Overseas Indonesians

Overseas Indonesians
Orang Indonesia Perantauan
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Total population
	Total: 6–9 million; 2023 estimate
Regions with significant populations
	Indonesia c. 280 million
Malaysia	c. 10,000,000 (assimilate into the local Malaysian Malays, more than half of Malays in Malaysia have ancestry from various ethnic groups in Indonesia) (See: Indonesian citizens in Malaysia); c. 2,500,000 (Indonesian citizens);
Netherlands	c. 1,700,000 (2021); (Indonesian ancestry) (See: Indo people); 362,685 (2022); (Indonesian-born); 13,384 (2022); (Indonesian citizens);
Saudi Arabia	c. 1,500,000 (2019) (Indonesian ancestry) (See: Indonesians in Saudi Arabia); 857,613 (2024) (Indonesian citizens);
Singapore	c. 500,000 (Indonesian ancestry, more than 60% of Singaporean Malays are of Javanese descent); c. 250,000 (2022) (Indonesian citizens);
South Africa	300,000 (assimilate into the local Cape Malays)
Taiwan	300,000 (2020)
Hong Kong	200,000 (2019)
Japan	173,813 (2024)
United States	145,031 (2022)
United Arab Emirates	111,987 (2019)
Australia	c. 87,000–92,400 (2021); (Indonesian-born)
Suriname	102,000 (2019); (including Javanese diaspora); 673 (2021); (Indonesian citizens);
Cambodia	166,795 (2025)
Brunei	80,000 (2018); (excluding Indonesian ancestry)
Oman	75,000 (2020)
Jordan	46,586 (2019)
Philippines	43,871
South Korea	42,000 (2019)
Sri Lanka	40,148 (2014) (assimilate into the local Sri Lankan Malays)
China	38,000 (2020); (only Indonesian legal workers)
Qatar	37,669 (2019)
Bahrain	33,000
Kuwait	28,954 (2020)
Germany	24,000 (2021)
Canada	21,390 (2016)
Papua New Guinea	14,000 (2020)
Libya	14,000 (2020)
Syria	12,904 (2019)
United Kingdom	11,000
Vietnam	8,000 (2020)
Brazil	7,310 (2022)
New Zealand	7,000
France	25,000-30,000 (2021)
New Caledonia	4,300
Sweden	3,000-5,000 (See: Overseas Acehnese)
Italy	4,000
Switzerland	4,000 (2020)
Belgium	4,000 (2020)
Timor Leste	4,000 (2020)
French Guiana	3,000
Spain	3,000 (2020)
Egypt	3,000 (2020)
Turkey	2,400 (2020)
Norway	2,000
Lebanon	2,000 (2020)
Austria	1,000 (2020)
Hungary	1,000 (2020)
Thailand	1,000 (2020)
Languages
	Indonesian, Regional Languages of Indonesia, English, Dutch, Chinese, Arabic, Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Tagalog, Korean, Papiamento, Cantonese, Taiwanese
Religion
	Islam · Christianity · Hinduism · Buddhism · Confucianism · Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
	Native Indonesians, Dutch Indonesians, Arab Indonesians, Chinese Indonesians

Overseas Indonesians (Indonesian: Orang Indonesia Perantauan) are Indonesians who live outside of Indonesia. These include citizens that have migrated to another country as well as people born abroad of Indonesian descent. According to Ministry of Law and Human Rights, more than 6-9 million Indonesians diaspora live abroad in 2023.