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Born in 1975

If you were born in 1975, you're 50 or 51 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the Blue Rabbit.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age50 or 51
  • Korean age52
  • Year age51
    • The year 1975
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Blue Rabbit
  • Sexagenary cycleEul-myo (乙卯年)
  • Five element Wood (木)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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Blue RabbitEul-myo (乙卯年) · Wood (木)

In the sexagenary cycle, 1975 is Eul-myo (乙卯年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Wood (木), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the Blue Rabbit (卯).

Born 12 years apart - same Rabbit
1939age 871951age 751963age 631987age 391999age 272011age 15

The year you were born: 1975

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. February 12🗳️ A national referendum was held on whether to keep the Yushin Constitution.
  2. April 9⚖️ Eight men, including Seo Do-won, were executed just 18 hours after being sentenced to death in the People's Revolutionary Party retrial.
  3. May 13📜 Emergency Decree No. 9 took effect and stayed in force for about four and a half years, until it was lifted on December 8, 1979.
  4. September 1🏛️ The National Assembly Building on Yeouido was completed.
  5. September 22🚨 The Civil Defense Corps was created.
  6. October 31🎸 Queen released "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a single.
  7. November 27👑 Juan Carlos I was crowned king of Spain.
  8. December 7✈️ Indonesia invaded East Timor.
⭐ Born that year
Choi Ji-woo, actorChoo Sung-hoon, Korean-Japanese mixed martial artistLee Chang-ho, Go playerRa Mi-ran, actorAngelina Jolie, American actorTiger Woods, American golfer
🎬 Films and TV from that year
Film "Yeong-ja's Heydays"Film "March of Fools"Film "The Road to Sampo"
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • EconomicsLeonid Kantorovich, Tjalling Koopmans
  • LiteratureEugenio Montale
  • PhysicsAage Niels Bohr, Ben Mottelson, James Rainwater
  • PeaceAndrei Sakharov
  • ChemistryJohn Cornforth, Vladimir Prelog

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 1975 🗓️

What someone born in 1975 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    1975Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1982Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1988Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1990Age 15

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

  5. Starts high school
    1991Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1992Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1993Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1993Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1994Year 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
    1994Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1994Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2035Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2040Age 65

    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.

1975 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 1975.

Babies born in 1975

874,030babies

Then and now
  • When they were born874,030
  • Today (2025)778,434

89% of that year's babies are still here with us. ✨

  • Life expectancy at birth64.2 yrsMen 60.3 · Women 68.2Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman3.43Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth112.4112.4 boys per 100 girls

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

Famous people born in 1975 ⭐

Lee Sun-kyunActorMarch 2, 1975 · 51 years old💙 Blue RabbitJames KysonActor, Voice actorDecember 13, 1975 · 50 years old💙 Blue RabbitChoi Ji-wooActor, ModelJune 11, 1975 · 51 years old💙 Blue RabbitHarisuSinger, ActorFebruary 17, 1975 · 51 years old💙 Blue RabbitJang Hye-jinActorSeptember 5, 1975 · 50 years old💙 Blue RabbitRa Mi-ranActorMarch 6, 1975 · 51 years old💙 Blue RabbitHan Go-eunActor, ModelMarch 10, 1975 · 51 years old💙 Blue RabbitKim Li-wonActorFebruary 28, 1975 · 51 years old💙 Blue Rabbit
Who else was born in 1975?Everyone born in 1975

Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1975 is 51 if they've already had their birthday this year and 50 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 52, and their year age is 51.
Counting from 2026, a 50-year-old was born in 1975.
1975 is the year of the Blue Rabbit. In the sexagenary cycle it's Eul-myo (乙卯), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Wood (木), the animal picks up the color Blue. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
No. 1975 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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