Back باتاقيون Arabic باتاقيين ARZ Bataklar (xalq) Azerbaijani Halak Batak BBC Батакі Byelorussian Orang Batak BEW Батаки Bulgarian Batak Welsh Batak German Batakoj Esperanto
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.jpg) Toba Batak male and female wearing traditional clothes | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 8,466,969 (2010 census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia | 8,466,969[2] |
 North Sumatra | 5,785,716 |
 Riau | 691,399 |
 West Java | 467,438 |
 Jakarta | 326,645 |
 West Sumatra | 222,549 |
 Riau Islands | 208,678 |
 Aceh | 147,295 |
 Banten | 139,259 |
 Jambi | 106,249 |
 Malaysia | 30,000 (counted as part of the local "Malays") |
 Singapore | unknown (counted as part of the local "Malays") |
 Netherlands | unknown |
 Australia | unknown |
| Languages | |
| Native Batak languages (Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Angkola, Mandailing) Also Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
•  Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism) 55.62%•  Sunni Islam 44.17%•  Buddhism 0.11%•  Hinduism 0.017%• Traditional religions (Parmalim, Pemena, etc.) 0.08%[3][4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Angkola, Mandailing[5] and related ethnic groups with distinct languages and traditional customs (adat).
- ^ Na'im, Akhsan; Syaputra, Hendry (2010), Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama, dan Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Indonesia: Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010 [Nationality, Ethnicity, Religion, and Languages of Indonesians: Results of the 2010 Population Census] (PDF) (in Indonesian), Statistics Indonesia (BPS), ISBN 978-979-064-417-5, archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 23 September 2015
- ^ Na'im, Akhsan; Syaputra, Hendry (2011). Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama dan Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Indonesia: Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010 [Citizenship, Ethnicity, Religion, and Daily Language of Indonesian Population, Results of the 2010 Population Census] (in Indonesian). Badan Pusat Statistik. ISBN 9789790644175.
- ^ Bungaran Antonius Simanjuntak (1994). Konflik Status dan Kekuasaan Orang Batak Toba: Bagian Sejarah batak [Conflict of Status and Power of Toba Batak People: History of Batak] (in Indonesian). Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia. p. 149. ISBN 60-243-3148-7.
- ^ B.A. Simanjuntak; Hasmah Hasyim; A.W. Turnip; Jugat Purba; E.K. Siahaan (1979). Sistim Gotong Royong Dalam Masyarakat Pedesaan Daerah Sumatera Utara [Mutual Cooperation System in Rural Areas of North Sumatra] (in Indonesian). Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan. p. 25.
- ^ Siahaan, Nalom (1964). Sedjarah kebudajaan Batak: suatu studi tentang suku Batak (Toba, Angkola, Mandailing, Simelungun, Pakpak Dairi, Karo) [Historical culture of Batak: a study of Batak tribes (Toba, Angkola, Mandailing, Simelungun, Pakpak Dairi, Karo)] (in Indonesian). Napitupulu. OCLC 690038854.