See this for white papers. The biggest possible ROWID is 9223372036854775807, which, if you write 1000 entries, will last more than 10675199116 days: I donโt think it will be difficult for you.
When this is achieved, the database will begin to collect unused identifiers, so you will be fine too.
Use AUTO INCREMENT: this is the best option for you.
EDIT: also, this is called AUTO INCREMENT for some reason. It should automatically increase.
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