Bali — Population
How many people live in Bali, how young the city is, and how densely it is packed.
People
Total population
4.49M
2026+0.6% vs 2025
BPS mid-year projection (Proyeksi Penduduk LF SP2020), published in thousands (4,488.2 thousand). Kota Denpasar holds 17.14% and Buleleng 18.40%; Klungkung is smallest at 4.69%.
Population growth rate
0.68%
2026
Average annual growth from the 2020 census (September) to mid-2026; 0.69% for 2020–2025 and 1.01% a year in 2010–2020. Fastest in Kota Denpasar (1.03%) and Badung (0.95%), slowest in Klungkung (0.29%).
Population density
804
2026
Projected population over 5,582.83 km². Kota Denpasar has 6,119 people per km², Jembrana 389.
Life expectancy at birth
75.46
2025
HDI component (LF SP2020 basis), Bali province. Longest in Badung (76.18) and Kota Denpasar (76.16), shortest in Karangasem (74.52).
Mean years of schooling (age 25+)
9.75
2025
HDI component, Bali province; expected years of schooling 13.63. From 6.98 years in Karangasem to 11.64 in Kota Denpasar.
Districts (kecamatan)
57
2025
Unchanged since at least 2021: Tabanan 10, Buleleng 9, Karangasem 8, Gianyar 7, Badung 6, Jembrana 5, Klungkung 4, Bangli 4 and Kota Denpasar 4.
Villages (desa and kelurahan)
718
2025
638 desa and 80 kelurahan, including villages with operational status; Bangli gained one desa in 2025. Tabanan has the most (133 desa, no kelurahan).
Age structure
Share of residents by age group, 2026.
Men and women
9 areas, 57 districts
| Area | Districts (kecamatan) |
|---|---|
| Denpasar (South, capital) The provincial capital and Bali's biggest city: government offices around Renon and the Bajra Sandhi monument, Pasar Badung market and dense residential banjar. Sanur's calm, reef-sheltered beach on the east coast is also part of the city. | Denpasar Barat, Denpasar Selatan, Denpasar Timur, Denpasar Utara |
| Badung (South) Bali's tourism engine, stretching from the airport and the beach strip of Kuta, Legian, Seminyak and Canggu to Jimbaran, Nusa Dua and the Uluwatu cliffs on the Bukit peninsula. Inland it turns into the rice fields of Mengwi and the cool hills of Petang. | Kuta, Kuta Selatan, Kuta Utara, Mengwi, Abiansemal, Petang |
| Gianyar (South-central) Bali's arts heartland around Ubud, with craft villages such as Celuk for silver, Mas for woodcarving and Batuan for painting. Rice terraces at Tegallalang and the spring temple of Tirta Empul at Tampaksiring lie to the north. | Blahbatuh, Gianyar, Payangan, Sukawati, Tampaksiring, Tegallalang, Ubud |
| Tabanan (Southwest) Bali's rice bowl, running from the black-sand coast at Tanah Lot up to the Jatiluwih terraces and the cool Bedugul highlands around Lake Beratan. Quieter and more agricultural than its neighbours to the east. | Baturiti, Kediri, Kerambitan, Marga, Penebel, Pupuan, Selemadeg, Selemadeg Barat, Selemadeg Timur, Tabanan |
| Bangli (Central) The only regency without a coastline, climbing from the old court town of Bangli to Kintamani's caldera rim above Mount Batur and its crater lake. The bamboo-lined traditional village of Penglipuran is here too. | Bangli, Kintamani, Susut, Tembuku |
| Karangasem (East) The rugged east under Mount Agung, home to the Besakih mother temple, the Tirta Gangga water palace and the green Sidemen valley. Its coast has the dive spots of Amed and Tulamben, Candidasa and the Padangbai ferry port. | Abang, Bebandem, Karangasem, Kubu, Manggis, Rendang, Selat, Sidemen |
| Klungkung (Southeast and Nusa islands) A small mainland strip around Semarapura, seat of Bali's old senior kingdom and its Kerta Gosa court pavilion. Most of its land lies offshore on Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan, reached by fast boat. | Banjarangkan, Dawan, Klungkung, Nusa Penida |
| Buleleng (North) The largest regency, covering the whole north coast: the old colonial port and former capital Singaraja, the calm black-sand beaches of Lovina, and Menjangan Island's reefs in the far west. Inland are waterfalls and the hill villages around Munduk. | Banjar, Buleleng, Busungbiu, Gerokgak, Kubutambahan, Sawan, Seririt, Sukasada, Tejakula |
| Jembrana (West) Bali's least-visited western end, with the town of Negara, plantation hills, the Medewi surf break and the forests of West Bali National Park. Gilimanuk at its tip is the ferry gateway to Java. | Jembrana, Melaya, Mendoyo, Negara, Pekutatan |