Autocracies and democracies number, 1900–2019 Info Edit Download | Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Email World Map Line Chart Bar Chart Tree Map Rank List Calc Table Data Table View Regional Sum View Regional Sum View Regional Average View Regional Weighted Average Select a starting year 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Select an ending year 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Related Democracy & Autocracy Datasets Adults with the right to vote, percent, 1789–2017 Anti-corruption policy, scale 1-10, 2006–2018 Apologies by political and religious leaders, number, 1910–2000 Approval of democracy, scale 1-10, 2006–2018 Approval of democracy, developing and transition countries, scale 1-10, 2006–2018 Democracy versus autocracy over time, scale 0-10, 1800–2017 Democracy versus autocracy over time, scale -10-10, 1800–2016 Election laws fair and impartial management, scale 0-4, 2013–2018 Government powers effectively limited by legislature, scale 0-1, 2012–2018 Head of governement elected through free and fair elections, scale 0-4, 2013–2018 Index of Democracy, scale 0-10, 2006–2017 National legislature elected through free and fair elections, scale 0-4, 2013–2018 Political regime, scale 1-4, 1789–2020 Number of the world’s political regimes that were democracies in a given year. Source: V-Dem