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Name: Totalitarian Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Totalitarianism - Britannica; Democracy vs Totalitarianism - Rule of Law Education Center; Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond - Open Democracy; Yes, You Can Use the T-Word to Describe China - Foreign Policy.

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Totalitarian Countries: compare 29 countries on 7 metrics.

Politics & Government29 countries · 7 metricsUpdated Feb 27, 2025Original page

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Totalitarian Regime Status

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Type of Totalitarian Government

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29 countries


Afghanistan	In power	Nationalist	Taliban	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	1996, 2021	2001, ongoing	Mullah Omar, Hibatullah Akhundzada
Albania	Dissolved	Communism	Party of Labour of Albania	People's Socialist Republic of Albania	1946	1985	Enver Hoxha
Bulgaria	Dissolved	Communism	—	People's Republic of Bulgaria	1946, 1949+1	1949, 1954+1	Georgi Dimitrov, Valko Chervenkov+1
Cambodia	Dissolved	Communist	Communist Party of Kampuchea	Democratic Kampuchea	1975	1979	Pol Pot
China	Dissolved	Socialist	Chinese Communist Party	People's Republic of China	1949	1976	Mao Zedong
Croatia	Dissolved	Fascism	Ustaše	Independed State of Croatia	1941	1945	Ante Pavelić
DR Congo	Dissolved	Fascism	Popular Movement of the Revolution	Zaire	1971	1997	Mobutu Sese Seko
Equatorial Guinea	In power	Extreme Nationalist	United National Workers' Party, Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea	Republic of Equatorial Guinea	1968, 1982	1979, Active	Francisco Macías Nguema, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Eritrea	In power	Left-Wing Nationalist	People's Front for Democracy and Justice	State of Eritrea	2001	ongoing	Isaias Afwerki
Germany	Dissolved	Nazism	National Socialist German Workers' Party	Greater German Reich	1933	1945	Adolf Hitler
Haiti	Dissolved	Nationalism	National Unity Party	Republic of Haiti	1957, 1971	1971, 1986	François Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier
Hungary	Dissolved	Communism	Hungarian Working People's Party	Hungarian People's Republic	1949	1953	Mátyás Rákosi
Iraq	Dissolved	Nationalist	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party	Republic of Iraq	1979	2003	Saddam Hussein
Italy	Dissolved	Communism	National Fascist Party	Kingdom of Italy	1925	1943	Benito Mussolini
Japan	Dissolved	Fascism	Imperial Rule Assistance Association	Emipre of Japan	1940, 1941+2	1941, 1944+2	Hirohito Fumimaro Konoe, Hideki Tojo+2
Malawi	Dissolved	Nationalism	Malawi Congress Party	Republic of Malawi	1966	1994	Hastings Banda
Myanmar	Dissolved	Socialist	Burma Socialist Programme Party	Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma	1962	1988	Ne Win
North Korea	In power	Communist	Workers' Party of Korea	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1948	ongoing	Kim dynasty
Philippines	Dissolved	Nationalism	Nacionalista Party	Republic of the Philippines	1972	1986	Ferdinand Marcos
Romania	Dissolved	Communism	Romanian Communist Party	Socialist Republic of Romania	1971	1989	Nicolae Ceaușescu
Russia	Dissolved	Communism	All-Union Communist Party	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	1917, 1924	1924, 1953	Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin
Rwanda	Dissolved	Ultranationalism	National Revolutionary Movement for Development	Republic of Rwanda	1973	1994	Juvénal Habyarimana
Slovakia	Dissolved	Nationalism	Slovak People’s Party	Slovak Republic	1939	1945	Jozef Tiso
Somalia	Dissolved	Communism	Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party	Somali Democratic Republic	1969	1991	Siad Barre
South Korea	Dissolved	Nationalism	Democratic Republican Party	Republic of Korea	1961	1979	Park Chung Hee
Spain	Dissolved	Fascism	FET y de las JONS	Spanish State	1936	1959	Francisco Franco
Syria	In power	Left-Wing Nationalist	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party	Syrian Arab Republic	1963, 1966+2	1966, 1970+2	Amin al-Hafiz, General Salah Jadid+2
Turkmenistan	In power	Nationalist	Democratic Party of Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	1991, 2006+1	2006, 2022+1	Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow+1
Uganda	Dissolved	Militarism	Uganda Army	Republic of Uganda	1971	1979	Idi Amin

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Where does this totalitarian countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Totalitarianism - Britannica; Democracy vs Totalitarianism - Rule of Law Education Center; Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond - Open Democracy; Yes, You Can Use the T-Word to Describe China - Foreign Policy.