Age of majority


Up to age 15
 Saudi Arabia[8] – age of majority is based on physical signs of puberty (bulugh), with age 15 as the upper limit.
 Iran[9] – 9 lunar years (female only), 15 lunar years (male only)
Age 15






 Indonesia[10]

 Myanmar[11]

 Yemen[12][note 1]

Age 16






 Cambodia[13]
 Cuba[14]

 Kyrgyzstan[15]
 Palestine

 Pakistan[16] (female only)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Scotland
 Vietnam[17]

Age 17






 North Korea[18]

 Tajikistan[19]

 Timor-Leste[20]

Age 18






 Afghanistan
 Albania[21]
 American Samoa[22]
 Andorra[23]
 Antigua and Barbuda[24]
 Argentina[25][note 2]
 Angola[26][note 3]
 Armenia
 Australia[27]
 Austria[28]
 Azerbaijan
 Bahamas[29]
 Bangladesh
 Barbados[30]
 Belarus[31]
 Belgium[32]
 Belize[33]
 Bhutan
 Bolivia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina[34]
 Botswana
 Brazil [note 4]
 Brunei
 Bulgaria
 Burundi
 Canada[35]
 Alberta
 Manitoba
 Ontario
 Prince Edward Island
 Quebec
 Saskatchewan
 Chile
 China[36]
 Colombia
 Costa Rica
 Croatia [note 5]
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic[37][note 6]
 Denmark (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland)[38]
 Djibouti[39]
 Dominica
 Dominican Republic[40]
 Ecuador
 Egypt[41]
 El Salvador[42]
 Estonia
 Fiji

 Finland[43]
 France[44][note 7]
 Germany[45]
 Georgia
 Ghana
 Greece[46]
 Guatemala
 Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau[47]
 Guyana
 Haiti
 Hong Kong[48]
 Hungary
 Iceland
 India[49]
 Iraq[50][note 8]
Ireland[51]
 Israel
 Italy
 Jamaica
 Japan (2022–)[52]
 Jordan
 Kazakhstan[53]
 Kenya[54][55][note 9]
 Laos
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Macau
 Macedonia
 Malawi[56]
 Malaysia[57]
 Malta[58]
 Mauritania
 Mauritius
 Mexico[59]
 Moldova
 Monaco
 Mongolia
 Montenegro
 Nepal
 Netherlands[60][note 10]
 Nigeria
 Norway[61]
 Oman[62]

 Pakistan (male only)[63]
 Palau[64]
 Panama
 Peru
 Philippines[65]
 Poland[66] [note 11]
 Portugal
 Qatar
 Romania ("Minimum legal age in Romania")
 Russia [note 12][67]
 Rwanda
 Saint Kitts and Nevis[68]
 Seychelles
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Somalia
 South Africa[69][70][note 13]
 Spain[71][72][note 14]
 Sri Lanka[73]
 Sudan[74]
 Sweden[75]
 Switzerland[76]
 Syria
 Serbia
 Tanzania
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Tunisia[77]
 Turkey[78]
 Uganda[79]
 Ukraine[80]
United Kingdom[81]
 England
 Wales[82]
 Northern Ireland[83][84]
 Crown dependencies
 Isle of Man[85]
 Jersey[86]
 Gibraltar[87]
 Guernsey[88]
United States:[89] all states and territories except for those listed below
 Uruguay
 Uzbekistan[90]
 Vatican City
 Venezuela
 Zimbabwe

Age 19






 Algeria[91]

 Canada
 Nova Scotia
 New Brunswick
 British Columbia
 Newfoundland and Labrador
 Northwest Territories
 Yukon
 Nunavut

 South Korea[92]
 United States
 Alabama[93]
 Nebraska[94]

Age 20






 Japan (–2022)[52]
 New Zealand[95]

 Paraguay
 Taiwan
 Thailand

Age 21






 Bahrain[96]
 Cameroon[97]
 Côte d'Ivoire[98]
 Gabon[99]
 Grenada[100]
 Honduras[96]

 Kuwait[101]
 Lesotho[96]
 Madagascar[102]
 Namibia[96]
 Samoa
 Singapore[103]

 Swaziland[96]
 United Arab Emirates
 United States
 Mississippi[104]
 Puerto Rico
 Zambia[56]

Religious law
Religions have their own rules as to the age of maturity, when a child is regarded to be an adult, at least for ritual purposes:
Islam: A person having reached the age of 15 or having entered puberty before that age is considered bulugh (adult).
Judaism: 13 years of age for males (Bar Mitzvah) and 12 years of age for females (Bat Mitzvah). Such persons are considered adults.[105]
Roman Catholic Church: 18 years of age.[106]
See also

Age of candidacy
Age of consent
Age of criminal responsibility
Emancipation of minors
Legal drinking age
Marriageable age
Mature minor doctrine
Secular coming-of-age ceremony
Voting age
Youth rights
Youth suffrage
Youth

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Question: When are you considered an adult in the USA?