Populasi penduduk Indonesia, yang berjumlah lebih dari 255 juta orang (data tidak resmi), bertumbuh dalam laju yang menguatirkan menurut Surya Chandra Surapaty, Kepala Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN). Saat ini, persentase pertumbuhan rata-rata penduduk Indonesia setiap tahunnya mencapai 1,49%. Ini berarti bahwa setiap tahunnya penduduk Indonesia bertambah 4,5 juta orang (hampir sama dengan jumlah penduduk Singapura).

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Minister of People’s Welfare Agung Laksono said that Indonesia's current population growth pace is alarming and immediate action is needed to reduce the country's growth and birth rates. Laksono made this statement after opening the National Congress on the Population Program, Family Planning and Family Development in 2014 on Wednesday (12/02). According to the Minister, family planning programs have not had much success over the past decade. If not acted upon, the population number can exceed government projections.

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Although infrastructure development across the Indonesian nation is center of attention in the media, President Joko Widodo will not neglect the family planning program. Instead he seeks to revive the nation's family planning program. An effective family planning program is one of the key strategies to boost future economic growth because a low population growth rate translates into a higher per capita gross domestic product, which translates into higher incomes, higher savings, higher investment and implies a decline in overall poverty.

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