List of national constitutions

The following is a list of existing national constitutions by country, semi-recognized countries, and by codification.

Codified constitutions (most recently adopted, remaining in use today)

Sovereign states

State	Date
Constitution of Afghanistan	January 4, 2004
Constitution of Albania	November 28, 1998
Constitution of Algeria	September 8, 1963
Constitution of Andorra	February 2, 1993
Constitution of Angola	January 21, 2010
Constitution of Argentina	August 22, 1994
Constitution of Armenia	July 5, 1995
Constitution of Australia	January 1, 1901
Constitution of Austria	October 1, 1920
Constitution of Azerbaijan	November 12, 1995
Constitution of Bangladesh	December 16, 1972
Constitution of Bahrain	February 14, 2002
Constitution of Barbados	November 30, 1966
Constitution of Belarus	March 15, 1994
Constitution of Belize	September 21, 1981
Constitution of Benin	December 2, 1990
Constitution of Belgium	February 7, 1831
Constitution of Bolivia	February 7, 2009
Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina	December 14, 1995
Constitution of Botswana	September 30, 1966
Constitution of Bhutan	July 18, 2008
Constitution of Brazil	October 5, 1988
Constitution of Bulgaria	July 12, 1991
Constitution of Burma	May 29, 2008
Constitution of Burundi	March 9, 1992
Constitution of Cameroon	January 18, 1996
Constitution of Chad	March 31, 1996
Constitution of Chile	March 11, 1981
Constitution of the People's Republic of China	December 4, 1982
Constitution of Colombia	July 4, 1991
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	February 18, 2006
Constitution of Costa Rica	November 7, 1949
Constitution of Croatia	December 22, 1990
Constitution of Cuba	February 24, 1976
Constitution of Cyprus	August 16, 1960
Constitution of the Czech Republic	December 16, 1992
Constitution of Denmark	June 5, 1849
Constitution of the Dominican Republic	January 26, 2010
Constitution of East Timor	May 20, 2002
Constitution of Ecuador	October 20, 2008
Constitution of El Salvador	December 20, 1983
Constitution of Egypt	January 18, 2014
Constitution of Equatorial Guinea	November 17, 1991
Constitution of Eritrea	May 23, 1997
Constitution of Estonia	June 28, 1992
Constitution of Ethiopia	August 21, 1995
Constitution of Fiji	September 2013
Constitution of Finland	March 1, 2000
Constitution of France	October 4, 1958
Constitution of the Gambia	January 16, 1997
Constitution of Georgia	August 24, 1995
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany	May 8, 1949
Constitution of Ghana	April 28, 1992
Constitution of Greece	June 11, 1975
Constitution of Guatemala	January 14, 1986
Constitution of Guyana	October 6, 1980
Constitution of Haiti	June 20, 2012
Constitution of Hungary	April 18, 2011
Constitution of Honduras	January 20, 1982
Constitution of Iceland	June 17, 1944
Constitution of India	January 26, 1950
Constitution of Indonesia	August 18, 1945
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran	December 3, 1979
Constitution of Iraq	October 15, 2005
Constitution of Ireland	December 29, 1937
Constitution of Italy	December 22, 1947
Constitution of Ivory Coast	November 8, 2016
Constitution of Jamaica	1962
Japan Constitution	May 3, 1947
Constitution of Jordan	January 11, 1952
Constitution of Kazakhstan	August 30, 1995
Constitution of Kenya	August 27, 2010
Constitution of Kyrgyzstan	June 27, 2010
Constitution of the Republic of Korea	July 17, 1948
Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	December 25, 1972
Constitution of Kuwait	November 11, 1962
Constitution of Laos	August 14, 1991
Constitution of Latvia	November 7, 1922
Constitution of Lebanon	May 23, 1926
Constitution of Luxembourg	October 17, 1868
Constitution of Liberia	January 6, 1986
Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration	August 3, 2011
Constitution of Lithuania	October 25, 1992
Constitution of Liechtenstein	October 5, 1921
Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia	November 17, 1991
Constitution of Madagascar	November 14, 2010
Constitution of Malaysia	August 27, 1957
Constitution of the Maldives	August 7, 2008
Constitution of Mali	January 12, 1992
Constitution of Malta	September 21, 1964
Constitution of Mauritania	July 12, 1991
Constitution of Mauritius	March 12, 1968
Constitution of Mexico	February 5, 1917
Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia	October 1, 1978
Constitution of Moldova	July 29, 1994
Constitution of Monaco	December 17, 1962
Constitution of Mongolia	January 13, 1992
Constitution of Montenegro	October 19, 2007
Constitution of Morocco	December 14, 1962
Constitution of Namibia	February 9, 1990
Constitution of Nauru	January 31, 1968
Constitution of the Netherlands[1]	March 29, 1815
Constitution of Nepal	September 20, 2015
Constitution of Nicaragua	January 1, 1987
Constitution of Niger	November 25, 2010
Constitution of Nigeria	May 29, 1999
Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway	May 17, 1814
Basic Statute of Oman	November 6, 1996[2]
Constitution of Pakistan	August 14, 1973
Constitution of Paraguay	June 20, 1992
Palestinian National Covenant	May 28, 1964
Constitution of Papua New Guinea	September 16, 1975
Constitution of Peru	December 31, 1993
Constitution of the Philippines	February 2, 1987
Constitution of Poland	April 2, 1997
Portuguese Constitution	April 25, 1976
Romanian Constitution	November 21, 1991
Constitution of Russia	December 12, 1993
Constitution of Rwanda	May 26, 2003
Constitution of Samoa	1960
Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis	June 23, 1983
Constitution of Senegal	January 1, 2001
Constitution of Serbia	November 8, 2006
Constitution of Singapore	August 9, 1965
Constitution of Slovakia	October 1, 1992
Constitution of Slovenia	December 23, 1991
Constitution of Somalia	August 1, 2012
Constitution of South Africa	February 4, 1997
Constitution of South Sudan	July 9, 2011
Constitution of Spain	December 6, 1978
Constitution of Sri Lanka	September 7, 1978
Constitution of Sudan	July 9, 2005
Constitution of Suriname	September 30, 1987
Constitution of Sweden	1974
Swiss Federal Constitution	April 18, 1999
Constitution of Syria	February 27, 2012
Constitution of Tajikistan	November 6, 1994
Constitution of Tanzania	April 25, 1977
Constitution of Thailand	August 24, 2007
Constitution of Tonga	November 4, 1875
Constitution of Tunisia	January 26, 2014
Constitution of Turkey	November 7, 1982
Constitution of Turkmenistan	May 18, 1992
Constitution of Uganda	October 8, 1995
Constitution of Ukraine	June 28, 1996
Constitution of the United Arab Emirates	December 2, 1971
United States Constitution	June 21, 1788
Constitution of Uruguay	February 15, 1967
Constitution of Uzbekistan	December 8, 1992
Constitution of Vanuatu	July 30, 1980
Fundamental Law of Vatican City State	November 26, 2000
Constitution of Venezuela	December 20, 1999
Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam	November 28, 2013
Constitution of Yemen	May 16, 1991
Constitution of Zimbabwe	May 9, 2013

