The Economist 2024 Kapachalam. Our map and charts below show how the cities compare this year. Eight of the ten most populous countries in the world—bangladesh, brazil, india, indonesia, mexico, pakistan, russia and the united states—will hold elections in.
In this year’s edition, our correspondents and invited experts consider the state of democracy, as countries that are home to half of the global population hold. The year ahead will be a major test of democratic rule as an estimated 4 billion people in.