List of Indonesian cities by population


Below is a list of Indonesia's cities with their rank and population. All figures are estimates for 2014. Population in 2010 is official data from 2010 Census released by Central Statistic Agency.

Cities proper by population

The Indonesian law defined city as a second-level administrative subdivision of the country, similar to regency. The difference between a regency and a city lies in demography, size, and economy. Generally, a city has non-agricultural economic activities, while a regency comprises a rural area larger than a city. A city is headed by a mayor. An administrative city is a city without its own local legislatures. The mayor of an administrative city is directly appointed by the Governor. This type of city in Indonesia is only found in Jakarta which consisted of 5 administrative cities and 1 administrative regency.
RankCitiesProvince2010 census
BPS
2015 data
Kemendagri
1East JakartaSpecial Capital Region of Jakarta2,693,8962,852,887
2SurabayaEast Java2,765,4872,805,906
3BandungWest Java2,097,6102,465,469
4BekasiWest Java2,334,8712,381,053
5MedanNorth Sumatra2,394,8732,339,463
6West JakartaSpecial Capital Region of Jakarta2,281,9452,234,397
7South JakartaSpecial Capital Region of Jakarta2,062,2322,113,411
8SemarangCentral Java1,338,6631,651,146
9North JakartaSpecial Capital Region of Jakarta1,645,6591,647,853
10DepokWest Java1,738,5701,631,951
11MakassarSouth Sulawesi1,555,9841,621,384
12TangerangBanten1,798,6011,566,190
13PalembangSouth Sumatra1,455,2841,548,064
14South TangerangBanten1,290,3221,219,245
15Bandar LampungLampung881,8011,166,761
16Central JakartaSpecial Capital Region of Jakarta902,9731,114,581
17BatamKepulauan Riau944,2851,029,808
18BogorWest Java950,334982,469
19PadangWest Sumatra833,562872,271
20PekanbaruRiau897,767855,221
21MalangEast Java820,243808,945
22SamarindaEast Kalimantan727,500752,845
23TasikmalayaWest Java635,464678,027
24PontianakWest Kalimantan554,764651,139
25BanjarmasinSouth Kalimantan625,481635,688
26DenpasarBali788,589632,016
27SerangBanten577,785613,356
28JambiJambi531,857602,187
29BalikpapanEast Kalimantan557,579597,625
30SurakartaCentral Java499,337552,118
31CimahiWest Java541,177513,176
32ManadoNorth Sulawesi394,683461,636
33KupangEast Nusa Tenggara336,239433,970
34JayapuraPapua233,859413,283
35MataramWest Nusa Tenggara402,843408,900
36YogyakartaSpecial Region of Yogyakarta388,627407,617
37CilegonBanten374,559387,543
38AmbonMaluku305,984372,249
39BengkuluBengkulu308,544360,495
40PaluCentral Sulawesi310,168359,350
41KendariSoutheast Sulawesi289,966331,013
42SukabumiWest Java298,681320,970
43CirebonWest Java296,389316,126
44PekalonganCentral Java281,434298,386
45KediriEast Java268,507280,780
46PematangsiantarNorth Sumatra62,916278,055
47TegalCentral Java239,599275,789
48SorongWest Papua118,017272,349
49BinjaiNorth Sumatra246,154269,053
50DumaiRiau253,803264,084
51Palangka RayaCentral Kalimantan220,962249,429
52Banda AcehAceh223,446235,305
53SingkawangWest Kalimantan186,462230,216
54ProbolinggoEast Java217,062225,655
55Padang SidempuanNorth Sumatra191,531225,544
56BitungNorth Sulawesi155,385218,520
57BanjarbaruSouth Kalimantan199,627216,600
58TernateNorth Maluku158,418213,274
59LubuklinggauSouth Sumatra201,308208,225
60PasuruanEast Java186,262204,275
61Tanjung PinangKepulauan Riau187,359203,008
62Pangkal PinangBangka Belitung174,758202,959
63MadiunEast Java170,964201,906
64TarakanNorth Kalimantan193,370198,133
65BatuEast Java190,184196,456
66GorontaloGorontalo173,951191,897
67BanjarWest Java175,157188,486
68LhokseumaweAceh171,163188,221
69PrabumulihSouth Sumatra161,984188,082
70PalopoSouth Sulawesi116,152180,130
71LangsaAceh148,945178,334
72SalatigaCentral Java170,332175,288
73ParepareSouth Sulawesi125,207175,040
74Tebing TinggiNorth Sumatra145,248169,786
75TanjungbalaiNorth Sumatra154,445165,763
76MetroLampung145,471161,799
77BontangEast Kalimantan143,683161,356
78BaubauSoutheast Sulawesi106,638152,143
79BlitarEast Java131,968144,659
80GunungsitoliNorth Sumatra126,202137,104
81BimaWest Nusa Tenggara142,579136,492
82Pagar AlamSouth Sumatra126,181136,244
83MojokertoEast Java120,196133,274
84PayakumbuhWest Sumatra116,825125,608
85MagelangCentral Java118,227124,912
86KotamobaguNorth Sulawesi107,459120,597
87BukittinggiWest Sumatra111,312113,326
88TidoreNorth Maluku90,055103,171
89Sungai PenuhJambi82,293101,325
90TomohonNorth Sulawesi91,55396,411
91SibolgaNorth Sumatra84,48194,971
92PariamanWest Sumatra79,04385,485
93TualMaluku58,08282,955
94SubulussalamAceh67,44678,801
95SolokWest Sumatra59,39663,672
96SawahluntoWest Sumatra56,86661,427
97Padang PanjangWest Sumatra47,00850,317
98SabangAceh30,65338,077

Top ten largest urban centres

The followings are the largest core cities in Indonesia :
RankingCityRegionPopulationImage
1JakartaJakarta10,075,310
2SurabayaEast Java3,009,800
3BandungWest Java2,575,478
4MedanNorth Sumatera2,241,890
5SemarangCentral Java2,067,254
6PalembangSouth Sumatera1,455,284
7MakassarSouth Sulawesi1,337,800
8BatamRiau Islands1,290,890
9PekanbaruRiau1,104,112
10Bandar LampungLampung1,015,910

Built-up urban areas

The followings are the contiguous urban areas in Indonesia, with a population of over one million, according to Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study. Demographia defines an urban area as a continuously built up land mass of urban development that is within a labor market, without regard for administrative boundaries.
RankUrban areaArea
Estimated
population
1Jakarta3,54034,540,000
2Bandung4877,065,000
3Surabaya9116,499,000
4Medan4783,632,000
5Semarang2591,992,000
6Makassar1781,952,000
7Palembang2211,889,000
8Yogyakarta2301,568,000
9Malang2121,493,000
10Denpasar1771,389,000
11Batam2431,362,000
12Pekanbaru2391,118,000
13Surakarta4771,106,000
14Cirebon1051,017,000
15Bandar Lampung107978,000
16Samarinda102960,000
17Padang99796,000
18Banjarmasin65710,000
19Tasikmalaya62671,000
20Pontianak62660,000
21Balikpapan124645,000
22Jambi city78595,000
23Serang65585,000
24Cilegon122525,000