| Area | 1,919,440 sq km |
| Capital | Jakarta |
| Monetary unit | Indonesian rupiah (IDR) |
| Local currency to US$ on 9 Feb 2004 | 0.000118 |
| Literacy (percentage) | 89 |
| Location | Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia consisting of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited) and straddles the equator. |
| Geographic coordinates | 5 00 S, 120 00 E |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
| Government | republic |
| Languages | Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese |
| Ethnicity/race | Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26% |
| Religions | Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998) |
| Industries | petroleum and natural gas; textiles, apparel, and footwear; mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood; rubber; food; tourism. |
| Natural resources | petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver. |
