Bogor Regency Had the Largest Population Nationally in 2022

Bogor Regency is the region with the highest population nationally.

The Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs recorded Bogor Regency's population at 5.39 million as of June 2022. This figure is the highest in West Java Province and also in Indonesia.

With an area of 2,986 square kilometers, the population density of this West Java regency reaches 1,800 people per square kilometer.

The next regencies/cities with the highest populations are Bandung Regency, with 3.66 million people; followed by East Jakarta (Administrative City) with 3.27 million; Tangerang Regency with 3.22 million; and Bekasi Regency with 3.08 million.

Following these are Surabaya City with 2.97 million inhabitants; Sukabumi Regency with 2.77 million; Garut Regency with 2.67 million; and Malang Regency and West Jakarta (Administrative City) with 2.65 million and 2.59 million respectively.

Indonesia's land area reaches 1.89 million square kilometers, administratively divided into 38 provinces as of the end of 2022. The Nusantara archipelago is divided into 416 regencies and 98 cities. These are further divided into 7,281 subdistricts and 83,794 villages/urban villages.