Indonesia is currently blessed with a demographic bonus as around half of the population is below thirty years of age. Meanwhile, Indonesia's National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) once stated that the number of Indonesians within the productive age group will be higher than the number of elderly people and children in the years 2025-2035. However, based on the latest research conducted by the World Bank, Indonesia will need to start preparations to deal with an ageing population.

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Populasi penduduk Indonesia, yang berjumlah lebih dari 255 juta orang (data tidak resmi), bertumbuh dalam laju yang menguatirkan menurut Surya Chandra Surapaty, Kepala Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN). Saat ini, persentase pertumbuhan rata-rata penduduk Indonesia setiap tahunnya mencapai 1,49%. Ini berarti bahwa setiap tahunnya penduduk Indonesia bertambah 4,5 juta orang (hampir sama dengan jumlah penduduk Singapura).

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Minister of People’s Welfare Agung Laksono said that Indonesia's current population growth pace is alarming and immediate action is needed to reduce the country's growth and birth rates. Laksono made this statement after opening the National Congress on the Population Program, Family Planning and Family Development in 2014 on Wednesday (12/02). According to the Minister, family planning programs have not had much success over the past decade. If not acted upon, the population number can exceed government projections.

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