Director-General of Civil Registration: 97.47 Per Cent of Population Obliged to Hold e-ID Have Completed Population Data Recording

The Director-General of Population and Civil Registration at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Teguh Setyabudi, has announced that 97.47 per cent of the population required to hold electronic ID cards (KTP-el) have completed their population data recording. According to Setyabudi, this achievement demonstrates that nearly the entire Indonesian population has been registered in the administrative system.

According to data held by the Directorate-General of Population and Civil Registration, there are 211.8 million people required to hold electronic ID cards out of Indonesia’s total population of 288.3 million, based on the Clean Population Data for the second semester of 2025. Of this figure, 97.47 per cent—equivalent to 206.5 million people—have completed their data recording.

Setyabudi stated that those who have not yet completed their data recording are predominantly located in remote areas. This situation is influenced by limited infrastructure and difficult access to population administration services in such regions.

“We will deploy teams, including to 3T areas (Disadvantaged, Frontier, and Outermost regions),” he said at the Clean Population Data Release for the second semester of 2025 event held at Hotel Bidakara in South Jakarta on Thursday, 12 March 2026.

Setyabudi noted that the high percentage of data recording means that demographic data increasingly reflects actual conditions. Consequently, the government will be more accurate in determining development planning, statistics, and public policy.

“The gap of approximately 2.53 per cent, or roughly 5.3 million people, represents groups that have not yet been reached, possibly due to geographical, social, or administrative factors,” he said.

He urged citizens who have not yet completed their population registration to immediately register with their local population administration office. According to Setyabudi, the completeness of population documents is important to prevent complications when applying for various public services.

“And what is certain is that population administration services are free of charge, with no fees whatsoever,” he said.

The total population in the Clean Population Data for the second semester of 2025 increased by 1.6 million people compared to the first semester of 2025. Of the 288.3 million total, 145.5 million are male and 142.8 million are female.

“This ratio shows a slight excess of males, but remains within normal demographic limits. The government typically monitors this ratio for long-term planning, such as in reproductive health, education, and social welfare,” Setyabudi said.

Indonesia’s population distribution remains concentrated in Java at 55.55 per cent, followed by Sumatra at 21.88 per cent. Other regions such as Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and Papua have smaller proportions.

All this data is obtained from various population administration services including biometric recording for e-ID cards, birth registration, death registration, population mobility, marriage and divorce registration, and the issuance of other population documents.

“This data serves as an important reference for the government, institutions, and the business world,” Setyabudi said.