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The freest countries in the world

The freest countries of the world according to the Democracy Index of the Economist’s Intelligence Unit. Only listing full democracies.

(found at: http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/DEMOCRACY_INDEX_2007_v3.pdf)
1. Sweden 3609 people  
2. Iceland 5270 people  
3. Netherlands 2355 people  
4. Norway 3146 people  
5. Denmark 1640 people  
6. Finland 1955 people  
7. Luxembourg 269 people  
8. Australia 14035 people  
9. Canada 1652 people  
10. Switzerland 3383 people  
11. Ireland 10230 people  
12. New Zealand 10072 people  
13. Germany 5867 people  
14. Austria 1914 people  
15. Malta 345 people  
16. United States 462 people  
17. Czech Republic 1787 people  
18. Portugal 2336 people  
19. Belgium 1311 people  
20. Japan 11353 people  
21. Greece 9903 people  
22. United Kingdom 5824 people  
23. France 7423 people  
24. Mauritius 310 people  
25. Costa Rica 2945 people  
26. Slovenia 324 people  
27. Uruguay 252 people  
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Created by Teitur on Mar 11, 2007.