What was Jakarta's population in Indonesia's 2020 census?

Jakarta’s population in Indonesia’s 2020 census was 10,562,088. The figure refers to DKI Jakarta, Indonesia’s special capital region, rather than the much larger urban area surrounding it.

The total combines six administrative areas: South, East, Central, West and North Jakarta, plus the Thousand Islands Regency. East Jakarta was the largest of these administrative cities, while the Thousand Islands contributed only a small fraction of the regional total. The census counted residents under Indonesia’s official usual-residence definition.

Jakarta’s administrative boundary is easy to confuse with Jabodetabek, the enormous metropolitan region that also includes Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang and Bekasi. Metro-area estimates are therefore far higher than the census count for DKI Jakarta alone.

The 2020 census was Indonesia’s first population census conducted primarily through digital methods. Jakarta remains the country’s political and economic center, although Indonesia has been developing Nusantara in East Kalimantan as the future national capital.