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Section sizes Section size for Identity document (137 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 2,876 2,876 243 243 History 2,135 2,135 183 183 Adoption 2,175 10,183 242 272 Arguments for 5,649 5,649 11 11 Arguments against 2,359 2,359 19 19 National policies 5,219 184,801 526 17,332 Africa 14 11,829 0 921 Cape Verde 171 171 13 13 Egypt 1,668 1,668 103 103 Gambia 408 408 44 44 Ghana 1,767 1,767 83 83 Liberia 849 849 92 92 Mauritius 668 668 67 67 Mozambique 136 136 11 11 Nigeria 1,598 1,598 156 156 South Africa 3,087 3,087 180 180 Tunisia 759 759 74 74 Zimbabwe 704 704 98 98 Asia 12 31,295 0 3,176 Afghanistan 172 172 17 17 Bahrain 267 267 35 35 Bangladesh 481 481 65 65 Bhutan 192 192 25 25 China 520 520 66 66 Hong Kong 933 933 136 136 India 1,607 1,607 138 138 Indonesia 723 723 89 89 Iran 2,223 2,223 183 183 Iraq 162 162 10 10 Israel 1,291 1,291 176 176 Japan 1,301 1,301 86 86 Kazakhstan 1,690 1,690 90 90 Kuwait 299 299 33 33 Kyrgyzstan 2,464 2,464 161 161 Macau 385 385 27 27 Malaysia 1,200 1,200 82 82 Myanmar 190 190 20 20 Nepal 604 604 18 18 Pakistan 729 729 100 100 Palestine 1,411 1,411 134 134 Philippines 767 767 81 81 Singapore 833 833 70 70 South Korea 726 726 112 112 Sri Lanka 1,858 1,858 304 304 Taiwan 1,857 1,857 225 225 Tajikistan 448 448 63 63 Thailand 444 444 41 41 Turkmenistan 1,714 1,714 166 166 United Arab Emirates 1,958 1,958 256 256 Uzbekistan 1,023 1,023 100 100 Vietnam 811 811 67 67 Europe 14 90,270 0 7,897 European Union, European Economic Area and European Free Trade Association 3,809 72,824 138 6,045 Austria 755 755 99 99 Belgium 1,450 1,450 192 192 Bulgaria 353 353 51 51 Croatia 1,175 1,175 120 120 Cyprus 886 886 84 84 Czech Republic 395 395 53 53 Denmark 3,647 3,647 283 283 Estonia 1,365 1,365 158 158 Finland 987 987 131 131 France 7,852 7,852 582 582 Germany 1,730 1,730 238 238 Greece 3,317 3,317 424 424 Hungary 2,190 2,190 308 308 Iceland 1,561 1,561 75 75 Ireland 3,227 3,227 258 258 Italy 8,439 8,439 524 524 Latvia 347 347 35 35 Liechtenstein 1,201 1,201 41 41 Lithuania 302 302 40 40 Luxembourg 313 313 35 35 Malta 267 267 35 35 Netherlands 1,199 1,199 53 53 Norway 5,556 5,556 353 353 Poland 409 409 45 45 Portugal 1,695 1,695 131 131 Romania 2,346 2,346 381 381 Slovakia 916 916 124 124 Slovenia 2,809 2,809 245 245 Spain 6,850 6,850 273 273 Sweden 3,194 3,194 398 398 Switzerland 2,282 2,282 138 138 Other European countries 34 17,432 0 1,852 Andorra 567 567 42 42 Albania 731 731 37 37 Azerbaijan 225 225 21 21 Belarus 268 268 32 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 470 470 65 65 Kosovo 337 337 51 51 Moldova 745 745 99 99 Monaco 203 203 18 18 Montenegro 596 596 65 65 North Macedonia 439 439 46 46 Russia 1,650 1,650 195 195 San Marino 471 471 18 18 Serbia 1,935 1,935 100 100 Turkey 1,326 1,326 205 205 Ukraine 976 976 90 90 United Kingdom 5,519 6,459 635 768 Gibraltar 940 940 133 133 North America 97 23,958 0 2,536 Belize 694 694 47 47 Canada 2,545 2,545 280 280 Cayman Islands 999 999 10 10 Costa Rica 2,915 2,915 443 443 Dominican Republic 2,622 2,622 215 215 El Salvador 341 341 51 51 Guatemala 630 630 65 65 Jamaica 843 843 27 27 Mexico 3,126 3,126 346 346 Panama 2,232 2,232 281 281 United States 6,914 6,914 771 771 Oceania 15 7,628 0 599 Australia 2,364 2,364 244 244 Marshall Islands 192 192 20 20 Micronesia 264 264 25 25 New Zealand 2,009 2,009 183 183 Palau 482 482 43 43 Papua New Guinea 292 292 8 8 Solomon Islands 627 627 8 8 Tonga 775 775 47 47 Vanuatu 608 608 21 21 South America 74 14,602 0 1,677 Argentina 3,813 3,813 457 457 Brazil 1,885 1,885 165 165 Colombia 1,564 1,564 181 181 Chile 1,104 1,104 139 139 Peru 1,989 1,989 298 298 Uruguay 2,390 2,390 173 173 Venezuela 1,783 1,783 264 264 See also 492 492 0 0 Notes 24 24 0 0 References 35 35 0 0 Further reading 261 261 0 0 External links 870 870 0 0 Total 201,677 201,677 18,030 18,030

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In the beginning of the United States section of the article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_document#United_States), change "...U.S. citizens and nationals may obtain passports or U.S. passport cards if they chose to, but this is optional and other alternatives are more popular." to "...U.S. citizens and nationals may obtain passports or U.S. passport cards if they choose to, but this is optional and other alternatives are more popular." Doporto06 (talk) 20:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 21:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the link to Polish (pl-PL) counterpart of the article FROM https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow%C3%B3d_osobisty ("dowód osobisty" = government-backed ID card - a specific type of an identity document) TO https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokument_to%C5%BCsamo%C5%9Bci ("dokument tożsamości" = literally "identity document") KSetlak (talk) 12:32, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --Ferien (talk) 15:43, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@KSetlak:  Done: inter-language links changed on this article's Wikidata entry by merging Q2072174 into it. Show this change on Wikidata. penguinencounter2@enwiki:~/talk/contrib$ 15:55, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do we need each country listed?

I don't think it's necessary to have a description for each country. There is already an article List of national identity cards by country, which duplicates information on this page. Drumstick21 (talk) 01:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I'd like to change this part "Every Polish citizen 18 years of age or older residing permanently in Poland must have an Identity Card (dokument tożsamości) issued by the local Office of Civic Affairs. Polish citizens living permanently abroad are entitled, but not required, to have one." Because it only has a picture of the front side of the ID and is overall short, I'd like to add some more information. Also, the things I want to edit are all available on the Polish government website. That's all. Lilsfaf (talk) 21:23, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Day Creature (talk) 06:30, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]