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Born in 1926

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1926.

    Your age
  • International age99 or 100
  • Korean age101
  • Year age100
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Red Tiger
  • Sexagenary cycleByeong-in (丙寅年)
  • Five element Fire (火)
  • Leap yearCommon year
Other Tiger years
1902age 123-1241914age 111-1121938age 87-881950age 75-761962age 63-64

Life timeline for people born in 1926 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1926Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1933Age 6-7 · elementary

    The March after turning 6 - Korean school years start in March, not September.

  3. Starts middle school
    1939Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1941Age 15

    Under 15, or under 18 and still in middle school, you need an employment permit (Labor Standards Act, Art. 64).

  5. Starts high school
    1942Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1943Age 17

    Issued from the first day of the month after turning 17 (Resident Registration Act).

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1944Age 18

    Class 2 ordinary licence. Mopeds are allowed from 16 (Road Traffic Act).

  8. Can vote
    1944Age 18

    Must be 18 on election day (Public Official Election Act).

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1945Year age 19

    From January 1 of the year you turn 19 - this one uses year age, not your birthday (Youth Protection Act).

  10. Legal adulthood
    1945Age 19

    Adulthood begins on the 19th birthday (Civil Act, Article 4).

  11. Military service examination
    1945Year age 19

    Held in the year a man turns 19 (Military Service Act · year age · men only).

  12. Statutory retirement age
    1986Age 60

    The floor employers must set, not a fixed date (Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination · reference).

  13. National Pension starts
    1986Age 60

    Between 63 and 65 depending on your birth year, with at least 10 years of contributions (National Pension Act · reference).

1926 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

People born in 1926, as of 2025

4,617people

Source: Statistics Korea birth statistics and life tables; Ministry of the Interior and Safety resident population(as of 2025)

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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1926 is 100 if they've already had their birthday this year and 99 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 101, and their year age is 100.
Counting from 2026, a 99-year-old was born in 1926.
1926 is the year of the Red Tiger. In the sexagenary cycle it's Byeong-in (丙寅), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Fire (火), the animal picks up the color Red. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
No. 1926 is a common year - 365 days, and February ends on the 28th.
Korean age starts at 1 the day you're born, and everybody adds a year together on January 1 instead of on their birthday. That makes it one or two years higher than international age. Since June 2023, Korean law, contracts, and official documents all use international age, but you'll still hear Korean age in everyday conversation.

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