List of Indonesian cities by population
Cities proper by population
The Indonesian law defined city (kota) as a second-level administrative subdivision of the country, similar to regency (kabupaten). The difference between a regency and a city lies in demography, size, and economy.

List of Indonesian cities by population

Section Title: Cities proper by population
Table Section Text: The Indonesian law defined city (kota) as a second-level administrative subdivision of the country, similar to regency (kabupaten). The difference between a regency and a city lies in demography, size, and economy.

Rank	Cities	Province	2010 census BPS	2015 data Kemendagri

1	East Jakarta	Special Capital Region of Jakarta	2,693,896	2,852,887

2	Surabaya	East Java	2,765,487	2,805,906

3	Medan	North Sumatra	2,097,610	2,465,469

4	Bekasi	West Java	2,334,871	2,381,053

5	Bandung	West Java	2,394,873	2,339,463

6	West Jakarta	Special Capital Region of Jakarta	2,281,945	2,234,397

7	South Jakarta	Special Capital Region of Jakarta	2,062,232	2,113,411

8	Makassar	South Sulawesi	1,338,663	1,651,146

9	North Jakarta	Special Capital Region of Jakarta	1,645,659	1,647,853

10	Depok	West Java	1,738,570	1,631,951

11	Semarang	Central Java	1,555,984	1,621,384

12	Tangerang	Banten	1,798,601	1,566,190

13	Palembang	South Sumatra	1,455,284	1,548,064

14	South Tangerang	Banten	1,290,322	1,219,245

15	Bandar Lampung	Lampung	881,801	1,166,761

16	Central Jakarta	Special Capital Region of Jakarta	902,973	1,114,581

17	Batam	Kepulauan Riau	944,285	1,029,808

18	Bogor	West Java	950,334	982,469

19	Padang	West Sumatra	833,562	872,271

20	Pekanbaru	Riau	897,767	855,221

21	Malang	East Java	820,243	808,945

22	Samarinda	East Kalimantan	727,500	752,845

23	Tasikmalaya	West Java	635,464	678,027

24	Pontianak	West Kalimantan	554,764	651,139

25	Banjarmasin	South Kalimantan	625,481	635,688

26	Denpasar	Bali	788,589	632,016

27	Serang	Banten	577,785	613,356

28	Jambi	Jambi	531,857	602,187

29	Balikpapan	East Kalimantan	557,579	597,625

30	Surakarta	Central Java	499,337	552,118

31	Cimahi	West Java	541,177	513,176

32	Manado	North Sulawesi	394,683	461,636

33	Kupang	East Nusa Tenggara	336,239	433,970

34	Jayapura	Papua	233,859	413,283

35	Mataram	West Nusa Tenggara	402,843	408,900

36	Yogyakarta	Special Region of Yogyakarta	388,627	407,617

37	Cilegon	Banten	374,559	387,543

38	Ambon	Maluku	305,984	372,249

39	Bengkulu	Bengkulu	308,544	360,495

40	Palu	Central Sulawesi	310,168	359,350

41	Kendari	Southeast Sulawesi	289,966	331,013

42	Sukabumi	West Java	298,681	320,970

43	Cirebon	West Java	296,389	316,126

44	Pekalongan	Central Java	281,434	298,386

45	Kediri	East Java	268,507	280,780

46	Pematangsiantar	North Sumatra	62,916	278,055

47	Tegal	Central Java	239,599	275,789

48	Sorong	Papua Barat	118,017	272,349

49	Binjai	North Sumatra	246,154	269,053

50	Dumai	Riau	253,803	264,084

51	Palangka Raya	Central Kalimantan	220,962	249,429

52	Banda Aceh	Aceh	223,446	235,305

53	Singkawang	West Kalimantan	186,462	230,216

54	Probolinggo	East Java	217,062	225,655

55	Padang Sidempuan	North Sumatra	191,531	225,544

56	Bitung	North Sulawesi	155,385	218,520

57	Banjarbaru	South Kalimantan	199,627	216,600

58	Ternate	North Maluku	158,418	213,274

59	Lubuklinggau	South Sumatra	201,308	208,225

60	Pasuruan	East Java	186,262	204,275

61	Tanjung Pinang	Kepulauan Riau	187,359	203,008

62	Pangkal Pinang	Bangka Belitung	174,758	202,959

63	Madiun	East Java	170,964	201,906

64	Tarakan	North Kalimantan	193,370	198,133

65	Batu	East Java	190,184	196,456

66	Gorontalo	Gorontalo	173,951	191,897

67	Banjar	West Java	175,157	188,486

68	Lhokseumawe	Aceh	171,163	188,221

69	Prabumulih	South Sumatra	161,984	188,082

70	Palopo	South Sulawesi	116,152	180,130

71	Langsa	Aceh	148,945	178,334

72	Salatiga	Central Java	170,332	175,288

73	Parepare	South Sulawesi	125,207	175,040

74	Tebing Tinggi	North Sumatra	145,248	169,786

75	Tanjungbalai	North Sumatra	154,445	165,763

76	Metro	Lampung	145,471	161,799

77	Bontang	East Kalimantan	143,683	161,356

78	Baubau	Southeast Sulawesi	106,638	152,143

79	Blitar	East Java	131,968	144,659

80	Gunungsitoli	North Sumatra	126,202	137,104

81	Bima	West Nusa Tenggara	142,579	136,492

82	Pagar Alam	South Sumatra	126,181	136,244

83	Mojokerto	East Java	120,196	133,274

84	Payakumbuh	West Sumatra	116,825	125,608

85	Magelang	Central Java	118,227	124,912

86	Kotamobagu	North Sulawesi	107,459	120,597

87	Bukittinggi	West Sumatra	111,312	113,326

88	Tidore	North Maluku	90,055	103,171

89	Sungai Penuh	Jambi	82,293	101,325

90	Tomohon	North Sulawesi	91,553	96,411

91	Sibolga	North Sumatra	84,481	94,971

92	Pariaman	West Sumatra	79,043	85,485

93	Tual	Maluku	58,082	82,955

94	Subulussalam	Aceh	67,446	78,801

95	Solok	West Sumatra	59,396	63,672

96	Sawahlunto	West Sumatra	56,866	61,427

97	Padang Panjang	West Sumatra	47,008	50,317

98	Sabang	Aceh	30,653	38,077

Sentence(s)

The Padang is one of the populated city of West Sumatra in Indonesia.

final_sentence: The Padang is one of the populated city of West Sumatra in Indonesia.