Calculate How old are you in Korea using this simple Korean age calculator online. Find out your age in Korea! With an explanation of the Korean age system.
International Age measures how long you have lived. Korean Age measures how many years you have experienced. In Korea, everyone is 1 from the time they are born. And everyone gets a year older on New Year's day. So your Korean age is always either one or two years older than your Western age.
KOREAN AGE FACTS
- BY 2050, THERE WILL BE THREE ELDERLYKOREANS FOR EVERY KOREAN CHILD.
- BY 2050, NEARLY TWO IN EVERY FIVEKOREANS WILL BE AGED 65 OR OLDER.
- BY 2050, THERE MAY BE ONLY ONE KOREANWORKER TO SUPPORT EACH RETIRED ELDER.
- KOREA TODAY IS A DEMOGRAPHICALLYYOUNG NATION, BUT BY 2050 IT MAY BE THE OLDEST COUNTRY ON EARTH.
- THE POVERTY RATE OF THE ELDERLY IS THREE TIMES THAT OF THE YOUNG.
- THE SHARE OF THE ELDERLY LIVING WITHTHEIR CHILDREN FELL FROM 81 PERCENT IN1980 TO 44 PERCENT TODAY.
- THE CENTRAL CHALLENGE FOR AN AGINGKOREA IS HOW TO PROVIDE A DECENT LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THE OLD WITHOUT OVERBURDENING THE YOUNG.
Formula:
Korean Age = (Cy - By) + 1
Where,Cy = Current Year
By = Birth Year