YOUR POSITION:
Largest island country
- RECORD HOLDER
- INDONESIA
- WHAT
- 1,904,569 SQUARE KILOMETRES
- WHERE
- INDONESIA
- WHEN
Indonesia officially the Republic of Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 square miles), the 14th largest by land area and 7th in the combined sea and land area. With over 261 million people, it is the world's 4th most populous country as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.