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 arrest of Muslim leaders known for their hard-line political stance has contributed to fears of reprisals among Muslims. The Jakarta Post's Soeryo Winoto talked to Hasyim Muzadi, the leader of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama.
'If mishandled, Indonesia's crackdown on Islamists and consequent polarization could inadvertently help rather than hinder the formation of a Jemaah Islamiyah—an Islamic community in Indonesia,' writes The Jakarta Post.
Joseph Kirshcke reports on the challenges facing the world's newest country.
One of the most public debates about press freedom in Indonesia since mass rioting brought Suharto’s rigid, 32-year presidency to its knees in 1998 is coming to an unceremonious close at the end of a secluded, nondescript street in south Jakarta behind a padlocked gate.
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