y
Austria
18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential
elections
Azerbaijan
18 years of age; universal
Bahamas, The
18 years of age; universal
Bahrain
18 years of age; universal
Bangladesh
18 years of age; universal
Barbados
18 years of age; universal
Belarus
18 years of age; universal
Belgium
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Belize
18 years of age; universal
Benin
18 years of age; universal
Bermuda
18 years of age; universal
Bhutan
each family has one vote in village-level elections; note -
in late 2003 Bhutan's legislature passed a new election law
Bolivia
18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21
years of age, universal and compulsory (single)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
18 years of age, universal
Botswana
18 years of age; universal
Brazil
voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70;
compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military
conscripts do not vote
British Virgin Islands
18 years of age; universal
Brunei
none
Bulgaria
18 years of age; universal
Burkina Faso
universal
Burma
18 years of age; universal
Burundi
NA years of age; universal adult
Cambodia
18 years of age; universal
Cameroon
20 years of age; universal
Canada
18 years of age; universal
Cape Verde
18 years of age; universal
Cayman Islands
18 years of age; universal
Central African Republic
21 years of age; universal
Chad
18 years of age; universal
Chile
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
China
18 years of age; universal
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA
Colombia
18 years of age; universal
Comoros
18 years of age; universal
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
18 years of age; universal and
compulsory
Congo, Republic of the
18 years of age; universal
Cook Islands
NA years of age; universal adult
Costa Rica
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Cote d'Ivoire
18 years of age; universal
Croatia
18 years of age; universal (16 years of age, if employed)
Cuba
16 years of age; universal
Cyprus
18 years of age; universal
Czech Republic
18 years of age; universal
Denmark
18 years of age; universal
Djibouti
18 years of age; universal adult
Dominica
18 years of age; universal
Dominican Republic
18 years of age, universal and compulsory;
married persons r
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