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Born in 1928

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1928.

    Your age
  • International age97 or 98
  • Korean age99
  • Year age98
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Golden Dragon
  • Sexagenary cycleMu-jin (戊辰年)
  • Five element Earth (土)
  • Leap yearLeap year
Other Dragon years
1904age 121-1221916age 109-1101940age 85-861952age 73-741964age 61-62

Life timeline for people born in 1928 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1928Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1935Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1941Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1943Age 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
    1944Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1945Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1946Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1946Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1947Year 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
    1947Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1947Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement age
    1988Age 60

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

  13. National Pension starts
    1988Age 60

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

1928 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

People born in 1928, as of 2025

12,045people

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 1928 is 98 if they've already had their birthday this year and 97 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 99, and their year age is 98.
Counting from 2026, a 97-year-old was born in 1928.
1928 is the year of the Golden Dragon. In the sexagenary cycle it's Mu-jin (戊辰), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Earth (土), the animal picks up the color Golden. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
Yes. 1928 runs 366 days and February goes all the way to the 29th, so some people born in 1928 only get a real birthday every four years.
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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