Ka-pi96 said: The US isn't the oldest democracy. Switzerland exists. Plenty of older democracies that don't exist anymore too, but even if you're only counting continuing ones, the US still isn't the oldest. |
Not that it really matters in the big picture as the US democracy is very old (came into effect in 1789), it is consider by many sources to be the longest standing continuous Democracy in the world today
Next in line is Switzerland from 1848
Then New Zealand from 1857 (Also the First Democracy to allow Women the vote in 1893)