List of Indonesian regencies by population


Indonesia's thirty-four provinces are divided into 514 second-level administrative divisions - comprising 416 regencies and 98 [List of Indonesian List of Indonesian cities by population|cities by population|cities] which are independent of the regencies in which they are geographically situated. As at the 2020 Census, these 514 second-level entitles are together sub-divided into 7,230 administrative districts. Since 2013, there has been a moratorium on the creation of additional provinces, regencies and independent cities, although proposals for new provinces and second-level divisions have been debated by the Indonesian parliament.
At the 2020 Census, the 416 regencies comprised twelve with populations of more than two million inhabitants each, fifty-one with populations of between one and two millions each, fifty-six with populations of between a half million and a million each, and 297 regencies with populations of under one half million each. Below is a list of Indonesia's 119 most populous regencies with the province in which they are located, and their populations at the 2010 and 2020 Censuses; they are ranked according to their 2020 population. Populations in 2010 and in 2020 are official data from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, as released by Badan Pusat Statistik or the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency.

Regencies by population

Bold signifies the largest regency by population in one province.
RankRegencyProvince2010
Census
BPS
2020
Census
BPS
1BogorWest Java4,771,9325,427,068
2BandungWest Java3,178,5433,623,790
3TangerangBanten2,834,3763,245,619
4BekasiWest Java2,630,4013,113,017
5SukabumiWest Java2,341,4092,725,450
6MalangEast Java2,446,2182,654,448
7GarutWest Java2,404,1212,585,607
8JemberEast Java2,332,7262,536,729
9CianjurWest Java2,171,2812,477,560
10KarawangWest Java2,127,7912,439,085
11CirebonWest Java2,067,1962,270,621
12SidoarjoEast Java1,941,4972,082,801
13BrebesCentral Java1,733,8691,978,759
14CilacapCentral Java1,642,1071,944,857
15Deli SerdangNorth Sumatra1,790,4311,931,441
16TasikmalayaWest Java1,675,6751,865,203
17IndramayuWest Java1,663,7371,834,434
18West BandungWest Java1,510,2841,788,336
19BanyumasCentral Java1,554,5271,776,918
20BanyuwangiEast Java1,556,0781,708,114
21KediriEast Java1,499,7681,635,294
22PasuruanEast Java1,512,4681,605,969
23TegalCentral Java1,394,8391,596,996
24SubangWest Java1,465,1571,595,320
25PemalangCentral Java1,261,3531,471,489
26Central LampungLampung1,170,7171,460,045
27GroboganCentral Java1,308,6961,453,526
28LebakBanten1,204,0951,386,793
29KebumenCentral Java1,159,9261,350,438
30LamonganEast Java1,179,0591,344,165
31East LombokWest Nusa Tenggara1,105,5821,325,240
32PatiCentral Java1,190,9031,324,188
33JombangEast Java1,202,4071,318,062
34GresikEast Java1,177,0421,311,215
35MajalengkaWest Java1,166,4731,305,476
36BojonegoroEast Java1,209,9731,301,635
37MagelangCentral Java1,181,7231,299,859
38PandeglangBanten1,149,6101,272,687
39KlatenCentral Java1,130,0471,260,506
40CiamisWest Java1,148,6561,229,069
41BlitarEast Java1,116,6391,223,745
42DemakCentral Java1,055,5791,203,956
43TubanEast Java1,118,4641,198,012
44JeparaCentral Java1,097,2801,184,947
45KuninganWest Java1,035,5891,167,686
46ProbolinggoEast Java1,096,2441,152,537
47SumedangWest Java1,093,6021,152,507
48SlemanYogyakarta1,093,1101,125,804
49SumenepEast Java1,042,3121,124,436
50LumajangEast Java1,006,4581,119,251
51MojokertoEast Java1,025,4431,119,209
52East LampungLampung951,6391,110,340
53NganjukEast Java1,017,0301,103,902
54TulungagungEast Java990,1581,089,775
55South LampungLampung912,4901,064,045
56BoyolaliCentral Java930,5311,062,713
57BangkalanEast Java906,7611,060,377
58SemarangCentral Java930,7271,053,094
59WonogiriCentral Java928,9041,043,177
60Central LombokWest Nusa Tenggara860,2091,034,859
61LangkatNorth Sumatra967,5351,030,202
62KendalCentral Java900,3131,018,505
63BanjarnegaraCentral Java868,9131,017,767

RankRegencyProvince2010
Census
BPS
2020
Census
BPS
64PurbalinggaCentral Java848,952998,561
65PurwakartaWest Java920,639997,869
66SimalungunNorth Sumatra817,720990,246
67BantulYogyakarta911,503985,770
68SragenCentral Java858,266976,951
69SampangEast Java877,772969,694
70PekalonganCentral Java838,621968,821
71PonorogoEast Java855,281949,318
72KaranganyarCentral Java813,196931,963
73SukoharjoCentral Java824,238907,587
74BloraCentral Java829,728884,333
75WonosoboCentral Java754,883879,124
76NgawiEast Java817,765870,057
77PamekasanEast Java795,918850,057
78KudusCentral Java777,437849,184
79KamparRiau688,204841,332
80BanyuasinSouth Sumatra750,110836,914
81BoneSouth Sulawesi717,682801,775
82BatangCentral Java706,764801,718
83BulelengBali624,125791,813
84TemanggungCentral Java708,546790,174
85BondowosoEast Java736,772776,151
86AsahanNorth Sumatra668,272769,960
87PurworejoCentral Java695,427769,880
88Ogan Komering IlirSouth Sumatra727,376769,348
89GowaSouth Sulawesi652,941765,836
90Gunung KidulYogyakarta675,382747,161
91MadiunEast Java662,278744,350
92TrenggalekEast Java674,411731,125
93Kutai KartanegaraEast Kalimantan626,680729,382
94West LombokWest Nusa Tenggara599,986721,481
95SitubondoEast Java647,619685,967
96MagetanEast Java620,442670,812
97Serdang BedagaiNorth Sumatra594,383657,490
98Indragiri HilirRiau661,779654,909
99East Ogan Komering UluSouth Sumatra609,982649,853
100RembangCentral Java591,359645,333
101TanggamusLampung536,613640,275
102Rokan HilirRiau553,216637,161
103North LampungLampung584,277633,099
104SambasWest Kalimantan496,120629,905
105Musi BanyuasinSouth Sumatra561,458622,206
106Muara EnimSouth Sumatra551,202612,900
107Kubu RayaWest Kalimantan500,970609,392
108North AcehAceh529,751602,793
109PacitanEast Java540,881586,110
110KetapangWest Kalimantan427,460570,657
111BanjarSouth Kalimantan506,839565,635
112BengkalisRiau498,336565,569
113Rokan HuluRiau474,843561,385
114BadungBali543,332548,191
115AgamWest Sumatra454,853529,138
116GianyarBali469,777515,344
117BimaWest Nusa Tenggara439,228514,105
118SumbawaWest Nusa Tenggara415,789509,753
119Pesisir SelatanWest Sumatra429,246504,418

Distribution

PopulationNumber of
regencies
more than 2,000,00015
1,000,000–1,999,99954
700,000–999,99926
500,000–699,99927
400,000–499,99941
300,000–399,99947
200,000–299,99971
100,000–199,99990
less than 100,00047
Total416