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).

The names of the legislatures differ from country to country. The most used name seems to be National Assembly, but Parliament and Congress are often used too. The name Parliament is in some cases even used when in political science the legislature would be considered a congress. The upper house of the legislature is often named the Senate. In some cases, countries use very traditional names. In Germanic countries variations of Thing (e.g. Folketinget) are used. A thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. A variant is the use of the word Tag or Dag (e.g. Bundestag), used because things were held at daylight and often lasted all day. Other traditional names are the Estates General and variations of Sejm. In Islamic countries Arabic words like Majlis and Shura are often included in the name. Majlis can be translated as "Council" or "Assembly". Shura can be translated as "Consultation."

List of legislatures

Supranational legislatures

Organisation	Name of house	House level	Term (years)	Voting system	Seats	Population per seat	GDP per seat (million USD)	Link
European Union	European Parliament[1]	Unicameral	5	direct, proportional	751	667,761	20,983	europarl.europa.eu
African Union	Pan-African Parliament	Unicameral	5	indirect (appointed by 47 of 53 national legislatures)	265	3,974,098.11	14.180	pan-africanparliament.org
Central American Integration System	Central American Parliament	Unicameral	Depends per country.	direct, proportional	120	426,274.46	2,651.175	parlacen.int
Mercosur	Mercosur Parliament	Unicameral	5	direct, indirect (depends per country) proportional	122	1,588,889	16.228	parlamentodelmercosur.org
	Latin American Parliament	Unicameral	5	direct,	276
	Arab Parliament

Legislatures of UN member states

Country	Overall name of legislature	Name of house	House level	Term (years)	Voting system	Seats	Population per seat	GDP per seat (million USD)	Link
Afghanistan	National Assembly[2]	House of the People (ولسي جرګه Wolesi Jirga)	Lower	5	Single non-transferable vote	249	122,168	119	wj.parliament.af
		House of Elders (مشرانوجرګه Meshrano Jirga)	Upper	3, 4 and 5	majority and appointed by the President	102	298,234	291	mj.parliament.af
Albania		Parliament (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	140	20,226	177	parlament.al
Algeria	Parliament[2]	People's National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani)	Lower	6	proportional open list	462	80,303	439	apn-dz.org
		Council of the Nation (al-Majlis al-Umma)	Upper	5	indirect vote and appointed by the President	144	257,638	1,830	majliselouma.dz
Andorra		General Council (Consell General de les Valls)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	28	2,789	161	consellgeneral.ad
Angola		National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)	Unicameral	4	proportional party list	220	84,081	525	parlamento.ao
Antigua and Barbuda	Parliament[3]	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	19	4,305	82	ab.gov.ag
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by the Governor-General	17	4,811	92	ab.gov.ag
Argentina	National Congress of Argentina (Congreso de la Nación Argentina)	Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación)	Lower	4	proportional closed list	257	156,097	2,787	diputados.gov.ar
		Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación)	Upper	6	direct vote	72	557,181	9,950	senado.gov.ar
Armenia		National Assembly (Ազգային Ժողով Azgayin Zhoghov)	Unicameral	5	direct vote and proportional closed list	131	24,902	136	parliament.am
Australia	Parliament of Australia[3]	House of Representatives	Lower	3	preferential instant-runoff voting	150	154,200	6,096	aph.gov.au
		Senate	Upper	6	single transferable vote	76	304,342	12,032	aph.gov.au
Austria	Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung)	National Council (Nationalrat)	Lower	5	proportional mixed-member proportional representation	183	43,895	1,923	parlament.gv.at
		Federal Council (Bundesrat)	Upper	5 and 6	appointed by state parliaments	62	129,563	5,677	parlament.gv.at
Azerbaijan		National Assembly (Milli Məclis)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	125	73,320	744	meclis.gov.az
Bahamas, The	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5	majority rule	38	9,326	283	bahamas.gov.bs
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by the Governor-General	16	22,103	674	bahamas.gov.bs
Bahrain	National Assembly[2]	Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab)	Lower	4	popular vote	40	30,864	777	nuwab.gov.bh
		Consultative Council (Majlis al-shura)	Upper	4	appointed by the king	40	30,864	777	shura.gov.bh
Bangladesh		House of the Nation (জাতীয় সংসদ Jatiyo Sangshad)	Unicameral	5	majority	350	466,909	818	parliament.gov.bd
Barbados	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5	popular vote	30	9,486	216	barbadosparliament.com
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by the governor general	21	13,551	309	barbadosparliament.com
Belarus	National Assembly (Нацыянальны сход Nacyjanaĺny schod)	House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў Palata pradstaŭnikoŭ)	Lower	4	popular vote	110	85,997	1,288	house.gov.by
		Council of the Republic (Савет Рэспублікі Saviet Respubliki)	Upper	4	elected by regional councils and appointed by the President	64	147,773	2,215	sovrep.gov.by
