14 32 countries, including: 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Other Europe South America Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Eritrea, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Myanmar, Columbia, Portugal 26 countries, including: Mostly Europe Greenland, Iceland, Aruba, Croatia, North Korea, Poland 76 countries, including: Africa North America United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, Taiwan, Europe South Africa, Nepal, Mongolia, Lesotho Cyprus, Ireland, Mexico, Nauru Europe Central America Oceania 40 other countries, among them: Africa Kenya, Iraq, Nicaragua, Vatican City, Vietnam, Argentina, Europe Rwanda, India, Guatemala Asia Niue South Pacific Ocean South Korea Asia Bahrain Middle East 13 nations do not have a legal age of consent and people North Africa in these countries can only engage in sexual activities if Middle East they are married. These countries have a predominantly South Asia Islamic population and include: Sudan, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Maldives, Pakistan, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen. The following is discernible from the table above: • • • • The majority of the countries of the world have the ages of consent at 16 and 18 years respectively. Only three countries have the age of consent above 19 years - Niue (19), South Korea (20) and Bahrain (21). There are 13 nations which do not have a legal age of consent and people in these countries can only engage in sexual activities if they are married. These countries have a predominantly Islamic population, situated in the Arab nations of North Africa, the Middle East, as well as South Asia. The age of consent does not necessarily follow regional patterns. Each region may have countries with disparately different ages of consent. The exception is the Arab world, particularly in the Middle East, where a significant number of countries in that 7