With the opening of tobacco plantations in East Sumatra during the colonial era, the colonial government employed many contract labourers for plantations, mainly Chinese, Javanese and Indian migrants. The Nias people are natives to Nias Island and its surrounding islets. The central highlands region around Lake Toba is predominantly inhabited by other Batak groups ( Toba, Simalungun and Karo). The Malay people are regarded as the natives of the east coast of the province, while the west coast of the province is mainly inhabited by the Batak ( Pakpak, Angkola and Mandailing groups). North Sumatra is a multi-ethnic province. According to the 2020 census, the province's population in that year was 14,799,361.
North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and Central Java.
North Sumatra ( Indonesian: Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.
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