Do you know Something about your Qatar ID?

Hawk10
By Hawk10

Even it is a strange topic and will sound funny to most of you but someone might explain it in a good way.
Each Qatari ID Number contains information about Your Date of Birth and Country etc. I exactly don't know the sequence, but if someone have good knowledge, please share it here. Which numbers stands for what? I am sure there are only 4 figures of serial number, others are personal information about the holder.

By fab4412• 6 Aug 2013 02:07
fab4412

nice info

By expatabroadhi• 21 Jul 2013 02:00
Rating: 3/5
expatabroadhi

That´s not correct. I have been in Doha working for different companies, and i always got the same ID number, with the last digits showing the total of people in Doha wth the same age, first time I came. I´m sure now there are more people in Doha from my nationality and with same age, but that will not reflect in my ID, since you always have the same ID.

By Meridian• 21 Nov 2011 12:19
Meridian

great information

By ismail.hameed• 20 Nov 2011 11:40
ismail.hameed

Great! Good info!!!!

By hasnadeen• 20 Nov 2011 11:03
hasnadeen

Thanks for Sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By anonymous• 19 Nov 2011 19:14
anonymous

Excellent information.

By anonymous• 4 Nov 2011 08:08
anonymous

COOL!!!

By tanya123• 4 Nov 2011 06:13
tanya123

now that's really informative...(uhh where's the like button? :D)

i knew that the 2nd and 3rd is the birthyear. and i thought that the rest of the number where just rndomly selected.

so i am the 2567th person in qatar that obtain the RP . ;) cool.

By greentea• 4 Nov 2011 01:04
greentea

Only now on my more than 7 years in Qatar have i learned that there is something behind those numbers in my QID... Many times i was required to write my ID but have never memorized it... Now i can recite it by heart ;)

By jstnperumpra• 3 Nov 2011 22:10
jstnperumpra

good one!

By Hawk10• 3 Nov 2011 21:13
Hawk10

Thanks to all of you for useful views, specially to "nisoca" who provided the list of country codes. In fact I was looking for it. Now we can finally explain our ID numbers like this:-

1. First one digit which is in most cases #2 (For the people born from 1900 to 1999)

2. The number 2nd+3rd digit is your year of birth.

3. 4th+5th+6th digit is your country code

4. The rest 5 figures are the serial number of your ID

By Mt.Zeus• 3 Nov 2011 17:11
Mt.Zeus

pretty cool! another learning for keeps!!

By anonymous• 3 Nov 2011 16:27
anonymous

wow great info! made me grab my ID and study it for the first time haha. i am new in doha and it always amaze me whenever i ask my colleagues about their Qatar ID no. and they would recite it without blinking ..simply amazing!(loooooool)

By anonymous• 3 Nov 2011 10:56
anonymous

Very useful information

By Translator• 3 Nov 2011 10:46
Rating: 2/5
Translator

Qatarsun said: "Last digits represent number of people of your age and nationality in Qatar at the moment of obtaing the RP"

That is not accurate, rather "Last digits represent number of people of your age and nationality who got Qatari RP so far at the moment of obtaing the RP.

The ID of a person who leaves Qatar would not be used again.

By Khanan• 3 Nov 2011 07:37
Rating: 2/5
Khanan

very well-explained..

I was aware of the year of birth, country code but was not sure about the last digits..

By anonymous• 3 Nov 2011 07:16
anonymous

nice info.. shokran, arigatu desaimasu!

By Greeker• 3 Nov 2011 01:37
Greeker

I learned something new from QL. I can see a definite change in the quality of topics coming up here. There're new stories on the front page and there are more worthwhile topics coming up. I don't see people spewing too much venom and the threads themselves are making some sort of sense...

I had stopped coming to QL because I was sick and tired of the shallowness that had invaded this site. It was all the more distressing because I knew what this site could do. And now I must say that slowly, things are looking like it once used to be...

Thank you mods and users, for making this site realise its true potential...

P.S: The sudden rush of optimism was because I learned something new today. I had no idea about the things that went into my ID card Thanks QL users for enlightening me. Deeply appreciated...

By nisoca• 3 Nov 2011 00:49
Rating: 5/5
nisoca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_numeric

ISO 3166-1 numeric (or numeric-3) codes are three-digit country codes defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.

