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Pakistan's NADRA biometric database now covers 97% of its population, but gaps in birth record integration threaten data accuracy.
Pakistan's NADRA has registered 227 million citizens—97% of the population—in its biometric database, with 48% women and 52% men, including 170 million facial records and 1.68 billion fingerprints.
In 2025, 465 million biometric verifications were conducted, registration grew 4%, child registrations rose 11%, and ID renewals jumped 24%.
Over 31 million births were recorded at the union council level but not yet uploaded to the central system, creating a major data gap.
Despite 98% cashless operations, mobile units, 938 centers, and 12 million downloads of the Pak Identity app, systemic bottlenecks hinder full integration of local birth records, raising concerns about data accuracy and access.
La base de datos biométrica de NADRA de Pakistán ahora cubre el 97% de su población, pero las brechas en la integración de los registros de nacimiento amenazan la precisión de los datos.