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Indonesia: map and facts
Indonesia is in South-Eastern Asia. It has about 286 million people (2025), the 4th largest population. It covers 1,916,907 km², the 14th largest by area. That is about 149 people per km². Its highest point is Puncak Jaya, at 4,884 m. The longest river on its map is the Kapuas, 1,143 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 285,721,236 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,916,907 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Jakarta
- Highest point: Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 50.7% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Indonesia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Kapuas: 1,143 km
- Sepik: 1,126 km
- Fly: 1,050 km
- Mahakam: 940 km
- Barito: 900 km
- Kayan: 576 km
- Mamberamo: 283 km
- Asahan: 150 km
Also on the map: Digul, Indragiri, Taritatu, Baliem, Musi and Pembuang.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Puncak Jaya: 4,884 m (its highest point)
- Gunung Kerinci: 3,805 m
- Gunung Rinjani: 3,726 m
- Gunung Semeru: 3,676 m
- Bulu Rantekombola: 3,455 m
- Gunung Ciremay: 3,078 m
- Fuyul Sojol: 3,030 m
- Gunung Binaiya: 3,027 m
Mountain ranges: New Guinea Highlands, Barisan Mountains and Maoke Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Malay Archipelago, Melanesia, Greater Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, Aru Islands, Batu Islands, Datu Peninsula, Riau Archipelago, Sangihe Islands, Talaud Islands and Tanimbar Islands.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 65.2%, wooded savanna 17.9%, farmland with natural plants 4%, savanna 3.9%, farmland 2.7%, wetland 2.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 43%, mountains 33.6%, hills 22.3%, high mountains 1%.
Forests covered 50.7% of its land in 2024, down from 64.2% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #1 in nickel among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #2 in tin among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #2 in cobalt among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #3 in coal among the countries EIA lists (2024)
- World #6 in bauxite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in zircon among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in copper among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Indonesia shares land borders with Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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