Indonesia is a large archipelago country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, located between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, just north of Australia and south of mainland Southeast Asia.

Where Indonesia is on the map

  • It sits between Asia and Australia, stretching across the Equator.
  • To the north and northwest are countries like Malaysia; to the east are Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste; to the south lies Australia.
  • It is made up of more than 17,000 islands, including major ones such as Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea.

Quick facts (for orientation)

  • Region: Southeast Asia and Oceania.
  • Between: Indian Ocean (to the southwest/west) and Pacific Ocean (to the northeast/east).
  • On the Equator: Indonesia spans both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  • Capital city: Jakarta, on the island of Java.
  • Approximate coordinates of the country’s center: around 5° South, 120° East.

Simple way to picture it

If you look at a world map:

  1. Find Australia.
  2. Look directly north of Australia: the big chain of islands you see there is Indonesia.
  1. It also sits south of countries like Malaysia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia.

In short, Indonesia is the huge island chain bridging Asia and Australia, right where the Indian and Pacific Oceans meet.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.