Indonesia's thirty-four provinces (including five with special status) are divided into 514 second-level administrative divisions (daerah tingkat II) - comprising 416 regencies (kabupaten in Indonesian) and 98 cities (kota) which are independent of the regencies in which they are geographically situated. As at the 2020 Census, these 514 second-level entitles are together sub-divided into 7,230 administrative districts (kecamatan). Since 2013, there has been a moratorium on the creation of additional provinces, regencies and independent cities, although proposals for new provinces and second-level divisions have been debated by the Indonesian parliament.
At the 2020 Census, the 416 regencies comprised twelve with populations of more than two million inhabitants each, fifty-one with populations of between one and two millions each, fifty-six with populations of between a half million and a million each, and 297 regencies with populations of under one half million each. Below is a list of Indonesia's 119 most populous regencies (those with more than 500,000 inhabitants at the 2020 CensusBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.) with the province in which they are located, and their populations at the 2010 and 2020 Censuses; they are ranked according to their 2020 population. Populations in 2010 and in 2020 are official data from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, as released by Badan Pusat Statistik or the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency.
Regencies by population Bold signifies the largest regency by population in one province.
+List of the largest regencies ranked by 2020 population Rank Regency Province 2010CensusBPS 2020CensusBPS 1 Bogor West Java 4,771,932 5,427,068 2 Bandung West Java 3,178,543 3,623,790 3 Tangerang Banten 2,834,376 3,245,619 4 Bekasi West Java 2,630,401 3,113,017 5 Sukabumi West Java 2,341,409 2,725,450 6 Malang East Java 2,446,218 2,654,448 7 Garut West Java 2,404,121 2,585,607 8 Jember East Java 2,332,726 2,536,729 9 Cianjur West Java 2,171,281 2,477,560 10 Karawang West Java 2,127,791 2,439,085 11 Cirebon West Java 2,067,196 2,270,621 12 Sidoarjo East Java 1,941,497 2,082,801 13 Brebes Central Java 1,733,869 1,978,759 14 Cilacap Central Java 1,642,107 1,944,857 15 Deli Serdang North Sumatra 1,790,431 1,931,441 16 Tasikmalaya West Java 1,675,675 1,865,203 17 Indramayu West Java 1,663,737 1,834,434 18 West Bandung West Java 1,510,284 1,788,336 19 Banyumas Central Java 1,554,527 1,776,918 20 Banyuwangi East Java 1,556,078 1,708,114 21 Kediri East Java 1,499,768 1,635,294 22 Pasuruan East Java 1,512,468 1,605,969 23 Tegal Central Java 1,394,839 1,596,996 24 Subang West Java 1,465,157 1,595,320 25 Pemalang Central Java 1,261,353 1,471,489 26 Central Lampung Lampung 1,170,717 1,460,045 27 Grobogan Central Java 1,308,696 1,453,526 28 Lebak Banten 1,204,095 1,386,793 29 Kebumen Central Java 1,159,926 1,350,438 30 Lamongan East Java 1,179,059 1,344,165 31 East Lombok West Nusa Tenggara 1,105,582 1,325,240 32 Pati Central Java 1,190,903 1,324,188 33 Jombang East Java 1,202,407 1,318,062 34 Gresik East Java 1,177,042 1,311,215 35 Majalengka West Java 1,166,473 1,305,476 36 Bojonegoro East Java 1,209,973 1,301,635 37 Magelang Central Java 1,181,723 1,299,859 38 Pandeglang Banten 1,149,610 1,272,687 39 Klaten Central Java 1,130,047 1,260,506 40 Ciamis West Java 1,148,656 1,229,069 41 Blitar East Java 1,116,639 1,223,745 42 Demak Central Java 1,055,579 1,203,956 43 Tuban East Java 1,118,464 1,198,012 44 Jepara Central Java 1,097,280 1,184,947 45 Kuningan West Java 1,035,589 1,167,686 46 Probolinggo East Java 1,096,244 1,152,537 47 Sumedang West Java 1,093,602 1,152,507 48 Sleman Yogyakarta 1,093,110 1,125,804 49 Sumenep East Java 1,042,312 1,124,436 50 Lumajang East Java 1,006,458 1,119,251 51 Mojokerto East Java 1,025,443 1,119,209 52 East Lampung Lampung 951,639 1,110,340 53 Nganjuk East Java 1,017,030 1,103,902 54 Tulungagung East Java 990,158 1,089,775 55 South Lampung Lampung 912,490 1,064,045 56 Boyolali Central Java 930,531 1,062,713 57 Bangkalan East Java 906,761 1,060,377 58 Semarang Central Java 930,727 1,053,094 59 Wonogiri Central Java 928,904 1,043,177 60 Central Lombok West Nusa Tenggara 860,209 1,034,859 61 Langkat North Sumatra 967,535 1,030,202 62 Kendal Central Java 900,313 1,018,505 63 Banjarnegara Central Java 868,913 1,017,767
