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  Notes

Question: When are you considered an adult in the USA?
Answer: 18