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Physical Features.
Location: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean .
Geographic coordinates: 5 00 S, 120 00 E .
Map references: Southeast Asia .
Area: .
total: 1,919,440 sq km .
land: 1,826,440 sq km .
water: 93,000 sq km .
Area - comparative: slightly less than three times the size of Texas .
Land boundaries: .
total: 2,602 km .
border countries: Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km .
Coastline: 54,716 km .
Maritime claims: measured from claimed arch pelagic baselines .
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm .
territorial sea: 12 nm .
Climate: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands .
Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains .
Elevation extremes: .
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m .
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m .
Natural resources: petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver .
Land use: .
arable land: 10% .
permanent crops: 7% .
permanent pastures: 7% .
forests and woodland: 62% .
other: 14% (1993 est.) .
Irrigated land: 45,970 sq km (1993 est.) .
Natural hazards: occasional floods, severe droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes .
Environment - current issues: deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires .
Geography - note: archipelago of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles Equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean .
The People.
Population: 224,784,210 (July 2000 est.) .
Age structure: .
0-14 years: 30.57% (male 34,932,102; female 33,783,603) .
15-64 years: 64.96% (male 72,889,994; female 73,124,821) .
65 years and over: 4.47% (male 4,413,268; female 5,640,422) (2000 est.) .
Population growth rate: 1.63% (2000 est.) .
Birth rate: 22.6 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) .
Death rate: 6.31 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) .
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.
