Types of Government: A Population-Adjusted Breakdown

Key Takeaways

• More than half of the global population is ruled by types of government that are more extreme or authoritarian, including autocracies.
• Together, autocracies and powerful monarchic systems are the most common form of government on a population-adjusted basis, ruling 31% of the global population.
• Center-Right governments follow as the second most common, with the U.S. shifting right in 2025.