List of legislatures by country

This is a list of legislatures by country. A "legislature" is the generic name for the National Parliaments and Congresses that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives and that have the power to legislate. All entities included in the list of countries are included in this list.

Names of legislatures

The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country (or the official name in the second-most used native language in cases where English is the majority "native" language).

List of legislatures

Supranational legislatures

Organisation	Name of house	House level	Term (years)	Voting system	Seats	Population per seat	GDP per seat (million USD)
European Union	European Parliament[1]	Unicameral	5	Open and closed list proportional representation, and single transferable vote (in Ireland)	751	667,761	20,983
African Union	Pan-African Parliament	Unicameral	5	indirect (appointed by 47 of 53 national legislatures)	265	3,974,098.11	14.180
Central American Integration System	Central American Parliament	Unicameral	Depends per country.	direct, proportional	120	426,274.46	2,651.175
Mercosur	Mercosur Parliament	Unicameral	5	direct, indirect (depends per country) proportional	122	1,588,889	16.228
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States	Latin American Parliament	Unicameral	5	direct	276	~	~
Arab League	Arab Parliament	Unicameral

Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)

UN member or observer state	Overall name of legislature	Name of house	House level	Term (years)	Voting system	Seats	Population per seat	GDP per seat (million USD)
Afghanistan	National Assembly[2]	House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga)	Lower	5	Single non-transferable vote[3]	249	122,168	119
		House of Elders (مشرانوجرګه Meshrano Jirga)	Upper	3, 4 and 5	Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the president	102	298,234	291
Albania		Parliament (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë)	Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by county with a 3% threshold	140	20,226	177
Algeria	Parliament[2]	People's National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani)	Lower	6	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province	462	80,303	439
		Council of the Nation (al-Majlis al-Umma)	Upper	5	Elected by popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies, and appointed by the President	144	257,638	1,830
Andorra		General Council (Consell General de les Valls)	Unicameral	4	Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method nationwide and block vote by parish	28	2,789	161
Angola		National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)	Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and by province	220	84,081	525
Antigua and Barbuda	Parliament[4]	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	19	4,305	82
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	17	4,811	92
Argentina	National Congress of Argentina (Congreso de la Nación Argentina)	Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación)	Lower	4	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 3% threshold	257	156,097	2,787
		Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación)	Upper	6	Partial block voting by province	72	557,181	9,950
Armenia		National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov)	Unicameral	5	Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post	131	24,902	136
Australia	Parliament of Australia[4]	House of Representatives	Lower	3	Instant-runoff voting	150	154,200	6,096
		Senate	Upper	6	Single transferable vote by state/territory	76	304,342	12,032
Austria	Austrian Parliament	National Council (Nationalrat)	Lower	5	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 4% threshold	183	43,895	1,923
		Federal Council (Bundesrat)	Upper	5 and 6	Elected by state legislatures	62	129,563	5,677
Azerbaijan		National Assembly (Milli Məclis)	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post	125	73,320	744
Bahamas, The	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	38	9,326	283
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	16	22,103	674
Bahrain	National Assembly[2]	Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab)	Lower	4	Two-round system	40	30,864	777
		Consultative Council (Majlis al-shura)	Upper	4	Appointed by the king	40	30,864	777
Bangladesh		National Parliament (জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiyo Sangsad)	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post	350	466,909	818
Barbados	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	30	9,486	216
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	21	13,551	309
Belarus	National Assembly (Нацыянальны сход Nacyjanaĺny schod)	House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ)	Lower	4	Two-round system	110	85,997	1,288
		Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Saviet Respubliki)	Upper	4	Elected by regional councils, and appointed by the President	64	147,773	2,215
Belgium	Federal Parliament (Federaal Parlement / Parlement fédéral / Föderales Parlament)	Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer)	Lower	5	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province with a 5% threshold	150	74,000	2,897
		Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)	Upper	5	Elected by community and regional parliaments	60	185,000	7,242
Belize	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	31	10,748	90
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition	12	27,766	233
Benin		National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)	Unicameral	4	Proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies	83	115,648	176
