General Elections Worldwide 2025

General Elections Worldwide 2025. Here’s a closer look at the countries holding elections, in maps and charts. Around half the world’s population lives in more than 70 countries holding national elections in 2025, and with roughly two billion.

Elections are taking place this year in countries home to almost half of the world’s population, from taiwan’s general election in january to the u.s. Billions of people — roughly half the world’s population — will cast ballots in local, regional, legislative and presidential elections in the coming year.