Based on the 2013 projection by the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Indonesia's population in 2018 reached 265 million. This comprised 133.17 million males and 131.88 million females.
According to age group, the population still classified as children (0-14 years) reached 70.49 million, or approximately 26.6% of the total population. The population in the productive age category (14-64 years) was 179.13 million (67.6%), and the elderly population aged 65 and above numbered 85.89 million (5.8%).
From this projection, the number of births this year reached 4.81 million, while the number of deaths was 1.72 million. The dependency ratio (productive age versus non-productive age) was 47.9%, lower than the previous year's 48.1% and also down from 50.5% in 2010.
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