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Born in 2011

If you were born in 2011, you're 14 or 15 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the White Rabbit.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age14 or 15
  • Korean age16
  • Year age15
    • The year 2011
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)White Rabbit
  • Sexagenary cycleSin-myo (辛卯年)
  • Five element Metal (金)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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White RabbitSin-myo (辛卯年) · Metal (金)

In the sexagenary cycle, 2011 is Sin-myo (辛卯年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Metal (金), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the White Rabbit (卯).

Born 12 years apart - same Rabbit
1975age 511987age 391999age 272023age 3

The year you were born: 2011

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 21🚢 The South Korean ship Samho Jewelry was hijacked in waters off Somalia.
  2. March 11🌊 A magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan and the tsunami that followed left about 10,000 people dead or missing.
  3. March 12☢️ In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, explosions tore through the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
  4. May 2🎯 U.S. President Obama officially announced that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan.
  5. July 6🏅 Pyeongchang in Gangwon Province was picked to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
  6. October 5🍎 Apple's Steve Jobs died at 56.
  7. October 20🏴 Libya's Muammar Gaddafi was killed by rebel fighters in his hometown of Sirte, ending the civil war.
  8. December 17🕯️ North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack on a train.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
TV drama "Dream High"TV drama "The Greatest Love"TV drama "The Princess' Man"Film "Silenced"Film "War of the Arrows"Film "Sunny"
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • EconomicsChristopher Sims, Thomas Sargent
  • LiteratureTomas Tranströmer
  • PhysicsSaul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess
  • Physiology or MedicineBruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann, Ralph Steinman
  • PeaceEllen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman
  • ChemistryDan Shechtman

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 2011 🗓️

What someone born in 2011 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    2011Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    2018Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle school
    2024Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time jobThis year 🎉
    2026Age 15

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

  5. Starts high schoolUpcoming
    2027Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration cardUpcoming
    2028Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licenceUpcoming
    2029Age 18

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

  8. Can voteUpcoming
    2029Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobaccoUpcoming
    2030Year age 19

    From January 1 of the year you turn 19 - this one uses year age, not your birthday (Youth Protection Act).

  10. Legal adulthoodUpcoming
    2030Age 19

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

  11. Military service examinationUpcoming
    2030Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2071Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2076Age 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.

2011 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 2011.

Babies born in 2011

471,265babies

Then and now
  • When they were born471,265
  • Today (2025)476,544

There are more people registered now than were born that year. ✨

The resident register also counts people who became Korean citizens later, so it can run past the birth count.

  • Life expectancy at birth80.6 yrsMen 77.3 · Women 84Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman1.24Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth105.7105.7 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)

Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 2011 is 15 if they've already had their birthday this year and 14 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 16, and their year age is 15.
Counting from 2026, a 14-year-old was born in 2011.
2011 is the year of the White Rabbit. In the sexagenary cycle it's Sin-myo (辛卯), 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.
No. 2011 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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