- Official name
- Republic of Indonesia Republik Indonesia · Indonesian
- Capital
- Jakarta, Nusantara (the government sits in Jakarta; Nusantara is being built to replace it)
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 268 million
- Area
- 1,904,569 km²
- Currency
- Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
- Neighbours
- Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
- Internet / phone
- .id · +62
Where it is
Notable facts
- Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, with over 17,000 islands, about 6,000 of them inhabited.
- It is the country with the most active volcanoes; the 1815 eruption of Tambora caused the “year without a summer” worldwide.
- More than 700 living languages are spoken there, second only to Papua New Guinea.
- A new capital, Nusantara, is being built in Kalimantan to replace the sinking, congested Jakarta.
World Heritage 10 sites
National dish
Nasi goreng Rice fried with sweet soy, shallot and chilli, usually under a fried egg.
One of five dishes the tourism ministry designated national in 2018, with soto, satay, rendang and gado-gado. Rendang is the one that wins international polls.