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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Saudi Arabia is 12% bigger than Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 21 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Indonesia’s highest peak towers 1,884 m above Saudi Arabia’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 7.7 times as many people as Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 8.8 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Saudi Arabia are 4.4 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Saudi Arabia are 4.5 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Indonesia is 0.58 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.2 more children on average than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

7.5% of people in Indonesia are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Indonesia hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Indonesia has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Indonesia and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Indonesia’s economy is 13% larger than Saudi Arabia’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 4.2 times as much per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Indonesia and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Indonesia: no data · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 14 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Saudi Arabia live 7.7 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Indonesia is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Saudi Arabia has 6.5 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Saudi Arabia has 76% more hospital beds per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

Indonesia and Saudi Arabia are nearly identical here

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 1.20 points higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Saudi Arabia has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 760 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 166 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 2.9 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Saudi Arabia welcomed 18 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Indonesia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (10 against 8)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 2.4 times as fast as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Indonesia’s railway network is 87% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 3.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 7.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

18% of Indonesia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.1 times as likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 23% deadlier than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Saudi Arabia is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Indonesia

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 56 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Indonesia bigger than Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is larger. Saudi Arabia is 12% bigger than Indonesia.

Which has more people, Indonesia or Saudi Arabia?

Indonesia has 7.7 times as many people as Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Saudi Arabia?

People in Saudi Arabia live 7.7 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.

Are people taller in Indonesia or Saudi Arabia?

Men in Saudi Arabia are 4.4 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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