The 2020 Indonesian census was the 7th census in Indonesia. It was held in September 2020 by Statistics Indonesia. The resident Indonesia population was projected to be 269.6 million, a 13.4% increase from the 2010 census.

Introduction As required by the Indonesian Constitution and recommendation of United Nations, Indonesian census has been conducted since 1961, and from 1980, the census has been held every 10 years, when the year ends in "0". The 2020 census was the 7th census in Indonesia.

Technology It is planned that the 7th census will be carried out using digital equipment, no longer relying on paper. Head of BPS, Kecuk Suhariyanto said that the digital equipment in question included smartphone and web applications. The hope is that the equipment will help field enumerators who collect data, also make it easier for citizens who want to enter their own data.

In addition to smartphone applications, it is also developing web applications. The difference is, this application is intended directly to residents, so they can fill their own data without going through a field enumerator.

Projection The Statistics Indonesia in 2018 has released the official projection of Indonesia's population 2015–2045,Proyeksi Penduduk 2015-2045 which are based on previous census in 2010 and the 2015 Indonesian population survey between censuses (SUPAS). The projection was calculated using component method and also take into consideration births, deaths, and net migration.

In 2020, the population of Indonesia is projected to be 269,603,400 and the dependency ratio will be reach on 45.40, the lowest dependency ratio in Indonesian history.

Result Total population On 21 January 2021, Statistics Indonesia released the result of the 2020 census. It found the total population of Indonesia to be 270,203,917 people, compared to the population in the year 2010 of 237,641,326 people. This is an increase of 32,562,591 people (13.70% in 10 years or an average of 1.25% per year).

Sex ratio As the result of 2020 census, there are 136,661,899 males and 133,542,018 females in Indonesia. It found the sex ratio for Indonesia is 102.34, which means that for every 100 females, there are 102-103 males. The largest sex ratio is in Papua with 114 males for every 100 females, and the smallest sex ratio is in Yogyakarta, with 98 males for every 100 females.

Age Structure 0–14 years = 23.33%

15–64 years = 70.72%

65+ years = 5.95%

Population distribution + Population by regions Islands Percentage of population (2010 census) Percentage of population (2020 census) Sumatra 21.31 21.68 Java 57.49 56.10 Kalimantan 5.80 6.15 Sulawesi 7.31 7.36 Lesser Sunda Islands 5.50 5.54 Maluku and Papua 2.60 3.17

+ Population by province Province 2010 census 2020 census Change Aceh 4,494,410 5,274,871 780,461 North Sumatra 12,982,204 14,799,361 1,817,157 West Sumatra 4,846,909 5,534,472 687,563 Riau 5,538,367 6,394,087 855,720 Jambi 3,092,265 3,548,228 455,963 South Sumatra 7,450,394 8,467,432 1,017,038 Bengkulu 1,715,518 2,010,670 295,152 Lampung 7,608,405 9,007,848 1,399,443 Bangka Belitung 1,223,296 1,455,678 232,382 Riau Islands 1,679,163 2,064,564 385,401 Jakarta 9,607,787 10,562,088 954,301 West Java 43,053,732 48,274,162 5,220,430 Central Java 32,382,657 36,516,035 4,133,378 Special Region of Yogyakarta 3,457,491 3,668,719 211,228 East Java 37,476,757 40,665,696 3,188,939 Banten 10,632,166 11,904,562 1,272,396 Bali 3,890,757 4,317,404 426,647 West Nusa Tenggara 4,500,212 5,320,092 819,880 East Nusa Tenggara 4,683,827 5,325,566 641,739 West Kalimantan 4,395,983 5,414,390 1,018,407 Central Kalimantan 2,212,089 2,669,969 457,880 South Kalimantan 3,626,616 4,073,584 446,968 East Kalimantan 3,553,143 3,766,039 212,896 North Kalimantan Previously part of East Kalimantan (split-off in 2012) 701,814 North Sulawesi 2,270,596 2,621,923 351,327 Central Sulawesi 2,635,009 2,985,734 350,725 South Sulawesi 8,034,776 9,073,509 1,038,733 Southeast Sulawesi 2,232,586 2,624,875 392,289 Gorontalo 1,040,164 1,171,681 131,517 West Sulawesi 1,158,651 1,419,229 260,578 Maluku 1,533,506 1,848,923 315,417 North Maluku 1,038,087 1,282,937 244,850 West Papua 760,422 1,134,068 373,646 Papua 2,833,381 4,303,707 1,470,326 Indonesia 237,641,326 270,203,917 32,562,561

Impact of COVID-19

Indonesia prepared to extend the online time for self-enumeration, and cancel all field data collection. They relied on administrative data and had requested additional UNFPA technical support for using administrative data for census.

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