Over 80M Filipinos now have a digital ID despite continuing delays

Three years after launching its national digital ID project PhilSys, the Philippines has announced that it has registered more than 80 million people.

As of September 1st, the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) has covered about 87.5 percent of the population aged five years and above, totaling around 80.54 million Filipinos. Among them, around 78.12 million individuals have been issued a unique PhilSys Number (PSN), verifying their demographic and biometric information, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday.

While the numbers …

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