List of Indonesian cities by population

This is a list of the most populous cities in Indonesia. It excludes urban-characterized settlements such as regency seats, which does not have city status. Indonesia has 93 cities classified as kota (city) and one provincial-level capital city. Population figures are taken from the 2020 census and the more recent official estimates as at mid 2023, all by Statistics Indonesia (BPS).^[1]

Jakarta is the largest city and the only megacity in Indonesia, with a population of 10.70 million. As a primate city, Jakarta is nearly four times larger than the second largest city Surabaya. Jakarta's status is unique compared to other cities in Indonesia, since it is technically a province with a city management. It is subdividied into five administrative cities and an administrative regency, which are not self-governed (without municipal council nor government budget). Each of Jakarta's five satellite cities also have passed the one million mark in population, with the largest one being Bekasi.

The other largest cities by region include Medan (Sumatra, also the largest outside of Java), Samarinda (Kalimantan), Denpasar (Lesser Sunda Islands), Makassar (Sulawesi), Ambon (Maluku Islands), and Jayapura (Western New Guinea). Over the decade from 2010 to 2020, Jayapura was also the fastest-growing city in Indonesia, at 70% in that decade.

Most of the provinces' largest cities in Indonesia are also their capital cities. The exceptions are Bekasi (West Java), Tangerang (Banten), Batam (Riau Islands), Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan), Tarakan (North Kalimantan), and Ternate (North Maluku).

