Overview

Indonesia is one of the most populous countries in the world with a total population of registered citizens that numbers around 274 million persons. From this total, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (“Ministry”) reported in 2020 that around 3.1 million Indonesian citizens are currently located overseas. The majority of these (90%) have the status of Indonesian migrant workers, while the remainder largely comprises students and vessel crews.[1] However, the actual number of Indonesian citizens who are currently located overseas may actually be as high as 9 million persons, a figure that was published in a 2017 World Bank report.[2]