Country scorecard
Indonesia
Asia · 277M people
ALPS
1.47
languages per person
#138 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
6%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.5 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Indonesia is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇧🇳 Brunei12%
- 🇸🇬 Singapore12%
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica10%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Indonesian99%
- Javanese32%
- English10%
- Malay6%
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