Sorong
750 companies · City/Regency · code 96.01
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District
Area figures for Sorong
Official figures for Sorong
Each figure carries the year it was measured; figures published only per province are shown separately below.
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Population
125,222
people · 2026
2020–2026: from 118,679 to 125,222 -
HDI (Human Development Index)
68.29
2024
prov. 68.63
2010–2024: from 57.56 to 68.29 -
Poverty (Population below the poverty line)
25.1%
2025
prov. 17.95%
2010–2025: from 33.43% to 25.1% -
Unemployment (Open unemployment rate)
4.39%
2025
prov. 6.85%
2017–2025: from 4.46% to 4.39% -
GRDP (Gross regional domestic product)
Rp13.4 trillion
2025
2010–2025: from Rp7.18 trillion to Rp13.4 trillion
Further components
- Life expectancy
- 67.1 years 2024 · prov. 67.8
- Mean years of schooling
- 9 years 2025 · prov. 8.7
- Expected years of schooling
- 14.1 years 2025 · prov. 13.9
- Expenditure per capita
- Rp8.62 million per person per year 2025 · prov. Rp9.08 million
- People below the poverty line
- 25,610 people 2025
- Poverty line
- Rp661,253 per person per month 2025 · prov. Rp812,630
- Population aged 60 and over
- 8.98% 2025 · prov. 7.84%
Province level: Papua Barat Daya
These three figures are published only per province.
- GRDP per capita (Gross regional domestic product per capita)
- Rp61.6 million per person per year 2025
Recorded disasters in Sorong
9 disaster events were recorded in Sorong during 2016–2025.
Counted from officially recorded events. An event spanning several districts is apportioned between them, so counts are rounded.
Kinds of disaster 2021–2025
of 5 events
- Flood 4 80%
- Settlement fire 1 20%
Recorded impact 2021–2025
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
- Missing
- 0
- Injured
- 7,678
- Affected & displaced
- 14
- Houses damaged
- 3,364
- Houses flooded
Flood can be insured as an extension of a home policy. Insure your home
- 2016: 0 events
- 2017: 1 events
- 2018: 1 events
- 2019: 1 events
- 2020: 1 events
- 2021: 0 events
- 2022: 0 events
- 2023: 2 events
- 2024: 2 events
- 2025: 1 events
Business formation in Sorong
132 businesses were recorded as founded in Sorong during 2016–2025.
Counted from formations announced officially and held in our records — not every business that opened here.
Most common trades
of 188 companies with a classification
- Contractors & Construction 51 27%
- Manufacturing 19 10%
- Energy & Mining 14 7%
- Travel Agents & Tours 13 7%
- 2016: 1 formations
- 2017: 1 formations
- 2018: 3 formations
- 2019: 18 formations
- 2020: 11 formations
- 2021: 19 formations
- 2022: 15 formations
- 2023: 23 formations
- 2024: 31 formations
- 2025: 10 formations
Companies here (750)
Showing 1–10 of 750685, IL Gok - Dong, Buk-Gu, Gwangju – Si, Korea, Luar Negeri, 9999
Jl. BASUKI RAHMAT KM. 10.5 No.41, KOTA SORONG, PROVINSI PAPUA BARAT
Jl. Kenanga SP2 Kelurahan Mariyai Distrik Mariat, Kab. Sorong, Papua Barat