Partially recognized countries

Country	Date
Constitution of Abkhazia	October 3, 1999
Constitution of the Republic of China	December 25, 1947
Constitution of Kosovo	June 15, 2008
Constitution of Nagorno-Karabakh	December 10, 2006
Constitution of Northern Cyprus	May 5, 1985
Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	August 1976
Constitution of Somaliland	May 31, 2001
Constitution of South Ossetia	April 8, 2001
Constitution of Transnistria	January 17, 1996

Dependent territories

Territory	Date
Constitution of American Samoa	October 17, 1960
Constitution of Aruba	January 1, 1986
Constitution of the British Virgin Islands	June 15, 2007
Constitution of Curaçao	October 10, 2010
Constitution of the Falkland Islands	January 1, 2009
Constitution of Gibraltar	January 2, 2007
Hong Kong Basic Law	April 4, 1990
Macau Basic Law	December 20, 1999
Niue Constitution Act	October 19, 1974
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Constitution	January 1, 1978
Constitution of Puerto Rico	July 25, 1952
Constitution of Sint Maarten	October 10, 2010
Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands	October 15, 2012

Uncodified constitutions

An uncodified constitution is one where not all elements are written into law: typically some elements, such as constitutional conventions, are not written into law, although such elements are almost always written down (perhaps across multiple documents and/or publications), although written in documents that are not enforceable in law.

• Constitution of Canada
• Basic Laws of Israel
• Constitution of New Zealand
• Constitution of San Marino
• Basic Law of Saudi Arabia (however, the Basic Law declares the Qur'an to be the Constitution of Saudi Arabia)
• Constitution of the United Kingdom

Constitutions of former countries

• Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawai'i of 1852
• Catalan Constitutions
• Confederate States Constitution
• Constitution of Czechoslovakia
• Constitution of the Irish Free State
• Constitution of Poland-Lithuania
• Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
• Constitution of Prussia (1848)
• Constitution of Prussia (1850)
• Constitution of Prussia (1920)
• Constitution of Russian Empire
• Constitution of the Republic of Texas
• Constitution of the Soviet Union
• Constitution of Vermont Republic
• Constitution of Yugoslavia
  • Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro
• Corsican Constitution
• East German constitutions
• Weimar Constitution

See also

• Constitutional law
• Constitution Day
• State constitution (United States)
• Constitutional documents

References

1. Subordinated to the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
2. "Basic Statute of the State" (PDF). Royal Decree 101/96. Ministry of Legal Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2012.