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Born in 2015

If you were born in 2015, you're 10 or 11 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the Blue Goat.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age10 or 11
  • Korean age12
  • Year age11
    • The year 2015
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Blue Goat
  • Sexagenary cycleEul-mi (乙未年)
  • Five element Wood (木)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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Blue GoatEul-mi (乙未年) · Wood (木)

In the sexagenary cycle, 2015 is Eul-mi (乙未年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Wood (木), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the Blue Goat (未).

Born 12 years apart - same Goat
1979age 471991age 352003age 23

The year you were born: 2015

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 7✒️ Gunmen stormed the offices of the weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France and opened fire, killing 12 people.
  2. February 26⚖️ The Constitutional Court struck down the adultery law, on the books since 1953, as unconstitutional.
  3. April 25🏔️ A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal killed or injured thousands of people.
  4. May 20😷 South Korea confirmed its first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
  5. August 10💥 Wooden land mines planted by North Korea exploded in the Demilitarized Zone near Paju, Gyeonggi Province, wounding two soldiers.
  6. November 13🇫🇷 Coordinated attacks across Paris, France killed about 120 people.
  7. November 22🕯️ Kim Young-sam, South Korea's 14th president, died.
  8. December 28🤝 The South Korean and Japanese governments announced a final and irreversible agreement on the comfort women issue.
⭐ Born that year
Princess Charlotte of Wales, British princess
🎬 Films and TV from that year
TV drama "Reply 1988"TV drama "Six Flying Dragons"TV drama "Kill Me, Heal Me"Film "Veteran"Film "Assassination"Film "Inside Men"
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • EconomicsAngus Deaton
  • LiteratureSvetlana Alexievich
  • PhysicsTakaaki Kajita, Arthur B. McDonald
  • Physiology or MedicineWilliam C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura, Tu Youyou
  • PeaceTunisian National Dialogue Quartet
  • ChemistryPaul L. Modrich; Tomas Lindahl, Aziz Sancar

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 2015 🗓️

What someone born in 2015 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    2015Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    2022Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle schoolUpcoming
    2028Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time jobUpcoming
    2030Age 15

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

  5. Starts high schoolUpcoming
    2031Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration cardUpcoming
    2032Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licenceUpcoming
    2033Age 18

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

  8. Can voteUpcoming
    2033Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobaccoUpcoming
    2034Year 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
    2034Age 19

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

  11. Military service examinationUpcoming
    2034Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2075Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2080Age 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.

2015 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 2015.

Babies born in 2015

438,420babies

Then and now
  • When they were born438,420
  • Today (2025)445,457

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 birth82.1 yrsMen 79 · Women 85.2Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman1.24Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth105.3105.3 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 2015 is 11 if they've already had their birthday this year and 10 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 12, and their year age is 11.
Counting from 2026, a 10-year-old was born in 2015.
2015 is the year of the Blue Goat. In the sexagenary cycle it's Eul-mi (乙未), 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.
No. 2015 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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