Former Soviet republics Compared by Government > Democracy > Presidential elections > Voting age population
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International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age.
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Interesting observations about Government > Democracy > Presidential elections > Voting age population
- United States ranked first for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Christian countries in 2003.
- Brazil ranked first for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Catholic countries in 2003.
- Mexico ranked first for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2003.
- Nigeria ranked first for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2003.
- Russia ranked first for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Former Soviet republics in 2003.
- Algeria ranked first for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Former French colonies in 2003.
- France ranked first for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst European Union in 2003.
- All of the top 2 countries by democracy > presidential elections > voting age population are Cold countries'.
- Bangladesh ranked second for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Muslim countries in 2003.
- Ukraine ranked second for democracy > presidential elections > voting age population amongst Eastern Europe in 2003.
