1. Indonesia comprises over 17,500 islands, some 6,000 of which are inhabited.
2. Because of all those islands, Indonesia’s coast is about 34,000 miles long, the world’s second longest coastline after Canada.
3. Indonesia has a population of more than 260,000, exceeded only by China, India and USA.
4. The world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, lives only on the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Padar.
5. Indonesia’s flag consists of two stripes, red above white. Monaco is the same but less wide. Poland’s is the same but upside down.
6. From 1800-1949, Indonesia was known as the Dutch (or Netherlands) East Indies.
7. One eighth of the world’s Muslims live in Indonesia, which is more than any other country.
8. The Indonesian Amorphophallus titanum flower is also known as “corpse flower”. It smells like rotting meat and can be smelt half a mile away.
9. Indonesia exports around 3,000 tons of frogs’ legs to France every year.
10. Indonesia has won seven gold medals at the Olympics, all for Badminton.