List of legislatures by number of members
Appearance
This is a list of legislatures by size. Non-sovereign entities are marked in italics.
Country | Type | Lower house[1] |
Upper house[1] |
Lower house to upper house ratio |
Total | Population[2] | Population/seats |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
China | unicameral | 2,987 | — | — | 2,987 | 1.355692576×10 9 | 453,864 |
United Kingdom | bicameral | 650 | 780 | 0.833 | 1,430 | 63,742,977 | 44,576 |
European Union | bicameral | 766 | 352 | 2.176 | 1,118 | 511,434,812 | 457,455 |
Italy | bicameral | 630 | 321 | 1.963 | 951 | 61,680,122 | 64,858 |
France | bicameral | 577 | 348 | 1.658 | 925 | 66,259,012 | 71,631 |
India | bicameral | 545 | 245 | 2.224 | 790 | 1.236344631×10 9 | 1,564,993 |
Japan | bicameral | 480 | 242 | 1.983 | 722 | 127,103,388 | 176,043 |
Germany | bicameral | 630 | 69 | 9.130 | 699 | 80,996,685 | 115,875 |
Indonesia | bicameral | 560 | 132 | 4.242 | 692 | 253,609,643 | 366,488 |
Korea, North | unicameral | 687 | — | — | 687 | 24,851,627 | 36,174 |
Morocco | bicameral | 395 | 270 | 1.463 | 665 | 32,987,206 | 49,605 |
Burma (Myanmar) | bicameral | 440 | 224 | 1.964 | 664 | 55,746,253 | 83,955 |
Ethiopia | bicameral | 547 | 108 | 5.065 | 655 | 96,633,458 | 147,532 |
Thailand | bicameral | 500 | 150 | 3.333 | 650 | 67,741,401 | 104,218 |
Mexico | bicameral | 500 | 128 | 3.906 | 628 | 120,286,655 | 191,539 |
Russia | bicameral | 450 | 166 | 2.711 | 616 | 142,470,272 | 231,283 |
Cuba | unicameral | 612[3] | — | — | 612 | 11,047,251 | 18,051 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | bicameral | 500 | 108 | 4.630 | 608 | 77,433,744 | 127,358 |
Spain | bicameral | 350 | 257 | 1.362 | 607 | 47,737,941 | 78,646 |
Algeria | bicameral | 462 | 144 | 3.208 | 606 | 38,813,722 | 64,049 |
Nepal | unicameral | 601 | — | — | 601 | 30,986,975 | 51,559 |
Brazil | bicameral | 513 | 81 | 6.333 | 594 | 202,656,788 | 341,173 |
Romania | bicameral | 412 | 176 | 2.341 | 588 | 21,729,871 | 36,956 |
Poland | bicameral | 460 | 100 | 4.600 | 560 | 38,346,279 | 68,475 |
Turkey | unicameral | 550 | — | — | 550 | 81,619,392 | 148,399 |
United States | bicameral | 435 | 100 | 4.350 | 535 | 318,892,103 | 596,060 |
Sudan | bicameral | 450 | 50 | 9.000 | 500 | 35,482,233 | 70,964 |
Vietnam | unicameral | 500 | — | — | 500 | 93,421,835 | 186,844 |
South Africa | bicameral | 400 | 90 | 4.444 | 490 | 48,375,645 | 98,726 |
Nigeria | bicameral | 360 | 109 | 3.303 | 469 | 177,155,754 | 377,731 |
Egypt | unicameral | 450 minimum | — | — | 450 minimum | 86,895,099 | — |
Ukraine | unicameral | 450 | — | — | 450 | 44,291,413 | 98,425 |
Pakistan | bicameral | 342 | 104 | 3.288 | 446 | 196,174,380 | 439,853 |
Kenya | bicameral | 349 | 67 | 5.209 | 416 | 45,010,056 | 108,197 |
Canada | bicameral | 308 | 105 | 2.933 | 413 | 34,834,841 | 84,346 |
Yemen | bicameral | 301 | 111 | 2.712 | 412 | 26,052,966 | 63,235 |
South Sudan | bicameral | 332 | 50 | 6.640 | 382 | 11,562,695 | 30,269 |
Uganda | unicameral | 375 | — | — | 375 | 35,918,915 | 95,784 |
Tanzania | unicameral | 357 | — | — | 357 | 49,639,138 | 139,045 |
Afghanistan | bicameral | 250 maximum | 102 | — | — | 31,822,848 | — |
Zimbabwe | bicameral | 270 | 80 | 3.375 | 350 | 13,771,721 | 39,348 |
Sweden | unicameral | 349 | — | — | 349 | 9,723,809 | 27,862 |
Argentina | bicameral | 257 | 72 | 3.569 | 329 | 43,024,374 | 130,773 |
