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Born in 1945

If you were born in 1945, you're 80 or 81 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the Blue Rooster.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age80 or 81
  • Korean age82
  • Year age81
    • The year 1945
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Blue Rooster
  • Sexagenary cycleEul-yu (乙酉年)
  • Five element Wood (木)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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Blue RoosterEul-yu (乙酉年) · Wood (木)

In the sexagenary cycle, 1945 is Eul-yu (乙酉年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Wood (木), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the Blue Rooster (酉).

Born 12 years apart - same Rooster
1909age 1171921age 1051933age 931957age 691969age 571981age 45

The year you were born: 1945

Here's what the world was up to that year 👀

📰 What happened that year
  1. February 9📜 The Korean Provisional Government declared war on Nazi Germany.
  2. March 10✈️ U.S. Air Force B-29 bombers carried out a massive firebombing raid on Tokyo.
  3. April 30🕯️ Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun died by suicide.
  4. May 7🏳️ Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, bringing the war in Europe to an end.
  5. August 6☢️ The United States dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan, leaving some 140,000 dead and wounded.
  6. August 15🎊 Liberation Day - Korea was freed from Japanese colonial rule.
  7. September 9🪖 U.S. forces entered Seoul and set up a military government in the southern half of Korea.
  8. October 24🌐 The United Nations was founded.
⭐ Born that year
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activistMoon Hee-sang, politicianNa Tae-joo, poetHong Ra-hee, art curatorSun Woo Yong-nyeo, actorBae Han-sung, voice actor
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • LiteratureGabriela Mistral
  • PhysicsWolfgang Pauli
  • Physiology or MedicineSir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Howard Walter Florey
  • PeaceCordell Hull
  • ChemistryArtturi Ilmari Virtanen

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 1945 🗓️

What someone born in 1945 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    1945Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1952Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1958Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1960Age 15

    Ages 13-14 can work only with an employment permit (Labor Standards Act).

  5. Starts high school
    1961Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1962Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1963Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1963Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1964Year 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
    1964Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1964Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement age
    2005Age 60

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

  13. National Pension starts
    2005Age 60

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

Ages follow international age unless noted. Buying alcohol or tobacco and the military service examination use year age - the calendar year you turn that age - so they can land a year earlier than you expect. School entry, retirement and the National Pension are general rules and can differ case by case.

1945 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 1945.

People born in 1945, as of 2025

261,648people

Source: Statistics Korea - Birth Statistics(1970~2025) and Life Tables(~2024); Ministry of the Interior and Safety - Resident Registration Population(as of 2025) (KOSIS)

Famous people born in 1945 ⭐

Kim Eul-dongActorSeptember 5, 1945 · 80 years old💙 Blue RoosterPark In-hwanActorJanuary 6, 1945 · 81 years old💙 Blue RoosterSunwoo Yong-nyeoActorAugust 15, 1945 · 81 years old💙 Blue RoosterIm Hyun-sikActorDecember 31, 1945 · 80 years old💙 Blue RoosterJo Young-namSingerMay 13, 1945 · 81 years old💙 Blue RoosterKim Gi-hyeonActor, Voice actorMay 15, 1945 · 81 years old💙 Blue RoosterJo TongdalSinger, ActorJune 6, 1945 · 81 years old💙 Blue RoosterChoi Joo-bongActorSeptember 21, 1945 · 80 years old💙 Blue Rooster
Who else was born in 1945?Everyone born in 1945

Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1945 is 81 if they've already had their birthday this year and 80 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 82, and their year age is 81.
Counting from 2026, a 80-year-old was born in 1945.
1945 is the year of the Blue Rooster. In the sexagenary cycle it's Eul-yu (乙酉), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Wood (木), the animal picks up the color Blue. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
No. 1945 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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