Mapping All Of 2024’s Global Elections

With almost half of the world’s population residing in countries holding executive or legislative elections in 2024, it’s set to be the busiest election year ever recorded.

This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, uses collated 2024 global elections data from our 2024 Global Forecast Series as well as from Time, while country populations are taken from Worldometer as of January 2024.

Countries Holding 2024 Elections Around the World

Many people are already aware of the U.S. presidential and legislative elections set to be held on November 5th, especially due to American influence on the global political stage and media coverage.

But two governments affecting larger populations, India and the European Union, are also slated to have elections in 2024.

Below, we sort the countries expected to hold elections in 2024 by population (countries with no set election date yet have been marked “N/A”):

Country	Election Date	Type	Population
🇮🇳 India	N/A	Legislative	1,428,627,663
🇪🇺 European Union	6/6/2024	Legislative	448,387,872
🇺🇸 United States	11/5/2024	Executive & Legislative	339,996,563
🇮🇩 Indonesia	2/14/2024	Executive & Legislative	277,534,122
🇵🇰 Pakistan	2/8/2024	Legislative	240,485,658
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	1/7/2024	Legislative	172,954,319
🇷🇺 Russia	3/15/2024	Executive	144,444,359
🇲🇽 Mexico	6/2/2024	Executive & Legislative	128,455,567
🇮🇷 Iran	3/1/2024	Legislative	89,172,767
🇬🇧 UK	N/A	Legislative	67,736,802
🇿🇦 South Africa	5/29/2024	Legislative	60,414,495
🇰🇷 South Korea	4/10/2024	Legislative	51,784,059
🇩🇿 Algeria	N/A	Executive	45,606,480
🇺🇦 Ukraine	3/31/2024	Executive	36,744,634
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	N/A	Legislative	35,163,944
🇬🇭 Ghana	12/7/2024	Executive & Legislative	34,121,985
🇲🇿 Mozambique	10/9/2024	Executive & Legislative	33,897,354
🇲🇬 Madagascar	N/A	Legislative	30,325,732
🇻🇪 Venezuela	N/A	Executive	28,838,499
🇰🇵 North Korea	N/A	Legislative	26,160,821
🇹🇼 Taiwan	1/13/2024	Executive & Legislative	23,923,276
🇲🇱 Mali	N/A	Executive	23,293,698
🇸🇾 Syria	N/A	Legislative	23,227,014
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	N/A	Executive & Legislative	21,893,579
🇷🇴 Romania	N/A	Executive & Legislative	19,892,812
🇹🇩 Chad	N/A	Executive	18,278,568
🇸🇳 Senegal	12/15/2024	Executive	17,763,163
🇰🇭 Cambodia	2/25/2024	Legislative	16,944,826
🇷🇼 Rwanda	7/15/2024	Executive & Legislative	14,094,683
🇹🇳 Tunisia	N/A	Executive	12,458,223
🇧🇪 Belgium	6/9/2024	Legislative	11,686,140
🇯🇴 Jordan	N/A	Legislative	11,337,052
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	5/19/2024	Executive & Legislative	11,332,972
🇸🇸 South Sudan	N/A	Executive & Legislative	11,088,796
🇨🇿 Czechia	N/A	Legislative	10,495,295
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	2/7/2024	Executive	10,412,651
🇵🇹 Portugal	3/10/2024	Legislative	10,247,605
🇧🇾 Belarus	2/25/2024	Legislative	9,498,238
🇹🇬 Togo	4/20/2024	Legislative	9,053,799
🇦🇹 Austria	N/A	Legislative	8,958,960
🇸🇻 El Salvador	2/4/2024	Executive & Legislative	6,364,943
🇸🇰 Slovakia	3/23/2024	Executive	5,795,199
🇫🇮 Finland	1/28/2024	Executive	5,545,475
🇲🇷 Mauritania	6/22/2024	Executive	4,862,989
🇵🇦 Panama	5/5/2024	Executive & Legislative	4,468,087
🇭🇷 Croatia	9/22/2024	Executive & Legislative	4,008,617
🇬🇪 Georgia	10/26/2024	Executive & Legislative	3,728,282
🇲🇳 Mongolia	6/28/2024	Legislative	3,447,157
🇲🇩 Moldova	N/A	Executive	3,435,931
🇺🇾 Uruguay	10/27/2024	Executive & Legislative	3,423,108
🇱🇹 Lithuania	5/12/2024	Executive & Legislative	2,718,352
🇧🇼 Botswana	N/A	Legislative	2,675,352
🇳🇦 Namibia	N/A	Executive & Legislative	2,604,172
🇬🇼 Guinea Bissau	N/A	Executive	2,150,842
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	5/8/2024	Executive & Legislative	2,085,679
🇲🇺 Mauritius	11/30/2024	Legislative	1300557
🇰🇲 Comoros	1/14/2024	Executive	852,075
🇧🇹 Bhutan	1/9/2024	Legislative	787,424
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	4/17/2024	Legislative	740,424
🇲🇻 Maldives	3/17/2024	Legislative	521,021
🇮🇸 Iceland	6/1/2024	Executive	375,318
🇰🇮 Kiribati	N/A	Executive & Legislative	133,515
🇸🇲 San Marino	N/A	Legislative	33,642
🇵🇼 Palau	11/12/2024	Executive & Legislative	18,058
🇹🇻 Tuvalu	1/26/2024	Legislative	11,396

A few notable elections have already occurred. Taiwan held general elections on January 13th, with the more anti-China Democratic Progressive Party retaining the presidency but losing its majority in the legislature.

Pakistan also held elections on February 8th, with former Prime Minster Imran Khan’s party and affiliates winning a plurality of seats but losing power to a military-backed coalition.

Pakistan’s election results were cast into doubt by foreign observers and media, with Khan having been arrested and sentenced to prison on corruption charges. It is far from the only country holding controversial and potentially undemocratic elections in 2024.

Bangladesh’s landslide January 7th elections were boycotted by the opposition and voters, and Russia’s March 15th elections had three anti-war presidential candidates barred from competing, including Alexei Navalny before his controversial death in February.