Editing Sumatra (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
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|1971 | 20808148
|1980 | 28016160
|1990 | 36506703
|1995 | 40830334
|2000 | 42616164
|2005 | 45839041
|2010 | 50613947
|2015 | 55198752
|2020 | 58557211
|2023 | 60795669
|footnote=sources:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Penduduk Indonesia menurut Provinsi 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 – 2023 |url=http://www.bps.go.id/tab_sub/view.php?kat=1&tabel=1&daftar=1&id_subyek=12&notab=1 |website=Badan Pusat Statistik |language=id |trans-title=Indonesian Population by Provinces 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701144756/http://www.bps.go.id/tab_sub/view.php?kat=1&tabel=1&daftar=1&id_subyek=12&notab=1 |archive-date=1 July 2013 |access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.</ref>
}}

Sumatra's population as of 2023 was estimated to be about 60,795,669&nbsp;;<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.</ref> it has about the same number of inhabitants as [[South Africa]], making it the [[list of islands by population|fifth-most populous island in the world]]. Yet because it is such a large island, it is not densely populated: it has an average of about 126 people per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population Statistics |url=http://www.geohive.com/ |website=GeoHive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403214128/http://www.geohive.com/ |archive-date=3 April 2012 |access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> 

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 | Traditional house in Simalungun North Sumatra
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