The last official census recording the population of Indonesia took place in 2010 and it showed that there were 237,424,363 people living on its 17,508 Islands. This equated to a population density of 123.76 people per square kilometer (323.05 per square mile). Around 58% of Indonesia’s population live on the Island of Java and the statistics involved here make it the most populous island in the whole world.
In recent years, the country has embarked on a program of family planning awareness but that has done little to slow down a considerable population growth which is expected to reach around 254 million by 2020 and a staggering 288 million by 2050. The population of Indonesia in 2014 is already estimated at 253 million with no signs of slowing, and this represents a very sizable increase from the official 2010 figures.