Somalia | bicameral | 275 | 54 | 5.093 | 329 | 10,428,043 | 31,696 |
Iraq | unicameral | 325 | — | — | 325 | 32,585,692 | 100,264 |
Philippines | bicameral | 287 | 24 | 11.958 | 311 | 107,668,231 | 346,200 |
Bangladesh | unicameral | 300 | — | — | 300 | 166,280,712 | 554,269 |
Greece | unicameral | 300 | — | — | 300 | 10,775,557 | 35,919 |
Korea, South | unicameral | 300 | — | — | 300 | 49,039,986 | 163,467 |
Malaysia | bicameral | 222 | 70 | 3.171 | 292 | 30,073,353 | 102,991 |
Iran | unicameral | 290 | — | — | 290 | 80,840,713 | 278,761 |
Czech Republic | bicameral | 200 | 81 | 2.469 | 281 | 10,627,448 | 37,820 |
Cameroon | bicameral | 180 | 100 | 1.800 | 280 | 23,130,708 | 82,610 |
Ghana | unicameral | 275 | — | — | 275 | 25,758,108 | 93,666 |
Colombia | bicameral | 166 | 102 | 1.627 | 268 | 46,245,297 | 172,557 |
Côte d'Ivoire | unicameral | 255 | — | — | 255 | 22,848,945 | 89,604 |
Mozambique | unicameral | 250 | — | — | 250 | 24,692,144 | 98,769 |
Serbia | unicameral | 250 | — | — | 250 | 7,209,764 | 28,839 |
Syria | unicameral | 250 | — | — | 250 | 17,951,639 | 71,807 |
Uzbekistan | bicameral | 150 | 100 | 1.500 | 250 | 28,929,716 | 115,719 |
Switzerland | bicameral | 200 | 46 | 4.348 | 246 | 8,061,516 | 32,770 |
Austria | bicameral | 183 | 62 | 2.952 | 245 | 8,223,062 | 33,564 |
Bulgaria | unicameral | 240 | — | — | 240 | 6,924,716 | 28,853 |
Portugal | unicameral | 230 | — | — | 230 | 10,813,834 | 47,017 |
Australia | bicameral | 150 | 76 | 1.974 | 226 | 22,507,617 | 99,591 |
Ireland | bicameral | 166 | 60 | 2.767 | 226 | 4,832,765 | 21,384 |
Netherlands | bicameral | 150 | 75 | 2.000 | 225 | 16,877,351 | 75,010 |
Sri Lanka | unicameral | 225 | — | — | 225 | 21,866,445 | 97,184 |
Gabon | bicameral | 120 | 102 | 1.176 | 222 | 1,672,597 | 7,534 |
Belgium | bicameral | 150 | 71 | 2.113 | 221 | 10,449,361 | 47,282 |
Angola | unicameral | 220 | — | — | 220 | 19,088,106 | 86,764 |
Tunisia | unicameral | 217 | — | — | 217 | 10,937,521 | 50,403 |
Dominican Republic | bicameral | 183 | 32 | 5.719 | 215 | 10,349,741 | 48,138 |
Congo, Republic of the | bicameral | 139 | 72 | 1.931 | 211 | 4,662,446 | 22,097 |
Jordan | bicameral | 150 | 60 | 2.500 | 210 | 7,930,491 | 37,764 |
Mauritania | bicameral | 146 | 56 | 2.607 | 202 | 3,516,806 | 17,410 |
Finland | unicameral | 200 | — | — | 200 | 5,268,799 | 26,344 |
Libya | unicameral | 200 | — | — | 200 | 6,244,174 | 31,221 |
Hungary | unicameral | 199 | — | — | 199 | 9,919,128 | 49,845 |
Malawi | unicameral | 193 | — | — | 193 | 17,377,468 | 90,039 |
Chad | unicameral | 188 | — | — | 188 | 11,412,107 | 60,703 |
Cambodia | bicameral | 123 | 61 | 2.016 | 184 | 15,458,332 | 84,013 |
Madagascar | bicameral | 151 | 33 | 4.576 | 184 | 23,201,926 | 126,097 |
Denmark | unicameral | 179 | — | — | 179 | 5,569,077 | 31,112 |
Belarus | bicameral | 110 | 64 | 1.719 | 174 | 9,608,058 | 55,219 |
Equatorial Guinea | bicameral | 100 | 70 | 1.429 | 170 | 722,254 | 4,249 |
Norway | unicameral | 169 | — | — | 169 | 5,147,792 | 30,460 |
Bolivia | bicameral | 130 | 36 | 3.611 | 166 | 10,631,486 | 64,045 |
Venezuela | unicameral | 165 | — | — | 165 | 28,868,486 | 174,961 |
Mali | unicameral | 160 | — | — | 160 | 16,455,903 | 102,849 |
Chile | bicameral | 120 | 38 | 3.158 | 158 | 17,363,894 | 109,898 |
Guatemala | unicameral | 158 | — | — | 158 | 14,647,083 | 92,703 |
Zambia | unicameral | 158 | — | — | 158 | 14,638,505 | 92,649 |
