Indonesian diaspora

Indonesian diaspora
Orang Indonesia Perantauan
Map of the Indonesian diaspora around the world
Total population
Total: 6–9 million
2023 estimate
 Malaysia
Netherlands
  • c. 1,700,000 (2021)
    (by ancestry)
  • 349,301 (2022)
    (by migration background)
  • 106,128 (2022)
    (Indonesian-born)
  • 14,673 (2024)
    (by citizenship)
Saudi Arabia
 Singapore
  • c. 500,000
  • c. 250,000 (2022) (by citizenship)
  • c. 500–600 (2003)
    (Sundanese Singaporeans)
South Africa300,000 (by ancestry)
Taiwan300,000 (2020)
 Bangladesh60,000(2024)(Indonesian emigrants in Bangladesh)
 Hong Kong200,000 (2019)
Japan157,000 (2024)
United States145,031 (2022)
Australia120,160 (2024)
United Arab Emirates111,987 (2019)
Suriname
  • 102,000 (2019)
  • 673 (2021)
    (Indonesian citizens)
Cambodia166,795 (2025)
Brunei80,000 (2018)
(excluding Indonesian ancestry)
Oman75,000 (2020)
Jordan46,586 (2019)
 Philippines43,871
South Korea42,000 (2019)
Sri Lanka40,148 (2014) (assimilate into the local Sri Lankan Malays)
China38,000 (2020)
(only Indonesian legal workers)
Qatar37,669 (2019)
Bahrain33,000
Kuwait28,954 (2020)
Germany24,000 (2021)
Canada21,390 (2016)
Papua New Guinea14,000 (2020)
Libya14,000 (2020)
Syria12,904 (2019)
United Kingdom11,000
Vietnam8,000 (2020)
Brazil7,310 (2022)
New Zealand7,000
France25,000–30,000 (2021)
New Caledonia4,300
Sweden3,000–5,000 (See: Overseas Acehnese)
Italy4,000
 Switzerland4,000 (2020)
Belgium4,000 (2020)
Timor Leste4,000 (2020)
French Guiana3,000
Spain3,000 (2020)
Egypt3,000 (2020)
Turkey2,400 (2020)
Norway2,000
Lebanon2,000 (2020)
Austria1,000 (2020)
Hungary1,000 (2020)
Thailand1,000 (2020)
Languages
Indonesian, Regional Languages of Indonesia, English, Dutch, Chinese, Arabic, Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Tagalog, Korean, Papiamento, Cantonese, Taiwanese
Religion
Islam · Christianity · Hinduism · Buddhism · Confucianism · Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Native Indonesians, Dutch Indonesians, Arab Indonesians, Chinese Indonesians

Indonesian diaspora (Indonesian: Orang Indonesia Perantauan) are Indonesians who live outside of Indonesia. These include citizens that have migrated to another country as well as people born abroad of Indonesian descent. According to Ministry of Law and Human Rights, more than 6–9 million Indonesians diaspora live abroad in 2023.