The National Identification Number (NIN) database being managed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) grew by 20 per cent to 120 million in June 2025 from 100 million recorded as of December 2023.
The development was revealed by the Commission, which said the NIN database grew by seven million in the first half of 2025 as it races to register 95 per cent of Nigerians by year-end.
To meet its target of enrolling 95 per cent of Nigerians by the end of this year, NIMC is deploying Youth Corps members to cover hitherto unreachable areas through its Ward Enrolment initiative.
“The Corps members selected are currently undergoing intensive training in preparation for the kick-off of the ward enrollment.
“Consequently, Nigerians, most especially children below the age of 16 years, are by this initiative encouraged to enrol for the NIN in their respective wards. This initiative aims to take NIN enrolment closer to the people,” NIMC said in a recent statement.
At the end of 2024, the enrolment figure stood at 110 million.
While the database had grown by 10 million in 2024, from 100 million in December 2023 to 110 million in December 2024, the growth recorded in the first half of 2025 shows that the country is on track to surpass last year’s record.
The highest cumulative enrolment figure of over 12.9 million was recorded in Lagos State.
The state has maintained the top spot since the beginning of the registration exercise alongside Kano State, which occupies the second position with 11.07 million enrolments as of June 2025.
Kaduna State displaced Ogun to occupy the third position with 7.1 million, while the latter placed fourth with 5.06 million enrolments.
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The NIMC data revealed that 68.4 million, representing 56.5 per cent of Nigerians so far captured in the NIN database, are male.
On the flip side, 52.9 million, representing 43.5 per cent of the total enrollees, are female.
NIMC Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, asserted that the ward enrollment exercise, when completed, would allow the government to know the actual number of Nigerians and make it easy to plan effectively for the citizens.