Bhutan	Parliament of Bhutan[5]	National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	47	15,072	91
		National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde)	Upper	4	First-past-the-post, and appointed by the king	25	28,337	171
Bolivia	Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5	Closed list mixed-member proportional representation: Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department and first-past-the-post	130	83,905	391
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by department	36	302,993	1,414
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna skupština / Парламентарна скупштина)	House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom / Zastupnički dom / Представнички дом)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies	42	91,422	753
		House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народa)	Upper	4	Serbs elected by the National Assembly (Republika Srpska) for the Republic of Srpska, and Bosniaks and Croats elected by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	255,982	2,109
Botswana	Parliament of Botswana	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President	63	32,211	471
Brazil	National Congress (Congresso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state	513	371,798	4,471
		Federal Senate (Senado Federal)	Upper	8	Partial block voting by state	81	2,354,724	28,320
Brunei		Legislative Council (Majlis Mesyuarat)	Unicameral	no timeframe	Appointed by the Sultan	36	11,355	582
Bulgaria		National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie)	Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency with a 4% threshold	240	30,685	420
Burkina Faso		National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)	Unicameral	5	Proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide and in constituencies	111	126,281	198
Burundi	Parliament[2]	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold	118	74,570	43
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by the communal councils	49	179,577	105
Cambodia	Parliament (សភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា)	National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភាជាតិ; Rotsaphea)	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province	123	108,852	272
		Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា; Protsaphea)	Upper	6[6]	Appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils	61	219,490	548
Cameroon	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	First-past-the-post and Block vote: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the one with the highest number of votes is allocated half of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists through proportional representation	180	97,021	262
		Senate	Upper	5	Elected by municipal councils, and appointed by the president	100	174,638	472
Canada	Parliament (Parlement)	House of Commons (Chambre des communes)	Lower	4 years, unless elections are called earlier	First-past-the-post voting	338	104,571	5,214
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	Until age 75, or resigns.	Appointed by the governor general on the advice of the Prime Minister	105	318,825	13,296
Cape Verde		National Assembly (Asembleia Nacional)	Unicameral	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies	72	4,990	20
Central African Republic		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	Two-round system	100	38,951	36
Chad		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	4	Block voting: If no list obtains an absolute majority, the seats are allocated through proportional representation	155	66,640	126
Chile	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	4	Binomial voting system (To become open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies by the next election)	120	145,021	2,496
		Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República)	Upper	8	Binomial voting system	38	457,963	7,885
People's Republic of China		National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì)[7]	Unicameral	5	Elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army	2,987	448,518	3,783
Colombia	Congress (Congreso)	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	4	Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method by state	166	279,556	2,843
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	Open or closed list proportional representation (depending on the political party) with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold	102	454,964	4,627
Comoros		Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de la Union)	Unicameral	5	Two-round system, and elected by the local assemblies	33	24,181	25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Parliament[2]	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Parallel voting: Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method in constituencies and first-past-the-post voting	500	143,425	50
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by the provincial assemblies	108	664,008	233
Congo, Republic of the	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Two-round system	153	28,537	119
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by district, local, and regional councils	52	83,966	350
Costa Rica		Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)	Unicameral	4	Closed list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by province	57	75,468	965
Croatia		Croatian Assembly[5] (Hrvatski sabor)	Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold	151	28,414	532
Cuba		National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)	Unicameral	5	Popular vote and approval by special candidacy commissions	614	18,308	185
