Location: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Population: 234,693,997 (July 2007 est.)
Religions: Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)
Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
National holiday: Independence Day, 17 August (1945)
Currency (code): Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
Exchange rates: Indonesian rupiah per US dollar - 9,056 (2007 est.), 9,159.3 (2006), 9,704.7 (2005), 8,938.9 (2004), 8,577.1 (2003)
