Republic of Indonesia

National name: Republik Indonesia

President: Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (1998)

Area: 735,268 sq mi. (1,919,440 sq km)1

Population (1999 est.): 216,108,345 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.46%); birth rate: 22.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 57.3/1000; density per sq mi.: 294

Capital and largest city: Jakarta: city proper (1995 est.) 9,160,500; metro. area (1995 est.) 11,500,000

Other large cities (1995 est.): Surabaya, 2,701,300; Bandung, 2,368,200; Medan, 1,909,700; Semarang, 1,366,500

Monetary unit: Rupiah

Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (official), Dutch, English, and more than 583 languages, and dialects

Ethnicity/Race: Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26%

Religions: Islam, 87%; Christian, 9%; Hindu, 2%; other, 2%

Literacy rate: 84%

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