Cyprus		House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)[8]	Unicameral	5	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by constituency	59	18,632	402
Czech Republic	Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky)	Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by region with a 5% threshold	200	52,811	1,424
		Senate (Senát)	Upper	6	Two-round system (staggered elections)	81	130,397	3,517
Denmark		Parliament[5] (Folketing)	Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 2% threshold	179	30,969	1,154
Djibouti		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	Block vote and closed list proportional representation by constituencies: The list obtaining an absolute or relative majority of votes is allocated 80% of the seats; the remainder is allocated to the other best-placed lists which obtained at least 10% of the valid votes through proportional representation; if no other list obtains 10% of the valid votes, the remaining seats will be allocated to the party which won the majority or relative majority of the valid votes	65	12,587	35
Dominica		House of Assembly	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President	21	3,394	46
Dominican Republic	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by province and nationwide with a 1% threshold for the nationwide seats	183	51,520	510
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	First-past-the-post	32	293,088	2,918
East Timor		National Parliament (Parlamento Nacional)	Unicameral	5	Closed list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 3% threshold	65	16,408	146
Ecuador		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	4	Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and first-past-the-post	124	116,802	1,028
Egypt	Parliament[2]	House of Representatives (مجلس النواب Majilis Al-Nuwab)	Unicameral	5	Parallel voting: First-past-the-post, block vote, and appointed by the President	508	150,983	1,021
El Salvador		Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)	Unicameral	3	Open list proportional representation with the largest remainder method by department and nationwide	84	68,382	530
Equatorial Guinea	Parliament of Equatorial Guinea	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de los Diputados)	Lower	5	Closed list proportional representation in constituencies with a 10% threshold	100	16,220	172
		Senate	Upper		Closed list proportional representation with a 10% threshold, and appointed by the President	70	23,171	246
Eritrea		National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito)	Unicameral	5	Popular vote	104	50,878	38
Estonia		State Assembly[5] (Riigikogu)	Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 5% threshold	101	12,814	270
Ethiopia	Parliament[2]	House of Peoples' Representatives (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	547	135,134	173
		House of Federation (የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት Yefedereshn Mekir Bet)	Upper	5	Elected by State Councils	112	659,986	847
Federated States of Micronesia		Congress	Unicameral	4	First-past-the-post	14	7,642	25
Fiji		Parliament	Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method nationwide with a 5% threshold	50	16,745	82
Finland		Parliament (Eduskunta)[9]	Unicameral	4	Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies, and first-past-the-post for Åland's lone seat	200	25,900	978
France	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	Two-round system	577	113,258	3,843
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6	Elected indirectly by officials including regional councilors, department councilors, mayors, city councilors, and members of the National Assembly	348	187,787	6,373
Gabon	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President	121	12,190	203
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6	Indirectly elected by local and départemental councillors	102	14,460	240
Gambia		National Assembly	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post, and appointed by the President	53	25,673	65
Georgia		Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti)	Unicameral	4	Parallel voting: Closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post	150	29,794	163
Germany		Federal Diet[5] (Bundestag)	N/A (unofficially Lower house)	4	Closed list mixed-member proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by state with a 5% threshold, and first-past-the-post	631	128,500	4,998
		Federal Council[5] (Bundesrat)	N/A (unofficially Upper house)	dependant on individual state elections	Delegated from state governments	69	1,185,501	44,914
Ghana		Parliament	Unicameral	4	First-past-the-post	228	106,286	328
Greece		Hellenic Parliament[5] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon)	Unicameral	4	Open list reinforced proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in constituencies with a 3% threshold	300	35,958	981
Grenada	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post	15	7,333	96
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by the government and by the leader of opposition	13	8,461	111
Guatemala		Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	158	80,557	472
Guinea		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	proportional closed list	114	88,227	100
Guinea-Bissau		National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	100	13,454	19
Guyana		National Assembly	Unicameral	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	65	11,583	88
Haiti	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés)	Lower	4	proportional	99	98,181	124
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6		30	323,997	412
Honduras		National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Unicameral	4	proportional open list	128	58,823	278
Hungary		National Assembly (Országgyűlés)	Unicameral	4	proportional open list and Scorporo	199	25,860	506
Iceland		Assembly of All[5] (Alþingi)	Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	63	5,080	196
India	Parliament (संसद Sansad)	House of the People[5] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha)	Lower	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	545	2,192,379	8,075
		Council of States[5] (राज्य सभा Rajya Sabha)	Upper	6	appointed by the President and elected members of the states and territories	250	4,840,773	17,831
Indonesia	People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat)	People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat)	Lower	5	proportional open list	560	423,972	2,008
		Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)	Upper	5	Single non-transferable vote	132	1,798,669	8,520
Iran		Islamic Consultative Assembly[5] (مجلس شورای اسلامی Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	290	259,136	3,414
Iraq		Council of Representatives of Iraq[5] (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi)	Unicameral	4	proportional open list	325	95,782	392
Ireland	Parliament[5] (Oireachtas)	House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[5]	Lower	5	Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote	166	27,640	1,093
		Senate of Ireland[5] (Seanad Éireann)	Upper	5	appointed by the prime minister and elected by universities	60	76,470	3,026
Israel		Assembly[5] (כנסת Knesset)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	120	61,768	1,960
Italy	Parliament (Parlamento)	Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)	Lower	5	proportional closed list	630	94,556	2,931
		Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica)	Upper	5	proportional closed list and appointed by the President	315	189,112	5,863
Ivory Coast	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	majority	70	294,529	515
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	Elected by district and provincial councils, and appointed by the president and appointed by the President	TBD	TBD	TBD
Jamaica	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	63	45,860	392
		Senate	Upper	5	Appointed by the Governor General	21	137,580	1,176
Japan	Diet (国会 Kokkai)	House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin)	Lower	4	proportional and majority	480	266,783	9,250
		House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin)	Upper	6	proportional	242	529,157	18,348
Jordan	Parliament (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)	Assembly of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Lower	4	Single non-transferable vote	150	46,760	307
		Senate (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan)	Upper	6	appointed by the monarch	75	93,520	614
Kazakhstan	Parliament (Parlamenti)	Assembly[5] (Mazhilis)	Lower	5		77	207,854	2,815
		Senate	Upper	6	appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies	47	340,527	4,612
Kenya	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	parallel	349	126,182	118
		Senate	Upper	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	67	657,278	614
Kiribati		House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu)	Unicameral	4	popular vote and appointed by Rabi Council of Leaders	46	2,239	13
Korea, North		Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의 Ch'oe-go In-min Hoe-ŭi)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	687	36,390	58
Korea, South		National Assembly (국회 Gukhoe)	Unicameral	4	majority and proportional	300	166,691	5,180
Kuwait		National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)	Unicameral	4	popular vote and appointed by the prime minister	50	71,328	3,070
Kyrgyzstan		Supreme Council (Joghorku Keneš)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	120	44,690	109
Laos		National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat)	Unicameral	5	one-party state closed list	115	48,148	151
Latvia		Parliament[5] (Saeima)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	100	20,703	349
Lebanon	Parliament (Parlement)	Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[10]	Unicameral	4	popular vote	128	33,000	480
Lesotho	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	popular vote and proportional	120	16,927	31
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by principal chiefs and by the ruling party	33	61,556	115
Liberia	Legislature	House of Representatives	Lower	6	majority	73	47,624	24
		Senate	Upper	9	majority	30	115,896	58
Libya		House of Representatives ( مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)	Unicameral			200	28,353	187
Liechtenstein		Diet[5] (Landtag)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	25	1,451	201
Lithuania		Parliament[5] (Seimas)	Unicameral	4	proportional	141	21,658	436
Luxembourg		Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber)[11]	Unicameral	5	popular vote	60	8,484	687
Macedonia, Republic of		Assembly (Собрание Sobranie)	Unicameral	4		123	16,736	173
Madagascar	Parliament[2]	National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena)[12]	Lower	5		160	137,078	127
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5		33	664,430	618
Malawi		National Assembly	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting	194	76,809	71
Malaysia	Parliament (Parlimen)	House of Representatives[13] (Dewan Rakyat)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	222	127,631	2,014
		Senate[14] (Dewan Negara)	Upper	3	26 appointed by the State Legislative Assemblies, 2 for each state and 44 appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of which 4 are for the Federal Territories.	70	404,773	6,389
Maldives		Assembly[5] (Majlis)	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting	77	4,266	36
