The number of provinces of Indonesia has tended to increase as new provinces have been split from existing territories. As of January 2003 there appear to be 28 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota)
- Bali
- New Guinea
- Papua, renamed from Irian Jaya in December 2001. A proposal to split this into Papua Barat (West Papua), Papua Tengah (Central Papua) and Papua Timur (East Papua) appears to have not been implemented.
- Papua, renamed from Irian Jaya in December 2001. A proposal to split this into Papua Barat (West Papua), Papua Tengah (Central Papua) and Papua Timur (East Papua) appears to have not been implemented.
- Java
- Banten
- Jakarta**
- Jawa Barat (West Java)
- Jawa Tengah (Central Java)
- Jawa Timur (East Java)
- Yogyakarta*
- Kalimantan
- Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan)
- Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan)
- Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan)
- Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan)
- Maluku
- Maluku
- Maluku Utara (North Maluku)
- Nusa Tenggara
- Nusa Tenggara Barat (West Nusa Tenggara)
- Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa tenggara)
- Sulawesi
- Gorontalo
- Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi)
- Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi)
- Sulawesi Tenggara (South East Sulawesi)
- Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi)
- Sumatra