Indonesians

Indonesians
Orang Indonesia
Total population
	Indonesia; c. 280.7 million ; 2023 civil registration estimate; c. 270 million; Indonesia 2020 census; c. 237 million; Indonesia 2010 census
Malaysia	c. 8,000,000–10,000,000 (assimilate into the local Malaysian Malays, more than half of Malays in Malaysia have ancestry from various ethnic groups in Indonesia) (See: Indonesian Malaysians); c. 3,500,000–5,300,000 (Indonesian citizens);
Netherlands	c. 1,700,000 (2021); (Indonesian ancestry) (See: Indo people); 362,685 (2022); (Indonesian-born/citizens);
Saudi Arabia	c. 1,500,000 (2019) (Indonesian ancestry) (See: Indonesians in Saudi Arabia); 857,613 (2024) (Indonesian citizens);
Singapore	c. 500,000 (assimilate into the local Singaporean Malays. 60% of the Malay population are as of Javanese descent); c. 250,000 (2022) (Indonesian citizens); c. 500–600 (2003) (Sundanese Singaporeans);
South Africa	300,000 (assimilate into the local Cape Malays)
Taiwan	300,000 (2020)
Japan	230,689 (2025)
Hong Kong	200,000 (2019)
United States	145,031 (2022)
United Arab Emirates	111,987 (2019)
Australia	c. 87,000–92,400 (2021); (Indonesian-born)
Suriname	102,000 (2019); (including Javanese diaspora); 673 (2021); (Indonesian citizens);
Cambodia	100,000 (2024)
Brunei	80,000 (2018); (excluding Indonesian ancestry)
Jordan	46,586 (2019)
Philippines	43,871
South Korea	42,000 (2019)
Sri Lanka	40,148 (2014) (assimilate into the local Sri Lankan Malays)
China	38,000 (2020); (only Indonesian legal workers)
Qatar	37,669 (2019)
Bahrain	33,000
Kuwait	28,954 (2020)
Germany	24,000 (2021)
Canada	21,390 (2016)
Turkey	16,089 (2024)
Syria	12,904 (2019)
United Kingdom	11,000
Brazil	7,691 (2024)
New Zealand	7,000
France	6,000
New Caledonia	4,300
Sweden	3,000–5,000 (See: Overseas Acehnese)
Italy	4,000
French Guiana	3,000
Norway	2,000
Languages
	Indonesian; Javanese • Sundanese • Madurese • Minangkabau • Buginese • Bataknese • Bantenese • Banjarese • Balinese • Acehnese • Philippine languages • Papuan languages • other languages
Religion
	Majority; Islam 80% ; Minorities; Christianity 10.49% (Protestantism 7.43% and Roman Catholicism 3.06%) · Hinduism 1.69% · Buddhism 0.73% · Confucianism 0.03% · Animism · Shamanism · Aliran Kepercayaan · Irreligious 0.04% (2022)
Related ethnic groups
	Filipinos • Malaysians • East Timorese • Papua New Guineans

Indonesians (Indonesian: Orang Indonesia) are citizens or people who are identified with the country of Indonesia, regardless of their ethnic or religious background. There are more than 1,300 ethnicities in Indonesia, making it a multicultural archipelagic country with a diversity of languages, culture and religious beliefs. The population of Indonesia according to the 2020 national census was 270.2 million. 56% live on the island of Java, the world's most populous island. Around 95% of Indonesians are Native Indonesians (formerly grouped as "Pribumi"), primarily of Austronesian and Melanesian descent, with 40% Javanese and 15% Sundanese forming the majority, while the other 5% are Indonesians with ancestry from foreign origin, such as Arab Indonesians, Chinese Indonesians, Indian Indonesians, and Indos.