The voting age is the minimum legal age at which a person may vote in a governmental election.

Voting ages around the world

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A

• Afghanistan: 18
• Albania: 18
• Algeria: 18
• American Samoa: 18
• Andorra: 18
• Angola: 18
• Anguilla: 18
• Antigua and Barbuda: 18
• Argentina: 18
• Armenia: 18
• Aruba: 18
• Australia: 18
• Austria: 18 (16 for municipal elections in the states of Burgenland, Carinthia, Styria and Vienna ^*)
• Azerbaijan: 18

B

• Bahamas: 18
• Bahrain: 18
• Bangladesh: 18
• Barbados: 18
• Belarus: 18
• Belgium: 18
• Belize: 18
• Benin: 18
• Bermuda: 18
• Bhutan: each family has one vote in village-level elections; note - in late 2003 Bhutan's legislature passed a new election law
• Bolivia: 18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: 18
• Botswana: 18
• Brazil: 16 (mandatory suffrage from 18 to 70, military conscripts do not vote)
• British Virgin Islands: 18
• Brunei: no suffrage
• Bulgaria: 18
• Burkina Faso: universal
• Burundi: universal adult

C

• Cambodia: 18
• Cameroon: 20
• Canada: 18
• Cape Verde: 18
• Cayman Islands: 18
• Central African Republic: 21
• Chad: 18
• Chile: 18
• China, People's Republic of: 18

• Colombia: 18
• Comoros: 18
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 18
• Congo, Republic of the: 18
• Cook Islands: universal adult
• Costa Rica: 18
• Cote d'Ivoire: 18
• Croatia: 18 (16 if employed)
• Cuba: 16
• Cyprus: 18
• Czech republic: 18

D

• Denmark: 18
• Djibouti: 18
• Dominica: 18
• Dominican Republic: 18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age (members of the armed forces and national police cannot vote)

E

• East Timor: 17
• Ecuador: 18
• Egypt: 18
• El Salvador: 18
• Equatorial Guinea: 18
• Eritrea: 18
• Estonia: 18 years of age; universal for all Estonian citizens
• Ethiopia: 18
• European Union: 18

F

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 18
• Faroe Islands: 18
• Fiji: 21
• Finland: 18
• France: 18
• French Guiana: 18
• French Polynesia: 18

G

• Gabon: 21
• Gambia: 18
• Georgia: 18
• Germany: 18 (16 for municipal elections in the states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein ^*)
• Ghana: 18
• Gibraltar: 18 years of age; universal, plus other British citizens who have been residents six months or more
• Greece: 18
• Greenland: 18
• Grenada: 18
• Guadeloupe: 18
• Guam: 18 years of age; universal; US citizens, but do not vote in US presidential elections
• Guatemala: 18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day)
• Guernsey: 18
• Guinea: 18
• Guinea-Bissau: 18
• Guyana: 18

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Dragon Age people really scare me when I look at the results of the fan voting.
cselogy (Chris Selogy) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:13:36 -0000
Dragon Age people really scare me when I look at the results of the fan voting.
@SaysMissy YES it does seem that 1) voting age needs to be heightened again & 2) there ARE way too many uneducated dumb asses voting....
DukeDeStefano (NickDestefano) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:44:08 -0000
@SaysMissy YES it does seem that 1) voting age needs to be heightened again & 2) there ARE way too many uneducated dumb asses voting....
I have never understood this strange characteristic of Indian laws. Voting rights at 18, but legal age for marriage is 21!
chintankh (Chintan Khakharia) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:56:37 -0000
I have never understood this strange characteristic of Indian laws. Voting rights at 18, but legal age for marriage is 21!
@tabithagizelle is there an age limit for voting???
nahdahsyafiiqah (Nahdah Syafiiqah) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:21:13 -0000
@tabithagizelle is there an age limit for voting???
Legal voting age for men - 18 yrsLegal marrying age for men - 21 yrs What does this prove? Its tougher to control a wife than a country!
Pathfyynder (Gaurav Hajela) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:13:11 -0000
Legal voting age for men - 18 yrsLegal marrying age for men - 21 yrs What does this prove? Its tougher to control a wife than a country!
@Adommygal102 FROM ANY AGE CAN TRY OUT INCLUDING OLD PPL LOL ;D AND THE VOTING IS WAY WAY MORE FAIR THEN IDOLS FOR REAL ;D
Dara989512 (Dara989512) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:10:37 -0000
@Adommygal102 FROM ANY AGE CAN TRY OUT INCLUDING OLD PPL LOL ;D AND THE VOTING IS WAY WAY MORE FAIR THEN IDOLS FOR REAL ;D

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