/Jkqsz|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
== References ==
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=== Tourism ===
===Bibliography and further reading===
{{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>]]
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* {{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 9652-593-327-0 {{Please check ISBN|9652-593-327-0 (too long)}}
* 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
* Ricklefs, M.C, ''A History of Modern Indonesia'' 2002 Stanford University Press; 3rd ed, 512 pages, ISBN 0-8047-4479-3


] 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}}</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://archive.ph/ibsHr|archive-date=2014-03-12}}</ref>
; 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; 2nd edition (October 1999), ISBN 0-8133-3650-3
* Llyod G, Smith S, ''Indonesia Today'', Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001, 343 pages, ISBN 0-7425-1761-6


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>
; Travel
* Wallace, A.R., ''The Malay Archipelago'', 1869, 515 pages. (re-released paperback edition by Periplus Editions Ltd, 2000, ISBN 962-593-645-9)


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}}</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" />
; 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.


=== Science and technology ===
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* Dawson, B., Gillow, J., ''The Traditional Architecture of Indonesia'', 1994 Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, ISBN 0-500-34132-X
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* Holt, Claire. '' Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change ''. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967.
Government spending on research and development is relatively low at 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> Despite being ranked 54th among 133 countries on the 2024 ], the country performs above expectations for its upper middle-income status.<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|author1=World Intellectual Property Organization.|last2=Dutta|first2=Soumitra.|last3=Lanvin|first3=Bruno.|last4=Rivera León|first4=Lorena.|last5=Wunsch-Vincent|first5=Sacha.}}</ref> Historical innovations include '']'', the terracing techniques for rice cultivation, and the '']'' boats of 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://archive.ph/y4OO|archive-date=2012-12-06}}</ref> In the 1980s, ] developed the ] road construction technique that is now used internationally.<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://archive.ph/EUeJM|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> Indonesia also produces passenger trains and freight wagons through its state-owned ] (''Industri Kereta Api'', INKA), which exports 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://archive.ph/EBvFq|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>
* 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


Indonesia has a long history of manufacturing military and commuter aircraft and is the only country in Southeast Asia to do so. Its state-owned aerospace company, ] (''PT. Dirgantara Indonesia''), has supplied components to ] 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://archive.ph/jSLfb|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> and co-developed the ] aircraft with Spain's ], which is widely used internationally.<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://archive.ph/W4GNy|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> Former President ], who was an aerospace engineer before getting into politics, played a key role in advancing the country's aerospace research.<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://archive.ph/ClWnj|archive-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> Recently, Indonesia has been collaborating with South Korea on 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://archive.ph/1xTlU|archive-date=2018-01-26}}</ref>
; 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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Indonesia's space program, managed by the ] (''Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional'', LAPAN), launched its first satellite in 1976 (]),<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://archive.ph/tVlSt|archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref><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://archive.ph/RUy8q|archive-date=2015-05-18}}</ref> making it the first developing country with a satellite system. As of 2024, Indonesia has launched 19 satellites for communication and other 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}}</ref> Recently, the government licensed ] to provide internet connectivity to rural and underserved regions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacexs-unit-starlink-secures-indonesia-122755897.html|title=SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit|author=Teresia, Ananda|publisher=Yahoo News|date=2024-05-08|access-date=2024-05-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/jUbaq|archive-date=2020-07-28}}</ref>
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Indonesia's transport system reflects its archipelagic geography and population distribution heavily concentrated on Java.<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 2022, the predominant road network spanned {{convert|548097|km|mi|abbr=off}} {{As of|2022|lc=y}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bps.go.id/id/statistics-table/2/NTEjMg==/panjang-jalan-menurut-jenis-permukaan.html|title=Length of Road by Surface, 2002–2022 (Km)|publisher=Statistics Indonesia|language=id|access-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> including ] that operates the world's longest bus rapid transit system. Common urban transport includes ]s like ''bajaj'' and ''becak'' and shared taxis such as ''angkot'' and minibuses.


Railways are primarily located in Java and parts of 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=2025-01-21|archive-url=https://archive.ph/ur1AG|url-status=live}}</ref> serving freight and passenger transport, including commuter and inter-city rail services like those in ] and ]. In the late 2010s, rapid transit systems were introduced in Jakarta and ], with more planned for other cities.<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://archive.ph/kunOP|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> Indonesia, collaborating with China, inaugurated its first ] named ''Whoosh'' in 2023 that connects Jakarta and ]. It was the first such system in Southeast Asia and the Southern Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transportation/Indonesia-s-first-high-speed-rail-opens-5-things-to-know|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=2023-10-02|archive-url=https://archive.ph/kJzWZ|url-status=live}}</ref>


Air and sea transport also play significant roles. ], Indonesia's largest, ], followed by ] and ]s. ], the national flag carrier since 1949, is one of the world's leading airlines and a member of the global airline alliance ]. The ], the country's busiest and most advanced,<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> handles over half of Indonesia's trans-shipment cargo traffic.
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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).
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== Demographics ==
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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=https://setkab.go.id/en/statistics-indonesia-releases-2020-census-results/|title=Statistics Indonesia Releases 2020 Census Results|publisher=Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia|date=2021-01-23|access-date=2025-01-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/2vAW1|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> ] is the world's most populous island,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1934602/top-10-most-populous-islands-in-the-world-indonesia-logs-three|title=Top 10 Most Populous Islands in the World, Indonesia Logs Three|publisher=Tempo|access-date=2025-01-21|author=Amalia Rimayanti, Vidya|archive-url=https://archive.ph/S2lru|archive-date=2025-01-21|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 31.5 years (2024 estimate).<ref name="CIA" />


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://archive.ph/sIBI|archive-date=2012-09-19}}</ref> As of 2022, about 58% 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, 2022|publisher=Our World in Data|date=2017|access-date=2025-01-21}}</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://archive.ph/YGRmW|archive-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>
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Indonesia is home to 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> predominantly descended from ] originating in ]s, likely from modern-day Taiwan. The ], who inhabit eastern Indonesia, represent another significant ethnic grouping.{{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=2025-01-21|archive-url=https://archive.ph/tgbGE}}</ref> The Javanese, making up 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> are the largest ethnic group and 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> primarily residing in central and eastern Java but also has sizable numbers in other provinces. Other major groups include the ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<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}}


