Timeline of Representative Democracy

This is a timeline of the introduction of representative democracy in states across the world.

• 1789: The USA becomes a representative democracy.
• 1849: Canada becomes a representative democracy.
• 1905: Sweden becomes a representative democracy.
• 1917: Finland becomes a representative democracy.
• 1923: Ireland becomes a representative democracy.
• 1945: Trinidad and Tobago becomes a representative democracy.
• 1948: Costa Rica becomes a representative democracy.
• 1954: Belize becomes a representative democracy.
• 1961: Barbados becomes a representative democracy.
• 1962: Jamaica becomes a representative democracy.
• 1964: The Bahamas becomes a representative democracy.
• 1966: Botswana becomes a representative democracy.
• 1967: Antigua and Barbuda becomes a representative democracy.
• 1967: St Kitts and Nevis becomes a representative democracy.
• 1967: St Lucia becomes a representative democracy.
• 1967: Dominica becomes a representative democracy.
• 1969: St Vincent and the Grenadines becomes a representative.
• 1973: Venezuela becomes a representative democracy.
• 1973: Greece becomes a representative democracy.
• 1974: Portugal becomes a representative democracy.
• 1975: Spain becomes a representative democracy.
• 1978: The Dominican Republic becomes a representative democracy.
• 1979: Ecuador becomes a representative democracy.
• 1980: Guyana becomes a representative democracy.
• 1981: Honduras becomes a representative democracy.
• 1983: Argentina becomes a representative democracy.
• 1984: Uruguay becomes a representative democracy.
• 1984: Grenada becomes a representative democracy.
• 1985: Brazil becomes a representative democracy.
• 1987: Suriname becomes a representative democracy.
• 1989: Panama becomes a representative democracy.
• 1989: Paraguay becomes a representative democracy.
• 1990: Zambia becomes a representative democracy.
• 1990: Namibia becomes a representative democracy.
• 1990: Nicaragua becomes a representative democracy.
• 1990: Chile becomes a representative democracy.
• 1991: Colombia becomes a representative democracy.
• 1992: El Salvador becomes a representative democracy.
• 1992: Malawi becomes a representative democracy.
• 1992: Mozambique becomes a representative democracy.
• 1992: Madagascar becomes a representative democracy.
• 1993: Bolivia becomes a representative democracy.
• 1994: South Africa becomes a representative democracy.
• 1996: Guatemala becomes a representative democracy.
• 1998: Lesotho becomes a representative democracy.
• 2000: Mexico becomes a representative democracy.
• 2000: Peru becomes a representative democracy.
• 2004: Seychelles becomes a representative democracy.
• 2008: eSwatini becomes a representative democracy.
• 2010: Haiti becomes a representative democracy.
• 2011: Tunisia becomes a representative democracy.