Population:
240,271,522 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.1% (male 34,337,341/female 33,162,207)
15-64 years: 66% (male 79,549,569/female 78,918,321)
65 years and over: 6% (male 6,335,208/female 7,968,876) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 27.6 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 28.1 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.136% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
18.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
6.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
-1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 52% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 29.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 24.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.76 years
male: 68.26 years
female: 73.38 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.31 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
270,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
8,700 (2007 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, dengue fever, and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2005)

Education expenditures:
3.6% of GDP (2006)