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Source: The World Factbook
| Area | 1,919,440 sq km |
| Population | 234,893,453 [03] |
| GDP in US$ billion | 172.91 [02] |
| GDP: PPP in US$ billion | 758.10 [03] |
| GDP - PPP per capita in US$ | 3,200 [03] |
| Reserves including Gold in US$ billion in 2002 | 31.91 |
| 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. |
| Exports (billion US$) | 63.89 [03] |
| oil and gas, plywood, textiles, rubber. | |
| Imports (billion US$) | 40.22 [03] |
| machinery and equipment; chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs. | |
| Foreign direct investment US$ millions Year 2001 | -3,277 |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 1,703 [01] |
| R&D Output | |
| High technology Exports million dollars in 1999 | 2,731 |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports 2000 | 16.00 |
| Infrastructure | |
| Total Road network in 1995-99 | 346,863 |
| International arrivals in million | 5.03 [02] |
| Energy use in million tons of oil equivalent in 2000 | 145.575 |
| R&D expenditure | |
| Total R&D Expenditure in national currencies | |
| GERD/GDP as % | |
| Business Expenditure on R&D | |
| Industry financed GERD as Percentage | |
| Public Expenditure on Education as % of GDP 1998-2000 | 1.00 |
| Human Resources Development | |
| Labor force in million (2002) | 99.00 |
| R&D personnel (no of persons) | 239,700 [97] |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel | 33,700 [97] |
| Researchers as % of labour force | |
| Information & Communication Technology | |
| Television equipped households in million | 30.00 [02] |
| Fixed phones Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 7.63 [3.6%] |
| Mobile phone Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 11.70 [5.5%] |
| Internet users in million in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 8.00 [3.8%] |
| Number of PCs in Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 2.52 [1.2%] |
| Internet hosts - 2002 | 61,279 |