According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Bandung City's population reached 2.5 million in 2018. This comprised 1.26 million males and 1.24 million females.
The population of the non-productive age group (0-14 years) reached 562,000. Meanwhile, the productive age group (15-64 years) numbered 1.81 million, and the non-productive age group (65+ years) reached 132,000. This indicates that Bandung City is in a demographic bonus period because the number of people in the productive age group is greater than the combined number of those in the non-productive age groups (694,000).
As shown in the graph, the 20-24 age group is the largest, reaching 258,000. Meanwhile, the young age group (15-34 years) reached 912,000, or approximately 36% of the total population of the capital city of West Java Province.
(Read databoks: West Java, the Province with the Largest Population)