Indonesia Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Apr 9, 2026

Updated: April 9, 2026

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Indonesia Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Indonesia. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Indonesia - Address Format

An address format in Indonesia contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
House number and street name
City Name and Postal Code (5 digits)
Country – INDONESIA (in all caps)

John Smith
Jl. Raya Sesetan No.355
Kota Denpasar 80223
INDONESIA

Indonesia Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Jl. Gatot Subroto No.18
Jakarta 12710
INDONESIA

Example 2:

Indonesia Post Office
Jl. Swadaya No.41
Kota Makassar 90231
INDONESIA

Postal and Country Information for Indonesia

Country/territory name	Indonesia
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: ID ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: IDN ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 360
Administrative area count	38
Administration area names and abbreviations	Bali Bangka-Belitung Islands Banten Bengkulu Central Java Central Kalimantan Central Sulawesi East Java East Kalimantan East Nusa Tenggara Gorontalo Jambi Lampung Maluku North Kalimantan North Maluku North Sulawesi North Sumatra Papua Barat Daya Papua Pegunungan Papua Selatan Papua Tengah Riau Riau Islands Southeast Sulawesi South Kalimantan South Sulawesi South Sumatra Special Region of Aceh Special Region of Papua West Java West Kalimantan West Nusa Tenggara West Papua West Sulawesi West Sumatra Jakarta Special Capital Region Special Region of Yogyakarta	BA BB BT BE JT KT ST JI KI NT GO JA LA MA KU MU SA SU PD PE PS PT RI KR SG KS SN SS AC PA JB KB NB PB SR SB JK YO
Term to describe postal codes	Kodhe pos
Postal code format	99999
Population	281 550 143
Total land area	1 891 820km²

How to Validate Addresses for Indonesia Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Indonesia addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Indonesia, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities and Postal Codes in Indonesia
Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Indonesia segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Indonesia using:

Region 2* column to validate City names
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

*Region 1 column should be used to validate Jakarta.

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Our location dataset for Indonesia

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Indonesia ZIP Codes

Indonesia uses a “Kodhe pos” system, which is a five-digit numeric format like 99999, with no letters or separators. This format is similar to US ZIP codes, which are also five digits and purely numeric. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Indonesia has 12,667 postal codes covering 7,809 regions and 83,437 towns.

Indonesia ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Indonesia administrative landscape often follows inconsistent regional models and irregular public sources, making it difficult to maintain reliable boundaries. Our standardized postal and administrative boundary data resolves these gaps to ensure complete, coherent geographic coverage.

Indonesia Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Indonesia’s address structure, ensuring consistent, accurate, and globally aligned formatting across your systems. The dataset captures the official address elements required by the national postal operator and maps them into our unified global schema.