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Born in 1956

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1956.

    Your age
  • International age69 or 70
  • Korean age71
  • Year age70
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Red Monkey
  • Sexagenary cycleByeong-sin (丙申年)
  • Five element Fire (火)
  • Leap yearLeap year
Other Monkey years
1920age 105-1061932age 93-941944age 81-821968age 57-581980age 45-461992age 33-34

Life timeline for people born in 1956 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1956Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1963Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1969Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1971Age 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
    1972Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1973Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1974Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1974Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1975Year 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
    1975Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1975Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement age
    2016Age 60

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

  13. National Pension starts
    2017Age 61

    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: 1956

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. March 2🇲🇦 Morocco gained independence from France and Spain.
  2. March 20🇹🇳 Tunisia gained independence from France.
  3. May 8🌷 South Korea's National Assembly established Mother's Day.
  4. August 15🏛️ President Syngman Rhee began his third term.
  5. September 28🔫 Vice President Chang Myon was shot and slightly wounded by Kim Sang-bong at a Democratic Party convention.
  6. October 23🇭🇺 A revolution against Stalinism broke out in Hungary.
  7. October 29💥 The Suez Crisis erupted.
  8. November 22🏅 The Summer Olympics opened in Melbourne, Australia.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
Film "Madame Freedom"Film "Holiday in Seoul"

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

1956 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

People born in 1956, as of 2025

652,982people

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

Famous people born in 1956 ⭐

Yoo Dong-geunActorJune 18, 1956 · 70 years oldLee Kyeong-jinActorOctober 2, 1956 · 70 years oldLee Yong-nyeoActorJanuary 1, 1956 · 70 years old
Everyone born in 1956
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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1956 is 70 if they've already had their birthday this year and 69 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 71, and their year age is 70.
Counting from 2026, a 69-year-old was born in 1956.
1956 is the year of the Red Monkey. In the sexagenary cycle it's Byeong-sin (丙申), 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.
Yes. 1956 runs 366 days and February goes all the way to the 29th, so some people born in 1956 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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