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Born in 1950

If you were born in 1950, you're 75 or 76 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the White Tiger.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age75 or 76
  • Korean age77
  • Year age76
    • The year 1950
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)White Tiger
  • Sexagenary cycleGyeong-in (庚寅年)
  • Five element Metal (金)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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White TigerGyeong-in (庚寅年) · Metal (金)

In the sexagenary cycle, 1950 is Gyeong-in (庚寅年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Metal (金), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the White Tiger (寅).

Born 12 years apart - same Tiger
1914age 1121926age 1001938age 881962age 641974age 521986age 40

The year you were born: 1950

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 12🗺️ U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson laid out the Acheson Line.
  2. March 10🌾 South Korea's National Assembly passed the Farmland Reform Act, which provided for the government to buy land from landlords and sell it to farmers.
  3. May 6🇪🇺 France's Robert Schuman put forward the plan for the European Coal and Steel Community.
  4. June 25💥 North Korea invaded the South, and the Korean War began.
  5. September 15🚢 At 6 a.m., the Incheon landing began at Wolmido Island in Incheon.
  6. September 28🏙️ South Korean and UN forces retook Seoul, and President Syngman Rhee ordered an advance north of the 38th parallel.
  7. October 25🇨🇳 China entered the Korean War.
  8. December 14❄️ The Hungnam evacuation began and ran through the 24th.
⭐ Born that year
Cho Yong-pil, singerStevie Wonder, American singerHuh Kyung-young, singer and business executiveLee Wan-koo, member of the National AssemblyZaha Hadid, Iraqi-born British architectLee Myung-hee, business executive
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • LiteratureBertrand Russell
  • PhysicsCecil Frank Powell
  • Physiology or MedicineEdward Calvin Kendall, Tadeus Reichstein, Philip Showalter Hench
  • PeaceRalph Bunche
  • ChemistryOtto Diels, Kurt Alder

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 1950 🗓️

What someone born in 1950 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    1950Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1957Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1963Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1965Age 15

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

  5. Starts high school
    1966Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1967Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1968Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1968Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1969Year 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
    1969Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1969Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement age
    2010Age 60

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

  13. National Pension starts
    2010Age 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.

1950 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 1950.

People born in 1950, as of 2025

402,372people

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

Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1950 is 76 if they've already had their birthday this year and 75 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 77, and their year age is 76.
Counting from 2026, a 75-year-old was born in 1950.
1950 is the year of the White Tiger. In the sexagenary cycle it's Gyeong-in (庚寅), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Metal (金), the animal picks up the color White. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
No. 1950 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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