How many people live in Flores and the surrounding islands?

Flores is part of a wider island province whose population reached 5,742,564 in 2025, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS, 2025). The official figures show why Flores and its neighbouring islands must be understood through regencies, not as one single administrative unit: population, services and conservation are reported by separate jurisdictions.

How many people live in the wider region?

East Nusa Tenggara had 5,742,564 people in 2025, according to BPS’s Nusa Tenggara Timur Province in Figures 2025. The publication reports provincial population by regency and municipality, including Flores Timur, Sikka and Ende.

What do the Flores figures show?

Flores Timur had 296.760 people in 2025, while Sikka had 345.32 thousand people, according to BPS, 2025. BPS presents these figures as population estimates for the middle of the year, based on the 2020 population census projection series.

The same table records 474.801 thousand people for another East Nusa Tenggara regency listed in the provincial breakdown, showing that the province’s population is distributed across multiple administrative areas rather than concentrated in one Flores-wide authority.

Why are administrative boundaries important?

There is no single official “Flores population” figure in the cited provincial table. BPS reports East Nusa Tenggara through regencies and municipalities, so a Flores-wide total would require selecting and adding jurisdictions—a calculation not made here.

How does conservation fit into the regional picture?

Komodo National Park, west of Flores, is a separate conservation jurisdiction managed by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s conservation directorate. Its 2021 statistics list 34,304.00 hectares of core land, 22,192.28 hectares of wilderness area, 2,408.00 hectares for utilisation and 36,308.00 hectares of marine protection, according to KSDAE, 2021.

That administrative distinction matters for readers travelling, investing or following conservation across Flores and the surrounding seas: provincial population statistics and national-park statistics measure different places, authorities and purposes.

Sources

• Badan Pusat Statistik Provinsi
• Direktorat Jenderal Konservasi Sumber