Indonesia 
Facts
Population: 234,693,997 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.7% (male 34,309,176/female 33,148,341)
15-64 years: 65.6% (male 77,132,708/female 76,731,481)
65 years and over: 5.7% (male 5,956,471/female 7,415,820) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.213% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 19.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 6.25 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.035 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.005 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.803 male(s)/female
total population: 1.001 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 32.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 37.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.16 years
male: 67.69 years
female: 72.76 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.38 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 110,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 2,400 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Indonesian(s)
adjective: Indonesian.
Ethnic groups: Javanese 40.6%, Sundanese 15%, Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%, Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9% (2000 census).
Religions: Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census).
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: 90.4%
male: 94%
female: 86.8% (2004 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $948.3 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5.5% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $3,900 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 13.1%
industry: 46%
services: 41% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 108.2 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 43.3%
industry: 18%
services: 38.7% (2004 est.).
Population below poverty line: 17.8% (2006).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 28.5% (2002).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13.2% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 12.5% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $75.58 billion
expenditures: $79.45 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs.
Industries: petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism.
Industrial production growth rate: 2.6% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 123.4 billion kWh (2005 est.).
Electricity - consumption: 107.7 billion kWh (2005 est.).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2005 est.).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2005 est.).
Exports: $102.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber.
Exports - partners: Japan 21.1%, US 11.5%, Singapore 9.2%, South Korea 8.3%, China 7.8%, Malaysia 4% (2005).
Imports: $77.73 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs.
Imports - partners: Singapore 16.4%, Japan 12%, China 10.1%, US 6.7%, Thailand 6%, South Korea 5%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%, Australia 4.4% (2005).
Debt - external: $130.4 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $67 billion (2006 est.)
note: Indonesia ended 2006 with $67 billion in official foreign debt (about 25% of GDP), with Japan ($25 billion), the World Bank ($8.5 billion) and the Asian Development Bank ($8.4 billion) as the largest creditors; about $6 billion in grant assistance was pledged to rebuild Aceh after the December 2004 tsunami; President YUDHYONO ended the Consultative Group on Indonesia forum in January 2007.
Currency (code): Indonesian rupiah (IDR).
Exchange rates: Indonesian rupiah per US dollar - 9,159.3 (2006), 9,704.7 (2005), 8,938.9 (2004), 8,577.1 (2003), 9,311.2 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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Adil
(Independent tabloid), Jakarta
Aksi
(Sensationalist tabloid), Jakarta
Analisa
(Business-oriented), Medan
Berita Harian
(Pro-government), Jakarta
(Business-oriented, independent), Jakarta
http://www.bisnis.com/
(Weekly magazine), Jakarta
http://www.gatra.com/
Indonesia Times
(Independent), Jakarta
Indonesia in the News
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The terrorist bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on Sept. 9 may have serious implications for the upcoming elections in Australia and Indonesia.
As the war in Aceh drags on, Joseph Kirschke, reporting from Jakarta, speaks with civil-society workers who say they were abused by soldiers and police in Aceh.
Joseph Kirschke, writing from Jakarta, reports that there are worrying signs that Indonesia's free-wheeling press may be called to heel.
Laine Berman, writing for Inside Indonesia, looks at the intersection of Indonesian drug culture and fundamentalist Islam.
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