Indonesian Population Grows By Five Million Annually

Source: Bernama, World
Date: March 25, 2008 23:44 PM

Indonesian Population Grows By Five Million Annually

JAKARTA, March 25 (Bernama) -- Indonesia's population grows by between four and five million annually, or as much the current population of Singapore.National Family Coordination and Planning chief, Dr Sugiri Syarief said the Indonesian population reached 220 million, but the growth of 2.32 percent from 1971-1980 had slowed down to 1.3 percent."The population structure for those in the productive years need to be managed carefully, or else it will lead to disaster," he told Antara news agency in Bali on Tuesday.He added the Indonesian population growth was rapid but still low in quality, as compared to other ASEAN countries.-- BERNAMA