+List of the largest regencies ranked by 2020 population Rank Regency Province 2010CensusBPS 2020CensusBPS 64 Purbalingga Central Java 848,952 998,561 65 Purwakarta West Java 920,639 997,869 66 Simalungun North Sumatra 817,720 990,246 67 Bantul Yogyakarta 911,503 985,770 68 Sragen Central Java 858,266 976,951 69 Sampang East Java 877,772 969,694 70 Pekalongan Central Java 838,621 968,821 71 Ponorogo East Java 855,281 949,318 72 Karanganyar Central Java 813,196 931,963 73 Sukoharjo Central Java 824,238 907,587 74 Blora Central Java 829,728 884,333 75 Wonosobo Central Java 754,883 879,124 76 Ngawi East Java 817,765 870,057 77 Pamekasan East Java 795,918 850,057 78 Kudus Central Java 777,437 849,184 79 Kampar Riau 688,204 841,332 80 Banyuasin South Sumatra 750,110 836,914 81 Bone South Sulawesi 717,682 801,775 82 Batang Central Java 706,764 801,718 83 Buleleng Bali 624,125 791,813 84 Temanggung Central Java 708,546 790,174 85 Bondowoso East Java 736,772 776,151 86 Asahan North Sumatra 668,272 769,960 87 Purworejo Central Java 695,427 769,880 88 Ogan Komering Ilir South Sumatra 727,376 769,348 89 Gowa South Sulawesi 652,941 765,836 90 Gunung Kidul Yogyakarta 675,382 747,161 91 Madiun East Java 662,278 744,350 92 Trenggalek East Java 674,411 731,125 93 Kutai Kartanegara East Kalimantan 626,680 729,382 94 West Lombok West Nusa Tenggara 599,986 721,481 95 Situbondo East Java 647,619 685,967 96 Magetan East Java 620,442 670,812 97 Serdang Bedagai North Sumatra 594,383 657,490 98 Indragiri Hilir Riau 661,779 654,909 99 East Ogan Komering Ulu South Sumatra 609,982 649,853 100 Rembang Central Java 591,359 645,333 101 Tanggamus Lampung 536,613 640,275 102 Rokan Hilir Riau 553,216 637,161 103 North Lampung Lampung 584,277 633,099 104 Sambas West Kalimantan 496,120 629,905 105 Musi Banyuasin South Sumatra 561,458 622,206 106 Muara Enim South Sumatra 551,202 612,900 107 Kubu Raya West Kalimantan 500,970 609,392 108 North Aceh Aceh 529,751 602,793 109 Pacitan East Java 540,881 586,110 110 Ketapang West Kalimantan 427,460 570,657 111 Banjar South Kalimantan 506,839 565,635 112 Bengkalis Riau 498,336 565,569 113 Rokan Hulu Riau 474,843 561,385 114 Badung Bali 543,332 548,191 115 Agam West Sumatra 454,853 529,138 116 Gianyar Bali 469,777 515,344 117 Bima West Nusa Tenggara 439,228 514,105 118 Sumbawa West Nusa Tenggara 415,789 509,753 119 Pesisir Selatan West Sumatra 429,246 504,418
Least Populated Regencies Rank Regency Province 2010CensusBPS 2020CensusBPS Mid-2024EstimateBPS 1 Supiori Papua 15,874 22,547 24,530 2 Tana Tidung North Kalimantan 15,202 25,584 27,470 3 Kepulauan Seribu Jakarta 21,082 27,749 28,809 4 Tambrauw Southwest Papua 6,144 28,379 31,354 5 Waropen Papua 24,639 33,943 35,810 6 South Manokwari West Papua 18,564 35,949 38,820 7 Mahakam Ulu East Kalimantan 25,946 32,513 39,319 8 Mamberamo Raya Papua 18,365 36,483 39,390 9 Konawe Islands Southeast Sulawesi 28,944 37,050 39,690 10 Arfak Mountains West Papua 23,877 38,207 41,470
Distribution
Population Number of regencies more than 2,000,000 15 1,000,000–1,999,999 54 700,000–999,999 26 500,000–699,999 27 400,000–499,999 41 300,000–399,999 47 200,000–299,999 71 100,000–199,999 90 less than 100,000 47 Total 416
See also List of Indonesian cities by population List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
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