Market environment of indonesia

Release by British Council
Indonesia is an archipelago country with 18,108 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited. It is located in Southern East Asia bordering Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines and East Timor.
Indonesia’s total area is 1.9 million square kilometres spanning 3.977 miles from East to West and consisting of 3 time zones. Currently, Indonesia has 33 provinces. The density varies greatly from island to island. The capital city is Jakarta which is one of the densest populated cities in the world with 12,957 inhabitants per sq km.
The total population in year 2005 is estimated at 225.3 million with an equal proportion of men and women. According to age structure, the population composition is:
• 29.1 percent of 0-14 years
• 65.7 percent of 15-64 years
• 5.2 percent of 65 years and over.
The current estimated population growth rate is 1.45 percent.
Indonesians are identified with an ethnic entity, often linked to a specific language, customs and traditions and regional origins. Islam is Indonesia’s main religion (almost 88 percent of all Indonesians), making Indonesia the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world.