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The age of majority is the threshold of adulthood as recognized or declared in law. It is the moment when minors cease to be considered children and assume legal control over their persons, actions, and decisions, thus terminating the control and legal responsibilities of their parents or guardian over them. Most countries set the age of majority at 18. The word majority here refers to having greater years and being of full age as opposed to minority, the state of being a minor. The law in a given jurisdiction may not actually use the term "age of majority". The term typically refers to a collection of laws bestowing the status of adulthood. The age of majority does not necessarily correspond to the mental or physical maturity of an individual.

Age of majority should not be confused with the age of sexual consent, marriageable age, school leaving age, drinking age, driving age, voting age, smoking age, gambling age, etc., which each may be independent of and set at a different age from the age of majority.

Although a person may attain the age of majority in a particular jurisdiction, they may still be subject to age-based restrictions regarding matters such as the right to vote or stand for elective office, act as a judge, and many others.

Explanation

Age of majority can be confused with the similar concept of the age of license,^[1] which also pertains to the threshold of adulthood but in a much broader and more abstract way. As a legal term of art, "license" means "permission", and it can implicate a legally enforceable right or privilege. Thus, an age of license is an age at which one has legal permission from government to do something. The age of majority, on the other hand, is legal recognition that one has grown into an adult.^[2]

Age of majority pertains solely to the acquisition of the legal control over one's person, decisions and actions, and the correlative termination of the legal authority of the parents (or guardian(s), in lieu of parent(s)) over the child’s person and affairs generally.

Many ages of license are correlated to the age of majority, but they are nonetheless legally distinct concepts. One need not have attained the age of majority to have permission to exercise certain rights and responsibilities. Some ages of license are actually higher than the age of majority. For example, the age of license to purchase alcoholic beverages is 21 in all U.S. states. Another example is the voting age, which prior to the 1970s was 21, while the age of majority was 18 in most states. In the Republic of Ireland the age of majority is 18, but one must be over 21 years of age to stand for election to the Houses of the Oireachtas.^[3] Also, in Portugal the age of majority is 18, but one must be at least 25 years of age to run for public office.^[4] A child who is legally emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction automatically attains to their maturity upon the signing of the court order. Only emancipation confers the status of maturity before a person has actually reached the age of majority.

In almost all places, minors who are married are automatically emancipated. Some places also do the same for minors who are in the armed forces or who have a certain degree or diploma.^[5]

Civil law

In many countries minors can be emancipated: depending on jurisdiction, this may happen through acts such as marriage, attaining economic self-sufficiency, obtaining an educational degree or diploma, or participating in a form of military service. In the United States, all states have some form of emancipation of minors.^[6]

The following list the age of majority in countries (or administrative divisions) in the order of lowest to highest:

Up to age 15

Saudi Arabia^[7] - age of majority is based on physical signs of puberty (bulugh), with age 15 as the upper limit

Age 15

Age 16

Age 17

Age 18

Afghanistan
Albania^[23]
American Samoa^[24]
Andorra^[25]
Argentina^[26]
Angola
Armenia
Australia^[27]
Austria^[28]
Azerbaijan
Bahamas^[29]
Bangladesh
Barbados^[30]
Belarus^[31]
Belgium^[32]
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina^[33]
Brazil ^{[note 2]}
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burundi
Canada^[34]
- Alberta
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
Chile
China^[35]
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia ^{[note 3]}
Cyprus
Czech Republic ^[36]^[37]
Denmark (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland)^[38]
Djibouti^[39]
Dominica
Dominican Republic^[40]
Ecuador
Egypt^[41]
El Salvador^[42]
Estonia
Fiji
Finland^[43]

Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines^[59]
Poland^[60] ^{[note 6]}
Portugal
Qatar
Romania ("Minimum legal age in Romania")
Russia ^{[note 7]}^[61]
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis^[62]
Samoa^[63]
Seychelles
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa^[64]
Spain
Sri Lanka^[65]
Sudan^[66]
Sweden^[67]
Switzerland^[68]
Syria
Serbia
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia^[69]
Turkey^[70]
Uganda^[71]
Ukraine^[72]
United Kingdom
- England^[73]
- Wales^[73]
- Northern Ireland^[74]^[75]
Crown Dependencies
- Isle of Man^[76]
- Jersey^[77]
- Gibraltar^[78]
- Guernsey^[79]
United States:^[80] all states and territories except Alabama (19),^[81] Colorado (21), Mississippi (21), Nebraska (19),^[82] and Puerto Rico (21)^[83]
Uruguay
Vatican City
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

Age 19

Age 20

Age 21

Religious law

The age of majority is variously defined as follows:

Islam: Age ranging from 15-17 a person is considered bulugh (adult)
Judaism: 13 years of age for males (Bar Mitzvah) and 12 years of age for females (Bat Mitzvah); such persons are considered adults^[96]
Roman Catholic Church: 18 years of age^[97]

Notes

^ Amendments to existing laws have been drafted to raise majority age to 18.
^ Those aged 16 or older can be emancipated upon marriage, by being approved for civil service, by graduating in college or for being economically independent
^ If minor becomes a parent or marries – a judicial act is passed with prior hearing of minors parents and getting an opinion of the Social Care centre
^ Iraq's Civil Code defines the age of majority as 18; however, due to the Iraqi constitution and instability, Note 1 (above) may apply as courts choose between Shari'ah law and the Civil Code
^ (Netherlands) Or earlier upon marriage
^ (Poland) Or upon marriage which for women can happen at 16 the earliest, voting age is 18 always
^ Minors are emancipated upon marriage or in case of working on a labour agreement or being engaged in business activities.

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[Yemen-12] Amendments to existing laws have been drafted to raise majority age to 18.

[nbrazil-35] Those aged 16 or older can be emancipated upon marriage, by being approved for civil service, by graduating in college or for being economically independent

[38] If minor becomes a parent or marries – a judicial act is passed with prior hearing of minors parents and getting an opinion of the Social Care centre

[note02-53] Iraq's Civil Code defines the age of majority as 18; however, due to the Iraqi constitution and instability, Note 1 (above) may apply as courts choose between Shari'ah law and the Civil Code

[60] (Netherlands) Or earlier upon marriage

[66] (Poland) Or upon marriage which for women can happen at 16 the earliest, voting age is 18 always

[67] Minors are emancipated upon marriage or in case of working on a labour agreement or being engaged in business activities.

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 *{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Philippines]]<ref>[http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno6809.htm Republic Act No. 6809], 13 December 1989, Chan Robles Law library</ref>
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+*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ageofconsent.com/poland.htm |title=Age of Sexual Consent - Poland |publisher=Ageofconsent.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806025041/http://www.ageofconsent.com/poland.htm |archivedate=6 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> {{efn|group=note|(Poland) Or upon marriage which for women can happen at 16 the earliest, voting age is 18 always}}
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-*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ageofconsent.com/ukraine.htm |title=Ukraine - Age of Consent to Sexual Activity |publisher=Ageofconsent.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-21}}</ref>
+*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ageofconsent.com/ukraine.htm |title=Ukraine - Age of Consent to Sexual Activity |publisher=Ageofconsent.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829125046/http://www.ageofconsent.com/ukraine.htm |archivedate=29 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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 **{{flagicon|England}} [[England]]<ref name="Family Law Reform Act 1969">{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/46/contents|title=Family Law Reform Act 1969 |publisher=gov.uk |date=25 July 1969 |accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref>