East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Indonesia
One in every 30 babies in the world is born here: about 4,503,538 a year, 8.6 a minute.
- Population
- 285,721,236
- Births a year
- 4,503,538
- Life expectancy
- 71.3
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 17.7
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
73.4
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
69.2
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
15.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
17.7
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
140
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.4
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
31
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.07
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
11.3
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
0.3
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.12
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
16
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
94
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
97
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
45
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
3.7
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$15,091
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
34
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
3.7
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
3.2
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
27
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
54
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
31
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
59
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
89
World: 91
Internet users (%)
73
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.62
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.02
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 46.9 → 2026: 70.9 → 2050: 75
World
1960: 225 → 2026: 16 → 2050: 5
World
1960: 5.5 → 2026: 2.1 → 2050: 1.9
World
1960: 15 → 2026: 60 → 2050: 79
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Indonesia comes up about once in every 30 lives.
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Other countries in East Asia & Pacific
All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.