Compare Suffrage (2008) - Suffrage (2004)

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	Suffrage (2008)	Suffrage (2004)
Austria	16 years of age; universal; note - reduced from 18 years of age in 2007	18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections
Bahrain	20 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Bhutan	18 years of age; universal	each family has one vote in village-level elections; note - in late 2003 Bhutan's legislature passed a new election law
Brunei	18 years of age for village elections; universal	none
Burundi	NA years of age; universal (adult)	NA years of age; universal adult
Cook Islands	NA years of age; universal (adult)	NA years of age; universal adult
Djibouti	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal adult
Dominican Republic	18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age; note - members of the armed forces and national 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
East Timor	-	17 years of age; universal
Equatorial Guinea	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal adult
French Guiana	-	18 years of age; universal
Gibraltar	18 years of age; universal; and British citizens who have been residents six months or more	18 years of age; universal, plus other UK subjects who have been residents six months or more
Guadeloupe	-	18 years of age; universal
Guatemala	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	18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day)
Hong Kong	direct election - 18 years of age for a number of non-executive positions; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election - limited to about 220,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, central government bodies, and municipal organizations	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
Iran	16 years of age; universal	15 years of age; universal
Iraq	18 years of age; universal	formerly 18 years of age; universal
Isle of Man	16 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Jersey	18 years of age; universal	NA years of age; universal adult
Korea, South	19 years of age; universal	20 years of age; universal
Kosovo	18 years of age; universal	-
Kuwait	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	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
Macau	direct election 18 years of age for some non-executive positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past seven years; indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-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 Macau for the past seven years; indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-member Election Committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
Martinique	-	18 years of age; universal
Monaco	18 years of age; universal	21 years of age; universal
Montenegro	18 years of age; universal	-
Oman	21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote	in Oman's most recent Majlis al-Shura elections in 2003, suffrage was universal for all Omanis over age 21 except for members of the military and security forces; the next Majlis al-Shura elections are scheduled for 2007
Peru	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	18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70; note - members of the military may not vote
Reunion	-	18 years of age; universal
Rwanda	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal adult
Saint Barthelemy	18 years of age, universal	-
Saint Martin	18 years of age, universal	-
Saudi Arabia	21 years of age; male	none adult male citizens age 21 or older note: voter registration began in November 2004 for partial municipal council elections scheduled nationwide for February through April 2005
Serbia	18 years of age; universal	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal
Sudan	17 years of age; universal	17 years of age; universal, but noncompulsory
Timor-Leste	17 years of age; universal	-
Togo	NA years of age; universal (adult)	NA years of age; universal adult
Tunisia	18 years of age; universal except for active government security forces (including the police and the military), people with mental disabilities, people who have served more than three months in prison (criminal cases only), and people given a suspended sentence of more than six months	20 years of age; universal
Virgin Islands	18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections	18 years of age; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections