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This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. ... Indonesian (excl. other Malay) ... Percentage of world population (2022) English: 18.8%
Population Regions 1 Indonesian: ind 1 198,000,000 Widespread. 2 Javanese: jav 4 68,200,000 ... List of languages by total number of speakers in Indonesia.
Number of living languages Number of speakers Established Immigrant Total Percent [note 1] Total Mean Median Papua New Guinea: 840 0 840 11.81 4,213,381 5,040 1,315 Indonesia: 707 2 709 9.98 222,191,197 315,165 3,500 Nigeria: 525 7 532 7.37 163,317,444 348,225 14,000 India: 453 6 459 ? 1,257,421,714 2,924,237 35,000 China (mainland only) 302 3 305
In 2020, Indonesian had 71.9 million native speakers and 176.5 million second-language speakers, [58] who speak it alongside their local mother tongue, giving a total number of speakers in Indonesia of 248.5 million. [59] It is common as a first language in urban areas, and as a second language by those residing in more rural parts of Indonesia.
Ranked Everyday language group number % 1 Javanese: 68,044,660 31.79 2 Indonesian: 42,682,566 19.94 3 Sundanese: 32,412,752 15.14 4 Malay: 7,901,386 3.69
The following table compares the estimates of Comrie (1998) and Weber (1997) [1] (number of native speakers in millions). Also given are the estimates of SIL Ethnologue (2005). Comparing estimates that do not date to the same year is problematic due to the 1.14% per year growth of world population (with significant regional differences).
Approximately 55% of Indonesia's population resides on Java, which is the most populous island in the world. Despite a fairly effective family planning program that has been in place since 1967, [ 5 ] Indonesia's average population growth per year was over 1.1% for the decade ending in 2020, nearly having 13% population growth for that decade.
The population numbers given below are of native speakers, excepting the figure for Indonesian, which counts its total speakers. The total population of the country was 237.6 million in 2010. The total population of the country was 237.6 million in 2010.