The official language, ], is a variant of ] based on its ] that became the archipelago's '']'' over the course of centuries.{{efn|Due to significant contact with other languages, it is rich in local and foreign influences, which include Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Makassarese, Sanskrit, 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://archive.ph/Bfzjv|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://archive.ph/wts71|archive-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>}} It was first ] and gained official status in 1945 following independence 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> and has since been widely adopted due to its use in education, media, business, and governance. While nearly all Indonesians speak Indonesian, most also speak one of over 700 local languages, often as their first language.<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.|work=Ethnologue|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> These are predominantly from the ], with over 270 ] in eastern Indonesia.<ref name="ethnologue" /> ] is the most widely spoken local language,<ref name="CIA" /> and it holds co-official status in ].<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>
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The ] and other European-descended populations like the ], though significant during colonial times, always represented a small fraction of the population, numbering 240,000 in 1930.<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> The Dutch language never gained substantial traction due to the Dutch colonial focus on commerce rather than cultural integration.{{sfn|Baker|Prys Jones|1998|p=202}}<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> Dutch fluency exists today among some older generations and legal professionals,{{sfn|Ammon|Dittmar|Mattheier|Trudgill|2006|p=2017}} as specific legal codes remain available only in Dutch.{{sfn|Booij|1999|p=2}}
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Indonesia officially recognizes ]: ], ], ], ], ], ]<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>—while also acknowledging ]s for administrative purposes<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=2025-01-21|archive-url=https://archive.ph/WweWg|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as religious freedom in the constitution.<ref>Chapter XA, Article 28E, 1st Clause of the 1945 Constitution.</ref><ref name="UUD45" /> As of 2023, 87.1% of the population (244 million Indonesians), are Muslims, making Indonesia the world's most populous Muslim-majority country,{{sfn|Ricklefs|2001|p=379}}<ref name="auto" /> with Sunnis constituting 99% of the Muslim population.<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://archive.ph/VPWOi|archive-date=2014-03-14}}</ref>{{efn|The rest consists of the ] and ], who form 1% (1–3 million) and 0.2% (200,000–400,000) of the Muslim population.<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>}} Christians, comprising 10% of the population, form majorities in several eastern provinces,<ref>{{Citation|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|year=2014|title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2023, Indonesia|publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/indonesia/|access-date=2025-01-21|archive-date=2025-01-25|archive-url=https://archive.ph/qirVi|url-status=live}}</ref> while Hindus and Buddhists are primarily Balinese and Chinese Indonesians, respectively.<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><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>
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Before the arrival of major world religions, Indonesia's natives practiced ] and ], worshiping ancestral spirits and believing in the supernatural ('']'') inhabiting natural elements, such as large trees, mountains and forests.<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> Such beliefs are common to the ].<ref name="Ooi" /> These indigenous traditions, such as Sundanese ], Javanese ] and Dayak's ], have profoundly influenced modern religious practices, resulting in a less orthodox and syncretic form of faith like Javanese ], ] and Dayak Christianity.<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://archive.ph/cEymZ|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Hinduism reached the archipelago in the 1st 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> followed by Buddhism in 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://archive.ph/4dJV|archive-date=2012-12-20|access-date=2006-10-03}}</ref> Both religions shaped Indonesia's religious history through influential empires like Majapahit, Srivijaya, and Sailendra, leaving a lasting cultural impact that remains today despite both no longer being the majority.<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|work=Sanskriti - Hinduism and Indian Culture Website|date=2014-12-19|access-date=2020-12-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/jEsnu|archive-date=2017-04-15}}</ref> Islam arrived as early as the 8th century<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> through Sunni and Sufi traders from the ] and ], mixing with local cultural and religious traditions to form a distinct Islamic culture ('']'').{{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://archive.ph/Fox2s|archive-date=2006-09-14}}</ref> By the 16th century, Islam had become the dominant religion on Java and Sumatra, resulting from the combination of trade, ] such as by the ] and Chinese explorer ], and military campaigns by several sultanates.<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>
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Catholicism and Protestantism were later introduced through missionary efforts during European colonization, such as by ] ],{{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://archive.ph/mCb8Q|archive-date=2012-11-16}}</ref> though the spread of the former faced challenges under the policies of VOC and the Dutch colonial era. The latter's primary branches include ] and ],{{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> though a multitude of other denominations exist 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://archive.ph/SDYpZ|archive-date=2006-12-05}}</ref> A small Jewish presence has existed in the archipelago, primarily descendants of Dutch and Iraqi Jews, though their numbers have dwindled since independence in 1945. Only a few Jews remain today, mostly in major cities like Jakarta, ] 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://archive.ph/oYtLu|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> One of the remaining synagogues, ], is located in Tondano, North Sulawesi, which is around 31 km from Manado.<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=2019-12-25|website=beritamanado.com|publisher=Berita Manado|access-date=2020-01-05|quote=}}</ref><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>
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Interfaith relations in Indonesia are significantly shaped by political leadership and civil society, guided by the first principle of 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://archive.ph/xWTQ|archive-date=2012-05-24}}</ref>{{sfn|Vickers|2005|p=117}} which emphasises belief in a supreme deity and religious tolerance. While the principle promotes harmony,<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> instances of intolerance continue to be a recurring issue.<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=2025-01-21|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Q8k4d|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RIP" /> Religion is central to the lives of overwhelming majority of Indonesians, which reflects its integral role in the country's society, culture and identity.<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://archive.ph/7GVHp|archive-date=2018-07-01}}</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://archive.ph/M4plY|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref>
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Indonesia has ] in the world, with over 50 million students, 4 million teachers, and more than 250,000 schools spanning the archipelago.<ref name="worldBankEdu">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/indonesia/brief/world-bank-and-education-in-indonesia|title=World Bank and Education in Indonesia|publisher=World Bank|date=2024-09-01|access-date=2025-01-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/UdE4B|archive-date=2025-01-24}}</ref> Overseen by the ], the ] and the ] for Islamic schools,<ref name="worldBankEdu" /> the system follows a 6-3-3-4 structure: six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior secondary school, and four years of tertiary education.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mukminin|first1=Amirul|last2=Habibi1|first2=Akhmad|last3=Diat Prajoso|first3=Lantip|last4=Idi|first4=Abdullah|last5=Hamidah1|first5=Afreni|date=2019-06-21|title=Curriculum Reform in Indonesia: Moving from an Exclusive to Inclusive Curriculum|journal=Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal|volume=9|issue=2|doi=10.26529/cepsj.543}}</ref> While literacy rates are high (95.7%),<ref name="CIA" /> it is lower in rural and remote areas. Enrolment rates vary across educational levels, with near-universal enrolment in primary education (97.9%), but drops to 81.7% and 64.2% in lower and upper secondary education and to around 42.6% for tertiary education.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bps.go.id/en/statistics-table/2/MzA0IzI%3D/net-enrollment-ratio---n-e-r--.html|title=Net Enrolment Rate (NER) by Province and Education Level, 2024|publisher=Statistics Indonesia|date=2024-12-02|access-date=2025-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|title=OECD Economic Surveys: Indonesia 2024|date=2024-11-26|work=OECD Economic Surveys|publisher=OECD Publishing|doi=10.1787/de87555a-en}}</ref>
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Government spending on education accounts for approximately 3.6% of GDP in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS|title=Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)|publisher=World Bank|access-date=2025-01-24}}</ref> In 2022, there are 4,481 higher education institutions in the country, including universities, Islamic institutions and open universities.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moeliodihardjo|first=Bagyo Y.|title=Higher Education Development and Study Abroad Experiences of Faculty in Indonesia|publisher=Springer|date=2024-08-11|page=123|isbn=978-981-97-0775-1}}</ref> ], ], and the ] are the top three universities in the country, all rank within the world's top 300 universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/indonesia?country=&sorting=|title=List of Universities in Indonesia|publisher=]|access-date=2025-01-21}}</ref>
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The education system faces challenges in quality and equity, in particular urban-rural disparities, inadequate school infrastructure, and a lack of qualified teachers.<ref>{{citation|title=Analysis of the Sociological Perspective of Education: Educational Gaps in Affecting Social Mobility in Indonesia|author=Novianti, Divya Maysa|date=2024-06-07|doi=10.31235/osf.io/eh4y3}}</ref> It also lags behind in international benchmarks, such as the ] (PISA) where Indonesian students consistently rank near the bottom in reading, mathematics, and science.<ref>{{cite report|title=OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Indonesia 2020|date=2020-12-16|work=OECD Investment Policy Reviews|publisher=OECD Publishing, Paris|doi=10.1787/b56512da-en}}</ref> In the higher education landscape, it has been struggling with lack of funds, low quality, limited research output and a mismatch between graduates' skills and labor market needs.<ref>{{cite report|title=Higher Education for Technology and Innovation Project (RRP INO 5233) - Sector Assessment: Education|url=https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/ino-52332-001-rrp|date=August 2021|work=OECD Economic Surveys|publisher=Asian Development Bank}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20240124125713987|title=Universities chase 'world class' status but lack funds|publisher=University World News|author=Yamin, Kafil|date=2024-01-24|access-date=2025-01-24}}</ref>
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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://archive.ph/9Gs3M|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 the past half-century, such as rising life expectancy (from 54.9 years in 1973 to 71.1 years in 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life expectancy|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?country=~IDN|access-date=2025-01-21|website=Our World in Data}}</ref> and declining child mortality (from 15.5 deaths per 100 live births in 1972 to 2.1 deaths in 2022),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Child mortality rate|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-igme?tab=line&country=~IDN|access-date=2025-01-21|website=Our World in Data}}</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>
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== Culture ==
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The cultural history of Indonesia spans over two thousand years, influenced by the Indian subcontinent, China, 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> Melanesian, and Austronesian peoples. These influences have shaped the country’s multicultural, multilingual, and multi-ethnic identity,<ref name="ethnologue" /><ref name="BPS" /> distinct from its indigenous roots. Indonesia holds ], including ] puppet theatre, ], ], the ], and ]. Recent joint nominations added ], ], and ] to the list.<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=2025-01-21}}</ref>
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Indonesian arts encompasses traditional and contemporary forms shaped by influences from India, the Arab world, China, and Europe, driven by cultural exchange and 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://archive.ph/fZCwh|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> Bali's ], such as classical ] and ]-style painting, are renowned, originating from visual narratives depicted on ] bas-reliefs from 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> Traditional architecture reflects ethnic diversity, with iconic and traditional houses ('']'') like Toraja's '']'', Minangkabau's '']'', Java's '']'', and ] ]s each showcasing unique customs and histories.<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> Other traditional crafts, including carpentry and masonry, showcase intricate decorations and techniques passed down through generations.
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Discoveries of ] led to the flourishing of tribal art among the Nias, Batak, Asmat, Dayak, and Toraja communities,<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://archive.ph/kUcvo|archive-date=2016-12-26}}</ref><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> who utilised wood and stone as primary sculpting materials. From the 8th to 15th centuries, the Javanese civilization excelled in sophisticated stone sculpting and architecture, heavily influenced by the Hindu-Buddhist Dharmic culture. This period produced monumental works like the ] and ] temples,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/592|title=Borobudur Temple Compounds|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|access-date=2025-01-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.ph/RYDNe|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> which today remain celebrated as masterpieces of Indonesia's sophisticated artistic and architectural heritage.
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Indonesia's musical heritage predates historical records, with indigenous tribes using chants and traditional instruments like the ], ], and ] in rituals. Influences from other cultures have enriched Indonesian music, such as the ] 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://archive.ph/Iqrqg|archive-date=2015-09-23}}</ref> and ] (one of the country's most popular music genres), which incorporates Hindi, Malay, and Middle Eastern elements.<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, Indonesian music enjoys regional popularity in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei due to cultural similarities and ].<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://archive.ph/ibESc|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</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://archive.ph/2YWzM|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref><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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With over 3,000 traditional dances, Indonesian dance forms have its origins 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://archive.ph/fb9DK|archive-date=2010-11-24}}</ref> such as a dance of witch doctors and ], as well as periods of Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic influence. While modern and urban dances shaped by Western, Japanese, and South Korean cultures are growing in popularity, traditional dances like those of Java, Bali, and Dayak remain a living 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's rich cultural history is also reflected in its diverse clothing styles, with national costumes like ] and ] being widely recognised, which have its roots in Javanese, Sundanese and Balinese cultures.<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://archive.ph/PHi11|archive-date=2011-12-19}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Jill Forshee, ''Culture and customs of Indonesia'', Greenwood Publishing Group: 2006: {{ISBN|0-313-33339-4}}. 237 pp.</ref> Traditional attire varies by region and by each province, such as the Batak ], Malay and Minangkabau ], and Sasak ], and is commonly worn for ceremonies, weddings, and formal events.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

