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Born in 1982

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1982.

    Your age
  • International age43 or 44
  • Korean age45
  • Year age44
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Black Dog
  • Sexagenary cycleIm-sul (壬戌年)
  • Five element Water (水)
  • Leap yearCommon year
Other Dog years
1946age 79-801958age 67-681970age 55-561994age 31-322006age 19-202018age 7-8

Life timeline for people born in 1982 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1982Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1989Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1995Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1997Age 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
    1998Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1999Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    2000Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    2000Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    2001Year 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
    2001Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    2001Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2042Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2047Age 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: 1982

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 5🌃 The government lifted the nighttime curfew.
  2. March 27⚾ Korean professional baseball - now known as the KBO League - began play..
  3. April 2⚔️ The Falklands War broke out.
  4. May 20💸 Prosecutors announced the results of their investigation into the Lee Chul-hee and Chang Yong-ja promissory note fraud.
  5. May 31🌐 South Korea's first internet connection went live.
  6. September 4🏆 South Korea's national baseball team won the 27th Baseball World Cup.
  7. November 12🏛️ Yuri Andropov became general secretary of the Soviet Union.
  8. November 30🎵 Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" came out.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
Film "Madame Aema"Film "People of Kkobang Neighborhood"Film "Descend to the Lowly Place"TV drama "Ordinary People"

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

1982 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

  • Births in 1982848,312
  • Registered residents in 2025815,726

96% of that year's babies are still here with us. ✨

  • Life expectancy at birth67.2 yrsMen 62.9 · Women 71.5Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman2.39Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth106.8106.8 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 1982 ⭐

Ha Seok-jinActorMarch 5, 1982 · 44 years oldRainSingerJune 25, 1982 · 44 years oldSon Ye-jinActorJanuary 11, 1982 · 44 years oldHyun BinActorSeptember 25, 1982 · 44 years oldLee Joon-giActorApril 17, 1982 · 44 years oldKim Min-heeActor, ModelMarch 1, 1982 · 44 years oldLee Min-jungActorFebruary 16, 1982 · 44 years oldYoo In-naActorJune 5, 1982 · 44 years old
Everyone born in 1982
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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1982 is 44 if they've already had their birthday this year and 43 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 45, and their year age is 44.
Counting from 2026, a 43-year-old was born in 1982.
1982 is the year of the Black Dog. In the sexagenary cycle it's Im-sul (壬戌), 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.
No. 1982 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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