Belgium	Federal Parliament (Federaal Parlement / Parlement fédéral / Föderales Parlament)	Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers / Chambre des Représentants / Abgeordnetenkammer)	Lower	5	proportional	150	74,000	2,897	lachambre.be
		Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)	Upper	5	elected by regional parliaments	60	185,000	7,242	senate.be
Belize	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Lower	5	popular vote	31	10,748	90	nationalassembly.gov.bz
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by the governor general	12	27,766	233	nationalassembly.gov.bz
Benin		National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	83	115,648	176	gouv.bj
Bhutan	Parliament of Bhutan[4]	National Assembly (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ། Gyelyong Tshogdu)	Lower	5	popular vote	47	15,072	91	nab.gov.bt
		National Council (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ། Gyelyong Tshogde)	Upper	4	majority and appointed by the king	25	28,337	171	nationalcouncil.bt
Bolivia	Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5	majority and proportional closed list	130	83,905	391	diputados.bo
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5	proportional closed list	36	302,993	1,414	senado.bo
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna skupština / Парламентарна скупштина)	House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom / Zastupnički dom / Представнички дом)	Lower	4	proportional	42	91,422	753	parlament.ba
		House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народa)	Upper	4	elected by the National Assembly (Republika Srpska) for the Republic of Srpska and by the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	255,982	2,109	parlament.ba
Botswana	Parliament of Botswana	National Assembly	Unicameral	5	popular vote, majority party and appointed by the President	63	32,211	471	parliament.gov.bw
Brazil	National Congress (Congresso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados)	Lower	4	proportional open list	513	371,798	4,471	camara.leg.br
		Federal Senate (Senado Federal)	Upper	8	majority	81	2,354,724	28,320	senado.leg.br
Brunei		Legislative Council (Majlis Mesyuarat)	Unicameral	no timeframe	popular vote and appointed by the sultan	36	11,355	582	majlis-mesyuarat.gov.bn
Bulgaria		National Assembly (Народно събрание Narodno sabranie)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	240	30,685	420	parliament.bg
Burkina Faso		National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	111	126,281	198	an.bf
Burundi	Parliament[2]	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	direct vote and appointment by electoral commission	118	74,570	43	assemblee.bi
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	indirect vote and appointment by ethnic groups	49	179,577	105	senat.bi
Cambodia	Parliament (សភាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា)	National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភាជាតិ; Rotsaphea)	Lower	5	popular vote	123	108,852	272	national-assembly.org.kh
		Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា; Protsaphea)	Upper	6[5]	appointed by the monarch, elected by the National Assembly and commune councils	61	219,490	548	senate.gov.kh
Cameroon	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	popular vote	180	97,021	262	assemblenationale.cm
		Senate	Upper	5	Indirect vote (70), appointed (30)	100	174,638	472	ipu.org
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	parl.gc.ca
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	Until age 75, or resigns.	appointed by the governor general	105	318,825	13,296	sen.parl.gc.ca
Cape Verde		National Assembly (Asembleia Nacional)	Unicameral	5	proportional party list	72	4,990	20	parlamento.cv
Central African Republic		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	run-off majority	100	38,951	36	assembleenationale-rca.org
Chad		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	4	majority and proportional	155	66,640	126
Chile	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	4	popular vote	120	145,021	2,496	camara.cl
		Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República)	Upper	8	popular vote	38	457,963	7,885	senado.cl
China		National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì)[6]	Unicameral	5	elected by municipal, regional and provincial congresses, and People's Liberation Army	2,987	448,518	3,783	npc.gov.cn
Colombia	Congress (Congreso)	Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	4	popular vote	166	279,556	2,843	camararep.gov.co
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	popular vote	102	454,964	4,627	senado.gov.co
Comoros		Assembly of the Union (Assemblée de la Union)	Unicameral	5	popular vote and elected by local assemblies	33	24,181	25	auc.km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Parliament[2]	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	proportional open list	500	143,425	50	assemblee-nationale.cd
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	elected by provincial assemblies	108	664,008	233	senat.cd
Congo, Republic of the	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	popular vote	153	28,537	119	assemblee-nationale.cg
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5	indirect vote	52	83,966	350
