Aadhaar: 137 Crore — World's Largest Biometric Identity System

Aadhaar — World's Largest Biometric ID

145 Crore Aadhaar numbers issued — covering virtually all of India's 1.456 Billion people. Managed by UIDAI. Uses 10 fingerprints + 2 iris scans + photograph. ~28,000 new enrollments daily.

What Aadhaar Enables

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT): Rs 34 Lakh Crore transferred directly to beneficiaries, eliminating leakage. Also enables: banking e-KYC, UPI, government schemes, income tax filing, SIM card issuance, and passport applications.

Aadhaar vs Global ID Systems

USA's SSN: ~340 million · EU: No single biometric ID · China: ~1.4 Billion (national ID, not biometric-only) · India's Aadhaar: 145 Crore — world's largest biometric database

Source

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) · Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY)