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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18-70 years of age; universal and compulsory; 16-17 years of age - optional
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal and compulsory
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16 years of age; universal
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18 years of age; universal
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</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bahamas, The</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ba" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ba"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ba.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bahrain</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
20 years of age; universal; note - Bahraini Cabinet in May 2011 endorsed a draft law lowering eligibility to 18 years
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bangladesh</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Barbados</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belarus</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="be" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="be"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/be.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belgium</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belize</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Benin</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bd" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bd"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bd.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bermuda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bhutan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bolivia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Botswana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="br" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="br"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/br.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Brazil</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
voluntary between 16 to under 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory 18 to 70 years of age; note - military conscripts by law cannot vote
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="vi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >British Virgin Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Brunei</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age for village elections; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bulgaria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="uv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burkina Faso</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burma</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="by" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="by"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/by.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burundi</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cabo Verde</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cambodia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cameroon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
20 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ca" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ca"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ca.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Canada</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cayman Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ct" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ct"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ct.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Central African Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cd" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cd"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cd.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Chad</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ci" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ci"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ci.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Chile</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ch" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ch"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ch.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >China</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Christmas Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ck" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ck"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ck.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="co" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="co"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/co.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Colombia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Comoros</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Congo, Republic of the</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cook Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cs" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cs"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cs.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Costa Rica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="iv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="iv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/iv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cote d'Ivoire</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="hr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Croatia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cuba</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
16 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Curacao</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cyprus</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ez" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ez"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ez.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Czech Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="da" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="da"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/da.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Denmark</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="dj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Djibouti</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="do" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="do"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/do.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Dominica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="dr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Dominican Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age can vote; note - members of the armed forces and national police by law cannot vote
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ec" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ec"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ec.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ecuador</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18-65 years of age, universal and compulsory; 16-18, over 65, and other eligible voters, voluntary
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="eg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="eg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/eg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Egypt</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="es" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="es"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/es.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >El Salvador</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ek" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ek"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ek.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Equatorial Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="er" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="er"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/er.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Eritrea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="en" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="en"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/en.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Estonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal for all Estonian citizens
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="et" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="et"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/et.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ethiopia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ee" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ee"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ee.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >European Union</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; voting for the European Parliament is permitted in each member state
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Faroe Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Fiji</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Finland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >France</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >French Polynesia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gabon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ga" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ga"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ga.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gambia, The</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Georgia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Germany</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ghana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gibraltar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; and British citizens with six months residence or more
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Greece</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Greenland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Grenada</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guam</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; note - Guamanians are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guatemala</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; note - active duty members of the armed forces and police by law cannot vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guernsey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
16 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guinea-Bissau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guyana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ha" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ha"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ha.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Haiti</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="vt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Holy See (Vatican City)</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
election of the pope is limited to cardinals less than 80 years old
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ho" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ho"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ho.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Honduras</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="hk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Hong Kong</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age in direct elections for half the legislature and a majority of seats in 18 district councils; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; note - in indirect elections, suffrage is limited to about 220,000 members of functional constituencies for the other half of the legislature and a 1,200-member election committee for the chief executive drawn from broad sectoral groupings, central government bodies, municipal organizations, and elected Hong Kong officials
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="hu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Hungary</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, 16 if married; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ic" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ic"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ic.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iceland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="in" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="in"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/in.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >India</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="id" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="id"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/id.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Indonesia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
17 years of age; universal and married persons regardless of age
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ir" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ir"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ir.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iran</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="iz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="iz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/iz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iraq</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ei" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ei"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ei.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ireland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="im" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="im"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/im.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Isle of Man</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
16 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="is" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="is"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/is.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Israel</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="it" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="it"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/it.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Italy</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal except in senatorial elections, where minimum age is 25
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="jm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jamaica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ja" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ja"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ja.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Japan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
20 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="je" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="je"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/je.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jersey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
16 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="jo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jordan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kazakhstan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ke" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ke"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ke.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kenya</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kiribati</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Korea, North</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
17 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ks" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ks"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ks.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Korea, South</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
19 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kosovo</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ku" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ku"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ku.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kuwait</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military or police by law cannot vote; all voters must have been citizens for 20 years
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kyrgyzstan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="la" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="la"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/la.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Laos</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Latvia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="le" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="le"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/le.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lebanon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; compulsory for all males; authorized for women at age 21 with elementary education; excludes military personnel
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lesotho</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="li" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="li"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/li.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Liberia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ly" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ly"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ly.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Libya</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ls" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ls"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ls.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Liechtenstein</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lithuania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="lu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Luxembourg</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Macau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age in direct elections for some legislative positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past seven years; note - indirect elections are limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (973 were registered in the 2009 legislative elections) and a 400-member Election Committee for the Chief Executive drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, central government bodies, and elected Macau officials
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Macedonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ma" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ma"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ma.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Madagascar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malawi</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="my" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="my"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/my.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malaysia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Maldives</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ml" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ml"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ml.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mali</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malta</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Marshall Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mauritania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mauritius</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mexico</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Micronesia, Federated States of</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="md" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="md"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/md.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Moldova</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Monaco</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mongolia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Montenegro</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Montserrat</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Morocco</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mozambique</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="wa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Namibia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nauru</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
20 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="np" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="np"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/np.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nepal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Netherlands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >New Caledonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >New Zealand</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nicaragua</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
16 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ng" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ng"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ng.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Niger</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ni" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ni"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ni.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nigeria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ne" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ne"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ne.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Niue</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Norfolk Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Northern Mariana Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; note - indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="no" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="no"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/no.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Norway</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Oman</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces by law cannot vote
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Pakistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; note - there are joint electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for women and non-Muslims
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ps" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ps"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ps.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Palau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Panama</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Papua New Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Paraguay</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 75
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pe" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pe"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pe.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Peru</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Philippines</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Pitcairn Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal with three years residency
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Poland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="po" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="po"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/po.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Portugal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Puerto Rico</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="qa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="qa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/qa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Qatar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ro" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ro"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ro.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Romania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="rs" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rs"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rs.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Russia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Rwanda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Barthelemy</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Kitts and Nevis</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="st" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="st"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/st.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Lucia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="rn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Martin</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="vc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ws" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ws"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ws.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Samoa</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >San Marino</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sao Tome and Principe</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saudi Arabia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; male
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Senegal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ri" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ri"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ri.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Serbia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="se" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="se"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/se.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Seychelles</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sierra Leone</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Singapore</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sint Maarten</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Slovakia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="si" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="si"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/si.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Slovenia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Solomon Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="so" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="so"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/so.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Somalia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >South Africa</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="od" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="od"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/od.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >South Sudan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Spain</a>
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18 years of age; universal
</td>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ce" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ce"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ce.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sri Lanka</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="su" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="su"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/su.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sudan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
17 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ns" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ns"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ns.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Suriname</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="wz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wz"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Swaziland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age
</td>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sw"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sweden</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sz"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Switzerland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Syria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Taiwan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
20 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ti" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ti"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ti.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tajikistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tz"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tanzania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="th" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="th"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/th.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Thailand</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Timor-Leste</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
17 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="to" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="to"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/to.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Togo</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tl"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tokelau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tn"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tonga</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
21 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="td" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="td"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/td.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Trinidad and Tobago</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ts" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ts"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ts.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tunisia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal except for active government security forces (including the police and the military), people with mental disabilities, people who have served more than three months in prison (criminal cases only), and people given a suspended sentence of more than six months
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turkey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turkmenistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turks and Caicos Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tuvalu</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ug" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ug"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ug.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uganda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="up" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="up"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/up.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ukraine</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ae" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ae"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ae.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >United Arab Emirates</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
limited; note - rulers of the seven emirates each select a proportion of voters for the Federal National Council (FNC) that together account for about 12 percent of Emirati citizens
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="uk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uk"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >United Kingdom</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="us" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="us"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/us.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >United States</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="uy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uy"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uruguay</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
</td>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="uz" >
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uzbekistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nh"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Vanuatu</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
</tr>
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ve" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ve"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ve.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Venezuela</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Vietnam</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Virgin Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Wallis and Futuna</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wi"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Western Sahara</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
none; (residents of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara participate in Moroccan elections)
</td>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ym.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Yemen</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
</td>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/za.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Zambia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/zi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Zimbabwe</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
18 years of age; universal
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