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Afghanistan | NA; previously males 15-50 years of age | 18 years of age; universal |
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Albania | 18 years of age; universal and compulsory | 18 years of age; universal |
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Argentina | 18 years of age; universal and mandatory | 18 years of age; universal and compulsory |
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Austria | 19 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections | 18 years of age; universal |
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Bahrain | none | 20 years of age; universal |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal | 18 years of age, universal |
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Brazil | voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age | voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military conscripts do not vote |
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Burundi | NA years of age; universal adult | NA years of age; universal (adult) |
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Cook Islands | NA years of age; universal adult | NA years of age; universal (adult) |
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Djibouti | NA years of age; universal adult | 18 years of age; universal |
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Dominican Republic | 18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age
note: members of the armed forces and police cannot vote |
18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age; note - members of the armed forces and national police cannot vote |
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Equatorial Guinea | 18 years of age; universal adult | 18 years of age; universal |
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European Union | - | 18 years of age; universal |
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French Guiana | 18 years of age; universal | - |
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Gibraltar | 18 years of age; universal, plus other UK subjects who have been residents six months or more | 18 years of age; universal; and British citizens who have been residents six months or more |
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Guadeloupe | 18 years of age; universal | - |
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Guatemala | 18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces may not vote) | 18 years of age; universal; note - active duty members of the armed forces may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day |
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Hong Kong | direct election 18 years of age; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election limited to about 100,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies | direct election 18 years of age; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election limited to about 200,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies |
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Iran | 15 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
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Isle of Man | 18 years of age; universal | 16 years of age; universal |
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Jersey | NA years of age; universal adult | 18 years of age; universal |
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Jordan | 20 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
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Korea, South | 20 years of age; universal | 19 years of age; universal |
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Kuwait | adult males who have been naturalized for 30 years or more or have resided in Kuwait since before 1920 and their male descendants at age 21
note: only 10% of all citizens are eligible to vote; in 1996, naturalized citizens who do not meet the pre-1920 qualification but have been naturalized for 30 years were eligible to vote for the first time |
NA years of age; universal (adult); note - males in the military or police are not allowed to vote; adult females were allowed to vote as of 16 May 2005; all voters must have been citizens for 20 years |
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Liechtenstein | 20 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
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Macedonia | - | 18 years of age; universal |
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 18 years of age; universal | - |
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Mali | 21 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
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Martinique | 18 years of age; universal | - |
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Monaco | 21 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
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Montenegro | - | 18 years of age; universal |
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Morocco | 21 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal (as of January 2003) |
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Oman | in Oman's most recent elections in 2000, limited to approximately 175,000 Omanis chosen by the government to vote in elections for the Majlis ash-Shura | 21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote |
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Pakistan | 21 years of age; universal; separate electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for non-Muslims | 18 years of age; universal; joint electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for women and non-Muslims |
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Peru | 18 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70; note - for the first time in recent elections, members of the military and national police were eligible to vote in the 2006 elections |
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Puerto Rico | 18 years of age; universal; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections | 18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections |
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Qatar | suffrage is limited to municipal elections | 18 years of age; universal |
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Reunion | 18 years of age; universal | - |
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Rwanda | 18 years of age; universal adult | 18 years of age; universal |
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Saint Barthelemy | - | 18 years of age, universal |
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Saint Martin | - | 18 years of age, universal |
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Saudi Arabia | none | 21 years of age; male |
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Serbia | - | 18 years of age; universal |
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Sudan | 17 years of age; universal, but noncompulsory | 17 years of age; universal |
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Timor-Leste | - | 17 years of age; universal |
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Togo | NA years of age; universal adult | NA years of age; universal (adult) |
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Tunisia | 20 years of age; universal | 20 years of age; universal except for active duty military |
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Virgin Islands | 18 years of age; universal; note - indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections | 18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections |
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Western Sahara | none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign has yet to be completed | none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign not yet completed |
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Yugoslavia | 16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal | - |