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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,602 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km Coastline: 54,716 km
PeoplePopulation: 203,583,886 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.56% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 24.06 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.48 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 65 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.74 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other26% Religions: Muslim 87%, Protestant 6%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%,other 1% (1985) Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (modified form of Malay; official), English, Dutch,local dialects the most widely spoken of which is Javanese
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Jakarta Independence: 17 August 1945 (proclaimed independence; on 27 December 1949, Indonesia became legally independent from the Netherlands) Constitution: August 1945, abrogated by Federal Constitution of 1949 and Provisional Constitution of 1950, restored 5 July 1959
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $619.4 billion National product real growth rate: 6.7% National product per capita: $3,090 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.3% Unemployment rate: 3% official rate; underemployment 40%
Electricity:
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