Oman | bicameral | 84 | 71 | 1.183 | 155 | 3,219,775 | 20,773 |
Burundi | bicameral | 100 minimum | 54 | — | — | 10,395,931 | — |
Kazakhstan | bicameral | 107 | 47 | 2.277 | 154 | 17,948,816 | 116,551 |
Lesotho | bicameral | 120 | 33 | 3.636 | 153 | 1,942,008 | 12,693 |
Croatia | unicameral | 151 | — | — | 151 | 4,470,534 | 29,606 |
Eritrea | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 6,380,803 | 42,539 |
Georgia | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 4,935,880 | 32,906 |
Saudi Arabia | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 27,345,986 | 182,307 |
Senegal | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 13,635,927 | 90,906 |
Slovakia | unicameral | 150 | — | — | 150 | 5,443,583 | 36,291 |
Lithuania | unicameral | 141 | — | — | 141 | 3,505,738 | 24,863 |
Albania | unicameral | 140 | — | — | 140 | 3,020,209 | 21,573 |
Ecuador | unicameral | 137 | — | — | 137 | 15,654,411 | 114,266 |
Laos | unicameral | 132 | — | — | 132 | 6,803,699 | 51,543 |
Armenia | unicameral | 131 | — | — | 131 | 3,060,631 | 23,364 |
Peru | unicameral | 130 | — | — | 130 | 30,147,935 | 231,907 |
Slovenia | bicameral | 90 | 40 | 2.250 | 130 | 1,988,292 | 15,295 |
Haiti | bicameral | 99 | 30 | 3.300 | 129 | 9,996,731 | 77,494 |
Uruguay | bicameral | 99 | 30 | 3.300 | 129 | 3,332,972 | 25,837 |
Honduras | unicameral | 128 | — | — | 128 | 8,598,561 | 67,176 |
Lebanon | unicameral | 128 | — | — | 128 | 5,882,562 | 45,958 |
Burkina Faso | unicameral | 127 | — | — | 127 | 18,365,123 | 144,607 |
Azerbaijan | unicameral | 125 | — | — | 125 | 9,686,210 | 77,490 |
Paraguay | bicameral | 80 | 45 | 1.778 | 125 | 6,703,860 | 53,631 |
Turkmenistan | unicameral | 125 | — | — | 125 | 5,171,943 | 41,376 |
Sierra Leone | unicameral | 124 | — | — | 124 | 5,743,725 | 46,320 |
Macedonia | unicameral | 123 | — | — | 123 | 2,091,719 | 17,006 |
Israel | unicameral | 120 | — | — | 120 | 7,821,850 | 65,182 |
Kosovo | unicameral | 120 | — | — | 120 | 1,859,203 | 15,493 |
Kyrgyzstan | unicameral | 120 | — | — | 120 | 5,604,212 | 46,702 |
New Zealand | unicameral | 120 usually | — | — | 120 usually | 4,401,916 | — |
Guinea | unicameral | 114 | — | — | 114 | 11,474,383 | 100,652 |
Niger | unicameral | 113 | — | — | 113 | 17,466,172 | 154,568 |
Taiwan | unicameral | 113 | — | — | 113 | 23,359,928 | 206,725 |
Papua New Guinea | unicameral | 111 | — | — | 111 | 6,552,730 | 59,034 |
Rwanda | bicameral | 80 | 26 | 3.077 | 106 | 12,337,138 | 116,388 |
Central African Republic | unicameral | 105 | — | — | 105 | 5,277,959 | 50,266 |
Liberia | bicameral | 73 | 30 | 2.433 | 103 | 4,092,310 | 39,731 |
Guinea-Bissau | unicameral | 102 | — | — | 102 | 1,693,398 | 16,602 |
Estonia | unicameral | 101 | — | — | 101 | 1,257,921 | 12,455 |
Moldova | unicameral | 101 | — | — | 101 | 3,583,288 | 35,478 |
Latvia | unicameral | 100 | — | — | 100 | 2,165,165 | 21,652 |
Botswana | bicameral | 63 | 35 | 1.800 | 98 | 2,155,784 | 21,998 |
Namibia | bicameral | 72 | 26 | 2.769 | 98 | 2,198,406 | 22,433 |
Tajikistan | bicameral | 63 | 34 | 1.853 | 97 | 8,051,512 | 83,005 |
Swaziland | bicameral | 65 | 30 | 2.167 | 95 | 1,419,623 | 14,943 |
Nicaragua | unicameral | 92 | — | — | 92 | 5,848,641 | 63,572 |
Togo | unicameral | 91 | — | — | 91 | 7,351,374 | 80,784 |
Singapore | unicameral | 87 | — | — | 87 | 5,567,301 | 63,992 |
Maldives | unicameral | 85 | — | — | 85 | 393,595 | 4,631 |
