Timeline of Representative Democracy

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

• 1867: Canada becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1901: Australia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1918: Ireland becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1919: Finland becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1944: Iceland becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1945: Denmark becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1945: Belgium becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1946: France becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1946: Italy becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1947: India becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1948: Israel becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1948: Costa Rica becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1952: Japan becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1955: Austria becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1958: Colombia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1960: Cyprus becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1962: Jamaica becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1966: Barbados becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1966: Botswana becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1966: The Dominican Republic becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1968: Eswatini becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1968: Guyana becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1973: The Bahamas becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1974: Greece becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1977: Djibouti becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1978: Dominica becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1979: Ecuador becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1979: Kiribati becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1981: Belize becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1981: Antigua and Barbuda becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1983: Argentina becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1984: Grenada becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1985: Brazil becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1987: South Korea becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1989: Hungary becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1989: Bulgaria becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1989: El Salvador becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1990: Germany becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1990: Chile becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1990: Gabon becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Cape Verde becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Bangladesh becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Benin becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Albania becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Kenya becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Latvia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Ethiopia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Estonia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Armenia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Azerbaijan becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1991: Belarus becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1992: Ghana becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1992: Republic of the Congo becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1992: Georgia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1993: Cambodia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1993: Bolivia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1993: Andorra becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1993: Czechia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1995: Bosnia and Herzegovina becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1995: Haiti becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1995: Guatemala becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1998: Croatia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 1999: Algeria becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2001: Kosovo becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2002: The Gambia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2002: Comoros becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2002: East Timor becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2003: Burundi becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2004: Afghanistan becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2004: Indonesia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2005: Iraq becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2006: The Democratic Republic of the Congo becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2008: Angola becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2008: Bhutan becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2009: Honduras becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2011: Tunisia becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2011: Chad becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2014: Egypt becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2014: Fiji becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2015: Burkina Faso becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2016: The Central African Republic becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.
• 2016: Ivory Coast becomes a representative democracy that lasts until this day.