=== Theatre and cinema ===
{{Main|Theatre of Indonesia|Cinema of Indonesia}}
{{Further|List of highest-grossing films in Indonesia}}
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Traditional Indonesian theatre, such as wayang shadow puppetry often depicts Hindu epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata.<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 dramas, such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']''<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://archive.ph/2btHf|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 Balinese dance dramas often incorporate humor, music, and audience interaction.<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://archive.ph/Vsxh0|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> Unique traditions like the Minangkabau '']'' combine music, dance, and martial arts ('']''), telling semi-historical legends during 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> Modern theatre, exemplified by ''Teater Koma'', addresses social and political themes through satire.<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://archive.ph/tSmET|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref>

]'' (1926), the first fiction film produced in the Dutch East Indies]]
The first film produced in the archipelago was '']'' (1926), a silent film by Dutch director L. Heuveldorp, and the film industry expanded post-independence with ]'s pioneering work in the 1950s.<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://archive.ph/fpAiO|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> During the latter part of Sukarno era in the 1960s, films were used to promote nationalism and anti-Western sentiment, while Suharto's New Order imposed censorship 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> Film productions peaked in the 1980s with notable titles such as '']'' (1980), '']'' (1988) and '']'' comedy films, but the industry declined 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://archive.ph/EKbDO|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref>

In the post-Suharto era, the industry saw a resurgence,<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://archive.ph/Jhe9C|archive-date=2008-01-13}}</ref> and independent filmmakers tackled previously censored themes like race, religion and love,<ref name="Krishna Sen" /> producing notable films such as '']'' (2000) and '']'' (2002) and '']'' (2008). The 2022 film '']'' set box office records, becoming the most-watched Indonesian film with 9.2 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> The ] (''Festival Film Indonesia''), awarding the ], has celebrated cinematic achievements since 1955.

