The largest country, both in area and population, in Southeast Asia is the Republic of Indonesia. It consists of 13,677 islands that cover 741,101 square miles (1,919,443 square kilometers) of land along the equator between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With a population of more than 150 million, it ranks as the world’s fifth most populous country. The nation is poor, with a low standard of living, even though it has many valuable natural resources. These include large onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas deposits, huge tracts of tropical hardwood forests, and a variety of minerals, including tin, nickel, and copper. However, only about 10 percent of the land can be used for raising crops. The islands of Indonesia, of which 6,044 are inhabited, spread out over about 3,300 miles (5,300 kilometers) from east to west, and 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) from north to south.
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