Age of Majority by Countries

The following list the age of majority in countries (or administrative divisions) as appropriate:

Age 9

• Iran (for females)

Age 14

• Albania
• American Samoa, United States
• Isle of Man (for males)

Age 15

• Iran (for males)

Age 16

• Cuba
• Kyrgyzstan
• Scotland (European Union)
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

Age 17

• Chile (for females)
• El Salvador (for females)
• Korea, North
• Tajikistan

Age 18

• All countries of the European Union (with exceptions as listed)
• Afghanistan
• Andorra
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Angola
• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil (though one may vote at the age of 16)
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Canada (provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan)
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Denmark (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland)
• Djibouti
• Dominican Republic
• Dominica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Estonia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Gabon
• Germany
• Greece
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Guatemala
• Guernsey
• Guinea (minors are emancipated upon marriage)
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia (minors are emancipated upon marriage)
• Italy
• Israel
• Isle of Man (for females)
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Kenya
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Macedonia
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Paraguay (minors are emancipated upon marriage)
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland (minors are emancipated upon marriage)
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sudan
• Sweden,
• Switzerland (16 with parental consent)
• Syria
• Tanzania
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• United States, (with 3 exceptions, see elsewhere in the table)
• Ukraine
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Wales
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

Age 19

• Alabama, United States
• Canada (provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut and Yukon)
• Nebraska, United States

Age 20

• Japan (debate started to lower it to 18)
• Korea, South
• New Zealand
• Taiwan
• Thailand (minors are emancipated upon marriage)

Age 21

• Bahrain
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Egypt
• Honduras
• Lesotho
• Madagascar (minors are emancipated upon marriage)
• Mississippi, United States
• Namibia
• Puerto Rico, United States
• Singapore
• Swaziland

reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_majority