17 August 1945 (declared) note: recognized by the Netherlands on 27 December 1949; in August 2005, the Netherlands announced it recognized de facto Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages
Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Exports
oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
External Debt
$187,100,000,000 $
$61,070,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Indonesian rupiah (IDR) per US dollar - 9,558.1 (2008 est.), 9,056 (2007 est.), 9,159.3 (2006), 9,704.7 (2005), 8,938.9 (2004)
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.900%
1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
5
Location
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area
1,904,569 km sq
56,594 km sq
Coastline
54,716 km
5,835 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
