Editing Transmigration program (section)

==Figures==
Transmigration from Java and Madura have resulted in large numbers of the population elsewhere, particularly in [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]], and [[West Papua (region)|Papua]]. Based on 2010 census figures and ethnic prevalence, roughly 4.3 million transmigrants and their descendants live in [[North Sumatra]], 200 thousand in [[West Sumatra]], 1.4 million in [[Riau]], almost a million in [[Jambi]], 2.2 million in [[South Sumatra]], 0.4 million in [[Bengkulu]], 5.7 million in [[Lampung]], 100 thousand in [[Bangka-Belitung]], almost 400 thousand in [[Riau Islands]], totalling some 15.5 million in Sumatra alone. In [[Kalimantan]], there are some 700 thousand transmigrants and their descendants in [[West Kalimantan]], 400 thousand in [[Central Kalimantan]], almost 500 thousand in [[South Kalimantan]], and over a million in [[East Kalimantan]], totalling 2.6 million for the whole area.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Though numbers are a state secret, well over a million transmigrants are thought to reside in [[Papua (province)|Papua]] and [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]]. Total Javanese and other transmigrants in Indonesia number roughly 20 million throughout the country.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

Transmigrants are not exclusively ethnic Javanese and/or Muslims. For example, in 1994, when [[East Timor]] was still [[East Timor (province)|part of Indonesia]], the largest transmigrant group was Hindu [[Balinese people|Balinese]] (1,634 people) followed by Catholic Javanese (1,212 people).<ref>{{Citation
| last       = Tirtosudarmo
| first      = Riwanto 
| year       = 2007
| title      = Mencari Indonesia: demografi-politik pasca-Soeharto
| publisher  = Yayasan Obor Indonesia
| isbn = 9789797990831
}}{{page needed|date=November 2024}}</ref>