This is a list of the most populous cities in Indonesia. It excludes urban-characterized settlements such as regency seats, which does not have city status. Indonesia has 93 cities classified as kota (city) and one provincial-level capital city. Population figures are taken from the 2020 census by Statistics Indonesia (BPS).[1]

Jakarta is the largest city and the only megacity in Indonesia, with a population of 10.70 million. As a primate city, Jakarta is nearly four times larger than the second largest city Surabaya. Jakarta's status is unique compared to other cities in Indonesia, since it is technically a province with a city management. It is subdividied into five administrative cities and an administrative regency, which are not self-governed (without municipal council nor government budget). All five of Jakarta's satellite cities also have passed one million mark in population, with the largest one being Bekasi.

The other largest cities by region include Medan (Sumatra, also the largest outside of Java), Samarinda (Kalimantan), Denpasar (Lesser Sunda Islands), Makassar (Sulawesi), Ambon (Maluku Islands), and Jayapura (Western New Guinea). Jayapura is also the fastest-growing city Indonesia, at 70% in a decade.

Most of the provinces' largest cities in Indonesia are also their capital cities. The exceptions are Bekasi (West Java), Tangerang (Banten), Batam (Riau Islands), Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan), Tarakan (North Kalimantan), and Ternate (North Maluku).

Cities by population

  • Bold: province's capital city
  • Italics: province's largest city
CityProvinceRegion2020
census