El Salvador | unicameral | 84 | — | — | 84 | 6,125,512 | 72,923 |
Jamaica | bicameral | 63 | 21 | 3.000 | 84 | 2,930,050 | 34,882 |
Benin | unicameral | 83 | — | — | 83 | 10,160,556 | 122,416 |
Montenegro | unicameral | 81 | — | — | 81 | 650,036 | 8,025 |
Bahrain | bicameral | 40 | 40 | 1.000 | 80 | 1,314,089 | 16,426 |
Cyprus | unicameral | 80 | — | — | 80 | 1,172,458 | 14,656 |
Puerto Rico | bicameral | 51 | 27 or more | — | — | 3,620,897 | — |
Mongolia | unicameral | 76 | — | — | 76 | 2,953,190 | 38,858 |
Bhutan | bicameral | 47 | 25 | 1.880 | 72 | 733,643 | 10,189 |
Cabo Verde | unicameral | 72 | — | — | 72 | 538,535 | 7,480 |
Trinidad and Tobago | bicameral | 41 | 31 | 1.323 | 72 | 1,223,916 | 16,999 |
Panama | unicameral | 71 | — | — | 71 | 3,608,431 | 50,823 |
Hong Kong | unicameral | 70 | — | — | 70 | 7,112,688 | 101,610 |
Mauritius | unicameral | 70 | — | — | 70 | 1,331,155 | 19,017 |
Djibouti | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 810,179 | 12,464 |
Guyana | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 735,554 | 11,316 |
Kuwait | unicameral | 65 | — | — | 65 | 2,742,711 | 42,196 |
Malta | unicameral | 65 normally | — | — | 65 normally | 412,655 | — |
Timor-Leste | unicameral | 52 to 65 | — | — | 52 to 65 | 1,201,542 | — |
Iceland | unicameral | 63 | — | — | 63 | 317,351 | 5,037 |
Luxembourg | unicameral | 60 | — | — | 60 | 520,672 | 8,678 |
San Marino | unicameral | 60 | — | — | 60 | 32,742 | 546 |
Jersey | unicameral | 58 | — | — | 58 | 96,513 | 1,664 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | bicameral | 42 | 15 | 2.800 | 57 | 3,871,643 | 67,924 |
Costa Rica | unicameral | 57 | — | — | 57 | 4,755,234 | 83,425 |
French Polynesia | unicameral | 57 | — | — | 57 | 280,026 | 4,913 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | unicameral | 55 | — | — | 55 | 190,428 | 3,462 |
Bahamas, The | bicameral | 38 | 16 | 2.375 | 54 | 321,834 | 5,960 |
New Caledonia | unicameral | 54 | — | — | 54 | 267,840 | 4,960 |
Gambia, The | unicameral | 53 | — | — | 53 | 1,925,527 | 36,331 |
Vanuatu | unicameral | 52 | — | — | 52 | 266,937 | 5,133 |
Barbados | bicameral | 30 | 21 | 1.429 | 51 | 289,680 | 5,680 |
Suriname | unicameral | 51 | — | — | 51 | 573,311 | 11,241 |
Fiji | unicameral | 50[4] | — | — | 50 | 903,207 | 8,769 |
Solomon Islands | unicameral | 50 | — | — | 50 | 609,883 | 18,064 |
Samoa | unicameral | 49 | — | — | 49 | 196,628 | 4,013 |
Bermuda | bicameral | 36 | 11 | 3.273 | 47 | 69,839 | 1,486 |
Kiribati | unicameral | 46 | — | — | 46 | 104,488 | 2,271 |
Guernsey | unicameral | 45 | — | — | 45 | 65,849 | 1,463 |
Qatar | unicameral | 45 | — | — | 45 | 2,123,160 | 47,181 |
Belize | bicameral | 31 | 12 | 2.583 | 43 | 340,844 | 7,927 |
United Arab Emirates | unicameral | 40 | — | — | 40 | 5,628,805 | 140,720 |
American Samoa | bicameral | 21 | 18 | 1.167 | 39 | 54,517 | 1,398 |
Isle of Man | bicameral | 24 | 11 | 2.182 | 35 | 86,866 | 2,482 |
Antigua and Barbuda | bicameral | 17 | 17 | 1.000 | 34 | 91,295 | 2,685 |
Seychelles | unicameral | 34 | — | — | 34 | 91,650 | 2,696 |
Brunei | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 422,675 | 12,808 |
Comoros | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 766,865 | 23,238 |
Faroe Islands | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 49,947 | 1,514 |
Macau | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 587,914 | 17,816 |
