IKD Prepared as Foundation for Indonesia's Digital Public Infrastructure

The Digital Population Identity (IKD) is now being directed not merely as a digital replacement for population documents. The government is preparing digital identity as one of the foundations of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) that can connect the public with various digital services securely and in an integrated manner.

“As an alternative, population identity can use IKD with a QR Code or Single Sign-On (SSO) method,” said the Director General of Population and Civil Registration at the Ministry of Home Affairs (Dirjen Dukcapil Kemendagri), Teguh Setyabudi, recently.

In addition to displaying e-KTP, Family Cards, and other population documents in digital format, IKD can indeed be used for Single Sign-On as well as data sharing based on the data owner’s consent via QR Code.

This function means digital identity does not stop at being a representation of physical documents. IKD can become the public’s gateway to access government services online while also performing identity verification when using other digital services. “Going forward, IKD activation will be directed through a remote onboarding mechanism, so the public will not need to visit the Dukcapil office in person,” said Teguh.

Teguh said that as of 31 July 2026, there were 21,152,840 users who had activated IKD. This number is an important asset in building a digital identity ecosystem that can be used across services.

The various features available on IKD include: Application for Family Card Printing, Application for Indonesian Citizen Biodata Printing, Certificate of Change of Address (Individual), Family Card Split/Division (Individual), Blood Type, Issuance of Indonesian Citizen Birth Certificate (without NIK), Issuance of Indonesian Citizen Birth Certificate (with NIK), Issuance of Death Certificate, Education Change, and Non-Permanent Resident Registration.

Previously, the Chairman of the National Economic Council as well as Chairman of the Government Digital Transformation Acceleration Committee, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said that population data integration must be supported by the development of an integrated ecosystem. This is done so that data utilisation is more comprehensive.