Indonesia
Urban population in Indonesia
Urban population in Indonesia: 12.3% in 1950 and 59.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 59.4%
- Since 1950
- +47.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 137 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 79.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 79.4% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Indonesia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.4 |
| 2024 | 58.8 |
| 2023 | 58.1 |
| 2022 | 57.5 |
| 2021 | 56.9 |
| 2020 | 56.3 |
| 2019 | 55.7 |
| 2018 | 55.1 |
| 2017 | 54.5 |
| 2016 | 53.8 |
| 2015 | 53.2 |
| 2014 | 52.5 |
| 2013 | 51.8 |
| 2012 | 51.2 |
| 2011 | 50.5 |
| 2010 | 49.9 |
| 2009 | 49.2 |
| 2008 | 48.5 |
| 2007 | 47.7 |
| 2006 | 47 |
| 2005 | 46.2 |
| 2004 | 45.5 |
| 2003 | 44.6 |
| 2002 | 43.8 |
| 2001 | 42.9 |
| 2000 | 42 |
| 1999 | 41 |
| 1998 | 39.9 |
| 1997 | 38.8 |
| 1996 | 37.5 |
| 1995 | 36.3 |
| 1994 | 35.1 |
| 1993 | 33.9 |
| 1992 | 32.7 |
| 1991 | 31.6 |
| 1990 | 30.6 |
| 1989 | 29.6 |
| 1988 | 28.7 |
| 1987 | 27.8 |
| 1986 | 26.9 |
| 1985 | 26 |
| 1984 | 25.2 |
| 1983 | 24.3 |
| 1982 | 23.6 |
| 1981 | 22.8 |
| 1980 | 22.2 |
| 1979 | 21.5 |
| 1978 | 20.8 |
| 1977 | 20.1 |
| 1976 | 19.5 |
| 1975 | 18.9 |
| 1974 | 18.4 |
| 1973 | 17.9 |
| 1972 | 17.5 |
| 1971 | 17.1 |
| 1970 | 16.8 |
| 1969 | 16.5 |
| 1968 | 16.3 |
| 1967 | 16.1 |
| 1966 | 15.9 |
| 1965 | 15.7 |
| 1964 | 15.5 |
| 1963 | 15.3 |
| 1962 | 15.1 |
| 1961 | 14.8 |
| 1960 | 14.6 |
| 1959 | 14.4 |
| 1958 | 14.2 |
| 1957 | 14 |
| 1956 | 13.8 |
| 1955 | 13.5 |
| 1954 | 13.3 |
| 1953 | 13.1 |
| 1952 | 12.8 |
| 1951 | 12.6 |
| 1950 | 12.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Indonesia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 |
| 2027 | 60.7 |
| 2028 | 61.4 |
| 2029 | 62.1 |
| 2030 | 62.8 |
| 2031 | 63.5 |
| 2032 | 64.2 |
| 2033 | 64.9 |
| 2034 | 65.6 |
| 2035 | 66.4 |
| 2036 | 67.1 |
| 2037 | 67.9 |
| 2038 | 68.7 |
| 2039 | 69.5 |
| 2040 | 70.3 |
| 2041 | 71.2 |
| 2042 | 72 |
| 2043 | 72.9 |
| 2044 | 73.8 |
| 2045 | 74.6 |
| 2046 | 75.6 |
| 2047 | 76.5 |
| 2048 | 77.4 |
| 2049 | 78.4 |
| 2050 | 79.4 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$53 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel676,000 people in 2020
- National power2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports17 million TIV in 2021