Code Country name

004 Afghanistan

008 Albania

010 Antarctica

012 Algeria

016 American Samoa

020 Andorra

024 Angola

028 Antigua and Barbuda

031 Azerbaijan

032 Argentina

036 Australia

040 Austria

044 Bahamas

048 Bahrain

050 Bangladesh

051 Armenia

052 Barbados

056 Belgium

060 Bermuda

064 Bhutan

068 Bolivia, Plurinational State of

070 Bosnia and Herzegovina

072 Botswana

074 Bouvet Island

076 Brazil

084 Belize

086 British Indian Ocean Territory

090 Solomon Islands

092 Virgin Islands, British

096 Brunei Darussalam

100 Bulgaria

104 Myanmar

108 Burundi

112 Belarus

116 Cambodia

120 Cameroon

124 Canada

132 Cape Verde

136 Cayman Islands

140 Central African Republic

144 Sri Lanka

148 Chad

152 Chile

156 China

158 Taiwan, Province of China

162 Christmas Island

166 Cocos (Keeling) Islands

170 Colombia

174 Comoros

175 Mayotte

178 Congo

180 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

184 Cook Islands

188 Costa Rica

191 Croatia

192 Cuba

196 Cyprus

203 Czech Republic

204 Benin

208 Denmark

212 Dominica

214 Dominican Republic

218 Ecuador

222 El Salvador

226 Equatorial Guinea

231 Ethiopia

232 Eritrea

233 Estonia

234 Faroe Islands

238 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

239 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

242 Fiji

246 Finland

248 Åland Islands

250 France

254 French Guiana

258 French Polynesia

260 French Southern Territories

262 Djibouti

266 Gabon

268 Georgia

270 Gambia

275 Palestinian Territory, Occupied

276 Germany

288 Ghana

292 Gibraltar

296 Kiribati

300 Greece

304 Greenland

308 Grenada

312 Guadeloupe

316 Guam

320 Guatemala

324 Guinea

328 Guyana

332 Haiti

334 Heard Island and McDonald Islands

336 Holy See (Vatican City State)

340 Honduras

344 Hong Kong

348 Hungary

352 Iceland

356 India

360 Indonesia

364 Iran, Islamic Republic of

368 Iraq

372 Ireland

376 Israel

380 Italy

384 Côte d'Ivoire

388 Jamaica

392 Japan

398 Kazakhstan

400 Jordan

404 Kenya

408 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

410 Korea, Republic of

414 Kuwait

417 Kyrgyzstan

418 Lao People's Democratic Republic

422 Lebanon

426 Lesotho

428 Latvia

430 Liberia

434 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

438 Liechtenstein

440 Lithuania

442 Luxembourg

446 Macao

450 Madagascar

454 Malawi

458 Malaysia

462 Maldives

466 Mali

470 Malta

474 Martinique

478 Mauritania

480 Mauritius

484 Mexico

492 Monaco

496 Mongolia

498 Moldova, Republic of

499 Montenegro

500 Montserrat

504 Morocco

508 Mozambique

512 Oman

516 Namibia

520 Nauru

524 Nepal

528 Netherlands

531 Curaçao

533 Aruba

534 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

535 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

540 New Caledonia

548 Vanuatu

554 New Zealand

558 Nicaragua

562 Niger

566 Nigeria

570 Niue

574 Norfolk Island

578 Norway

580 Northern Mariana Islands

581 United States Minor Outlying Islands

583 Micronesia, Federated States of

584 Marshall Islands

585 Palau

586 Pakistan

591 Panama

598 Papua New Guinea

600 Paraguay

604 Peru

608 Philippines

612 Pitcairn

616 Poland

620 Portugal

624 Guinea-Bissau

626 Timor-Leste

630 Puerto Rico

634 Qatar

638 Réunion

642 Romania

643 Russian Federation

646 Rwanda

652 Saint Barthélemy

654 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

659 Saint Kitts and Nevis

660 Anguilla

662 Saint Lucia

663 Saint Martin (French part)

666 Saint Pierre and Miquelon

670 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

674 San Marino

678 Sao Tome and Principe

682 Saudi Arabia

686 Senegal

688 Serbia

690 Seychelles

694 Sierra Leone

702 Singapore

703 Slovakia

704 Viet Nam

705 Slovenia

706 Somalia

710 South Africa

716 Zimbabwe

724 Spain

728 South Sudan

729 Sudan

732 Western Sahara

740 Suriname

744 Svalbard and Jan Mayen

748 Swaziland

752 Sweden

756 Switzerland

760 Syrian Arab Republic

762 Tajikistan

764 Thailand

768 Togo

772 Tokelau

776 Tonga

780 Trinidad and Tobago

784 United Arab Emirates

788 Tunisia

792 Turkey

795 Turkmenistan

796 Turks and Caicos Islands

798 Tuvalu

800 Uganda

804 Ukraine

807 Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

818 Egypt

826 United Kingdom

831 Guernsey

832 Jersey

833 Isle of Man

834 Tanzania, United Republic of

840 United States

850 Virgin Islands, U.S.

854 Burkina Faso

858 Uruguay

860 Uzbekistan

862 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

876 Wallis and Futuna

882 Samoa

887 Yemen

894 Zambia

By princess_khan• 3 Nov 2011 00:22
princess_khan

1440 srilanka, Kenya 404

By princess_khan• 3 Nov 2011 00:16
princess_khan

Leavin de numb 2 de next numb is de year o birth den ur nationality code den de Id serial no.

De code fr India is 356 dunno abt de rest :)

By qatarisun• 2 Nov 2011 21:51
qatarisun

correct, SD, and #3 is reserved for those who born in 2000 and up

By anonymous• 2 Nov 2011 21:10
anonymous

The first digit #2 means, you were born in a year from 1900 to 1999.

By qatarisun• 2 Nov 2011 19:21
Rating: 5/5
qatarisun

Second and third digits represent a year you were born. Next three digits are your country code. Last digits represent number of people of your age and nationality in Qatar at the moment of obtaing the RP. For example, 28312400295 means your were born in 1983, your nationality is Canadian, and you are 295-th person in Qatar who is Canadian and born in 1983.

By Glorya• 2 Nov 2011 18:42
Rating: 5/5
Glorya

the first five number are nationality code ,follow by the year you were born then the four last digit

By Captain_Lost• 2 Nov 2011 18:29
Captain_Lost

yes... digit 2 and 3 are your year of birth, digits 4,5,6 represent your nationality... i dont know the rest..

By flor1212• 2 Nov 2011 18:22
flor1212

and the profession of the holder!

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