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Indonesians (Indonesian: orang Indonesia) are citizens or people who are identified with the country of Indonesia, [45] regardless of their ethnic or religious background. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] There are more than 1,300 ethnicities in Indonesia, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] making it a multicultural archipelagic country with a diversity of languages, culture and ...
Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the World after China, India, and the United States; more than half of the Indonesian population - roughly 150 million people or 55% - live on the island of Java (about the size of California) making it the most crowded island on earth.
The diverse ethnic populations of western Indonesia generally may be grouped into three broad categories. These are the inland wet-rice (irrigated rice) societies, the coastal trading, farming, and fishing peoples, and the inland societies of shifting cultivators.
With over 1,300 distinct ethnic groups, including significant Austronesian and Melanesian cultures, contributing to its rich traditions, languages, and customs, Indonesia is a melting pot of diversity.
This geographical and historical treatment of Indonesia includes maps and statistics as well as a survey of the country’s people, economy, and government.
With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature.
history of Indonesia, a survey of notable events and people in the history of Indonesia. Located off the coast of mainland Southeast Asia in the Indian and Pacific oceans, Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies).
20 February. Spread across a chain of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia, Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population and Southeast Asia's biggest economy. Ethnically it is...
The Republic of Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, has 203 million people living on nearly one thousand permanently settled islands. Some two-to-three hundred ethnic groups with their own languages and dialects range in population from the Javanese (about 70 million) and Sundanese (about 30 million) on Java, to peoples ...
Indonesia is home to over 258 million people. It is the fourth most populous nation on Earth (after China , India and the US). Indonesians belong to more than 300 ethnolinguistic groups, most of which are Austronesian in origin.