Generate (Fake) South-African ID Numbers

Created by Veer Gosai and Joel Cedras

How South African ID Numbers Work

The ID number format is: YYMMDDGSSSCAZ, where:

• YYMMDD: Date of birth
• G: Gender (0-4999 for females, 5000-9999 for males)
• SSS: Daily sequence number
• C: Citizenship (0 for SA citizens, 1 for permanent residents)
• A: Race indicator (8 or 9)
• Z: Checksum digit (calculated using the Luhn algorithm)