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Born in 2000

If you were born in 2000, you're 25 or 26 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the White Dragon.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age25 or 26
  • Korean age27
  • Year age26
    • The year 2000
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)White Dragon
  • Sexagenary cycleGyeong-jin (庚辰年)
  • Five element Metal (金)
  • Leap yearLeap year
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White DragonGyeong-jin (庚辰年) · Metal (金)

In the sexagenary cycle, 2000 is Gyeong-jin (庚辰年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Metal (金), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the White Dragon (辰).

Born 12 years apart - same Dragon
1964age 621976age 501988age 382012age 142024age 2

The year you were born: 2000

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. March 26🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election.
  2. April 13🗳️ South Korea held its 16th National Assembly election.
  3. June 13🤝 An inter-Korean summit was held (through June 15).
  4. July 1💊 South Korea introduced a system separating doctors’ prescribing duties from pharmacists’ dispensing duties, splitting doctors' and pharmacists' roles for the first time.
  5. August 15👪 200 members of families separated across the North-South divide met their relatives in Seoul and Pyongyang for the first time in half a century.
  6. September 28🥋 Taekwondo athlete Jung Jae-eun won the first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo when the sport made its official debut at the Sydney Games.
  7. October 4🏛️ Slobodan Milošević's government in Yugoslavia collapsed.
  8. November 7🇺🇸 Republican George W. Bush beat Democrat Al Gore in the U.S. presidential election, and the final result was settled a month later by a Florida court.
⭐ Born that year
Kim Hyang-gi, actorShin Jin-seo, Go playerKim Chae-won, singer (IZ*ONE)Erling Braut Haaland, Norwegian soccer playerChloe Kim, American snowboarder
🎬 Films and TV from that year
TV drama "Emperor Wang Gun"TV drama "Autumn in My Heart"TV drama "All About Eve"Film "Joint Security Area"Film "Peppermint Candy"Film "The Foul King"
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • EconomicsJames Heckman, Daniel McFadden
  • LiteratureGao Xingjian
  • PhysicsZhores Alferov, Herbert Kroemer, Jack Kilby
  • Physiology or MedicineArvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard, Eric Kandel
  • PeaceKim Dae-jung
  • ChemistryHideki Shirakawa, Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 2000 🗓️

What someone born in 2000 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    2000Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    2007Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    2013Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    2015Age 15

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

  5. Starts high school
    2016Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    2017Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    2018Age 18

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

  8. Can vote
    2018Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    2019Year 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
    2019Age 19

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

  11. Military service examination
    2019Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2060Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2065Age 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.

2000 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 2000.

Babies born in 2000

640,089babies

Then and now
  • When they were born640,089
  • Today (2025)635,753

99% of that year's babies are still here with us. ✨

  • Life expectancy at birth76 yrsMen 72.3 · Women 79.7Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman1.48Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth110.1110.1 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 2000 ⭐

Kim Sae-ronActorJuly 31, 2000 · 26 years old🤍 White DragonFelixSingerSeptember 15, 2000 · 25 years old🤍 White DragonKarinaSingerApril 11, 2000 · 26 years old🤍 White DragonHwang Ye-jiSinger, ModelMay 26, 2000 · 26 years old🤍 White DragonKim ChaewonSingerAugust 1, 2000 · 26 years old🤍 White DragonChaeyeonSingerJanuary 11, 2000 · 26 years old🤍 White DragonHyunjinSinger, ActorMarch 20, 2000 · 26 years old🤍 White DragonNancySingerApril 13, 2000 · 26 years old🤍 White Dragon
Who else was born in 2000?Everyone born in 2000

Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 2000 is 26 if they've already had their birthday this year and 25 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 27, and their year age is 26.
Counting from 2026, a 25-year-old was born in 2000.
2000 is the year of the White Dragon. In the sexagenary cycle it's Gyeong-jin (庚辰), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Metal (金), the animal picks up the color White. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
Yes. 2000 runs 366 days and February goes all the way to the 29th, so some people born in 2000 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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