=== Mass media and literature ===
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] freedom in Indonesia significantly improved after the fall of Suharto's rule, during which media was tightly controlled by the Ministry of Information.<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 landscape shifted from a monopoly by public broadcaster ] (1962–1989) to a competitive market with national and provincial networks. By the 21st century, television signals have reached every village, offering 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 provide news, while foreign broadcasters offer diverse programming. Print publications also expanded significantly after 1998.<ref name="frd2011" /> Indonesia's internet development began in the early 1990s, with the first commercial ], PT. Indo Internet, starting operations 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> By 2018, the country had 171 million internet users,<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://archive.ph/zcn2T|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> primarily aged 15 to 19, who accessed the internet mostly through mobile phones rather than 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://archive.ph/D6X10|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> Internet penetration continues to grow annually.

], 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://archive.ph/1mflC|archive-date=2025-01-25}}</ref>]]
Indonesian literature has roots in ] inscriptions from the 5th century and a strong ],<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> while early modern literature originates in 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> Traditional forms such as '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' dominate early prose and poetry, with notable works such as '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. The establishment of '']'' in 1917 marked a push to develop indigenous literature, leading to a literary Golden Age in the 1950s and 1960s.<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://archive.ph/gHrrF|archive-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> Influenced by the dynamics of the country's political and social landscape,<ref name="literary" /><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://archive.ph/lLoOF|archive-date=2016-05-29}}</ref> modern literature includes works from notable figures like ], ], and ].

=== 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://archive.ph/wU3hG|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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=== Sports ===
{{Main|Sport in Indonesia|Indonesian martial arts}}
], a form of martial arts]]Badminton and ] are the most popular sports in Indonesia. Indonesia is among the few countries that have won the ] and ], the world team championship of men's and women's badminton. Along with ], it is the sport that contributes the most to ]. ] is the country's premier football club league. On the international stage, ] was the first Asian team to participate in the ] in ] as the Dutch East Indies.<ref>Alex Monnig, World Cup, 2013</ref> On a regional level, Indonesia won a bronze medal at the ] as well as three gold medals at the ], ], and ] (SEA Games). Indonesia's first appearance at the ] was in ].<ref>{{Cite web|last=VnExpress|title=Indonesia get past Asian Cup group stage for first time – VnExpress International|url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/football/indonesia-get-past-asian-cup-group-stage-for-first-time-4705341.html|access-date=2024-03-29|website=VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam|language=en}}</ref>

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://archive.ph/JqZp0|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://archive.ph/QJCuR|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://archive.ph/cWeNM|archive-date=2025-01-23}}</ref>

== See also ==
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== Notes ==
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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
Indigenous 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 industrialised 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 popularised 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 to 44,000 years old.

The Indonesian archipelago has been inhabited since the time of homo erectus or "Java Man," with fossils dating back 2 million to 500,000 BCE. Fossils of homo floresiensis, found on Flores, date around 700,000 to 60,000 BCE, while homo sapiens arrived around 43,000 BCE. Sulawesi and Borneo are home to the world's oldest known cave paintings, dating back 40,000 to 60,000 years, and megalithic sites such as western Java's Gunung Padang, Sulawesi's Lore Lindu as well as Sumatra's Nias and Sumba reflect early human settlements and ceremonial practices.

Around 2,000 BCE, Austronesian peoples began arriving from the island now known as Taiwan in Southeast Asia, gradually displacing native Melanesians to the far eastern part of the archipelago as they spread east, and would eventually form the majority of Indonesia's modern population. Favorable agricultural conditions and advancements like wet-field rice cultivation by the 8th century BCE enabled the growth of villages and kingdoms by the first century CE. The archipelago's strategic location fostered inter-island and international exchange with civilizations from the Indian subcontinent and mainland China, profoundly influencing Indonesian history and culture through trade.

By the 7th century CE, the Srivijaya naval kingdom thrived on trade, adopting Hindu and Buddhist influences. The 8th to 10th centuries saw the rise and decline of the Buddhist Sailendra and Hindu Mataram dynasties, leaving monumental legacies like the Borobudur and Prambanan temples. Majapahit, a Hindu kingdom established in the late 13th century in eastern Java, dominated much of the archipelago under the leadership of Gajah Mada in a period often referred to as the "Golden Age" in Indonesian history. Islam arrived in the 13th century in northern Sumatra, and following gradual adoption in other islands, it became the dominant religion in Java and Sumatra by the 16th century, blending with pre-existing traditions to form a distinct Islamic culture, 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

In 1512, Europeans began arriving in the archipelago led by Portuguese traders under Francisco Serrão to seek monopoly of the lucrative spice trade in the Maluku Islands. Dutch and British traders soon followed, with the former establishing the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) in 1602 that eventually became the dominant European power for almost two centuries. After the VOC's dissolution in 1799 due to bankruptcy, the Dutch East Indies was established as a nationalised colony, marking the beginning of formal colonial rule by the Netherlands. Over the next century and a half, Dutch control over the archipelago was tenuous for much of this period, as they faced continuous rebellions from local leaders like Prince Diponegoro in central Java Imam Bonjol in central Sumatra, Pattimura in Maluku, and rebels in Aceh. Dutch dominance only extended to Indonesia's modern boundaries in the early 20th century, with the establishment of Dutch posts in New Guinea.

The Japanese invasion and occupation of the Indies during World War II ended Dutch rule and encouraged Indonesia's independence movement. Only two days after Japan's surrender in August 1945, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta issued the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, and they became the country's first president and vice-president along with Sutan Sjahrir as Prime Minister. The Netherlands attempted to re-establish their rule, prompting the start of Indonesia's war of independence against the Dutch. The conflict lasted until 1949 when the Dutch recognised Indonesian independence in the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference following international pressure. 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 Investment Affairs says Indonesia has 17,504 islands (with 16,056 registered at the UN) scattered over both sides of the equator, around 922 of which are permanently 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's equatorial position ensures a relatively stable climate year-round, characterised by two main seasons: dry season from May to October and wet season from November to April, with no extremes of summer and winter. The climate is predominantly tropical rainforest, with cooler climates in mountainous areas over 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. There is a variation in rainfall patterns, with regions like western Sumatra, Java, and the interiors of Kalimantan and Papua receiving more precipitation, while areas closer to Australia, such as Nusa Tenggara, are drier. The warm waters covering 81% of Indonesia's area keep land temperatures stable, with high humidity (70-90%) and moderate, predictable winds influenced by monsoon cycles. Major weather hazards include strong currents in straits, such as the Lombok and Sape Straits, rather than typhoons or storms.

