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Born in 1949

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1949.

    Your age
  • International age76 or 77
  • Korean age78
  • Year age77
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Golden Ox
  • Sexagenary cycleGi-chuk (己丑年)
  • Five element Earth (土)
  • Leap yearCommon year
Other Ox years
1913age 112-1131925age 100-1011937age 88-891961age 64-651973age 52-531985age 40-41

Life timeline for people born in 1949 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1949Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1956Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1962Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1964Age 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
    1965Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1966Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1967Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1967Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1968Year 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
    1968Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1968Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement age
    2009Age 60

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

  13. National Pension starts
    2009Age 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: 1949

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 21🏛️ Chiang Kai-shek stepped down as president of the Republic of China, and Vice President Li Zongren took over as acting president.
  2. April 4🛡️ The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded.
  3. May 24🇩🇪 The Basic Law took effect, creating the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
  4. June 26😢 Kim Ku was assassinated by Ahn Doo-hee, an army second lieutenant.
  5. August 29☢️ The Soviet Union pulled off its first successful atomic bomb test.
  6. September 22⚖️ South Korea's National Assembly passed a bill dissolving the Special Committee for Investigating Anti-National Activities, the body prosecuting people who had collaborated with Japan during its colonial rule.
  7. October 1🇨🇳 The People's Republic of China was founded.
  8. October 7🚩 The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was founded.

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

1949 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

People born in 1949, as of 2025

401,141people

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

Famous people born in 1949 ⭐

Park Won-sookActorFebruary 16, 1949 · 77 years oldYoon Joo-sangActorJune 25, 1949 · 77 years oldJung Dong-hwanActorAugust 5, 1949 · 77 years oldAhn Sook-sunGugak musicianSeptember 5, 1949 · 77 years oldJang Sa-ikSingerJanuary 1, 1949 · 77 years old
Everyone born in 1949
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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1949 is 77 if they've already had their birthday this year and 76 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 78, and their year age is 77.
Counting from 2026, a 76-year-old was born in 1949.
1949 is the year of the Golden Ox. In the sexagenary cycle it's Gi-chuk (己丑), 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.
No. 1949 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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