INDONESIA & AUSTRALIA

Population

With an estimated population of 251,160,124, Indonesia's population is

just over 11 times larger than Australia's 22,262,501.
Source: CIA factbook
 Economy
Indonesia's GDP (PPP) was
estimated at $US1.237 trillion
in 2012, substantially larger
than Australia's $US986.7
billion.
Source: CIA factbook
 Military

Australia spends much more on its

military than Indonesia, with
$US26,158 million in 2012, about
1.7% of GDP. Indonesia spent
$US6,866 million, some 0.8% of
GDP.
Source: SIPRI databases
GEOGRAPHY

Both Australia and Indonesia are large

island nations with vast coastlines.
Australia is larger at 7,692,024 square
km to Indonesia's 1,922,570. Here is a
size comparison of the two countries:
Map of Indonesia overlaid on Australia. Illustration: Nick Evershed for the Guardian
Source: Geoscience Australia, National Geographic
 QUALITY OF LIFE
The UN publishes the Human
Development Index, which combines
health, education and income into a
single index. Indonesia is ranked at 121
out of 185, with a HDI of 0.629 in 2012.
This is below the average for the Asia-
Pacific region, but is a significant
increase over the 1990 value of 0.479,
showing the quality of life in Indonesia
is improving.
Australia is second only to Norway on
the list w
Australia is second only to Norway on the
list with an HDI of 0.938.
 MONAS OPERA HOUSE
at Jakarta at Sydney
GOVERMENT

Australia
Commonwealth
Parliamentary Democracy
Indonesia
Republic
 1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
17 August 1945 (declared)

Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other

Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim
Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none
3.4% (2000 census)
15.3% (2001 Census
EDUCATION
 In
General
In general, the Indonesian system is mainly focusing ona few type of
intelligence such as logical whereas the diversity is a lot better in
Australia.That explains why it is more difficult to find great athletes or
artists among 230 million populations in Indonesian than in only 20
million Australians. In addition, the Indonesian system is still mostly
based on guru style, the system that has been abandoned in most of
developed countries that prefer Socratic style of teaching.
KINDERGARDEN
Elementary School
 High
School
The high school students in Indonesia often study Physics, Math, and
Chemistry atthe standard of first year university level. They often
need additional off-school courses in order to catch up. One also could
argue that the Australian education lacks of discipline. However, when
comparing at the higher education level in both countries, the
Indonesian standard is significantly falling behind the Australians,
perhaps due to lacks of funding and resources.