Costa Rica		Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	57	75,468	965	asamblea.go.cr
Croatia		Croatian Assembly[4] (Hrvatski sabor)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	151	28,414	532	sabor.hr
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	parlamentocubano.cu
Cyprus		House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli Antiprosópon / Temsilciler Meclisi)[7]	Unicameral	5	popular vote by Greek and Turkish Cypriots	59	18,632	402	parliament.cy
Czech Republic	Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky)	Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna)	Lower	4	popular vote	200	52,811	1,424	psp.cz
		Senate (Senát)	Upper	6	popular vote	81	130,397	3,517	senat.cz
Denmark		Parliament[4] (Folketing)	Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	179	30,969	1,154	ft.dk
Djibouti		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	65	12,587	35	assemblee-nationale.dj
Dominica		House of Assembly	Unicameral	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	21	3,394	46	dominica.gov.dm
Dominican Republic	National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	4	popular vote	183	51,520	510	camaradediputados.gob.do
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	popular vote	32	293,088	2,918	senado.gov.do
East Timor		National Parliament (Parlamento Nacional)	Unicameral	5	proportional	65	16,408	146	parlamento.tl
Ecuador		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	124	116,802	1,028	asambleanacional.gob.ec
Egypt	Parliament[2]	House of Representatives (مجلس الشعب Majilis Al-Sha’ab)	Unicameral	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	508	150,983	1,021	parliament.gov.eg
El Salvador		Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)	Unicameral	3	popular vote	84	68,382	530	asamblea.gob.sv
Equatorial Guinea	Parliament of Equatorial Guinea	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de los Diputados)	Lower	5	Party-list proportional representation	100	16,220	172	presidencia-ge.org
		Senate	Upper		popular vote (55) and appointed by the President (15)	70	23,171	246
Eritrea		National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	104	50,878	38
Estonia		State Assembly[4] (Riigikogu)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	101	12,814	270	riigikogu.ee
Ethiopia	Parliament[2]	House of Peoples' Representatives (የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet)	Lower	5	popular vote	547	135,134	173	ethiopar.net
		House of Federation (የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት Yefedereshn Mekir Bet)	Upper	5	elected by State assemblies	112	659,986	847	hofethiopia.org
Federated States of Micronesia		Congress	Unicameral	4	10 by FPTP and 4 by Proportional representation	14	7,642	25	fsmcongress.fm
Fiji		Parliament	Unicameral	4	proportional open list	50	16,745	82	Archive
Finland		Parliament (Eduskunta)[8]	Unicameral	4	proportional open list	200	25,900	978	eduskunta.fi
France	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	majority	577	113,258	3,843	assemblee-nationale.fr
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6	electoral college	348	187,787	6,373	senat.fr
Gabon	Parliament (Parlement)	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Lower	5	popular vote	121	12,190	203	assemblee.ga
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6	elected by municipal councils and departmental assemblies	102	14,460	240	senatgabon.net
Gambia		National Assembly	Unicameral	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	53	25,673	65	assembly.gov.gm
Georgia		Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტი Sak'art'velos Parlamenti)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list and majority	150	29,794	163	parliament.ge
Germany		Federal Diet[4] (Bundestag)	N/A (unofficially Lower house)	4	majority and proportional closed list	631	128,500	4,998	bundestag.de
		Federal Council[4] (Bundesrat)	N/A (unofficially Upper house)	dependant on individual state elections	elected by state governments	69	1,185,501	44,914	bundesrat.de
Ghana		Parliament	Unicameral	4	majority	228	106,286	328	parliament.gh
Greece		Hellenic Parliament[4] (Βουλή των Ελλήνων Vouli ton Ellinon)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	300	35,958	981	hellenicparliament.gr
Grenada	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5	popular vote	15	7,333	96	gov.gd
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by the government and by the leader of opposition	13	8,461	111	gov.gd
Guatemala		Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	158	80,557	472	congreso.gob.gt
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	anpguinebissau.org
Guyana		National Assembly	Unicameral	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	65	11,583	88	parliament.gov.gy
Haiti	National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés)	Lower	4	proportional	99	98,181	124	parlementhaitien.ht
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	6		30	323,997	412	parlementhaitien.ht
Honduras		National Congress (Congreso Nacional)	Unicameral	4	proportional open list	128	58,823	278	congresonacional.hn
Hungary		National Assembly (Országgyűlés)	Unicameral	4	proportional open list and Scorporo	199	25,860	506	parlament.hu