[2]
2010
census

[2]
ChangeNotes
JakartaSpecial Capital Region of JakartaJava10,373,088 7,007,787 +48.02%Including the non-autonomous administrative cities of West Jakarta, Central Jakarta, South Jakarta, East Jakarta, North Jakarta and the administrative regency of Kepulauan Seribu.
SurabayaEast JavaJava2,874,314 2,765,487 +3.94%
BekasiWest JavaJava2,543,676 2,334,871 +8.94%Satellite city of Jakarta
BandungWest JavaJava2,444,160 2,394,873 +2.06%
MedanNorth SumatraSumatra2,435,252 2,097,610 +16.10%Most populated city outside of Java
DepokWest JavaJava2,056,335 1,738,570 +18.28%Satellite city of Jakarta
TangerangBantenJava1,895,486 1,798,601 +5.39%Satellite city of Jakarta
PalembangSouth SumatraSumatra1,668,848 1,455,284 +14.68%
SemarangCentral JavaJava1,653,524 1,555,984 +6.27%
MakassarSouth SulawesiSulawesi1,423,877 1,338,663 +6.37%
South TangerangBantenJava1,354,350 1,290,322 +4.96%Satellite city of Jakarta
BatamRiau IslandsSumatra1,196,396 944,285 +26.70%
Bandar LampungLampungSumatra1,166,066 881,801 +32.24%
BogorWest JavaJava1,043,070 950,334 +9.76%Satellite city of Jakarta
PekanbaruRiauSumatra983,356 897,767 +9.53%
PadangWest SumatraSumatra909,040 833,562 +9.05%
MalangEast JavaJava843,810 820,243 +2.87%
SamarindaEast KalimantanKalimantan827,994 727,500 +13.81%
DenpasarBaliLesser Sunda Islands725,314 788,589 −8.02%
TasikmalayaWest JavaJava716,155 635,464 +12.70%
SerangBantenJava692,101 577,785 +19.79%
BalikpapanEast KalimantanKalimantan688,318 557,579 +23.45%
PontianakWest KalimantanKalimantan658,685 554,764 +18.73%
BanjarmasinSouth KalimantanKalimantan657,663 625,481 +5.15%
JambiJambiSumatra606,200 531,857 +13.98%
CimahiWest JavaJava568,400 541,177 +5.03%Satellite city of Bandung
SurakartaCentral JavaJava522,364 499,337 +4.61%
ManadoNorth SulawesiSulawesi451,916 410,481 +10.09%
KupangEast Nusa TenggaraLesser Sunda Islands442,758 336,239 +31.68%
CilegonBantenJava434,896 374,559 +16.11%
MataramWest Nusa TenggaraLesser Sunda Islands429,651 402,843 +6.65%
JayapuraPapuaWestern New Guinea398,478 256,705 +55.23%
BengkuluBengkuluSumatra373,591 308,544 +21.08%
YogyakartaSpecial Region of YogyakartaJava373,589 388,627 −3.87%
PaluCentral SulawesiSulawesi373,218 336,532 +10.90%
AmbonMalukuMaluku Islands347,288 331,254 +4.84%
SukabumiWest JavaJava346,325 298,681 +15.95%
KendariSoutheast SulawesiSulawesi345,107 289,966 +19.02%
CirebonWest JavaJava333,303 296,389 +12.45%
DumaiRiauSumatra316,782 253,803 +24.81%
PekalonganCentral JavaJava307,150 281,434 +9.14%
Palangka RayaCentral KalimantanKalimantan293,457 220,962 +32.81%
BinjaiNorth SumatraSumatra291,842 246,154 +18.56%Satellite city of Medan
KediriEast JavaJava286,796 268,507 +6.81%
SorongWest PapuaWestern New Guinea284,410 190,625 +49.20%
TegalCentral JavaJava273,825 239,599 +14.28%
PematangsiantarNorth SumatraSumatra268,254 234,698 +14.30%
BanjarbaruSouth KalimantanKalimantan253,442 199,627 +26.96%Satellite city of Banjarmasin
Banda AcehAcehSumatra252,899 223,446 +13.18%
TarakanNorth KalimantanKalimantan242,786 193,370 +25.56%
ProbolinggoEast JavaJava239,649 217,062 +10.41%
SingkawangWest KalimantanKalimantan235,064 186,462 +26.07%
LubuklinggauSouth SumatraSumatra234,166 201,308 +16.32%
TanjungpinangRiau IslandsSumatra227,663 187,359 +21.51%
BitungNorth SulawesiSulawesi225,134 187,652 +19.97%Satellite city of Manado
Padang SidempuanNorth SumatraSumatra225,105 191,531 +17.53%
PangkalpinangBangka Belitung IslandsSumatra218,569 174,758 +25.07%
BatuEast JavaJava213,046 190,184 +12.02%
PasuruanEast JavaJava208,006 186,262 +11.67%
TernateNorth MalukuMaluku Islands205,001 185,705 +10.39%
BanjarWest JavaJava200,973 175,157 +14.74%
GorontaloGorontaloSulawesi198,539 180,127 +10.22%
MadiunEast JavaJava195,175 170,964 +14.16%
PrabumulihSouth SumatraSumatra193,196 161,984 +19.27%
SalatigaCentral JavaJava192,322 170,332 +12.91%Satellite city of Semarang
LhokseumaweAcehSumatra188,713 171,163 +10.25%
LangsaAcehSumatra185,971 148,945 +24.86%
PalopoSouth SulawesiSulawesi184,681 147,932 +24.84%
BontangEast KalimantanKalimantan178,917 143,683 +24.52%
TanjungbalaiNorth SumatraSumatra176,027 154,445 +13.97%
Tebing TinggiNorth SumatraSumatra172,838 145,248 +19.00%
MetroLampungSumatra168,676 145,471 +15.95%
Bau-BauSoutheast SulawesiSulawesi159,248 136,991 +16.25%
BimaWest Nusa TenggaraLesser Sunda Islands155,140 142,579 +8.81%
ParepareSouth SulawesiSulawesi151,454 129,262 +17.17%
BlitarEast JavaJava149,149 131,968 +13.02%
Pagar AlamSouth SumatraSumatra143,844 126,181 +14.00%
PayakumbuhWest SumatraSumatra139,576 116,825 +19.47%
GunungsitoliNorth SumatraSumatra136,017 126,202 +7.78%
MojokertoEast JavaJava132,434 120,196 +10.18%Satellite city of Surabaya
KotamobaguNorth SulawesiSulawesi123,722 107,459 +15.13%
MagelangCentral JavaJava121,526 118,227 +2.79%
BukittinggiWest SumatraSumatra121,028 111,312 +8.73%
TidoreNorth MalukuMaluku Islands114,480 90,055 +27.12%
TomohonNorth SulawesiSulawesi100,587 91,553 +9.87%Satellite city of Manado
Sungai PenuhJambiSumatra96,610 82,293 +17.40%
PariamanWest SumatraSumatra94,224 79,043 +19.21%
SubulussalamAcehSumatra90,751 67,446 +34.55%
SibolgaNorth SumatraSumatra89,584 84,481 +6.04%
TualMalukuMaluku Islands88,280 58,082 +51.99%
SolokWest SumatraSumatra73,438 59,396 +23.64%
SawahluntoWest SumatraSumatra65,138 56,866 +14.55%
Padang PanjangWest SumatraSumatra56,311 47,008 +19.79%
SabangAcehSumatra41,197 30,653 +34.40%

See also

References

  1. "Sensus Penduduk 2010". Badan Pusat Statistik. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Indonesia: Administrative Division (Provinces, Regencies and Cities)". CityPopulation.de. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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