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Jakarta is the largest city and the only megacity in Indonesia, with a population of 10.70 million. As a primate city, Jakarta is nearly four times larger than the second largest city Surabaya. Jakarta's status is unique compared to other cities in Indonesia, since it is technically a province with a city management.
Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop. Jakarta Surabaya: 1: Jakarta: Special Capital Region: 11,135,191: 11: South Tangerang: Banten: 1,429,529 Bandung Medan: 2
Islam by country: ranked 1 in total Muslim population. Islam by country: ranked 35 by the percentage of population. Life expectancy estimated by CIA World Factbook, ranked 149 out of 227 (2022). Linguistic diversity index of Indonesia: 0.816 (2017). Population of Indonesia ranked 4 out of 228 countries and territories (2022).
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .
Ranking Name Image Country Population Year (Census or Estimate) 1 Manila Philippines 14,942,000: 2020C 2 Jakarta Indonesia 10,562,088: 2020C 3 Bangkok Thailand 9,034,000: 2021E
The metropolitan areas in Indonesia are managed based on Presidential Regulation (Peraturan Presiden). The national government has established 10 metropolitan areas across the country, anchored by the cities of Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang, Medan, Makassar, Palembang, Denpasar, Banjarmasin, and Manado.
This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5,000 km 2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas [62] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
Below is a list of Indonesia's 119 most populous regencies (those with more than 500,000 inhabitants at the 2020 Census [1]) with the province in which they are located, and their populations at the 2010 and 2020 Censuses; they are ranked according to their 2020 population.