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