Abstract
One of the most striking features of the human geography of Indonesia is the lack of demographic balance. The overcrowded islands of Java and Madura are surrounded by the sparsely inhabited Tanah Sabrang. According to the census of 1930, Java comprised 68.7 per cent of the population but only 6.9 per cent of the area, while Tanah Sabrang accounted for 93.1 per cent of the area but for only 31.3 per cent of the total population. Whereas the over-all average population density of Indonesia was 31.9 persons per square kilometer, that of Java was 316.1 and that of Tanah Sabrang 10.7.
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1946
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