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Is voter registration automatic in OECD countries?Countries

Canada - Not fully automatic

Ireland - Not fully automatic

United Kingdom - Not fully automatic

United States of America - Not fully automatic

Australia - Not automatic, but voting and/or registration is compulsory

Mexico - Not automatic, but voting and/or registration is compulsory

New Zealand - Not automatic, but voting and/or registration is compulsory

Austria - Yes, automatic

Belgium - Yes, automatic

Chile - Yes, automatic

Colombia - Yes, automatic

Costa Rica - Yes, automatic

Czech Republic - Yes, automatic

Denmark - Yes, automatic

Estonia - Yes, automatic

Finland - Yes, automatic

France - Yes, automatic

Germany - Yes, automatic

Greece - Yes, automatic

Hungary - Yes, automatic

Iceland - Yes, automatic

Israel - Yes, automatic

Italy - Yes, automatic

Japan - Yes, automatic

Republic of Korea - Yes, automatic

Latvia - Yes, automatic

Lithuania - Yes, automatic

Luxembourg - Yes, automatic

The Netherlands - Yes, automatic

Norway - Yes, automatic

Poland - Yes, automatic

Portugal - Yes, automatic

Slovakia - Yes, automatic

Slovenia - Yes, automatic

Spain - Yes, automatic

Sweden - Yes, automatic

Switzerland - Yes, automatic

Türkiye - Yes, automatic

Afghanistan - vote_register__na

Albania - vote_register__na

Algeria - vote_register__na

Andorra - vote_register__na

Angola - vote_register__na

Antigua and Barbuda - vote_register__na

Argentina - vote_register__na

Armenia - vote_register__na

Azerbaijan - vote_register__na

Bahamas - vote_register__na

Bahrain - vote_register__na

Bangladesh - vote_register__na

Barbados - vote_register__na

Belarus - vote_register__na

Belize - vote_register__na

Benin - vote_register__na

Bhutan - vote_register__na

Bolivia - vote_register__na

Bosnia and Herzegovina - vote_register__na

Botswana - vote_register__na

Brazil - vote_register__na

Brunei - vote_register__na

Bulgaria - vote_register__na

Burkina Faso - vote_register__na

Burundi - vote_register__na

Cambodia - vote_register__na

Cameroon - vote_register__na

Cabo Verde - vote_register__na

Central African Republic - vote_register__na

Chad - vote_register__na

China - vote_register__na

Comoros - vote_register__na

Democratic Republic of the Congo - vote_register__na

Republic of the Congo - vote_register__na

Cote d'Ivoire - vote_register__na

Croatia - vote_register__na

Cuba - vote_register__na

Cyprus - vote_register__na

Djibouti - vote_register__na

Dominica - vote_register__na

Dominican Republic - vote_register__na

Ecuador - vote_register__na

Egypt - vote_register__na

El Salvador - vote_register__na

Equatorial Guinea - vote_register__na

Eritrea - vote_register__na

Ethiopia - vote_register__na

Fiji - vote_register__na

Gabon - vote_register__na

The Gambia - vote_register__na

Georgia - vote_register__na

Ghana - vote_register__na

Greenland - vote_register__na

Grenada - vote_register__na

Guatemala - vote_register__na

Guinea - vote_register__na

Guinea-Bissau - vote_register__na

Guyana - vote_register__na

Haiti - vote_register__na

Honduras - vote_register__na

India - vote_register__na

Indonesia - vote_register__na

Iran - vote_register__na

Iraq - vote_register__na

Jamaica - vote_register__na

Jordan - vote_register__na

Kazakhstan - vote_register__na

Kenya - vote_register__na

Kiribati - vote_register__na

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - vote_register__na

Kuwait - vote_register__na

Kyrgyzstan - vote_register__na

Laos - vote_register__na

Lebanon - vote_register__na

Lesotho - vote_register__na

Liberia - vote_register__na

Libya - vote_register__na

Liechtenstein - vote_register__na

North Macedonia - vote_register__na

Madagascar - vote_register__na

Malawi - vote_register__na

Malaysia - vote_register__na

Maldives - vote_register__na

Mali - vote_register__na

Malta - vote_register__na

Marshall Islands - vote_register__na

Mauritania - vote_register__na

Mauritius - vote_register__na

Micronesia, Federated States of - vote_register__na

Moldova - vote_register__na

Monaco - vote_register__na

Mongolia - vote_register__na

Montenegro - vote_register__na

Morocco - vote_register__na

Mozambique - vote_register__na

Myanmar - vote_register__na

Namibia - vote_register__na

Nauru - vote_register__na

Nepal - vote_register__na

Nicaragua - vote_register__na

Niger - vote_register__na

Nigeria - vote_register__na

Oman - vote_register__na

Pakistan - vote_register__na

Palau - vote_register__na

Panama - vote_register__na

Papua New Guinea - vote_register__na

Paraguay - vote_register__na

Peru - vote_register__na

The Philippines - vote_register__na

Qatar - vote_register__na

Romania - vote_register__na

Russian Federation - vote_register__na

Rwanda - vote_register__na

Samoa - vote_register__na

San Marino - vote_register__na

Sao Tome and Principe - vote_register__na

Saudi Arabia - vote_register__na

Senegal - vote_register__na

Serbia - vote_register__na

Seychelles - vote_register__na

Sierra Leone - vote_register__na

Singapore - vote_register__na

Solomon Islands - vote_register__na

Somalia - vote_register__na

South Africa - vote_register__na

South Sudan - vote_register__na

Sri Lanka - vote_register__na

St. Kitts and Nevis - vote_register__na

St. Lucia - vote_register__na

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - vote_register__na

Sudan - vote_register__na

Suriname - vote_register__na

Eswatini - vote_register__na

Syria - vote_register__na

Tajikistan - vote_register__na

Tanzania - vote_register__na

Thailand - vote_register__na

Timor-Leste - vote_register__na

Togo - vote_register__na

Tonga - vote_register__na

Trinidad and Tobago - vote_register__na

Tunisia - vote_register__na

Turkmenistan - vote_register__na

Tuvalu - vote_register__na

Uganda - vote_register__na

Ukraine - vote_register__na

United Arab Emirates - vote_register__na

Uruguay - vote_register__na

Uzbekistan - vote_register__na

Vanuatu - vote_register__na

Venezuela - vote_register__na

Vietnam - vote_register__na

Yemen - vote_register__na

Zambia - vote_register__na

Zimbabwe - vote_register__na