Albania
In Albania, the Identity Number (Albanian: Numri i Identitetit (NID)) is issued by the Central Civic Registry Service (Ministry of Interior). The coding structure and algorithm is regulated by a decision of the Council of Ministers of Albania (No.827, Dated 11.12.2003). From 2004 to 2007, the Identity Number was referred to as the Citizen Identity Number (Albanian: Numri i Identitetit të Shtetasit (NISH)). As of 2007 with the introduction the new legislation regarding the new biometric ID Cards and biometric passports, it is simply referred to as the Identity Number. The Albanian national identification number appears in the Albanian national ID Cards and biometric passports under the 'personal no.' section.
The Albanian Identity Number is a unique personal identification number of 10-characters in the format YYMMDDSSSC, where YYMMDD indicates the date of birth and sex (for males MM is 01-12, for females 50 is added to the month of birth so that MM is 51-62), SSS is a sequence number of persons born on the same date (001–999), and C is a checksum letter (A–W). The YY part of the date of birth is calculated from the following table:
| 00–09: 1800–1809 | A0–A9: 1900–1909 | K0–K9: 2000–2009 |
| 10–19: 1810–1819 | B0–B9: 1910–1919 | L0–L9: 2010–2019 |
| 20–29: 1820–1829 | C0–C9: 1920–1929 | M0–M9: 2020–2029 |
| 30–39: 1830–1839 | D0–D9: 1930–1939 | N0–N9: 2030–2039 |
| 40–49: 1840–1849 | E0–E9: 1940–1949 | O0–O9: 2040–2049 |
| 50–59: 1850–1859 | F0–F9: 1950–1959 | P0–P9: 2050–2059 |
| 60–69: 1860–1869 | G0–G9: 1960–1969 | Q0–Q9: 2060–2069 |
| 70–79: 1870–1879 | H0–H9: 1970–1979 | R0–R9: 2070–2079 |
| 80–89: 1880–1889 | I0–I9: 1980–1989 | S0–S9: 2080–2089 |
| 90–99: 1890–1899 | J0–J9: 1990–1999 | T0–T9: 2090–2099 |
e.g. For people born in the year 2003, YY would be K3.
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