 It is bordered by Banten and Bekasi City (which is a separate administration from the Regency) to the west, by Bogor Regency to the south, and by Karawang Regency to the east.It has an area of 1,224.88 km2 and contained 2,630,401 people at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate (as at 2017 is 3,500,023, with a density of 2,857 people/km2.During the colonial era, Bekasi was dominated by private estates (Dutch