Population: 193,560,494 (July 1991), growth rate 1.8% (1991)

Birth rate: 26 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 73 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 59 years male, 63 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 3.0 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Indonesian(s); adjective--Indonesian

Ethnic divisions: majority of Malay stock comprising Javanese 45.0%, Sundanese 14.0%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26.0%

Religion: Muslim 87%, Protestant 6%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1985)

Language: Bahasa Indonesia (modified form of Malay; official); English and Dutch leading foreign languages; local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese

Literacy: 77% (male 84%, female 68%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: 67,000,000; agriculture 55%, manufacturing 10%, construction 4%, transport and communications 3% (1985 est.)

Organized labor: 3,000,000 members (claimed); about 5% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Indian Ocean on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Indian Ocean People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Indian Ocean People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.