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City	Province	Region	2020 census ^[2]	2010 census ^[2]	Change 2010 to 2020	mid 2023 official estimate	Notes
Jakarta	Special Region of Jakarta	Java	10,562,088	7,007,787	+50.72%	10,672,100	comprising the non-autonomous administrative cities of West Jakarta, Central Jakarta, South Jakarta, East Jakarta and North Jakarta, plus the administrative regency of Kepulauan Seribu.
Surabaya	East Java	Java	2,874,314	2,765,487	+3.94%	3,009,286
Bekasi	West Java	Java	2,543,676	2,334,871	+8.94%	2,627,207	Satellite city of Jakarta
Bandung	West Java	Java	2,444,160	2,394,873	+2.06%	2,506,603
Medan	North Sumatra	Sumatra	2,435,252	2,097,610	+16.10%	2,494,512	Most populated city outside of Java
Depok	West Java	Java	2,056,335	1,738,570	+18.28%	2,145,400	Satellite city of Jakarta
Tangerang	Banten	Java	1,895,486	1,798,601	+5.39%	1,912,679	Satellite city of Jakarta
Palembang	South Sumatra	Sumatra	1,668,848	1,455,284	+14.68%	1,772,492
Semarang	Central Java	Java	1,653,524	1,555,984	+6.27%	1,694,740
Makassar	South Sulawesi	Sulawesi	1,423,877	1,338,663	+6.37%	1,474,393
South Tangerang	Banten	Java	1,354,350	1,290,322	+4.96%	1,404,785	Satellite city of Jakarta
Batam	Riau Islands	Sumatra	1,196,396	944,285	+26.70%	1,256,610
Bandar Lampung	Lampung	Sumatra	1,166,066	881,801	+32.24%	1,100,109
Bogor	West Java	Java	1,043,070	950,334	+9.76%	1,127,408	Satellite city of Jakarta
Pekanbaru	Riau	Sumatra	983,356	897,767	+9.53%	1,123,348
Padang	West Sumatra	Sumatra	909,040	833,562	+9.05%	942,938
Samarinda	East Kalimantan	Kalimantan	827,994	727,500	+13.81%	861,878
Malang	East Java	Java	843,810	820,243	+2.87%	847,182
Tasikmalaya	West Java	Java	716,155	635,464	+12.70%	741,760
Serang	Banten	Java	692,101	577,785	+19.79%	723,794
Balikpapan	East Kalimantan	Kalimantan	688,318	557,579	+23.45%	738,532
Banjarmasin	South Kalimantan	Kalimantan	657,663	625,481	+5.15%	675,915
Pontianak	West Kalimantan	Kalimantan	658,685	554,764	+18.73%	675,468
Denpasar	Bali	Lesser Sunda Islands	725,314	788,589	−8.02%	660,984
Jambi	Jambi	Sumatra	606,200	531,857	+13.98%	627,774
Cimahi	West Java	Java	568,400	541,177	+5.03%	590,782	Satellite city of Bandung
Surakarta	Central Java	Java	522,364	499,337	+4.61%	526,870
Kupang	East Nusa Tenggara	Lesser Sunda Islands	442,758	336,239	+31.68%	466,632
Manado	North Sulawesi	Sulawesi	451,916	410,481	+10.09%	458,582
Cilegon	Banten	Java	434,896	374,559	+16.11%	450,507
Mataram	West Nusa Tenggara	Lesser Sunda Islands	429,651	402,843	+6.65%	441,147
Jayapura	Papua	Western New Guinea	398,478	256,705	+55.23%	414,862
Bengkulu	Bengkulu	Sumatra	373,591	308,544	+21.08%	391,117
Palu	Central Sulawesi	Sulawesi	373,218	336,532	+10.90%	387,493
Yogyakarta	Special Region of Yogyakarta	Java	373,589	388,627	−3.87%	375,699
Sukabumi	West Java	Java	346,325	298,681	+15.95%	360,644
Ambon	Maluku	Maluku Islands	347,288	331,254	+4.84%	354,052
Kendari	Southeast Sulawesi	Sulawesi	345,107	289,966	+19.02%	351,085
Cirebon	West Java	Java	333,303	296,389	+12.45%	341,980
Dumai	Riau	Sumatra	316,782	253,803	+24.81%	338,064
Pekalongan	Central Java	Java	307,150	281,434	+9.14%	317,524
Palangka Raya	Central Kalimantan	Kalimantan	293,457	220,962	+32.81%	305,797
Binjai	North Sumatra	Sumatra	291,842	246,154	+18.56%	303,272	Satellite city of Medan
Kediri	East Java	Java	286,796	268,507	+6.81%	298,830
Sorong	Southwest Papua	Western New Guinea	284,410	190,625	+49.20%	294,978
Pematangsiantar	North Sumatra	Sumatra	268,254	234,698	+14.30%	274,838
Banjarbaru	South Kalimantan	Kalimantan	253,442	199,627	+26.96%	272,763	Satellite city of Banjarmasin
Tegal	Central Java	Java	273,825	239,599	+14.28%	262,781
Banda Aceh	Aceh	Sumatra	252,899	223,446	+13.18%	261,969
Tarakan	North Kalimantan	Kalimantan	242,786	193,370	+25.56%	249,960
Probolinggo	East Java	Java	239,649	217,062	+10.41%	246,980
Singkawang	West Kalimantan	Kalimantan	235,064	186,462	+26.07%	246,112
Lubuklinggau	South Sumatra	Sumatra	234,166	201,308	+16.32%	241,894
Padang Sidempuan	North Sumatra	Sumatra	225,105	191,531	+17.53%	236,217
Tanjungpinang	Riau Islands	Sumatra	227,663	187,359	+21.51%	234,840
Bitung	North Sulawesi	Sulawesi	225,134	187,652	+19.97%	232,440	Satellite city of Manado
Pangkalpinang	Bangka Belitung Islands	Sumatra	218,569	174,758	+25.07%	226,297
Batu	East Java	Java	213,046	190,184	+12.02%	221,714
Pasuruan	East Java	Java	208,006	186,262	+11.67%	212,466
Banjar	West Java	Java	200,973	175,157	+14.74%	207,510
Gorontalo	Gorontalo	Sulawesi	198,539	180,127	+10.22%	205,390
Ternate	North Maluku	Maluku Islands	205,001	185,705	+10.39%	204,920
Madiun	East Java	Java	195,175	170,964	+14.16%	202,544
Salatiga	Central Java	Java	192,322	170,332	+12.91%	201,369	Satellite city of Semarang
Prabumulih	South Sumatra	Sumatra	193,196	161,984	+19.27%	200,673
Lhokseumawe	Aceh	Sumatra	188,713	171,163	+10.25%	196,067
Langsa	Aceh	Sumatra	185,971	148,945	+24.86%	194,730
Bontang	East Kalimantan	Kalimantan	178,917	143,683	+24.52%	189,968
Tanjungbalai	North Sumatra	Sumatra	176,027	154,445	+13.97%	183,170
Tebing Tinggi	North Sumatra	Sumatra	172,838	145,248	+19.00%	178,914
Metro	Lampung	Sumatra	168,676	145,471	+15.95%	178,381
Palopo	South Sulawesi	Sulawesi	184,681	147,932	+24.84%	177,526
Bima	West Nusa Tenggara	Lesser Sunda Islands	155,140	142,579	+8.81%	161,362
Baubau	Southeast Sulawesi	Sulawesi	159,248	136,991	+16.25%	161,280
Parepare	South Sulawesi	Sulawesi	151,454	129,262	+17.17%	160,309
Blitar	East Java	Java	149,149	131,968	+13.02%	159,781
Pagar Alam	South Sumatra	Sumatra	143,844	126,181	+14.00%	150,881
Payakumbuh	West Sumatra	Sumatra	139,576	116,825	+19.47%	144,830
Gunungsitoli	North Sumatra	Sumatra	136,017	126,202	+7.78%	142,890
Mojokerto	East Java	Java	132,434	120,196	+10.18%	141,785	Satellite city of Surabaya
Bukittinggi	West Sumatra	Sumatra	121,028	111,312	+8.73%	124,047
Kotamobagu	North Sulawesi	Sulawesi	123,722	107,459	+15.13%	123,918
Magelang	Central Java	Java	121,526	118,227	+2.79%	122,150
Tidore Islands	North Maluku	Maluku Islands	114,480	90,055	+27.12%	118,613
Tomohon	North Sulawesi	Sulawesi	100,587	91,553	+9.87%	103,072	Satellite city of Manado
Sungai Penuh	Jambi	Sumatra	96,610	82,293	+17.40%	99,771
Subulussalam	Aceh	Sumatra	90,751	67,446	+34.55%	97,770
Pariaman	West Sumatra	Sumatra	94,224	79,043	+19.21%	97,206
Sibolga	North Sumatra	Sumatra	89,584	84,481	+6.04%	91,265
Tual	Maluku	Maluku Islands	88,280	58,082	+51.99%	90,007
Solok	West Sumatra	Sumatra	73,438	59,396	+23.64%	77,842
Sawahlunto	West Sumatra	Sumatra	65,138	56,866	+14.55%	67,760
Padang Panjang	West Sumatra	Sumatra	56,311	47,008	+19.79%	58,627
Sabang	Aceh	Sumatra	41,197	30,653	+34.40%	43,527