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Aadhaar's yes-or-no identity checks rose to 22.38 billion a year
UIDAI recorded 2,237.94 crore yes-or-no Aadhaar authentication transactions in 2024-25. The annual count was more than double its 2019-20 level, though growth slowed in the last year of the annual report series.
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The full annual report series uses the same crore scale.
A national service grew into billions of checks
UIDAI recorded 295.04 crore yes-or-no transactions in 2016-17 and 876.96 crore the following year. The series crossed 1,000 crore in 2019-20 and 2,000 crore in 2023-24. Source 1
Recent increases slowed
The count rose about 11.3% from 2022-23 to 2023-24, then about 2.1% in 2024-25. Both rates use the rounded published annual figures. Volume continued to grow after the growth rate slowed. Source 1
A yes-or-no result answers a limited question
The annual report describes a request by an authorised entity to match information supplied for authentication with UIDAI's record. The modality can be demographic, biometric, a one-time PIN or a combination. The result is a match response. Source 1
Electronic KYC follows a separate reporting series
UIDAI's report counts electronic know-your-customer authentications separately. With the applicable consent and matching process, that service returns a digitally signed response containing e-KYC data. A person can be involved in multiple transactions over a year, so this volume cannot be read as unique people. Source 1