Köppen-Geiger climate classification map of Indonesia

Several studies consider Indonesia to be at severe risk from the projected effects of climate change, including a temperature rise of 1 °C (2 °F) by mid-century due to unreduced emissions. This warming could intensify droughts, disrupt rainfall patterns critical to agriculture, and increase occurrences of food shortages, diseases, and wildfires. Rising sea levels would also threaten the country's densely populated coastal regions, and impoverished communities are expected to be disproportionately affected by climate change.

Geology

Lake Toba in North Sumatra, the world's largest volcanic lake. Indonesia is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire area
Main article: Geology of Indonesia See also: List of volcanoes in Indonesia

In terms of tectonics, 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.

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

Main articles: Fauna of Indonesia, Flora of Indonesia, and Environment of Indonesia Species endemic to Indonesia. Clockwise from top: Rafflesia arnoldii, orangutan, greater bird-of-paradise, and Komodo dragon.

Recognised by Conservation International as one of 17 megadiverse countries, Indonesia hosts one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity due to its tropical climate, large size, and archipelagic geography. The country's flora and fauna include a mix of Asian and Australasian species. The Sunda Shelf islands (Sumatra, Java, and Borneo) have a wealth of Asian fauna as they were once linked to mainland Asia, while Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku and Papua evolved unique ecosystems due to their separation from the continental landmasses. Papua, once part of the Australian landmass, is home to over 600 bird species closely related to Australia. Indonesia is second only to Australia in total endemic species, with 6% of its 1,531 species of bird and 39% of its 515 species of mammal being endemic.

The country also boasts 80,000 kilometres (50,000 miles) of coastline, featuring diverse sea and coastal ecosystems, such as dunes and mangroves, as well as coral reefs in the Coral Triangle that harbor the highest diversity of coral reef fish globally, with more than 1,650 species in eastern Indonesia. The Wallace Line, described by English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, marks the biogeographical divide between Asian and Australasian species, with the region between the Wallace and Weber Lines (called Wallacea) hosting unique biodiversity as described in Wallace's 1869 book, The Malay Archipelago. Indonesia's extensive forests, comprising 83% of Southeast Asia's old-growth forest, are deemed crucial for the region's ecological balance and carbon storage.

Indonesia faces severe environmental challenges due to extensive deforestation, peatland destruction, and over-exploitation of resources, driven by industries such as logging, plantations and agriculture since the 1970s, and in most recent years, palm oil. Forest cover declined from 87% in 1950 to 48% in 2022, highlighting the country as a leading forest-based emitter of greenhouse gases. These issues are often given a lower priority due to high poverty levels and weak, under-resourced governance. They also threaten indigenous and endemic species, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listing many as critically endangered, such as the Bali myna, Sumatran orangutan, and Javan rhinoceros. Environmental degradation has prompted some academics to label these activities as ecocide.

Conservation

Main articles: Conservation in Indonesia, Protected areas of Indonesia, List of national parks of Indonesia, and List of biosphere reserves of Indonesia
Bunaken National Park in the Coral Triangle, one of Indonesia's over 100 marine protected areas

As of 2023, Indonesia has designated 21.3% of its land as protected areas and aims to align its strategy with the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Additionally, 411 marine reserves account for 9% of the country's maritime area, with a target to increase this to 30% by 2045. However, a recent study highlights that the current efforts are off track and existing marine reserves are poorly managed. Approximately 390 marine areas are managed by government bodies, communities, and other sectors, with potential for classification as other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), though there is no national mechanism for reporting them.

Indonesia's conservation framework includes 55 national parks, covering around 9% of the country's surface area. Among these, nine are predominantly marine parks, with six recognised as World Heritage Sites, seven as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves and five wetlands of international importance under the 1971 Ramsar Convention. Notably, Indonesia has over 100 marine protected areas spanning 15.7 million hectares as of 2012 managed by the Ministry of Forestry and local governments. Previous targets included reaching 20 million hectares by 2020 under former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's 2009 initiative and 10% of territorial waters, or 31 million hectares.

Government and politics

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

Indonesia is a republic with a presidential system. Following the New Order's fall in 1998, sweeping constitutional reforms has restructured the executive, legislative, and judicial branches while maintaining its unitary state framework despite the push to delegate powers to regional entities. The President serves as head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI) and overseeing domestic and foreign policies. Presidents may serve up to two consecutive five-year terms.

The People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat, MPR) is Indonesia's highest representative body, responsible for amending the constitution, inaugurating or impeaching the president, and formalising state policies. It consists of two houses, the People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR), which has 575 members and handles legislation and executive oversight, and the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, DPD) with 136 members, which focuses on regional matters. Since 1998, reforms have significantly enhanced the DPR's governance role, while the DPD represents Indonesia's diverse regional interests.

Indonesia's judiciary includes several key institutions. The Supreme Court (Mahkamah Agung) is the highest judicial authority, handling final appeals and case reviews. The Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi) addresses constitutional and political matters, while the Religious Court (Pengadilan Agama) oversees Islamic personal law cases. Additionally, the Judicial Commission (Komisi Yudisial) monitors judicial performance.

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

Indonesia has had a multi-party system since 1999 where no political party has won a majority of seats in the legislative elections. Political parties are broadly categorized into two groups, secular parties such as Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the Party of the Functional Groups (Golkar), and the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerinda), and Islamic parties such as National Awakening Party (PKB) and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). Indonesia's political spectrum is characterised by preference for pragmatism and ideological fluidity over strict ideological adherence to fit the prevailing political climate, as well as what is called cartel parties, with extensive power-sharing among parties and limited accountability to voters. Pre-election alliances are also the norm, which is unlike in many democracies where the reverse case are common.

In 1955, the first general election was held to elect members of the DPR and the Constitutional Assembly (Konstituante). The most recent elections in 2024 brought eight political parties to 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 is divided into several administrative levels. At the first level are the provinces, each with a legislature (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah, DPRD) and an elected governor. The number of provinces has grown from 8 in 1945 to 38 today, with the most recent one, Southwest Papua, established in 2022. The second level includes regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota), led by regents (bupati) and mayors (walikota), respectively, both supported by legislatures (DPRD Kabupaten/Kota). Below this are districts (kecamatan, distrik in Papua), and the fourth level comprises villages, known by various names like desa, kelurahan, kampung, nagari (in West Sumatra), or gampong (in Aceh). Villages are subdivided into community groups (rukun warga, RW) and neighborhood groups (rukun tetangga, RT), with further subdivisions like hamlets (dusun or dukuh) in Java.

