Ali DealsAliExpress Deals한국어

Born in 1977

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1977.

    Your age
  • International age48 or 49
  • Korean age50
  • Year age49
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Red Snake
  • Sexagenary cycleJeong-sa (丁巳年)
  • Five element Fire (火)
  • Leap yearCommon year
Other Snake years
1941age 84-851953age 72-731965age 60-611989age 36-372001age 24-252013age 12-13

Life timeline for people born in 1977 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1977Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1984Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1990Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1992Age 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
    1993Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1994Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1995Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    1995Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1996Year 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
    1996Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    1996Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2037Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2042Age 65

    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: 1977

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. March 27✈️ Two Boeing 747s collided on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people in the worst accident in aviation history.
  2. July 1🏥 South Korea started its health insurance system, initially covering employees at companies with 500 or more workers.
  3. August 20⚡ Kori Unit 1, South Korea's first nuclear power plant, began sending electricity to the grid.
  4. September 15🏔️ Ko Sang-don became the first Korean to reach the summit of Everest, making South Korea the eighth country to put a climber on the summit.
  5. November 11💥 The Iri Station explosion took place.
  6. November 19🕊️ Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel, meeting Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
  7. December 22📦 South Korea's exports passed 10 billion dollars.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
TV drama "Hometown of Legends"Film "Winter Woman"Film "Robot Taekwon V"Film "Under a Sky Without a Mother"Film "Yalgae, a Joker in High School"Film "Taekwon Boys Maruchi and Arachi"

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

1977 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

  • Births in 1977825,339
  • Registered residents in 2025769,434

93% of that year's babies are still here with us. ✨

  • Life expectancy at birth65 yrsMen 60.9 · Women 69.1Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman2.99Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth104.2104.2 boys per 100 girls

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

Famous people born in 1977 ⭐

PsySingerDecember 31, 1977 · 48 years oldSo Ji-subSinger, ActorNovember 4, 1977 · 48 years oldWon BinActor, ModelNovember 10, 1977 · 48 years oldPark Eun-hyeActorFebruary 21, 1977 · 49 years oldJi SeongActorFebruary 27, 1977 · 49 years oldChae Jung-anSinger, ActorOctober 21, 1977 · 48 years oldHeo Sung-taeActorOctober 20, 1977 · 48 years oldChoi Kang-heeActorMay 5, 1977 · 49 years old
Everyone born in 1977
Was this page helpful?

Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1977 is 49 if they've already had their birthday this year and 48 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 50, and their year age is 49.
Counting from 2026, a 48-year-old was born in 1977.
1977 is the year of the Red Snake. In the sexagenary cycle it's Jeong-sa (丁巳), 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.
No. 1977 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.

Sources 🌐