Top 5 Cities:
1) Jakarta 10,135,030
2) Surabaya 2,843,144
3) Bandung 2,575,478
4) Bekasi 2,510,951
5) Medan
-Population of the Largest City:
9.608 million
Actual Population
Jakarta - 9,607,787
Surabaya - 2,765,487
Bandung - 2,394,873
Bekasi - 2,334,871
Medan - 2,097,610
Rank Size Rule
Jakarta - 9,607,787
Surabaya - 4,803,893
Bandung - 3,202,595
Bekasi - 2,401,946
Medan -1,921,557
Based On the Information above you can defend that the rank size rule is not very valid for the country of Indonesia. As it is shown in the data above the actual projections for the cities in Indosnesia are much lower than it is projected in the rank size rule. These numbers vary so that it can be said the rank size rule is not very effective in predicting the population.
Population -366,159,000
Population Density -130
% Urban Population -50%
% Urban Population Living in Slums -26%
Average % Change in Urban
Population -3.3%
% with Improved Urban Sanitation -73%
% with Improved Urban Water
Supply -89%
1) Jakarta 10,135,030
2) Surabaya 2,843,144
3) Bandung 2,575,478
4) Bekasi 2,510,951
5) Medan
-Population of the Largest City:
9.608 million
Actual Population
Jakarta - 9,607,787
Surabaya - 2,765,487
Bandung - 2,394,873
Bekasi - 2,334,871
Medan - 2,097,610
Rank Size Rule
Jakarta - 9,607,787
Surabaya - 4,803,893
Bandung - 3,202,595
Bekasi - 2,401,946
Medan -1,921,557
Based On the Information above you can defend that the rank size rule is not very valid for the country of Indonesia. As it is shown in the data above the actual projections for the cities in Indosnesia are much lower than it is projected in the rank size rule. These numbers vary so that it can be said the rank size rule is not very effective in predicting the population.
Population -366,159,000
Population Density -130
% Urban Population -50%
% Urban Population Living in Slums -26%
Average % Change in Urban
Population -3.3%
% with Improved Urban Sanitation -73%
% with Improved Urban Water
Supply -89%