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Born in 1984

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1984.

    Your age
  • International age41 or 42
  • Korean age43
  • Year age42
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Blue Rat
  • Sexagenary cycleGap-ja (甲子年)
  • Five element Wood (木)
  • Leap yearLeap year
Other Rat years
1948age 77-781960age 65-661972age 53-541996age 29-302008age 17-182020age 5-6

Life timeline for people born in 1984 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1984Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1991Age 6-7 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    1997Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1999Age 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
    2000Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    2001Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    2002Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    2002Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    2003Year 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
    2003Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    2003Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2044Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2049Age 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: 1984

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 1📺 Nam June Paik aired "Good Morning, Mr. Orwell," his answer to Orwell's prophecy.
  2. January 14🔥 A fire at the Daea Tourist Hotel in Busan killed 38 people.
  3. January 24🖥️ Apple released the Macintosh 128K.
  4. May 6⛪ Pope John Paul II canonized 103 Korean martyrs at Yeouido.
  5. May 8🏅 The Soviet Union announced a boycott of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics, and 14 communist-bloc countries followed.
  6. September 6🇯🇵 Chun Doo-hwan became the first South Korean head of state to visit Japan, and Emperor Hirohito expressed deep regret over the unfortunate past.
  7. December 2☠️ A Union Carbide chemical plant exploded in Bhopal, India.
  8. December 19🇭🇰 Britain and China signed an agreement to return Hong Kong to China.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
TV drama "Love and Truth"TV drama "Plum Blossom in the Snow"Film "Whale Hunting"Film "That Winter Was Warm"Film "Declaration of Fools"

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

1984 by the numbers

Population and other key statistics.

  • Births in 1984674,793
  • Registered residents in 2025658,085

98% of that year's babies are still here with us. ✨

  • Life expectancy at birth68.3 yrsMen 64 · Women 72.6Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman1.74Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth108.3108.3 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 1984 ⭐

Sandara ParkSingerNovember 12, 1984 · 41 years oldKoo Hye-sunActorNovember 9, 1984 · 41 years oldPark BomSingerMarch 24, 1984 · 42 years oldSevenSinger, ActorNovember 9, 1984 · 41 years oldShin Min-aActor, ModelApril 5, 1984 · 42 years oldYoon Eun-hyeSinger, ActorOctober 3, 1984 · 42 years oldYesungSuper Junior · Singer, ActorAugust 24, 1984 · 42 years oldPark Han-byulActor, ModelNovember 17, 1984 · 41 years old
Everyone born in 1984
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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1984 is 42 if they've already had their birthday this year and 41 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 43, and their year age is 42.
Counting from 2026, a 41-year-old was born in 1984.
1984 is the year of the Blue Rat. In the sexagenary cycle it's Gap-ja (甲子), 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.
Yes. 1984 runs 366 days and February goes all the way to the 29th, so some people born in 1984 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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