The village level is the lowest administrative unit but holds significant influence over daily life. Village governments are led by elected heads (lurah or kepala desa) and handle local matters. Since the implementation of regional autonomy in 2001, regencies and cities have become key administrative units, responsible for most government services. 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. A conservative Islamic territory, Aceh applies aspects of sharia law. Yogyakarta uniquely retains its pre-colonial monarchy, with its Sultan and Duke serving as governor and vice governor and the Papuan provinces are the only ones where indigenous people hold privileges in local governance.

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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 follows an "independent and active" (bebas aktif) foreign policy, a term coined by founding father Mohammad Hatta in 1948 by which the country aims to navigate great power politics and maintain autonomy and avoid alignment with major powers. The President holds the ultimate authority in determining foreign policy directions while the Foreign Affairs Ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing foreign policy. Meanwhile, the Parliament (DPR) provides oversight and ratifies international treaties. Indonesia is considered to be a middle power internationally.

As the largest country in Southeast Asia and a founding member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia has put ASEAN as the cornerstone of its foreign policy. Indonesia has actively supported Palestine while refraining from formal diplomatic relations with Israel, though the two countries maintain discreet ties. In the past decade and a half, Indonesia has built deep relations with China, primarily relating to substantial investments in infrastructure and trade, while at the same time maintaining a strategic partnership with the United States, focusing on economic cooperation, security, and counterterrorism efforts.

Indonesia has been a member of the United Nations since 1950 and is a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the East Asia Summit. Indonesia is also a signatory to the ASEAN Free Trade Area agreement, the Cairns Group, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Indonesia has been a humanitarian and development aid recipient since 1967 but it has established an overseas aid programme of its own in 2019. The country also plays a role in maintaining international peace and security, Indonesia has deployed thousands of military and police personnel to multiple United Nations peacekeeping missions, including in Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali.

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) consist of the Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL) (including the Marine Corps), and Air Force (TNI-AU), with the Army comprising around 400,000 active personnel. Established during the Indonesian National Revolution, the TNI initially engaged in guerrilla warfare alongside informal militias. Its territorial structure focuses on maintaining domestic stability and deterring foreign threats. Though political reforms in 1998 removed TNI's formal legislative role, it continues to wield political influence, albeit reduced from its peak during the New Order. Defence spending in 2022 was 0.7% of GDP, with controversies surrounding military-owned commercial ventures.

Since independence, Indonesia has struggled to maintain unity against separatist movements and insurgencies, notably in Aceh and Papua. While the former ended peacefully in 2005, the latter has continued amid an implementation of regional autonomy as well as allegations of human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances, reported by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the UNHRC. Indonesia's historical military engagements include conflicts with the Netherlands over Dutch New Guinea, opposition to the British-backed creation of Malaysia (Konfrontasi), the anti-communist mass killings, and the invasion of East Timor, which was Indonesia's largest military operation.

Law enforcement and human rights

Main articles: Indonesian National Police and Human rights in Indonesia

Law enforcement in Indonesia is chiefly performed by the Indonesian National Police (POLRI), together with other law enforcement agencies under the president, a certain ministry or state-owned enterprise (BUMN) which perform policing duties for a certain public service. These law enforcement agencies are under the supervision and trained by the POLRI. The National Police essentially is the national civilian police force of the country responsible for enforcing law and order of the state.

Throughout the country's history, instances of racism and discrimination, especially against Chinese Indonesians and Papuans, have been well documented. The former case notably peaked in the anti-Chinese riots in 1998, following a series of similar riots dating back to 1994 in Medan and discriminatory laws dating back to 1967. Independence movements, such as the Free Aceh Movement (who fought for an independent Aceh based on sharia law), Fretilin (a resistance movement to Indonesian rule in East Timor) and the Free Papua Movement (who aims to separate West Papua from Indonesia) have led to violent conflicts and accusations of human rights abuses of all sides involved.

The situation has improved since the fall of Suharto in 1998 and the subsequent reforms. East Timor gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 and the insurgency in Aceh were solved in 2005 under the Helsinki agreement, in which Aceh was to be granted a special autonomy. The reforms ushered a more democratic political climate in the country, where it saw the abolishment of several laws deemed discriminatory, especially against Chinese Indonesians. Chinese New Year has also become an official holiday since 2002. The conflict in Papua, however, remains ongoing as of 2024 and has continued since 1962.

Economy

Main articles: Economy of Indonesia, Economic history of Indonesia, and Poverty in 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
Morowali Industrial Park hosting primarily nickel-related industries in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of nickel

Indonesia operates a mixed economy where both the private sector and the government play significant roles. As the only G20 member state in Southeast Asia, it has the region's largest economy and is classified as a newly industrialised country. In 2024, its nominal GDP was US$1.402 trillion, ranking 16th globally, while its GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) was US$4.658 trillion, ranking 8th. Per capita GDP in PPP is US$16,542, while nominal per capita GDP is US$4,980. Based on 2022 data, services dominate the economy in terms employment (48.8%), followed by agriculture (29.2%) and industry (21.8%), while in terms of share of GDP, both services and industry dominate (roughly 41% each), with agriculture coming second (12.4%).

The economic structure has shifted significantly over time, transitioning from agriculture in the 1950s and 1960s to gradual industrialization and urbanization, especially from the late 1960s to the 1980s. Falling oil prices in the 1980s prompted diversification into manufactured exports, resulting in substantial economic growth (the GDP rose at an average rate of 7.1%.) and poverty reduction from 60% to 15%. However, the growth ended during the Asian economic crisis in the late 1990s, causing a severe setback where the economy experienced a 13.1% GDP contraction, a 78% inflation and a real GDP growth of only 0.8% in 1999. The economy began recovering in the early 2000s, achieving consistent growth rates between 4% and 6% from 2004 to 2024 due to banking improvements and increased domestic consumption, which helped Indonesia weather the 2008–2009 Great Recession. Although the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s caused the country's first recession since 1997, the economy rebounded within a year.

Indonesia boasts abundant natural resources, including nickel, coal, palm oil, and petroleum, which dominate its export portfolio. It imports refined and crude petroleum, vehicle parts, and wheat, with major trade partners including China, the United States, Japan, Singapore, India, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand. Despite these resources and decades of development, disparities in wealth, employment and economic opportunities persist between densely populated and economically advantaged regions in the western islands like Java and Sumatra, and sparsely populated, underdeveloped areas in the east like Maluku and Papua.

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.

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 spending on research and development is relatively low at 0.3% of GDP in 2019. Despite being ranked 54th among 133 countries on the 2024 Global Innovation Index, the country performs above expectations for its upper middle-income status. Historical innovations include terasering, the terracing techniques for rice cultivation, and the pinisi boats of the Bugis and Makassar people. In the 1980s, Tjokorda Raka Sukawati developed the Sosrobahu road construction technique that is now used internationally. Indonesia also produces passenger trains and freight wagons through its state-owned Indonesian Railway Industry (Industri Kereta Api, INKA), which exports trains abroad.

