2. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Population: 99.39 million
The current de facto ruler of Ethiopia that ranks second in our list of biggest countries ruled by dictators, is Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, elected in 2012. However, continued outrageous restrictions on press freedom and jailing of political dissidents and journalists have wiped out any ideas of it being a democracy; especially considering that no opposition to the ruling coalition of parties is allowed to form. In fact, protests against the authoritarian government have reached such a high that a state of emergency has been declared.
