Overseas Indonesians

Overseas Indonesians
Orang Indonesia Perantauan
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Map of the Indonesian diaspora around the world
Total population
Total: 6-9 million[Note 1]
2023 estimate[1][2][3]
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia c. 280 million[4]
 Malaysia
[Note 2][10][11]
 Netherlands
 Saudi Arabia
 Singapore
 South Africa300,000 (assimilate into the local Cape Malays)[22][23]
 Taiwan300,000 (2020)[24]
 Hong Kong200,000 (2019)[25]
 United States145,031 (2022)[26][27][28]
 Japan122,028 (2023)[29]
 United Arab Emirates111,987 (2019)[30]
 Australiac. 87,000–92,400 (2021)
(Indonesian-born)[31][32]
 Suriname
 Cambodia100,000 (2024)[35]
 Brunei80,000 (2018)[36]
(excluding Indonesian ancestry)
 Jordan46,586 (2019)[30]
 Philippines43,871[37][38]
 South Korea42,000 (2019)[39]
 Sri Lanka40,148 (2014) (assimilate into the local Sri Lankan Malays)
 China38,000 (2020)[40]
(only Indonesian legal workers)
 Qatar37,669 (2019)[30]
 Bahrain33,000[41]
 Kuwait28,954 (2020)[30]
 Germany24,000 (2021)[42]
 Canada21,390 (2016)[43]
 Syria12,904 (2019)[30]
 United Kingdom11,000[41]
 Brazil7,310 (2022)[44]
 New Zealand7,000[41]
 France6,000[41]
 New Caledonia4,300
 Sweden3,000-5,000 (See: Overseas Acehnese)[41]
 Italy4,000[41]
 French Guiana3,000
 Turkey2,400 (2020)[45]
 Norway2,000[41]
Languages
Indonesian, Regional Languages of Indonesia, English, Dutch, Chinese, Arabic, Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Tagalog, Korean, Papiamento, Cantonese, Taiwanese
Religion
Islam · Christianity · Hinduism · Buddhism · Confucianism · Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Native Indonesians, Dutch Indonesians, Arab Indonesians, Chinese Indonesians

Overseas Indonesians (Indonesian: Orang Indonesia Perantauan) are Indonesians who live outside of Indonesia. These include citizens that have migrated to another country as well as people born abroad of Indonesian descent. According to Ministry of Law and Human Rights, more than 6-9 million Indonesians diaspora live abroad in 2023.[Note 4]


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