Indonesia
Indonesia (officially Republic of Indonesia) is a country in South-Eastern Asia, with its capital at Jakarta, and is home to roughly 283.5M people.
Indonesian is the official language; the currency in circulation is Indonesian rupiah (Rp); people from here are called Indonesian.
- »Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world, with over 17,000 islands.
- »It sits on the Ring of Fire and has more active volcanoes than any other country.
- »Over 700 living languages are spoken across the islands.
Indonesia is an archipelago, and that is the whole story of its silhouette: five landmasses are big enough to see at map scale, the largest holding only 28% of the territory, and 133 separate pieces in all.
It straddles the equator.
Indonesia touches three neighbours: Malaysia to the north, Papua New Guinea to the east and Timor-Leste to the southeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Jakarta is sinking by up to 25 cm a year in places as groundwater is pumped out, which is why Indonesia is building a new capital, Nusantara, on Borneo.
1,869,295 km² (721,739 sq mi), 14th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Sudan.
Population 283,487,931, 4th of 198 on file. That averages 152 per km² (393 per sq mi).
Red over white, sacred colours in Javanese tradition, red for the body and white for the soul. It is identical to Monaco's but for its proportions, and predates it in local use by centuries.
Close enough to Monaco's flag to cost you a guess.
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