Jakarta - Demography

Demography

Year	Population
1870	65,000
1875	99,100
1880	102,900
1883	97,000
1886	100,500
1890	105,100
1895	114,600
1901	115,900
1905	138,600
1918	234,700

Year	Population
1920	253,800
1925	290,400
1928	311,000
1930	435,184
1940	533,000
1945	600,000
1950	1,733,600
1959	2,814,000
1961	2,906,533
1971	4,546,492

Year/Date	Population
31 October 1980	6,503,449
31 October 1990	8,259,639
30 June 2000	8,384,853
1 January 2005	8,540,306
1 January 2006	7,512,323
June 2007	7,552,444
2010	9,588,198

The 2010 census counted some 9.58 million people, well above all government estimates. The area of DKI Jakarta is 662.33 km2, suggesting a population density of 14,464 people/km2 as the ninth largest urban population density in the world. Inwards immigration tended to negate the effect of family planning programs. The population has risen from 1.2 million in 1960 to 8.8 million in 2004, counting only its legal residents.

The population of Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek Region) is 28,019,545. However, even these definitions of Greater Jakarta are proving to be outdated for Indonesian President Yudhoyono, who is considering expanding the definition to include areas such as Purwakarta and Sukabumi, along with a possible relocation of government functions to areas without severe congestion, thereby improving coordination of government agencies in the capital region. With such a definition, the population easily surpasses 30 million based on 2010 Census figures.