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Born in 2025

If you were born in 2025, you're 0 or 1 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the Blue Snake.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age0 or 1
  • Korean age2
  • Year age1
    • The year 2025
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Blue Snake
  • Sexagenary cycleEul-sa (乙巳年)
  • Five element Wood (木)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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Blue SnakeEul-sa (乙巳年) · Wood (木)

In the sexagenary cycle, 2025 is Eul-sa (乙巳年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Wood (木), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the Blue Snake (巳).

Born 12 years apart - same Snake
1989age 372001age 252013age 13

The year you were born: 2025

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

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 15🚨 President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested, becoming the first sitting South Korean president to be taken into custody.
  2. January 20🇺🇸 Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president again.
  3. March 22🔥 The wildfire disaster alert was raised to its highest level and a national firefighting mobilization order was issued.
  4. April 4⚖️ The Constitutional Court unanimously removed President Yoon Suk-yeol from office.
  5. June 3🗳️ Lee Jae-myung won the 21st presidential election, returning the opposition to power after three years and one month.
  6. June 22💥 U.S. forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites, stepping directly into the Iran-Israel conflict.
  7. July 31💸 South Korea and the United States wrapped up trade talks, lowering the reciprocal tariff rate from 25% to 15%.
  8. October 21🇯🇵 Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first woman prime minister.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
TV drama "Bon Appétit, Your Majesty"TV drama "Resident Playbook"TV drama "Taxi Driver 3"TV drama "Our Unwritten Seoul"TV drama "Typhoon Family"TV drama "The Queen Who Crowns"
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • EconomicsJoel Mokyr / Philippe Aghion / Peter Howitt
  • LiteratureLászló Krasznahorkai
  • PhysicsJohn Clarke / Michel Devoret / John M. Martinis
  • Physiology or MedicineMary Brunkow / Fred Ramsdell / Shimon Sakaguchi
  • PeaceMaría Corina Machado
  • ChemistrySusumu Kitagawa / Richard Robson / Omar M. Yaghi

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 2025 🗓️

What someone born in 2025 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    2025Age 0
  2. Starts elementary schoolUpcoming
    2032Age 6 · elementary

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

  3. Starts middle schoolUpcoming
    2038Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time jobUpcoming
    2040Age 15

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

  5. Starts high schoolUpcoming
    2041Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration cardUpcoming
    2042Age 17

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

  7. Can get a driver's licenceUpcoming
    2043Age 18

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

  8. Can voteUpcoming
    2043Age 18

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

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobaccoUpcoming
    2044Year 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
    2044Age 19

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

  11. Military service examinationUpcoming
    2044Year age 19

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

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2085Age 60

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

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2090Age 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.

2025 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 2025.

Babies born in 2025

254,457babies

Then and now
  • When they were born254,457
  • Today (2025)252,212

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

  • Births per woman0.8Children per woman over a lifetimeIn 2025: 0.8
  • Sex ratio at birth105.8105.8 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 2025 is 1 if they've already had their birthday this year and 0 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 2, and their year age is 1.
Counting from 2026, a 0-year-old was born in 2025.
2025 is the year of the Blue Snake. In the sexagenary cycle it's Eul-sa (乙巳), 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. 2025 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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