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PEOPLE
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Population:
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216,108,345
(July 1999 est.) |
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Age
Structure:
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0-14
years: 30% (male 33,367,287; female 32,411,786)
15-64 years: 65% (male 70,541,893; female 70,866,972)
65 years and over: 5% (male 3,936,415; female 4,983,992)
(1999 est.) |
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Population
Growth Rate:
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1.46% (1999 est.) |
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Birth
Rate:
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22.78 births/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Death
Rate:
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8.14
deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Net
Migration Rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Sex
Ratio:
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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: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (1999 est.) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate:
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57.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.) |
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Life
Expectancy at Birth:
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total
population: 62.92 years
male: 60.67 years
female: 65.29 years (1999 est.) |
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Total
Fertility Rate:
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2.57 children born/woman (1999 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Indonesian(s)
adjective: Indonesian |
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Ethnic
Groups:
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Javanese
45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other
26% |
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Religions:
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Muslim
88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%,
other 1% (1998) |
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Languages:
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Bahasa
Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch,
local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese |
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Literacy:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78% (1995 est.) |