Indonesia has a long history of manufacturing military and commuter aircraft and is the only country in Southeast Asia to do so. Its state-owned aerospace company, Indonesian Aerospace (PT. Dirgantara Indonesia), has supplied components to Boeing and Airbus and co-developed the CASA/IPTN CN-235 aircraft with Spain's EADS CASA, which is widely used internationally. Former President B. J. Habibie, who was an aerospace engineer before getting into politics, played a key role in advancing the country's aerospace research. Recently, Indonesia has been collaborating with South Korea on the 4.5-generation fighter jet KAI KF-21 Boramae.

Indonesia's space program, managed by the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional, LAPAN), launched its first satellite in 1976 (Palapa), making it the first developing country with a satellite system. As of 2024, Indonesia has launched 19 satellites for communication and other purposes. Recently, the government licensed Starlink to provide internet connectivity to rural and underserved regions.

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 reflects its archipelagic geography and population distribution heavily concentrated on Java. In 2022, the predominant road network spanned 548,097 kilometres (340,572 miles) as of 2022, including TransJakarta that operates the world's longest bus rapid transit system. Common urban transport includes rickshaws like bajaj and becak and shared taxis such as angkot and minibuses.

Railways are primarily located in Java and parts of Sumatra and Sulawesi, serving freight and passenger transport, including commuter and inter-city rail services like those in the Greater Jakarta and Yogyakarta. In the late 2010s, rapid transit systems were introduced in Jakarta and Palembang, with more planned for other cities. Indonesia, collaborating with China, inaugurated its first high-speed rail named Whoosh in 2023 that connects Jakarta and Bandung. It was the first such system in Southeast Asia and the Southern Hemisphere.

Air and sea transport also play significant roles. Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Indonesia's largest, served 49 million passengers in 2023, followed by Ngurah Rai and Juanda International Airports. Garuda Indonesia, the national 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, the country's busiest and most advanced, handles over half 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
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 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 31.5 years (2024 estimate).

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 2022, about 58% 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 home to around 600 distinct native ethnic groups, predominantly descended from Austronesian peoples originating in Proto-Austronesian languages, likely from modern-day Taiwan. The Melanesians, who inhabit eastern Indonesia, represent another significant ethnic grouping. The Javanese, making up 40.06% of the population, are the largest ethnic group and politically dominant, primarily residing in central and eastern Java but also has sizable numbers in other provinces. Other major groups include the Sundanese, Malay, Batak, Madurese, Betawi, Minangkabau, and Bugis. A sense of Indonesian nationhood exists alongside strong regional identities.

The official language, Indonesia, is a variant of Malay based on its prestige dialect that became the archipelago's lingua franca over the course of centuries. It was first promoted by nationalists in the 1920s and gained official status in 1945 following independence under the name Bahasa Indonesia, and has since been widely adopted due to its use in education, media, business, and governance. While nearly all Indonesians speak Indonesian, most also speak one of over 700 local languages, often as their first language. These are predominantly from the Austronesian family, with over 270 Papuan languages in eastern Indonesia. Javanese is the most widely spoken local language, and it holds co-official status in Yogyakarta.

The Dutch and other European-descended populations like the Indos, though significant during colonial times, always represented a small fraction of the population, numbering 240,000 in 1930. The Dutch language never gained substantial traction due to the Dutch colonial focus on commerce rather than cultural integration. Dutch fluency exists today among some older generations and legal professionals, as specific legal codes remain available only 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

Indonesia officially recognizes six religions: Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism—while also acknowledging indigenous religions for administrative purposes as well as religious freedom in the constitution. As of 2023, 87.1% of the population (244 million Indonesians), are Muslims, making Indonesia the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, with Sunnis constituting 99% of the Muslim population. Christians, comprising 10% of the population, form majorities in several eastern provinces, while Hindus and Buddhists are primarily Balinese and Chinese Indonesians, respectively.

Buddhist monks performing Pradakshina ritual at Borobudur temple, Central Java

Before the arrival of major world religions, Indonesia's natives practiced animism and dynamism, worshiping ancestral spirits and believing in the supernatural (hyang) inhabiting natural elements, such as large trees, mountains and forests. Such beliefs are common to the Austronesian peoples. These indigenous traditions, such as Sundanese Sunda Wiwitan, Javanese Kejawèn and Dayak's Kaharingan, have profoundly influenced modern religious practices, resulting in a less orthodox and syncretic form of faith like Javanese abangan, Balinese Hinduism and Dayak Christianity.

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

Hinduism reached the archipelago in the 1st century CE, followed by Buddhism in the 6th century. Both religions shaped Indonesia's religious history through influential empires like Majapahit, Srivijaya, and Sailendra, leaving a lasting cultural impact that remains today despite both no longer being the majority. Islam arrived as early as the 8th century through Sunni and Sufi traders from the Indian subcontinent and southern Arabian peninsula, mixing with local cultural and religious traditions to form a distinct Islamic culture (santri). By the 16th century, Islam had become the dominant religion on Java and Sumatra, resulting from the combination of trade, dawah such as by the Wali Sanga and Chinese explorer Zheng He, and military campaigns by several sultanates.

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

Catholicism and Protestantism were later introduced through missionary efforts during European colonization, such as by Jesuit Francis Xavier, though the spread of the former faced challenges under the policies of VOC and the Dutch colonial era. The latter's primary branches include Calvinism and Lutheranism, though a multitude of other denominations exist in the country. A small Jewish presence has existed in the archipelago, primarily descendants of Dutch and Iraqi Jews, though their numbers have dwindled since independence in 1945. Only a few Jews remain today, mostly in major cities like Jakarta, Manado and Surabaya. One of the remaining synagogues, Sha'ar Hashamayim, is located in Tondano, North Sulawesi, which is around 31 km from Manado.

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

Interfaith relations in Indonesia are significantly shaped by political leadership and civil society, guided by the first principle of Pancasila, which emphasises belief in a supreme deity and religious tolerance. While the principle promotes harmony, instances of intolerance continue to be a recurring issue. Religion is central to the lives of overwhelming majority of Indonesians, which reflects its integral role in the country's society, culture and identity.

Education

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

Indonesia has one of the largest education systems in the world, with over 50 million students, 4 million teachers, and more than 250,000 schools spanning the archipelago. Overseen by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology and the Ministry of Religious Affairs for Islamic schools, the system follows a 6-3-3-4 structure: six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior secondary school, and four years of tertiary education. While literacy rates are high (95.7%), it is lower in rural and remote areas. Enrolment rates vary across educational levels, with near-universal enrolment in primary education (97.9%), but drops to 81.7% and 64.2% in lower and upper secondary education and to around 42.6% for tertiary education.

