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Indonesia

(All numbers July 2001 estimation)

Population: 228.5 million - age structure: 0-14 years: 30%; 15-64 years: 65%; 65 years and over: 4.63% - growth rate: 1.6%; Birth rate: 22.26 births/1,000 population; Death rate: 6.3 deaths/1,000 population; Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population;

Infant mortality rate: 41 deaths/1,000 live births - Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68 years - Total fertility rate: 2.58 children born/woman

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.05% (1999 est.) - people living with: 52,000 (1999 est.) - deaths: 3,100 (1999 est.)

Ethnic groups: 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%

Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese
Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write) total population: 84%

GDP: purchasing power parity - $654 billion (2000 est.) - composition by sector: agriculture: 21% industry: 35% services: 44% (1999 est.) - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2000 est.)
GDP Population below poverty line: 20% (1998)

Labor force: 99 million - by occupation: agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39% (1999 est.); Unemployment rate: 15%-20% (1998 est.)

Industries: petroleum and natural gas; textiles, apparel, and footwear; mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood; rubber; food; tourism - production growth rate: 7.5% (2000 est.)

Electricity - production: 78.6 billion kWh - by source: fossil fuel: 80.36% hydro: 14.63% nuclear: 0% other: 5.01%; - consumption: 73 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products: rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs -

Exports: $64.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.) - commodities: oil and gas, plywood, textiles, rubber - partners: Japan 21%, US 14%, Singapore 10%, South Korea 7%, Netherlands 3%, Australia 3%, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan (1999 est.)

Imports: $40.4 billion - commodities: machinery and equipment; chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs - partners: Japan 12%, US 12%, Singapore 10%, Germany 6%, Australia 6%, South Korea 6%, Taiwan, China (1999 est.)

Debt - external: $144 billion (2000 est.); Economic aid - recipient: $43 billion from IMF program and other official external financing (1997-2000)
Currency: Indonesian rupiah (IDR) - Exchange rates: Indonesian rupiahs per US dollar - 10,000 (January 2001), 8,421.8 (2000), 7,855.2 (1999), 10,013.6 (1998), 2,909.4 (1997), 2,342.3 (1996)






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