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Here some tables showing dates of the beginning of populistic system (end of feudal system) in first column, and beginning of democratic system (end of populistic system) in second column. Third column shows how many years a country was populistic.
Some dates are presented as a ranges, because often a change of political system is a few years long process and a chain of small, gradual changes.
First table is an introduction, and shows some more important (or interesting) countries. Second and third are more complete, and show dates for many European, and Non-European countries respectively.
Corrections and updates after 2004 plus errata.

Table 1. The most important countries

Country Start of
populistic system		 Start of
democratic system		 How long that country
was populistic
England 1642 1689 50 years
Brazil 1821 1994 175 years
China 1910 Estimated 2010 Estimated 100 years
France 1789 1872-76 85 years
Spain 1808-1812 1976 165 years
Netherlands 1566 1848 not applicable
India 1947 1997-2000 50 years
Iran 1898 1897- 100-105 years
Japan 1868 1946-50 80 years
Germany do 1848 1945-48* 100 years
Poland** 1791(1848) 1945-(81)-89 190 years
Russia 1905 Estimated 2005 Estimated 100 years
Switzerland 1291 1848 not applicable
USA*** 1776 1865 90 years
Latin America countries**** 1815-1825 1989-2004 175-185 years
African countries**** 1960 - -
* Without West Germany.
** Poland history (same as Czech, and Hungary) is little complicated, so I will not explain here that strange dates.
*** USA (same as Switzerland, and India) is a federal country. Some states (New England) was democratic probably in 1780, and some southern states becomes democratic in times of president Eisenhower.
****There are some regions where political evolution will go more or less the same way for each country in that region.

Table 2. Table for Europe

Country Start of
populistic system		 Start of
democratic system		 How long that country
was populistic
England 1642 1689 50 years
Austria 1848 1948 100 years
Belgium 1787 1830* 40 years*
Bulgaria 1878 1997 120 years
Czech 1860* 1968-89 130 years
Denmark 1849 1905 55 years
Finland 1809 1941-45 135 years
France 1789 1972-76 85 years
Greece 1821 1975 155 years
Hungary
 1848
 1956-89
 140 years
Ireland 1921* 1973 55 years
Germany 1848 1948 West; 1953(89) East 100 years
Netherlands
 1566
 1848
 not applicable
Norway - 1905 -
Russia 1905 Estimated 2005 -
Poland 1791(1848) 1945-(81)-89 190 years
Portugal 1820 1974 155 years
Romania
 1848
 1989-97
 145 years
Serbia 1878* 2000 130 years
Spain
 1808-1812
 1976
 165 years
Switzerland 1291 1848 not applicable
Sweden 1719 1809 90 years
Ukraine 1905 2003-04 100 years
Italy 1848** 1943-45 100 years
* I could be wrong here.
** Whole peninsula, some Italian countries (city-states) were populistic since XIth century.

Table 3. Table for the World

Country Start of
populistic system		 Start of
democratic system		 How long that country
was populistic
Afghanistan 1840 2001- 160 years
Algeria 1955 - -
Argentina 1816 1989 175 years
Brazil 1821 1994 175 years
Chile 1817 1989 175 years
China 1910 Estimated 2010 -
Egypt 1882 - -
Ethiopia 1890 1995-2002* 105 years
Philippines 1898 1986 85 years
India 1947 1997-2000 50 years
Indonesia 1945 1997-2000 55 years
Iran 1898 1997- 105 years
Israel** - 1948 -
Japan 1868 1946-50 80 years
Colombia 1819 1997-2003 185 years
South Korea 1895* 1995 100 years
Mexico 1821 1994(98) 175 years
Nigeria 1960 - -
Pakistan 1947 - -
Peru 1822 2000 180 years
South Africa 1881*** 1991-1994 110 years
Syria 1944 - -
Thailand 1868* 1995* 125 years
Taiwan 1910 1995 85 years
Turkey 1909 1995-2002 90 years
USA 1776 1865 90 years
Vietnam 1945 - -
Venezuela 1810-20 2003- 195 years
* I could be wrong here.
** There is possible that some countries that were the colonies of democratic country have no populistic period at all. Other examples are: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway.
*** Oranje (Orange), and Transvaal.

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