List of legislatures by number of members
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This is a list of legislatures by number of members. Non-sovereign entities and unrecognized states are marked in italics.
Lists
Country | Name of Legislature | Type | Lower house[1] |
Upper house[1] |
Lower house to upper house ratio |
Total | Population[2] | Population/ Lower house seats |
Population/ Total seats |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Republic of China | National People's Congress | unicameral | 2,980 | − | − | 2,980 | 1,355,692,576 | 454,930 | 454,930 |
United Kingdom | Parliament of the United Kingdom | bicameral | 650 | 775 | 0.822 | 1,443 | 63,742,977 | 98,066 | 44,173 |
France | French Parliament | bicameral | 577 | 348 | 1.658 | 925 | 66,259,012 | 114,834 | 71,631 |
Egypt | Parliament of Egypt | bicameral | 596 | 300 | 1.987 | 896 | 100,388,073 | 168,436 | 112,040 |
India | Parliament of India | bicameral | 543 | 245 | 2.216 | 788 | 1,236,344,631 | 2,276,877 | 1,568,965 |
Germany | – | bicameral | 736 (Bundestag) |
69 (Bundesrat) |
10.275 | 805 | 80,996,685 | 114,241 | 104,109 |
Thailand | National Assembly of Thailand | bicameral | 500 | 250 | 2.000 | 750 | 67,741,401 | 135,483 | 90,322 |
European Union | – | bicameral | 705 (European Parliament) |
27 (Council of the European Union) |
27.814 | 732 | 511,434,812 | 725,439 | 657,371 |
Indonesia | People's Consultative Assembly | bicameral | 575 | 136 | 4.227 | 711 | 271,407,446 | 472,013 | 381,726 |
Japan | National Diet | bicameral | 465 | 242 | 1.921 | 707 | 126,451,398 | 271,938 | 178,856 |
Korea, North | Supreme People's Assembly | unicameral | 687 | — | — | 687 | 24,851,627 | 36,174 | 36,174 |
Morocco | Parliament of Morocco | bicameral | 395 | 270 | 1.463 | 665 | 32,987,206 | 83,512 | 49,605 |
Myanmar | Assembly of the Union | bicameral | 440 | 224 | 1.964 | 664 | 55,746,253 | 126,696 | 83,955 |
Ethiopia | Federal Parliamentary Assembly | bicameral | 547 (House of Peoples' Representatives) |
108 (House of Federation) |
5.065 | 655 | 96,633,458 | 176,661 | 147,532 |
Mexico | Congress of the Union | bicameral | 500 | 128 | 3.906 | 628 | 120,286,655 | 240,573 | 191,539 |
Russia | Federal Assembly | bicameral | 450 | 170 | 2.647 | 620 | 146,171,015 | 324,825 | 235,760 |
Cuba | National Assembly of People's Power | unicameral | [3]612 | — | — | 612 | 11,047,251 | 18,051 | 18,051 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | bicameral | 500 | 108 | 4.630 | 608 | 77,433,744 | 154,867 | 127,358 |
Spain | Cortes Generales | bicameral | 350 | 257 | 1.362 | 607 | 47,737,941 | 136,394 | 78,646 |
Algeria | Parliament of Algeria | bicameral | 462 | 144 | 3.208 | 606 | 38,813,722 | 84,012 | 64,049 |
Italy | Italian Parliament | bicameral | 400 | 206 | 1.942 | 606 | 61,680,122 | 97,905 | 64,858 |
Turkey | Grand National Assembly of Turkey | unicameral | 600 | — | — | 600 | 84,339,067 | 140,565 | 140,565 |
Brazil | National Congress of Brazil | bicameral | 513 | 81 | 6.333 | 594 | 210,147,125 | 409,644 | 353,783 |
Poland | Parliament of Poland | bicameral | 460 | 100 | 4.600 | 560 | 38,346,279 | 83,361 | 68,475 |
United States | United States Congress | bicameral | 435 | 100 | 4.350 | 535 | 318,892,103 | 733,085 | 596,060 |
Uganda | Parliament of Uganda | unicameral | 529 | — | — | 529 | 35,918,915 | 95,784 | 95,784 |
Sudan | National Legislature | bicameral | 450 | 50 | 9.000 | 500 | 35,482,233 | 78,849 | 70,964 |
Vietnam | National Assembly | unicameral | 500 | — | — | 500 | 93,421,835 | 186,844 | 186,844 |
South Africa | Parliament of South Africa | bicameral | 400 | 90 | 4.444 | 490 | 48,375,645 | 120,939 | 98,726 |
Nigeria | National Assembly | bicameral | 360 | 109 | 3.303 | 469 | 177,155,754 | 492,099 | 377,731 |
Romania | Parliament of Romania | bicameral | 329 | 136 | 2.419 | 465 | 20,121,641 | 61,160 | 43,272 |
Ukraine | Verkhovna Rada | unicameral | 450 | — | — | 450 | 44,291,413 | 98,425 | 98,425 |
Pakistan | Parliament of Pakistan | bicameral | 342 | 104 | 3.288 | 446 | 196,174,380 | 573,609 | 439,853 |
Canada | Parliament of Canada | bicameral | 338 | 105 | 2.933 | 443 | 34,834,841 | 103,062 | 84,346 |
Kenya | Parliament of Kenya | bicameral | 349 | 67 | 5.209 | 416 | 45,010,056 | 128,969 | 108,197 |
Republic of China[a] | Parliament of China | tricameral[b] | 113[c] (Legislative Yuan) |
178 (Control Yuan) 300[d] (National Assembly) |
0.378 | 413 | 23,451,837 (Free area) 1,480,954,711[e] (Constitutional claims) |
207,538 | 56,784 |
Yemen | Parliament of Yemen | bicameral | 301 | 111 | 2.712 | 412 | 26,052,966 | 86,555 | 63,235 |
South Sudan | National Legislature | bicameral | 332 (National Legislative Assembly) |
50 (Council of States) |
6.640 | 382 | 11,562,695 | 34,827 | 30,269 |
Tanzania | National Assembly | unicameral | 357 | — | — | 357 | 49,639,138 | 139,045 | 139,045 |
Côte d'Ivoire | Parliament of Ivory Coast | bicameral | 255 | 99 | 2.575 | 354 | 22,848,945 | 89,604 | 64,545 |
Zimbabwe | Parliament of Zimbabwe | bicameral | 270 | 80 | 3.375 | 350 | 13,771,721 | 51,006 | 39,348 |
Sweden | Riksdag | unicameral | 349 | — | — | 349 | 9,723,809 | 27,862 | 27,862 |
Nepal | Federal Parliament of Nepal | bicameral | 275 | 59 | 4.661 | 334 | 28,982,771 | 105,392 | 86,775 |
Argentina | National Congress of Argentina | bicameral | 257 | 72 | 3.569 | 329 | 43,024,374 | 167,410 | 130,773 |
Somalia | Federal Parliament of Somalia | bicameral | 275 | 54 | 5.093 | 329 | 10,428,043 | 37,920 | 31,696 |
Philippines | Congress of the Philippines | bicameral | 304 | 24 | 12.667 | 328 | 107,668,231 | 354,172 | 328,256 |
Iraq | Council of Representatives of Iraq | unicameral | 325 | — | — | 325 | 32,585,692 | 100,264 | 100,264 |
Bangladesh | Jatiya Sangsad | unicameral | 300 | — | — | 300 | 166,280,712 | 554,269 | 554,269 |
Greece | Hellenic Parliament | unicameral | 300 | — | — | 300 | 10,775,557 | 35,919 | 35,919 |
Korea, South | National Assembly | unicameral | 300 | — | — | 300 | 49,039,986 | 163,467 | 163,467 |
Malaysia | Parliament of Malaysia | bicameral | 222 | 70 | 3.171 | 292 | 30,073,353 | 135,466 | 102,991 |
Iran | Islamic Consultative Assembly | unicameral | 290 | — | — | 290 | 80,840,713 | 278,761 | 278,761 |
Czech Republic | Parliament of the Czech Republic | bicameral | 200 | 81 | 2.469 | 281 | 10,627,448 | 53,137 | 37,820 |
Cameroon | Parliament of Cameroon | bicameral | 180 (National Assembly) |
100 (Senate) |
1.800 | 280 | 23,130,708 | 128,504 | 82,610 |
Ghana | Parliament of Ghana | unicameral | 275 | — | — | 275 | 25,758,108 | 93,666 | 93,666 |
Colombia | Congress of Colombia | bicameral | 166 | 102 | 1.627 | 268 | 46,245,297 | 278,586 | 172,557 |
Mozambique | Assembly of the Republic | unicameral | 250 | — | — | 250 | 24,692,144 | 98,769 | 98,769 |
Serbia | National Assembly | unicameral | 250 | — | — | 250 | 7,209,764{[f] 9,068,967[g] |
28,839 | 28,839 |
Syria | People's Assembly of Syria | unicameral | 250 | — | — | 250 | 17,951,639 | 71,807 | 71,807 |
Uzbekistan | Oliy Majlis | bicameral | 150 | 100 | 1.500 | 250 | 28,929,716 | 192,865 | 115,719 |
Switzerland | Federal Assembly | bicameral | 200 | 46 | 4.348 | 246 | 8,061,516 | 40,308 | 32,770 |
Austria | Austrian Parliament | bicameral | 183 | 62 | 2.952 | 245 | 8,223,062 | 44,935 | 33,564 |
Bulgaria | National Assembly | unicameral | 240 | — | — | 240 | 6,924,716 | 28,853 | 28,853 |
Portugal | Assembly of the Republic | unicameral | 230 | — | — | 230 | 10,813,834 | 47,017 | 47,017 |
Australia | Parliament of Australia | bicameral | 151 | 76 | 1.974 | 226 | 22,507,617 | 150,051 | 99,591 |
Ireland | Oireachtas | bicameral | 160 | 60 | 2.767 | 226 | 4,937,786 | 30,861 | 22,444 |
Netherlands | States General of the Netherlands | bicameral | 150 | 75 | 2.000 | 225 | 16,877,351 | 112,516 | 75,010 |
Sri Lanka | Parliament of Sri Lanka | unicameral | 225 | — | — | 225 | 21,866,445 | 97,184 | 97,184 |
Gabon | Parliament of Gabon | bicameral | 120 | 102 | 1.176 | 222 | 1,672,597 | 13,938 | 7,534 |
Angola | National Assembly | unicameral | 220 | — | — | 220 | 19,088,106 | 86,764 | 86,764 |
Tunisia | Assembly of the Representatives of the People | unicameral | 217 | — | — | 217 | 10,937,521 | 50,403 | 50,403 |
Dominican Republic | Congress of the Dominican Republic | bicameral | 183 | 32 | 5.719 | 215 | 10,349,741 | 56,556 | 48,138 |
Congo, Republic of the | Parliament of the Republic of the Congo | bicameral | 139 | 72 | 1.931 | 211 | 4,662,446 | 33,543 | 22,097 |
Belgium | Belgian Federal Parliament | bicameral | 150 | 60 | 2.5 | 210 | 11,420,163 | 76,134 | 54,382 |
Jordan | Parliament of Jordan | bicameral | 150 | 60 | 2.500 | 210 | 7,930,491 | 52,870 | 37,764 |
Chile | National Congress of Chile | bicameral | 155 | 50 | 3.158 | 205 | 17,574,003 | 113,381 | 85,726 |
Finland | Parliament of Finland | unicameral | 200 | — | — | 200 | 5,268,799 | 26,344 | 26,344 |
Libya | House of Representatives | unicameral | 200 | — | — | 200 | 6,244,174 | 31,221 | 31,221 |
Hungary | National Assembly | unicameral | 199 | — | — | 199 | 9,919,128 | 49,845 | 49,845 |
Malawi | National Assembly | unicameral | 193 | — | — | 193 | 17,377,468 | 90,039 | 90,039 |
Chad | National Assembly | unicameral | 188 | — | — | 188 | 11,412,107 | 60,703 | 60,703 |
Cambodia | Parliament of Cambodia | bicameral | 123 | 61 | 2.016 | 184 | 15,458,332 | 125,677 | 84,013 |
Madagascar | Parliament of Madagascar | bicameral | 151 | 33 | 4.576 | 184 | 23,201,926 | 153,655 | 126,097 |
Denmark | Folketing | unicameral | 179 | — | — | 179 | 5,569,077 | 31,112 | 31,112 |
Belarus | National Assembly of Belarus | bicameral | 110 | 64 | 1.719 | 174 | 9,608,058 | 87,346 | 55,219 |
Equatorial Guinea | Parliament of Equatorial Guinea | bicameral | 100 | 70 | 1.429 | 170 | 722,254 | 7,223 | 4,249 |
Norway | Storting | unicameral | 169 | — | — | 169 | 5,147,792 | 30,460 | 30,460 |
Burundi | Parliament of Burundi | bicameral | 120 | ~48 | 1.852 | ~168 | 10,395,931 | 103,959 | 67,506 |
Bolivia | Plurinational Legislative Assembly | bicameral | 130 | 36 | 3.611 | 166 | 10,631,486 | 81,781 | 64,045 |
Venezuela | National Assembly | unicameral | 165 | — | — | 165 | 28,868,486 | 174,961 | 174,961 |
Mali | National Assembly | unicameral | 160 | — | — | 160 | 16,455,903 | 102,849 | 102,849 |
Guatemala | Congress of the Republic of Guatemala | unicameral | 158 | — | — | 158 | 14,647,083 | 92,703 | 92,703 |
Zambia | National Assembly of Zambia | unicameral | 158 | — | — | 158 | 14,638,505 | 92,649 | 92,649 |
Oman | Council of Oman | bicameral | 84 (Consultative Assembly) |
71 (Council of State) |
1.183 | 155 | 3,219,775 | 38,331 | 20,773 |
Kazakhstan | Parliament of Kazakhstan | bicameral | 107 | 47 | 2.277 | 154 | 17,948,816 | 167,746 | 116,551 |
Lesotho | Parliament of Lesotho | bicameral | 120 (National Assembly) |
33 (Senate of Lesotho) |
3.636 | 153 | 1,942,008 | 16,183 | 12,693 |
Croatia | Croatian Parliament | unicameral | 151 | — | — | 151 | 4,470,534 | 29,606 | 29,606 |
Eritrea | National Assembly | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 6,380,803 | 42,539 | 42,539 |
Georgia | Parliament of Georgia | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 4,935,880 | 32,906 | 32,906 |
Saudi Arabia | Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 27,345,986 | 182,307 | 182,307 |
Senegal | National Assembly | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 13,635,927 | 90,906 | 90,906 |
Slovakia | National Council | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 5,443,583 | 36,291 | 36,291 |
Laos | National Assembly | unicameral | 149 | — | — | 149 | 6,803,699 | 45,662 | 45,662 |
Mauritania | Mauritanian Parliament | unicameral | 146 | — | — | 146 | 3,516,806 | 24,088 | 24,088 |
Lithuania | Parliament of Lithuania | unicameral | 141 | — | — | 141 | 2,848,000 | 20,199 | 20,199 |
Albania | Parliament of Albania | unicameral | 140 | — | — | 140 | 3,020,209 | 21,573 | 21,573 |
Ecuador | National Assembly | unicameral | 137 | — | — | 137 | 15,654,411 | 114,266 | 114,266 |
Palestine | Palestinian Legislative Council | unicameral | 132 | — | — | 132 | 4,816,503 | 36,489 | 36,488 |
Peru | Congress of the Republic of Peru | unicameral | 130 | — | — | 130 | 30,147,935 | 231,907 | 231,907 |
Slovenia | Slovenian Parliament | bicameral | 90 | 40 | 2.250 | 130 | 2,070,050 | 23,001 | 15,295 |
Haiti | Haitian Parliament | bicameral | 99 | 30 | 3.300 | 129 | 9,996,731 | 100,977 | 77,494 |
Uruguay | General Assembly of Uruguay | bicameral | 99 | 30 | 3.300 | 129 | 3,332,972 | 33,666 | 25,837 |
Honduras | National Congress of Honduras | unicameral | 128 | — | — | 128 | 8,598,561 | 67,176 | 67,176 |
Lebanon | Parliament of Lebanon | unicameral | 128 | — | — | 128 | 5,882,562 | 45,958 | 45,958 |
Burkina Faso | National Assembly of Burkina Faso | unicameral | 127 | — | — | 127 | 18,365,123 | 144,607 | 144,607 |
Azerbaijan | National Assembly | unicameral | 125 | — | — | 125 | 9,686,210 | 77,490 | 77,490 |
Paraguay | Congress of Paraguay | bicameral | 80 | 45 | 1.778 | 125 | 6,703,860 | 83,798 | 53,631 |
Turkmenistan | Assembly of Turkmenistan | unicameral | 125 | — | — | 125 | 5,171,943 | 41,376 | 41,376 |
Sierra Leone | Parliament of Sierra Leone | unicameral | 124 | — | — | 124 | 5,743,725 | 46,320 | 46,320 |
North Macedonia | Assembly of North Macedonia | unicameral | 123 | — | — | 123 | 2,091,719 | 17,006 | 17,006 |
Israel | Knesset | unicameral | 120 | — | — | 120 | 7,821,850 | 65,182 | 65,182 |
Kosovo[h] | Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo | unicameral | 120 | — | — | 120 | 1,859,203 | 15,493 | 15,493 |
Kyrgyzstan | Supreme Council | unicameral | 120 | — | — | 120 | 5,604,212 | 46,702 | 46,702 |
New Zealand | Parliament of New Zealand | unicameral | 120 | — | — | 120 | 4,401,916 | 36,683 | 36,682 |
Armenia | National Assembly | unicameral | 118 | — | — | 118 | 3,060,631 | 30,303 | 23,364 |
Guinea | National Assembly | unicameral | 114 | — | — | 114 | 11,474,383 | 100,652 | 100,652 |
Niger | National Assembly | unicameral | 113 | — | — | 113 | 17,466,172 | 154,568 | 154,568 |
Papua New Guinea | National Parliament of Papua New Guinea | unicameral | 111 | — | — | 111 | 6,552,730 | 59,034 | 59,034 |
Rwanda | Parliament of Rwanda | bicameral | 80 | 26 | 3.077 | 106 | 12,337,138 | 154,214 | 116,388 |
Central African Republic | Parliament of the Central African Republic | unicameral | 105 | — | — | 105 | 5,277,959 | 50,266 | 50,266 |
Liberia | Legislature of Liberia | bicameral | 73 | 30 | 2.433 | 103 | 4,092,310 | 56,059 | 39,731 |
Guinea-Bissau | National People's Assembly | unicameral | 102 | — | — | 102 | 1,693,398 | 16,602 | 16,602 |
Estonia | Riigikogu | unicameral | 101 | — | — | 101 | 1,257,921 | 12,455 | 12,455 |
Moldova | Parliament of the Republic of Moldova | unicameral | 101 | — | — | 101 | 3,583,288 | 35,478 | 35,478 |
Latvia | Saeima | unicameral | 100 | — | — | 100 | [4]1,893,223 | 18,932 | 18,932 |
Namibia | Parliament of Namibia | bicameral | 72 | 26 | 2.769 | 98 | 2,198,406 | 30,533 | 22,433 |
Tajikistan | Supreme Assembly | bicameral | 63 | 34 | 1.853 | 97 | 8,051,512 | 127,802 | 83,005 |
Eswatini | Parliament of Eswatini | bicameral | 65 (House of Assembly) |
30 (Senate) |
2.167 | 95 | 1,419,623 | 21,840 | 14,943 |
Singapore | Parliament of Singapore | unicameral | 87 | — | — | 93 | 5,700,000 | 65,517 | 61,290 |
Nicaragua | National Assembly | unicameral | 92 | — | — | 92 | 5,848,641 | 63,572 | 63,572 |
Togo | National Assembly | unicameral | 91 | — | — | 91 | 7,351,374 | 80,784 | 80,784 |
Maldives | People's Majlis | unicameral | 85 | — | — | 85 | 393,595 | 4,631 | 4,631 |
El Salvador | Legislative Assembly of El Salvador | unicameral | 84 | — | — | 84 | 6,125,512 | 72,923 | 72,923 |
Jamaica | Parliament of Jamaica | bicameral | 63 | 21 | 3.000 | 84 | 2,930,050 | 46,509 | 34,882 |
Benin | National Assembly | unicameral | 83 | — | — | 83 | 10,160,556 | 122,416 | 122,416 |
Montenegro | Parliament of Montenegro | unicameral | 81 | — | — | 81 | 650,036 | 8,025 | 8,025 |
Puerto Rico | Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | bicameral | 51 | 30 | 1.700 | 81 | 3,620,897 | 70,998 | 44,702 |
Bahrain | National Assembly | bicameral | 40 | 40 | 1.000 | 80 | 1,314,089 | 32,852 | 16,426 |
Cyprus | House of Representatives | unicameral | 80 | — | — | 80 | 1,172,458 | 14,656 | 14,656 |
Mongolia | State Great Khural | unicameral | 76 | — | — | 76 | 3,251,587 | 42,784 | 42,784 |
Bhutan | Parliament of Bhutan | bicameral | 47 | 25 | 1.880 | 72 | 733,643 | 15,609 | 10,189 |
Cape Verde | National Assembly | unicameral | 72 | — | — | 72 | 538,535 | 7,480 | 7,480 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago | bicameral | 41 | 31 | 1.323 | 72 | 1,223,916 | 29,852 | 16,999 |
Panama | Parliament of Panama | unicameral | 71 | — | — | 71 | 3,608,431 | 50,823 | 50,823 |
Hong Kong | Legislative Council of Hong Kong | unicameral | 70 | — | — | 70 | 7,112,688 | 101,610 | 101,610 |
Mauritius | National Assembly | unicameral | 70 | — | — | 70 | 1,331,155 | 19,017 | 19,017 |
Djibouti | National Assembly | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 810,179 | 12,464 | 12,464 |
Guyana | National Assembly | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 735,554 | 11,316 | 11,316 |
Kuwait | National Assembly | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 2,742,711 | 42,196 | 42,196 |
Malta | Parliament of Malta | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 412,655 | 6,349 | 3,174 |
Timor-Leste | National Parliament | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 1,201,542 | 18,485 | 18,485 |
Botswana | Parliament of Botswana | unicameral | 63 | — | — | 63 | 2,155,784 | 34,219 | 34,218 |
Iceland | Althing | unicameral | 63 | — | — | 63 | 317,351 | 5,037 | 5,037 |
Luxembourg | Chamber of Deputies | unicameral | 60 | — | — | 60 | 520,672 | 8,678 | 8,678 |
San Marino | Grand and General Council | unicameral | 60 | — | — | 60 | 32,742 | 546 | 546 |
Jersey | States Assembly | unicameral | 58 | — | — | 58 | 96,513 | 1,664 | 1,664 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina | bicameral | 42 (House of Representatives) |
15 (House of Peoples) |
2.800 | 57 | 3,871,643 | 92,182 | 67,924 |
Costa Rica | Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | unicameral | 57 | — | — | 57 | 4,755,234 | 83,425 | 83,425 |
French Polynesia | Assembly of French Polynesia | unicameral | 57 | — | — | 57 | 280,026 | 4,913 | 4,913 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | National Assembly | unicameral | 55 | — | — | 55 | 190,428 | 3,462 | 3,462 |
Bahamas, The | Parliament of the Bahamas | bicameral | 38 | 16 | 2.375 | 54 | 321,834 | 8,469 | 5,960 |
New Caledonia | Congress of New Caledonia | unicameral | 54 | — | — | 54 | 267,840 | 4,960 | 4,960 |
Gambia, The | National Assembly of the Gambia | unicameral | 53 | — | — | 53 | 1,925,527 | 36,331 | 36,331 |
Vanuatu | Parliament of Vanuatu | unicameral | 52 | — | — | 52 | 266,937 | 5,133 | 5,133 |
Barbados | Parliament of Barbados | bicameral | 30 | 21 | 1.429 | 51 | 289,680 | 9,656 | 5,680 |
Suriname | National Assembly | unicameral | 51 | — | — | 51 | 573,311 | 11,241 | 11,241 |
Fiji | Parliament of Fiji | unicameral | [5]50 | — | — | 50 | 903,207 | 18,064 | 8,769 |
Solomon Islands | National Parliament of Solomon Islands | unicameral | 50 | — | — | 50 | 609,883 | 12,198 | 18,064 |
Samoa | Legislative Assembly of Samoa | unicameral | 49 | — | — | 49 | 196,628 | 4,013 | 4,013 |
Bermuda | Parliament of Bermuda | bicameral | 36 (House of Assembly) |
11 (Senate) |
3.273 | 47 | 69,839 | 1,940 | 1,486 |
Kiribati | House of Assembly | unicameral | 46 | — | — | 46 | 104,488 | 2,271 | 2,271 |
Guernsey | States of Guernsey | unicameral | 45 | — | — | 45 | 65,849 | 1,463 | 1,463 |
Qatar | Consultative Assembly of Qatar | unicameral | 45 | — | — | 45 | 2,123,160 | 47,181 | 47,181 |
Transnistria | Supreme Council | unicameral | 45 | — | — | 45 | 469,000 | 10,422 | 10,906 |
Belize | Parliament of Belize | bicameral | 31 | 12 | 2.583 | 43 | 340,844 | 10,995 | 7,927 |
United Arab Emirates | Federal National Council | unicameral | 40 | — | — | 40 | 5,628,805 | 140,720 | 140,720 |
American Samoa | American Samoa Fono | bicameral | 21 | 18 | 1.167 | 39 | 54,517 | 2,596 | 1,398 |
Isle of Man | Tynwald | bicameral | 24 | 11 | 2.182 | 35 | 86,866 | 3,619 | 2,482 |
Abkhazia | People's Assembly of Abkhazia | unicameral | 35 | — | — | 35 | 243,206 | 6,949 | 6,948 |
Antigua and Barbuda | Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda | bicameral | 17 | 17 | 1.000 | 34 | 91,295 | 5,370 | 2,685 |
Seychelles | National Assembly | unicameral | 34 | — | — | 34 | 91,650 | 2,696 | 2,696 |
South Ossetia | Parliament of South Ossetia | unicameral | 34 | — | — | 34 | 53,532 | 1,574 | 4,573 |
Artsakh | National Assembly | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 150,932 | 4,574 | 10,906 |
Brunei | Legislative Council of Brunei | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 422,675 | 12,808 | 12,808 |
Comoros | Assembly of the Union of the Comoros | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 766,865 | 23,238 | 23,238 |
Faroe Islands | Løgting | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 49,947 | 1,514 | 1,514 |
Macau | Legislative Council of Macau | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 587,914 | 17,816 | 17,816 |
Marshall Islands | Legislature of the Marshall Islands | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 70,983 | 2,151 | 2,151 |
Dominica | House of Assembly of Dominica | unicameral | 32 | — | — | 32 | 73,449 | 2,295 | 2,295 |
Greenland | Inatsisartut | unicameral | 31 | — | — | 31 | 57,728 | 1,862 | 1,862 |
Afghanistan | Leadership Council | unicameral | Aprx. 30[6] | – | – | Aprx. 30[6] | 31,822,848 | 1,060,762[i] | |
Northern Mariana Islands | Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature | bicameral | 20 | 9 | 2.222 | 29 | 51,483 | 2,574 | 1,775 |
Andorra | General Council | unicameral | 28 | — | — | 28 | 85,458 | 3,052 | 3,052 |
Grenada | Parliament of Grenada | bicameral | 15 | 13 | 1.154 | 28 | 110,152 | 7,343 | 3,934 |
Saint Lucia | Parliament of Saint Lucia | bicameral | 17 | 11 | 1.545 | 28 | 163,362 | 9,610 | 5,834 |
Tonga | Legislative Assembly of Tonga | unicameral | 26 | — | — | 26 | 106,440 | 4,094 | 4,094 |
Liechtenstein | Landtag of Liechtenstein | unicameral | 25 | — | — | 25 | 37,313 | 1,493 | 1,493 |
Palau | Palau National Congress | bicameral | 16 | 9 | 1.778 | 25 | 21,186 | 1,324 | 847 |
Cook Islands | Parliament of the Cook Islands | unicameral | 24 | — | — | 24 | 10,134 | 422 | 422 |
Monaco | National Council | unicameral | 24 | — | — | 24 | 30,508 | 1,271 | 1,271 |
Saint Martin | unicameral | 23 | — | — | 23 | 31,530 | 1,371 | 1,371 | |
Adjara | Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 349,000 | 16,619 | 16,619 |
Aruba | Parliament of Aruba | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 110,663 | 5,270 | 5,270 |
Cayman Islands | Parliament of the Cayman Islands | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 54,914 | 2,615 | 2,615 |
Curaçao | Parliament of Curaçao | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 146,836 | 6,992 | 6,992 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 102,918 | 4,901 | 4,901 |
Niue | Niue Assembly | unicameral | 20 | — | — | 20 | 1,190 | 60 | 60 |
Tokelau | General Fono | unicameral | 20 | — | — | 20 | 1,337 | 67 | 67 |
Wallis and Futuna | Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna | unicameral | 20 | — | — | 20 | 15,561 | 778 | 778 |
Nauru | Parliament of Nauru | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 9,488 | 499 | 499 |
Saint Barthelemy | Territorial Council of Saint Barthélemy | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 7,267 | 382 | 382 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 5,716 | 301 | 301 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | House of Assembly | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 49,070 | 2,583 | 2,583 |
Gibraltar | Gibraltar Parliament | unicameral | 18 | — | — | 18 | 29,185 | 1,621 | 1,621 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Legislative Council of Saint Helena | unicameral | 17 | — | — | 17 | 7,776 | 457 | 457 |
British Virgin Islands | House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 32,680 | 2,179 | 2,179 |
Guam | Legislature of Guam | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 161,001 | 10,733 | 10,733 |
Sint Maarten | Parliament of Sint Maarten | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 39,689 | 2,646 | 2,646 |
Tuvalu | Parliament of Tuvalu | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 10,782 | 719 | 719 |
United States Virgin Islands | Legislature of the Virgin Islands | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 104,170 | 6,945 | 6,945 |
Micronesia, Federated States of | Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia | unicameral | 14 | — | — | 14 | 105,681 | 7,549 | 7,549 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | National Assembly | unicameral | 14 | — | — | 14 | 51,538 | 3,681 | 3,681 |
Anguilla | House of Assembly | unicameral | 11 | — | — | 11 | 16,086 | 1,462 | 1,462 |
Montserrat | Legislative Assembly of Montserrat | unicameral | 11 | — | — | 11 | 5,215 | 474 | 474 |
Falkland Islands | Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands | unicameral | 10 | — | — | 10 | 2,840 | 284 | 284 |
Pitcairn Islands | Island Council | unicameral | 10 | — | — | 10 | 48 | 5 | 5 |
Christmas Island | Shire of Christmas Island | unicameral | 9 | — | — | 9 | 1,530 | 170 | 170 |
Norfolk Island | Norfolk Island Regional Council | unicameral | 9 | — | — | 9 | 2,210 | 246 | 246 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Shire of Cocos | unicameral | 7 | — | — | 7 | 596 | 85 | 85 |
Vatican City | Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | unicameral | [7]7 | — | — | 7 | 842 | 120 | 120 |
See also
Notes
- ^ The Constitution of the Republic of China went into effect on 25 December 1947 as the Chinese Civil War was underway. On 1 October 1949, the Kuomintang-led Republic of China (ROC) was succeeded in Mainland China by the People's Republic of China, a single-party state governed by the Chinese Communist Party. The ROC government was then confined to the island of Taiwan from 7 December. The provisions establishing a parliamentary republic with a tricameral legislature remain in the Constitution but are suspended by the additional articles that provide for a semi-presidential republic with direct presidential elections and a unicameral legislature. These additional articles have a sunset clause that will terminate them in the event of a hypothetical resumption of ROC rule in Mainland China. Figures on the population section shows numbers in the free area.
- ^ Nominal. Under the Additional Articles, the Control Yuan ceased to be a parliamentary chamber de facto in 1993 and the National Assembly was de facto dissolved in 2005 leaving the Legislative Yuan as the unicameral chamber. Functions of the National Assembly were transferred to the Legislative Yuan and nationwide referendums.
- ^ The Legislative Yuan has had 113 seats since the 7th amendment to the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 2005. The original number of seats elected in the 1948 Chinese legislative election was 759 seats.
- ^ 3,045 members were originally elected in the 1947 Chinese National Assembly election. It functioned as a Constituent Assembly and Electoral college chamber until the implementation of the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China made the President and the Vice-President be elected by popular vote. Its other role as a body for revising the constitution was revoked following the 2005 Taiwanese National Assembly election and subsequent approval of 7th amendment to the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China by the newly-elected Assembly. Said amendment also formally abolished the body, leaving the Legislative Yuan as the only body able to propose constitutional amendments, which have to then be approved by a referendum. At its dissolution the National Assembly had 300 members elected by Party-list proportional representation.Thus, as it currently stands, Taiwan lacks a proper upper house, with the Legislative Yuan functioning as a unicameral legislature.
- ^ The population figures combined with the Free area, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Outer Mongolia and Tuva (a Russian republic).
- ^ Excluding Kosovo
- ^ Including Kosovo
- ^ Template:Kosovo-note
- ^ Assuming membership of 30. This is only an estimate; the size of the council is not fixed and the membership is not fully verified.[6]
References
- ^ a b FIELD LISTING :: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 22 August 2014.
- ^ COUNTRY COMPARISON :: POPULATION Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 22 August 2014. Note: Population estimation is for July 2014, except for Curaçao and Sint Maarten (July 2013) and Falkland Islands (July 2012).
- ^ "Cuba". Inter-Parliamentary Union (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ^ "Population at the beginning of 2021". stat.gov.lv. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Fiji Parliament 2014". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ a b c Sayed, Adbul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Vatican City State". vaticanstate.va. Retrieved 2014-09-08.