ID card names must have at least two words. How many residents are required to have an ID card?

The Ministry of Home Affairs regulates that the writing of names on population documents, including the Identity Card (KTP), must meet the following requirements:

* Easy to read, not negative in meaning, and not open to multiple interpretations.
* Maximum of 60 (sixty) characters, including spaces.
* Minimum of 2 (two) words.

This is stipulated in the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (Permendagri) Number 73 of 2022 concerning the Recording of Names on Population Documents, effective April 21, 2022.

According to the Director General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil), Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, this rule was made to facilitate public services.

"So it provides benefits as a guideline for name recording, name writing on population documents, and improves legal certainty on population documents," said Zudan as quoted from the Dukcapil website, Monday (23/5/2022).

This rule is not retroactive. This means that old KTPs whose name recording does not yet meet the above requirements are still considered valid.

Based on data from the Ministry of Home Affairs' Dukcapil, until December 2021, there were 202.24 million people who were required to have an electronic Identity Card (e-KTP).

This portion of the population required to have an e-KTP reaches 73.84% of Indonesia's total population of 273.88 million.

This e-KTP mandatory population includes Indonesian citizens and Foreigners who have Permanent Residence Permits and are 17 (seventeen) years of age or older, or are married, or have been legally married.

The highest percentage of the population required to have an e-KTP is in Yogyakarta Special Region, namely 78.27% of its total population of 3.68 million. Followed by Papua with 78.2% and North Sulawesi with 77.76% of its total population.

Meanwhile, the province with the lowest percentage of the population required to have an e-KTP is Aceh, at 69.04% of its total population of 5.35 million. Followed by North Kalimantan with 69.61% and Southeast Sulawesi with 69.94% of its total population.