Jakarta
4,614 km²
Palembang
245 km²
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Jakarta covers 4,614 km² of contiguous built-up land, 19× the built-up area of Palembang (245 km²).
| Jakarta | Palembang | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Jakarta | Palembang |
| Population (2025) | 40.5 million | 2.20 million |
| Built-up area | 4,614 km² | 245 km² |
| Density | 8,787 /km² | 8,992 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.