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Capital: Jakarta

Area: 1,919,440 sq km; slightly less than three times the size of Texas

Mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains

Tropical climate; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Population: 224,784,210 (July 2000 estimate) -- world's fourth largest

By religion: Muslim 88 percent, Protestant 5 percent, Roman Catholic 3 percent, Hindu 2 percent, Buddhist 1 percent

By ethnicity: Javanese 45 percent, Sundanese 14 percent, Madurese 7.5 percent, coastal Malays 7.5 percent, other 26 percent

GDP per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,800 (1999 est.)

Labor force: agriculture 45 percent, trade, restaurant, and hotel 19 percent, manufacturing 11 percent, transport and communications 5 percent, construction 4 percent (as of 1998)

Archipelago of 17,000 islands -- 6,000 inhabited