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Born in 1952

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1952.

    Your age
  • International age73 or 74
  • Korean age75
  • Year age74
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Black Dragon
  • Sexagenary cycleIm-jin (壬辰年)
  • Five element Water (水)
  • Leap yearLeap year
Other Dragon years
1916age 109-1101928age 97-981940age 85-861964age 61-621976age 49-501988age 37-38

Life timeline for people born in 1952 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1952Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1959Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1965Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1967Age 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
    1968Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1969Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1970Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1970Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1971Year 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
    1971Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1971Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement age
    2012Age 60

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

  13. National Pension starts
    2012Age 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: 1952

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 18🌊 South Korea announced the Peace Line, claiming sovereignty over its adjacent waters.
  2. February 6👑 Elizabeth II became queen of the United Kingdom.
  3. April 28🇯🇵 Japan regained its independence from U.S. occupation.
  4. May 25🚨 The Busan political crisis broke out, and martial law was declared in Busan and in South Gyeongsang, South Jeolla, and North Jeolla provinces.
  5. August 5🗳️ In the second presidential election, Syngman Rhee was elected president and Ham Tae-young vice president.
  6. October 15⛰️ The Battle of White Horse, one of the Korean War's fiercest fights, came to an end.
  7. November 1💥 The United States conducted its first hydrogen bomb test on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific.
  8. December 5🌫️ Smog blanketed London, killing more than 4,000 people by the time it lifted on December 9.

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

1952 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

People born in 1952, as of 2025

531,392people

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

Famous people born in 1952 ⭐

Lee Soo-manSingerJune 18, 1952 · 74 years oldPark Jung-sooActorJuly 11, 1952 · 74 years oldLee Deok-hwaActorMay 8, 1952 · 74 years oldJang GwangActorJanuary 5, 1952 · 74 years oldAhn In-sookActorOctober 18, 1952 · 73 years oldYang Hee-eunSinger, SongwriterAugust 13, 1952 · 74 years oldIm Ha-ryongActorOctober 31, 1952 · 73 years oldKim Duk-sooGugak musicianSeptember 23, 1952 · 74 years old
Everyone born in 1952
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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1952 is 74 if they've already had their birthday this year and 73 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 75, and their year age is 74.
Counting from 2026, a 73-year-old was born in 1952.
1952 is the year of the Black Dragon. In the sexagenary cycle it's Im-jin (壬辰), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Water (水), the animal picks up the color Black. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
Yes. 1952 runs 366 days and February goes all the way to the 29th, so some people born in 1952 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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