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Born in 2024

If you were born in 2024, you're 1 or 2 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the Blue Dragon.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age1 or 2
  • Korean age3
  • Year age2
    • The year 2024
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Blue Dragon
  • Sexagenary cycleGap-jin (甲辰年)
  • Five element Wood (木)
  • Leap yearLeap year
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Blue DragonGap-jin (甲辰年) · Wood (木)

In the sexagenary cycle, 2024 is Gap-jin (甲辰年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Wood (木), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the Blue Dragon (辰).

Born 12 years apart - same Dragon
1988age 382000age 262012age 14

The year you were born: 2024

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 1🏚️ The Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan killed more than 200 people.
  2. January 2🚨 Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, was attacked by an assailant while visiting the site of the planned Gadeokdo New Airport in Busan.
  3. April 10🗳️ The Democratic Party, the main opposition, won the 22nd National Assembly election with 175 seats.
  4. June 19📈 NVIDIA became the world's most valuable company by market cap.
  5. July 13🇺🇸 Former U.S. President Donald Trump was wounded by gunfire at a rally in Pennsylvania, and one person in the crowd was killed.
  6. December 3🏛️ Martial law was declared in South Korea and lifted the next day.
  7. December 14⚖️ The National Assembly voted to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol.
  8. December 29✈️ Jeju Air Flight 2216 ran off the runway at Muan International Airport, killing 179 people.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
TV drama "Queen of Tears"TV drama "Lovely Runner"TV drama "Marry My Husband"TV drama "Good Partner"TV drama "Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born"
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • EconomicsDaron Acemoglu / Simon Johnson / James A. Robinson
  • LiteratureHan Kang
  • PhysicsJohn Hopfield / Geoffrey Hinton
  • Physiology or MedicineVictor Ambros / Gary Ruvkun
  • PeaceNihon Hidankyo
  • ChemistryDavid Baker / Demis Hassabis / John M. Jumper

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 2024 🗓️

What someone born in 2024 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    2024Age 0
  2. Starts elementary schoolUpcoming
    2031Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle schoolUpcoming
    2037Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time jobUpcoming
    2039Age 15

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

  5. Starts high schoolUpcoming
    2040Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration cardUpcoming
    2041Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licenceUpcoming
    2042Age 18

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

  8. Can voteUpcoming
    2042Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobaccoUpcoming
    2043Year 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
    2043Age 19

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

  11. Military service examinationUpcoming
    2043Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2084Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2089Age 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.

2024 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 2024.

Babies born in 2024

238,317babies

Then and now
  • When they were born238,317
  • Today (2025)243,765

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 birth83.7 yrsMen 80.8 · Women 86.6Born in 2024: 83.7 yrs
  • Births per woman0.75Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth105105 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 2024 is 2 if they've already had their birthday this year and 1 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 3, and their year age is 2.
Counting from 2026, a 1-year-old was born in 2024.
2024 is the year of the Blue Dragon. In the sexagenary cycle it's Gap-jin (甲辰), 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. 2024 runs 366 days and February goes all the way to the 29th, so some people born in 2024 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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