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Summary

DescriptionAge of Majority - Global.svg	English: World map of countries colored by their age of majority, the legal threshold when a minor becomes an adult.
Date	19 April 2021
Source	Own work
Author	CookieMonster755

Color legend

English (en): Age of majority by country.

age 21

age 20

age 19

age 18

age 17

age 16 or younger

no data

español (es): Mayoría de edad por país.

21 años

20 años

19 años

18 años

17 años

16 años o menos

sin datos

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:04, 31 August 2023	512 × 259 (972 KB)	Lin25000	Starting 2023/01/01 Taiwan age of majority lowered to 18
	06:06, 25 March 2023	512 × 259 (972 KB)	Schwarbage	Reverting to this version as it is easier for the average person to understand and aligns better with the current color coding
	08:03, 4 March 2023	512 × 260 (1.15 MB)	QoulA	Corrected Kyrgyzstan and Scotland.
	13:50, 3 March 2023	512 × 260 (1.1 MB)	Goldsztern	Return to the previous color palette. Correction of some wrong colors that had never been corrected. The map has previously been changed to a new palette to make the map more inclusive for the visually impaired, however it has been made more difficult for the average person to understand.
	07:06, 17 February 2023	512 × 259 (972 KB)	QoulA	Kyrgyzstan correction.
	16:06, 6 December 2022	512 × 259 (971 KB)	Tcr25	recolored with Okabe–Ito CUD palate for colorblind-safe design
	14:16, 26 November 2022	512 × 259 (850 KB)	Goldsztern	map update, added a new color and bug fixes
	19:22, 5 November 2022	512 × 260 (883 KB)	Goldsztern	I add a contour to the map of the USA and Canada so that they can be differentiated.
	01:34, 1 November 2022	512 × 260 (842 KB)	Goldsztern	Algeria correction.
	01:30, 1 November 2022	512 × 260 (843 KB)	Goldsztern	Adjust the dimensions to match other global maps. Also included are divisions of states with limited recognition.