Marshall Islands | unicameral | 33 | — | — | 33 | 70,983 | 2,151 |
Dominica | unicameral | 32 | — | — | 32 | 73,449 | 2,295 |
Greenland | unicameral | 31 | — | — | 31 | 57,728 | 1,862 |
Northern Mariana Islands | bicameral | 20 | 9 | 2.222 | 29 | 51,483 | 1,775 |
Andorra | unicameral | 28 minimum | — | — | 28 minimum | 85,458 | — |
Grenada | bicameral | 15 | 13 | 1.154 | 28 | 110,152 | 3,934 |
Saint Lucia | bicameral | 17 | 11 | 1.545 | 28 | 163,362 | 5,834 |
Tonga | unicameral | 26 | — | — | 26 | 106,440 | 4,094 |
Liechtenstein | unicameral | 25 | — | — | 25 | 37,313 | 1,493 |
Palau | bicameral | 16 | 9 | 1.778 | 25 | 21,186 | 847 |
Monaco | unicameral | 24 | — | — | 24 | 30,508 | 1,271 |
Saint Martin | unicameral | 23 | — | — | 23 | 31,530 | 1,371 |
Aruba | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 110,663 | 5,270 |
Cayman Islands | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 54,914 | 2,615 |
Curaçao | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 146,836 | 6,992 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | unicameral | 21 | — | — | 21 | 102,918 | 4,901 |
Niue | unicameral | 20 | — | — | 20 | 1,190 | 60 |
Tokelau | unicameral | 20 | — | — | 20 | 1,337 | 67 |
Wallis and Futuna | unicameral | 20 | — | — | 20 | 15,561 | 778 |
Nauru | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 9,488 | 499 |
Saint Barthelemy | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 7,267 | 382 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 5,716 | 301 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | unicameral | 19 | — | — | 19 | 49,070 | 2,583 |
Gibraltar | unicameral | 18 | — | — | 18 | 29,185 | 1,621 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | unicameral | 17 | — | — | 17 | 7,776 | 457 |
British Virgin Islands | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 32,680 | 2,179 |
Guam | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 161,001 | 10,733 |
Sint Maarten | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 39,689 | 2,646 |
Tuvalu | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 10,782 | 719 |
United States Virgin Islands | unicameral | 15 | — | — | 15 | 104,170 | 6,945 |
Micronesia, Federated States of | unicameral | 14 | — | — | 14 | 105,681 | 7,549 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | unicameral | 14 | — | — | 14 | 51,538 | 3,681 |
Anguilla | unicameral | 11 | — | — | 11 | 16,086 | 1,462 |
Montserrat | unicameral | 11 | — | — | 11 | 5,215 | 474 |
Falkland Islands | unicameral | 10 | — | — | 10 | 2,840 | 284 |
Pitcairn Islands | unicameral | 10 | — | — | 10 | 48 | 5 |
Christmas Island | unicameral | 9 | — | — | 9 | 1,530 | 170 |
Norfolk Island | unicameral | 9 | — | — | 9 | 2,210 | 246 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | unicameral | 7 | — | — | 7 | 596 | 85 |
Vatican City | unicameral | 7[5] | — | — | 7 | 842 | 120 |
Cook Islands | bicameral | 24 | — | — | — | 10,134 | — |
References
- ^ a b FIELD LISTING :: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 22 August 2014.
- ^ COUNTRY COMPARISON :: POPULATION, 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.
- ^ http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2564/
- ^ "Vatican City State". http://www.vaticanstate.va. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
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