Government spending on education accounts for approximately 3.6% of GDP in 2022. In 2022, there are 4,481 higher education institutions in the country, including universities, Islamic institutions and open universities. University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University, and the Bandung Institute of Technology are the top three universities in the country, all rank within the world's top 300 universities.

The education system faces challenges in quality and equity, in particular urban-rural disparities, inadequate school infrastructure, and a lack of qualified teachers. It also lags behind in international benchmarks, such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) where Indonesian students consistently rank near the bottom in reading, mathematics, and science. In the higher education landscape, it has been struggling with lack of funds, low quality, limited research output and a mismatch between graduates' skills and labor market needs.

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 the past half-century, such as rising life expectancy (from 54.9 years in 1973 to 71.1 years in 2023) and declining child mortality (from 15.5 deaths per 100 live births in 1972 to 2.1 deaths in 2022), challenges remain, including maternal and child health, low air quality, malnutrition, a high rate of smoking, and infectious diseases.

Culture

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

The cultural history of Indonesia spans over two thousand years, influenced by the Indian subcontinent, China, the Middle East, Europe, Melanesian, and Austronesian peoples. These influences have shaped the country’s multicultural, multilingual, and multi-ethnic identity, distinct from its indigenous roots. Indonesia holds 16 items recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage, including wayang puppet theatre, batik, angklung, the saman dance, and pencak silat. Recent joint nominations added pantun, kebaya, and kolintang to the list.

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 encompasses traditional and contemporary forms shaped by influences from India, the Arab world, China, and Europe, driven by cultural exchange and trade. Bali's artistic traditions, such as classical Kamasan and Wayang-style painting, are renowned, originating from visual narratives depicted on candi bas-reliefs from eastern Java. Traditional architecture reflects ethnic diversity, with iconic and traditional houses (rumah adat) like Toraja's Tongkonan, Minangkabau's Rumah Gadang, Java's Pendopo, and Dayak longhouses each showcasing unique customs and histories. Other traditional crafts, including carpentry and masonry, showcase intricate decorations and techniques passed down through generations.

Discoveries of megalithic sculptures led to the flourishing of tribal art among the Nias, Batak, Asmat, Dayak, and Toraja communities, who utilised wood and stone as primary sculpting materials. From the 8th to 15th centuries, the Javanese civilization excelled in sophisticated stone sculpting and architecture, heavily influenced by the Hindu-Buddhist Dharmic culture. This period produced monumental works like the Borobudur and Prambanan temples, which today remain celebrated as masterpieces of Indonesia's sophisticated artistic and architectural heritage.

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

Indonesia's musical heritage predates historical records, with indigenous tribes using chants and traditional instruments like the angklung, gamelan, and sasando in rituals. Influences from other cultures have enriched Indonesian music, such as the gambus and qasida from the Middle East, keroncong from Portugal, and dangdut (one of the country's most popular music genres), which incorporates Hindi, Malay, and Middle Eastern elements. Today, Indonesian music enjoys regional popularity in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei due to cultural similarities and language intelligibility.

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

With over 3,000 traditional dances, Indonesian dance forms have its origins in rituals and religious worship, such as a dance of witch doctors and Hudoq, as well as periods of Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic influence. While modern and urban dances shaped by Western, Japanese, and South Korean cultures are growing in popularity, traditional dances like those of Java, Bali, and Dayak remain a living tradition.

Indonesia's rich cultural history is also reflected in its diverse clothing styles, with national costumes like batik and kebaya being widely recognised, which have its roots in Javanese, Sundanese and Balinese cultures. Traditional attire varies by region and by each province, such as the Batak ulos, Malay and Minangkabau songket, and Sasak ikat, and is commonly worn for ceremonies, weddings, and formal events.

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

Traditional Indonesian theatre, such as wayang shadow puppetry often depicts Hindu epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata. Other forms of dramas, such as Ludruk, Ketoprak, Sandiwara, Lenong and Balinese dance dramas often incorporate humor, music, and audience interaction. Unique traditions like the Minangkabau Randai combine music, dance, and martial arts (silat), telling semi-historical legends during traditional ceremonies and festivals. Modern theatre, exemplified by Teater Koma, addresses social and political themes through satire.

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 (1926), a silent film by Dutch director L. Heuveldorp, and the film industry expanded post-independence with Usmar Ismail's pioneering work in the 1950s. During the latter part of Sukarno era in the 1960s, films were used to promote nationalism and anti-Western sentiment, while Suharto's New Order imposed censorship to maintain social order. Film productions peaked in the 1980s with notable titles such as Pengabdi Setan (1980), Tjoet Nja' Dhien (1988) and Warkop comedy films, but the industry declined in the next decade.

In the post-Suharto era, the industry saw a resurgence, and independent filmmakers tackled previously censored themes like race, religion and love, producing notable films such as Petualangan Sherina (2000) and Ada Apa dengan Cinta? (2002) and Laskar Pelangi (2008). The 2022 film KKN di Desa Penari set box office records, becoming the most-watched Indonesian film with 9.2 million tickets sold. The Indonesian Film Festival (Festival Film Indonesia), awarding the Citra Award, has celebrated cinematic achievements since 1955.

Mass media and literature

Main articles: Mass media in Indonesia and Indonesian literature

Media freedom in Indonesia significantly improved after the fall of Suharto's rule, during which media was tightly controlled by the Ministry of Information. The television landscape shifted from a monopoly by public broadcaster TVRI (1962–1989) to a competitive market with national and provincial networks. By the 21st century, television signals have reached every village, offering up to 11 channels. Private radio stations provide news, while foreign broadcasters offer diverse programming. Print publications also expanded significantly after 1998. Indonesia's internet development began in the early 1990s, with the first commercial Internet service provider, PT. Indo Internet, starting operations in 1994. By 2018, the country had 171 million internet users, primarily aged 15 to 19, who accessed the internet mostly through mobile phones rather than computers. Internet penetration continues to grow annually.

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

Indonesian literature has roots in Sanskrit inscriptions from the 5th century and a strong oral tradition, while early modern literature originates in Sumatran tradition. Traditional forms such as syair, pantun, hikayat, and babad dominate early prose and poetry, with notable works such as Syair Abdul Muluk, Hikayat Hang Tuah, Sulalatus Salatin, and Babad Tanah Jawi. The establishment of Balai Pustaka in 1917 marked a push to develop indigenous literature, leading to a literary Golden Age in the 1950s and 1960s. Influenced by the dynamics of the country's political and social landscape, modern literature includes works from notable figures like Chairil Anwar, 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.

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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. Due to significant contact with other languages, it is rich in local and foreign influences, which include Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Makassarese, Sanskrit, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese and English.
  8. The rest consists of the Shias and Ahmadis, who form 1% (1–3 million) and 0.2% (200,000–400,000) of the Muslim population.

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