Indonesia 
Facts
Population:
228,437,870 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
30.26% (male 35,144,702; female 33,973,879)
15-64 years:
65.11% (male 74,273,519; female 74,458,291)
65 years and over:
4.63% (male 4,641,816; female 5,945,663) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.6% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
22.26 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
40.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.27 years
male:
65.9 years
female:
70.75 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.05% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
52,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
3,100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Indonesian(s)
adjective:
Indonesian
Ethnic groups:
Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26%
Religions:
Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998)
Languages:
Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
83.8%
male:
89.6%
female:
78% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $654 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
21%
industry:
35%
services:
44% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
20% (1998)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
3.6%
highest 10%:
30.3% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
99 million (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
15%-20% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$26 billion
expenditures:
$30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
petroleum and natural gas; textiles, apparel, and footwear; mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood; rubber; food; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
7.5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
78.674 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
80.36%
hydro:
14.63%
nuclear:
0%
other:
5.01% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
73.167 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs
Exports:
$64.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
oil and gas, plywood, textiles, rubber
Exports - partners:
Japan 21%, US 14%, Singapore 10%, South Korea 7%, Netherlands 3%, Australia 3%, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan (1999 est.)
Imports:
$40.4 billion (c.i.f., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment; chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Japan 12%, US 12%, Singapore 10%, Germany 6%, Australia 6%, South Korea 6%, Taiwan, China (1999 est.)
Debt - external:
$144 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$43 billion from IMF program and other official external financing (1997-2000)
Currency:
Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
Currency code:
IDR
Exchange rates:
Indonesian rupiahs per US dollar - 10,000 (January 2001), 8,421.8 (2000), 7,855.2 (1999), 10,013.6 (1998), 2,909.4 (1997), 2,342.3 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year; note - previously was 1 April - 31 March, but starting with 2001, has been changed to calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Adil
(Independent tabloid), Jakarta
Aksi
(Sensationalist tabloid), Jakarta
Analisa
(Business-oriented), Medan
Berita Harian
(Pro-government), Jakarta
(Business-oriented, independent), Jakarta
http://www.bisnis.com/
(Weekly magazine), Jakarta
http://www.gatra.com/
Indonesia Times
(Independent), Jakarta
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Attempts to try Indonesia's Suharto on charges of genocide have failed because of the unwillingness of the post-1999 political establishment to openly deal with the past.
Jakarta chose secular, rather than Islamist, candidate in recent governor's election
Jakarta is a city in dire need of improvement.
Due, in part, to rampant corruption and governmental indifference, both natural and man-made disasters claim far more lives than necessary – mostly among the nation’s poorest citizens.
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