2024 BPS Data: 21.47% of Surabaya's Population is Still Children
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In 2024, the majority of Surabaya's population was of working age (15-59 years), totaling 2 million or 66.16% of the total population. Children (0-14 years) and the elderly (over 60 years) comprised 21.47% and 12.37%, respectively.
Surabaya's population was recorded at 3.02 million in 2024. This is an increase compared to 2023 and higher than in December 2021. Over the past five years, the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of the population in this region was 0.82%. This growth is higher than the previous five years, which recorded 0.36%.
Compared to other regencies/cities in East Java province, Surabaya has the highest population. Island-wide, it ranks sixth.
The following is the population by age in Surabaya in June 2024, sourced from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) publication:
* Age 0-4 years: 170,990 (5.67%)
* Age 5-9 years: 229,810 (7.62%)
* Age 10-14 years: 246,950 (8.18%)
* Age 15-19 years: 240,670 (7.98%)
* Age 20-24 years: 240,360 (7.97%)
* Age 25-29 years: 224,110 (7.43%)
* Age 30-34 years: 218,950 (7.26%)
* Age 35-39 years: 215,780 (7.15%)
* Age 40-44 years: 249,090 (8.26%)
* Age 45-49 years: 227,060 (7.52%)
* Age 50-54 years: 206,980 (6.86%)
* Age 55-59 years: 173,470 (5.75%)
* Age 60-64 years: 133,960 (4.44%)
* Age 65-69 years: 102,930 (3.41%)
* Age 70-74 years: 66,930 (2.22%)
* Age 75 years and over: 69,350 (2.3%)
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