South Korea
In South Korea, every Korean resident is assigned a Resident's Registration Number(주민등록번호), which has the form 000000-0000000. The first seven digits have his/her birthday and gender, where the first six digits are in the format YYMMDD and the seventh digit is determined by the century and the gender as follows:
- 1: male Korean citizens (born 1900 - 1999)
- 2: female Korean citizens (born 1900 - 1999)
- 3: male Korean citizens (born 2000 - 2099)
- 4: female Korean citizens (born 2000 - 2099)
- 5: male foreign citizens residing in Korea (born 1900 - 1999)
- 6: female foreign citizens residing in Korea (born 1900 - 1999)
- 7: male foreign citizens residing in Korea (born 2000 - 2099)
- 8: female foreign citizens residing in Korea (born 2000 - 2099)
(For example, a male citizen who was born in 27 May 2001 is assigned the number 010527‒3******, and a female citizen which was born in 24 March 1975 is assigned the number 750324‒2******.)
The next 4 digits mean the region of his/her birth registration, and the next 1 digit is a serial number of registration within the date and the region. The last digit is a check digit.
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