Population of Indonesia

The population of Indonesia according to the 2010 national census is 237.6 million, with 58% living on the island of Java, the world's most populous island.



Despite a fairly effective family planning program that has been in place since the 1960s,[4] the population is expected to grow to around 254 million by 2020 and 288 million by 2050,[5] falling to fifth behind Pakistan sometime before 2050.



List of Indonesian provinces' population

Province	Population	In Cities (%)
Aceh	4,486,570	23.6
North Sumatra	12,985,075	42.4
West Sumatra	4,845,998	29.0
Riau	5,543,031	43.7
Jambi	3,088,618	28.3
South Sumatra	7,446,401	34.4
Bengkulu	1,713,393	29.4
Lampung	7,596,115	21.0
Bangka Belitung	1,223,048	43.0
Riau Islands	1,685,698	--
Banten	10,644,030	52.2
Jakarta	9,588,198	100.0
West Java	43,021,826	50.3
Central Java	32,380,687	40.4
Yogyakarta	3,452,390	57.7
East Java	37,476,011	40.9
Bali	3,891,428	49.8
West Nusa Tenggara	4,496,855	34.8
East Nusa Tenggara	4,679,316	15.9
West Kalimantan	4,393,239	25.1
Central Kalimantan	2,202,599	27.5
South Kalimantan	3,626,119	36.3
East Kalimantan	3,550,586	57.6
North Sulawesi	2,265,937	37.0
Gorontalo	1,038,585	25.5
Central Sulawesi	2,633,420	19.7
South Sulawesi	8,032,551	29.4
Southeast Sulawesi	2,230,569	20.8
West Sulawesi	1,158,336	--
Maluku	1,531,402	25.9
North Maluku	1,035,478	29.5
Papua	2,851,999	22.2
West Papua	760,855	--
Source: Population Census 2010[2]

Ethnic groups


At least 300 different ethnic groups have been counted in Indonesia.


Religions


Although it is not an Islamic state, Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, with almost 86.1% of Indonesians declared Muslim according to the 2000 census. 8.7% of the population is Christian, 3% are Hindu, and 1.8% Buddhist or other. Most Indonesian Hindus are Balinese, and most Buddhists in modern-day Indonesia are ethnic Chinese.


Languages


Indonesian is the official national language, but there are many different languages native to Indonesia. According to Ethnologue, there are currently 737 living languages  the most widely spoken of which is Javanese.

A number of Chinese dialects, most prominently Min Nan, are also spoken. The public use of Chinese, especially Chinese characters, was officially discouraged between 1966 and 1998.