How Many Smart ID Cards Were Issued In South Africa in 2025

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This milestone represents a 17% increase on the 3 427 468 Smart IDs issued during 2024, which was itself a new record at the time. The 2025 performance is about 1.3 million more than the number of Smart IDs issued during the 2023 and 2022 calendar years. Correcting this has led to higher uptime and better performance of the population register at Home Affairs offices, directly contributing to giving more South Africans access to smart IDs than ever before. “Smart IDs are vastly more secure than the fraud-prone green barcoded ID book. “The accelerated rollout of smart IDs is a cornerstone of the department’s Medium-Term Development Plan targets.