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Born in 1947

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1947.

    Your age
  • International age78 or 79
  • Korean age80
  • Year age79
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Red Pig
  • Sexagenary cycleJeong-hae (丁亥年)
  • Five element Fire (火)
  • Leap yearCommon year
Other Pig years
1911age 114-1151923age 102-1031935age 90-911959age 66-671971age 54-551983age 42-43

Life timeline for people born in 1947 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1947Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1954Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1960Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1962Age 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
    1963Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1964Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1965Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1965Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1966Year 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
    1966Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1966Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement age
    2007Age 60

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

  13. National Pension starts
    2007Age 60

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

The year you were born: 1947

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. February 28😢 The February 28 Incident took place in Taiwan.
  2. March 1🕯️ Police fired on a crowd during a March First Movement anniversary rally on Jeju Island. at a March First Movement anniversary rally.
  3. March 12🧊 The Truman Doctrine was announced, and the Cold War began.
  4. May 21🤝 The second U.S.-Soviet Joint Commission opened at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul.
  5. August 15🇮🇳 India gained independence, with Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.
  6. September 17🇺🇳 The Korean question was formally put on the agenda of the UN General Assembly.
  7. September 18🕵️ The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created.
  8. October 18🚪 The U.S.-Soviet Joint Commission adjourned indefinitely.

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

1947 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

People born in 1947, as of 2025

387,739people

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

Famous people born in 1947 ⭐

Youn Yuh-jungActorJune 19, 1947 · 79 years oldBaek Yoon-sikActorMarch 16, 1947 · 79 years oldHuh Kyung-youngSingerJuly 13, 1947 · 79 years oldHah Myung-joongActorMay 14, 1947 · 79 years oldNa Hoon-aSinger, ActorFebruary 11, 1947 · 79 years oldHuh Young-manCartoonistJune 26, 1947 · 79 years oldJung Young-sookActorApril 1, 1947 · 79 years oldSong Chang-sikSingerFebruary 2, 1947 · 79 years old
Everyone born in 1947
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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1947 is 79 if they've already had their birthday this year and 78 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 80, and their year age is 79.
Counting from 2026, a 78-year-old was born in 1947.
1947 is the year of the Red Pig. In the sexagenary cycle it's Jeong-hae (丁亥), 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. 1947 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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