Mali		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	4	147 elected in single or multi-member constituencies, using a runoff system. 13 elected by overseas Malians.	160	90,732	111
Malta		House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati)	Unicameral	5	Single transferable vote	69	5,950	155
Marshall Islands		Legislature (Nitijela)	Unicameral	4	Single and multi-member constituencies	33	2,060	4
Mauritania	Parliament (Barlamene)	National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah)	Lower	5	Runoff election	81	37,888	87
		Assembly of Senators (Majlis al-Shuyukh)	Upper	6	Election by communal councillors	56	56,803	126
Mauritius		National Assembly	Unicameral	5		70	17,614	275
Mexico	Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	3	Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota) (200 seats) / FPTP (300 seats)	500	227,821	3,323
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	6	Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota)	128	889,926	12,981
Moldova		Parliament (Parlamentul)	Unicameral	4		101	33,498	118
Monaco		National Council (Conseil National)	Unicameral	5		24	1,473	227
Mongolia		State Great Assembly[15] (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ich-Chural)	Unicameral	4		76	36,245	174
Montenegro		Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина)	Unicameral	4		81	7,719	88
Morocco	Parliament[2]	House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab)	Lower	5		325	100,444	500
		House of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin)	Upper	9		270	120,905	602
Mozambique		Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)	Unicameral	5	proportional party list	250	85,588	95
Myanmar (Burma)	Assembly of the Union (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)	House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw)	Lower	5	popular vote and appointed by the military	440	137,000	187
		House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)	Upper	5	popular vote and appointed by the military	224	269,107	369
Namibia	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5		78	26,923	201
		National Council	Upper	6		26	80,769	605
Nauru		Parliament	Unicameral	3		18	521	3
Nepal		Parliament	Unicameral	4	Mixed member majoritarian (First past the post for 240 members, proportional representation for 335 members, and 26 members appointed by the Prime Minister)	601	44,084	35
Netherlands	States General (Staten-Generaal)	House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber)	Lower	4		150	111,533	4,693
		Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber)	Upper	4		75	223,066	9,387
New Zealand		House of Representatives	Unicameral	3	mixed-member proportional representation	120	33,566	1,018
Nicaragua		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5		92	64,034	205
Niger		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5		113	139,210	102
Nigeria	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Lower	4		360	388,898	1,148
		Senate	Upper	4		109	1,284,436	3,792
Norway		Great Assembly[5] (Storting)	Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	169	29,785	1,573
Oman	Council of Oman	Consultative Assembly[16] (Majlis al-Shura)	Lower			84	33,017	973
		Assembly of State[17] (Majlis al-Dawla)	Upper			83	33415	985
Pakistan	Parliament of Pakistan (پارلیمنٹ)	National Assembly (ایوان زیریں پاکستان)	Lower	5		336	537,023	1,454
		Senate (ایوانِ بالا)[18]	Upper	6		104	1,735,000	4,697
Palau	National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau)	House of Delegates[2]	Lower	4	majority rule	16	1,309	17
		Senate[2]	Upper	4	majority rule	9	2,328	31
State of Palestine		Legislative Council (Palestinian National Authority)	Unicameral			132	32,277
Panama		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5		71	47,969	712
Papua New Guinea		National Parliament	Unicameral	5		109	56,766	154
Paraguay	Congress (Congreso)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5		80	80,681	441
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5		45	143,434	785
Peru		Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)	Unicameral	5		130	217,082	2,322
Philippines	Congress (Kongreso)	House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan / Mababang Kapulungan / Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	3	closed list and First-past-the-post voting	292	355,393	1,365
		Senate (Senado / Mataas na Kapulungan)	Upper	6	bloc voting	24	4,323,958	16,267
Poland	Parliament of Poland National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)[19]	Sejm[5] (Sejm)	Lower	4	proportional open list	460	83,697	1,677
		Senate (Senat)	Upper	4	majority	100	385,010	7,716
Portugal		Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)	Unicameral	4	proportional party list	230	45,920	1,082
Qatar		Consultative Assembly[20] (Majlis ash-Shura)	Unicameral			35	52,958	5,200
Romania	Parliament (Parlamentul)	Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor)	Lower	4		326	58,416	819
		Senate (Senat)	Upper	4		137	139,005	1,950
Russia	Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye)	State Duma[5] (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma)	Lower	5	proportional party list	450	318,000	5,296
		Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii)	Upper			170	862,048	14,357
Rwanda	Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko)	Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite)	Lower	5		80	146,121	171
		Senate (Umutwe wa Sena)	Upper	8		26	449,603	526
Saint Kitts and Nevis		National Assembly	Unicameral	5		15	3,686	58
Saint Lucia	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5		17	10,221	123
		Senate	Upper			11	15,796	191
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		House of Assembly	Unicameral	5		21	5,714	59
Samoa		Legislative Assembly[5] (Fono)	Unicameral	5		49	3,965	22
San Marino		Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale)	Unicameral	5		60	536	18
São Tomé and Príncipe		National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)	Unicameral	4		55	3,330	6
Saudi Arabia		Consultative Assembly[21] (Majlis ash-Shura)	Unicameral			150	189,175	4,551
Senegal	Parliament	National Assembly	Unicameral	5		150	85,701	167
Serbia		National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština)	Unicameral	4		250	28,482	315
Seychelles		National Assembly	Unicameral	5		31	2,709	72
Sierra Leone		Parliament	Unicameral	5		124	40,136	41
Singapore		Parliament	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting (MP) and appointed by the President (NMP)	99	52,360	3,180
Slovakia		National Council (Národná rada)	Unicameral	4		150	35,980	846
Slovenia	Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije)	National Assembly (Državni zbor)	Lower	4		90	22,779	643
		National Council (Državni svet)[22]	Upper			40	51,254	1,447
Solomon Islands		National Parliament	Unicameral	4		50	10,460	34
Somalia	Federal Parliament[2]	House of the People	Lower		Appointed	275	36,675	21
		Upper House	Upper		Not established yet, powers exercised by the House of the People	56	180,100	103
South Africa	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5		400	126,466	1,387
		National Council of Provinces	Upper			90	562,075	6,168
South Sudan	National Legislature	National Legislature Assembly	Lower			170	48,591	81
		Council of States	Upper		Appointed by President	50	165,210	276
Spain	General Courts[5] (Cortes Generales)	Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados)	Lower	4, unless elections are called earlier.	proportional closed list	350	131,894	4,038
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4, unless elections are called earlier (212 are appointed through general election and 58 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date).		266	173,545	5,313
Sri Lanka		Parliament (ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව (Sinhala) / இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம் (Tamil))[2]	Unicameral	5		225	90,122	517
Sudan	National Legislature	National Assembly (Majlis Watani)	Lower	6		450	68,653	197
		Council of States (Majlis Welayat)	Upper	6		50	617,880	1,780
Suriname		National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée)	Unicameral	5		51	10,470	99
Swaziland	Parliament (Liblanda)	House of Assembly[2]	Lower	5	majority	55	22,181	113
		Senate[2]	Upper		appointed by the King	30	40,666	207
Sweden		The Riksdag	Unicameral	4	proportional	349	27,286	1,093
Syria		People's Assembly (Majlis al-Sha'ab)	Unicameral			250	86,964	240
Switzerland	Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale)	National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil National, Consiglio Nazionale)	Lower	4		200	40,000	1,699
		Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des Etats, Consiglio degli Stati)	Upper	4		46	173,913	7,388
Tajikistan	Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli)	Assembly of Representatives (Majlisi Mamoyandogan)	Lower	5		63	123,809	257
		National Assembly (Majlisi Milliy)	Upper	5		33	236,363	491
Tanzania		National Assembly (Bunge)	Unicameral	5		357	120,974	178
Thailand	National Assembly (รัฐสภา ;Rathasapha)	National Legislative Assembly	Unicameral			250	135 918
Togo		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5		81	76,434	79
Tonga		Legislative Assembly	Unicameral			26	3,962	29
Trinidad and Tobago	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5		41	32,139	647
		Senate	Upper			31	42,506	856
Tunisia		Assembly of the Representatives of the People (مجلس نواب الشعب Majless Noweb al Shaab)	Unicameral	5		217	49,188	465
Turkey		Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)	Unicameral	4		550	135,862	1,951
Turkmenistan		Assembly (Mejlis)	Unicameral	5		125	41,360	346
Tuvalu		Parliament (Palamene)	Unicameral	4		15	666	2
Uganda		Parliament	Unicameral	5		375	87,839	123
Ukraine		Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada)	Unicameral	5		450	101,248	732
United Arab Emirates		Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad)	Unicameral			40	206,601	6,470
United Kingdom	Parliament	House of Commons	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	650	95,787	3,478
		House of Lords	Upper	Life	Life peers appointed by the Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister. 92 elected by and from hereditary peers using preferential voting. 26 Lords Spiritual are bishops of the Church of England.	822	81,388	2,955
United States	Congress	House of Representatives	Lower	2	First-past-the-post voting	435	722,636	34,698
		Senate	Upper	6	First-past-the-post voting	100	3,143,467	215,623
Uruguay	General Assembly (Asamblea General)	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	5		99	33,195	514
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5		30	109,543	1,696
Uzbekistan	Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis)	Legislative Chamber[2]	Lower	5		150	194,156	634
		Senate[2]	Upper	5		100	291,234	952
Vanuatu		Parliament (Parlement)	Unicameral	4		52	4319	14
Vatican City		Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano)	Unicameral	5		7	114
Venezuela		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5		165	175,430	2,267
Vietnam		National Assembly (Quốc hội)	Unicameral	5		498	176,385	602
Yemen		House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Unicameral	6		301	81,485	192
Zambia		National Assembly	Unicameral	5		150	87,284	145
Zimbabwe	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5		210	61,971	29
		Senate	Upper	5		40	325,350	153

Legislatures of non-sovereign countries, dependencies and other territories

Country	Overall name of legislature	Name of house	House level	Term (years)	Voting system	Seats	Population per seat	GDP per seat (million USD)
Åland Islands		Law Assembly[5] (Lagtinget)	Unicameral	4		30	945
Alderney		States (États)	Unicameral	4		10	240
American Samoa	Legislative Assembly[5] (Fono)	House of Representatives	Lower	2		21	2,643	21
		Senate	Upper	4		18	3,084	31
Anguilla		House of Assembly	Unicameral	5		11	1,222	15
Aruba		Estates (Staten)	Unicameral	4		21	4,832	107
Azores		Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)	Unicameral	4		57	4,311	72
Bermuda	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5		36	1,784	125
		Senate	Upper			11	5,839	409
British Virgin Islands		House of Assembly	Unicameral	4		15	1,969	56
Canary Islands		Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias)	Unicameral	4		60	35,000
Catalonia		Parliament (Parlament de Catalunya)	Unicameral	4		135	55,676
Cayman Islands		Legislative Assembly	Unicameral	4		18	3,080	125
Crimea		Supreme Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası)	Unicameral			100	19,731
Curaçao		Estates (Staten)	Unicameral	4		21	7,127
Falkland Islands		Legislative Assembly	Unicameral	4		11	272	9
Faroe Islands		Law Assembly[5] (Løgtingið)	Unicameral	4		33	1,467	44
French Polynesia		Assembly (Assemblée de la Polynésie française)	Unicameral	5		57	4,859	82
Galicia		Parliament (Parlamento da Galiza/Galicia)	Unicameral	4		75	36,649
Gibraltar		Parliament	Unicameral	4		17	1,750	75
Greenland		Parliament (Inatsisartut)[23]	Unicameral	4		31	1,830	64
Guam		Legislature (Liheslaturan Guåhan)	Unicameral	4		15	10,623
Guernsey		States (États)	Unicameral	4		45	1,387	60
Hong Kong		Legislative Council (立法會)	Unicameral	4	Proportional representation using the Hare quota and the largest remainder method for the geographical constituencies, and functional constituencies elected by their respective electorates	70	101,481	5,015
Isle of Man	Tynwald (Tinvaal)	House of Keys (Kiare as Feed)	Lower	5		24	3,520	113
		Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh)	Upper	5		11	7,681	247
Jersey		States (États)	Unicameral	4		39	2,509	130
Macau		Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa)	Unicameral	4	Proportional representation, elected from functional constituencies, and appointed by the Chief Executive	29	19,610	636
Madeira		Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)	Unicameral	4		47	5,698	179
Montserrat		Legislative Council	Unicameral	5		9	546	3
New Caledonia		Congress (Congrès Territorial)	Unicameral	5		54	4,547	58
Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann)	Unicameral	5	Single transferable vote	108	16,767
Northern Mariana Islands	Commonwealth Legislature	House of Representatives	Lower	2		20	2,694	45
		Senate	Upper	2		10	5,388	90
Pitcairn Islands		Island Council	Unicameral	3		10	6
Puerto Rico	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)	House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	4	First-past-the-post voting	51	93,145	1,200
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	Majority	27	465,427	2,091
Saint Barthélemy		Territorial Council	Unicameral	5		19
Saint Helena		Legislative Council	Unicameral	4		21	1,266	2
Saint Martin		Territorial Council (conseil territorial)	Unicameral
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		Territorial Council	Unicameral	6		19
Sark		Chief Pleas	Unicameral			12	50
Scotland		Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairliament)	Unicameral	5	Additional Member System	129	40,734
Sint Maarten		Estates (Staten)	Unicameral	4		15	2,495	52
Tokelau		Parliament	Unicameral	3		20	70	1
Turks and Caicos Islands		House of Assembly	Unicameral	4		21	1,498	10
U.S. Virgin Islands		Legislature	Unicameral	2		15	7,093	105
Wales		National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru)	Unicameral	5	Additional Member System	60	51,066
Wallis and Futuna		Territorial Assembly (Assemblée Territoriale)	Unicameral	5		20	650	3

Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories)

non-UN state	Overall name of legislature	Name of house	House level	Term (years)	Voting system	Seats	Population per seat
Abkhazia		People's Assembly (Жәлар Реизара, Zhelar Reizara)	Unicameral	5		35	6,877
Republic of China (Taiwan)		Legislative Yuan (立法院 Lìfǎ Yùan)	Unicameral	4	first past the post with some seats via closed party list or single non-transferable vote	113	117,360	5,206
Cook Islands		Parliament	Unicameral	4		24	815,375
Kosovo		Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës, Serbian: Скупштина Косова)	Unicameral	4		120	15,213
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic		National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)	Unicameral	5		33	4,284
Niue		Assembly	Unicameral	3		20	69
Northern Cyprus		Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi)	Unicameral	5		50	5,898
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Sahrawi National Council (المجلس الوطني الصحراوي Al-Majlis al-Watani al-Sahrawi)	Unicameral	2		53
Somaliland	Parliament (Baarlamaanka)	House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada)	Lower	5		82	42,682
		House of Elders (Golaha Guurtida)	Upper			82	42,682
South Ossetia		Parliament	Unicameral	5		34	2,117
Central Tibetan Administration		Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration	Unicameral	5	first past the post	43
Transnistria		Supreme Council[24] (Верховный Совет, Verhkovny Sovet)	Unicameral	5		43	12,062

See also

• Elections by country (legislatures elections)
• List of national governments
• List of national leaders
• List of national supreme courts
• List of United States state legislatures
• Legislative Assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories
• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• National parliaments of the European Union
• List of legislatures by number of members
• List of legislative buildings

References

1. Article 7(3) Treaty of Lisbon: Protocol ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
2. Native name not available
4. The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
5. The native name is also used in English.
6. http://www.senate.gov.kh/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=88&lang=km
7. The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
8. Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
9. Also: Riksdag
10. Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
11. Also: Chambre des Députés
12. Also: Assemblée nationale
13. Literally, People's Hall
14. Literally, Nation's Hall
15. In English State Great Khural is used too.
16. The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
17. The Assembly of State has only consultative tasks
18. ur:ایوانِ بالا
19. Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
20. The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task
21. The appointed Consultative Assembly has only legislative tasks
22. Lakota, Igor (2006). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis)] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. Retrieved 16 December 2010. Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.
23. Also: Landsting
24. Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Pridnestrovie)