Iceland		Assembly of All[4] (Alþingi)	Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	63	5,080	196	althingi.is
India	Parliament (संसद Sansad)	House of the People[4] (लोक सभा Lok Sabha)	Lower	5	popular vote and appointed by the President	545	2,192,379	8,075	loksabha.gov.in
		Council of States[4] (राज्य सभा Rajya Sabha)	Upper	6	appointed by the President and elected members of the states and territories	250	4,840,773	17,831	rajyasabha.nic.in
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	dpr.go.id
		Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah)	Upper	5	Single non-transferable vote	132	1,798,669	8,520	dpd.go.id
Iran		Islamic Consultative Assembly[4] (مجلس شورای اسلامی Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī)	Unicameral	4	popular vote	290	259,136	3,414	majlis.ir
Iraq		Council of Representatives of Iraq[4] (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis Al-Niwab Al-Iraqi)	Unicameral	4	proportional open list	325	95,782	392	parliament.iq
Ireland	Parliament[4] (Oireachtas)	House of Representatives of Ireland (Dáil Éireann)[4]	Lower	5	Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote	166	27,640	1,093	oireachtas.ie
		Senate of Ireland[4] (Seanad Éireann)	Upper	5	appointed by the prime minister and elected by universities	60	76,470	3,026	oireachtas.ie
Israel		Assembly[4] (כנסת Knesset)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	120	61,768	1,960	knesset.gov.il
Italy	Parliament (Parlamento)	Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)	Lower	5	proportional closed list	630	94,556	2,931	camera.it
		Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica)	Upper	5	proportional closed list and appointed by the President	315	189,112	5,863	senato.it
Ivory Coast		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5	majority	70	294,529	515	anci.ci
Jamaica	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	63	45,860	392	japarliament.gov.jm
		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	shugiin.go.jp
		House of Councillors (参議院 Sangiin)	Upper	6	proportional	242	529,157	18,348	sangiin.go.jp
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	representatives.jo
		Senate (مجلس الأعيان Majlis al-Aayan)	Upper	6	appointed by the monarch	75	93,520	614	senate.jo
Kazakhstan	Parliament (Parlamenti)	Assembly[4] (Mazhilis)	Lower	5		77	207,854	2,815	parlam.kz
		Senate	Upper	6	appointed by the President and elected by local assemblies	47	340,527	4,612	parlam.kz
Kenya	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	parallel	349	126,182	118	parliament.go.ke
		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	parliament.gov.ki
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	korea.na.go.kr
Kuwait		National Assembly (مجلس الأمة Majlis al-Umma)	Unicameral	4	popular vote and appointed by the prime minister	50	71,328	3,070	kna.kw
Kyrgyzstan		Supreme Council (Joghorku Keneš)	Unicameral	5	popular vote	120	44,690	109	kenesh.kg
Laos		National Assembly (Sapha Heng Xat)	Unicameral	5	one-party state closed list	115	48,148	151	na.gov.la
Latvia		Parliament[4] (Saeima)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	100	20,703	349	saeima.lv
Lebanon	Parliament (Parlement)	Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)[9]	Unicameral	4	popular vote	128	33,000	480	lp.gov.lb
Lesotho	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5	popular vote and proportional	120	16,927	31	parliament.ls
		Senate	Upper	5	appointed by principal chiefs and by the ruling party	33	61,556	115	parliament.ls
Liberia	Legislature	House of Representatives	Lower	6	majority	73	47,624	24	legislature.gov.lr
		Senate	Upper	9	majority	30	115,896	58	legislature.gov.lr
Libya		House of Representatives ( مجلس النواب Majlis an-Nuwwab)	Unicameral			200	28,353	187	libyan-parliament.org
Liechtenstein		Diet[4] (Landtag)	Unicameral	4	proportional closed list	25	1,451	201	landtag.li
Lithuania		Parliament[4] (Seimas)	Unicameral	4	proportional	141	21,658	436	lrs.lt
Luxembourg		Chamber of Deputies (D'Chamber)[10]	Unicameral	5	popular vote	60	8,484	687	chd.lu
Macedonia, Republic of		Assembly (Собрание Sobranie)	Unicameral	4		123	16,736	173	sobranie.mk
Madagascar	Parliament[2]	National Assembly (Antenimieram-Pirenena)[11]	Lower	5		160	137,078	127	assemblee-nationale.mg
		Senate (Sénat)	Upper	5		33	664,430	618	senat.mg
Malawi		National Assembly	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting	194	76,809	71	parliament.gov.mw
Malaysia	Parliament (Parlimen)	House of Representatives[12] (Dewan Rakyat)	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	222	127,631	2,014	parlimen.gov.my
		Senate[13] (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	parlimen.gov.my
Maldives		Assembly[4] (Majlis)	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting	77	4,266	36	majlis.gov.mv
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	assemblee-nationale.insti.ml
Malta		House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati)	Unicameral	5	Single transferable vote	69	5,950	155	parlament.mt
Marshall Islands		Legislature (Nitijela)	Unicameral	4	Single and multi-member constituencies	33	2,060	4	rminitijela.org
Mauritania	Parliament (Barlamene)	National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah)	Lower	5	Runoff election	81	37,888	87	assembleenationale.mr
		Assembly of Senators (Majlis al-Shuyukh)	Upper	6	Election by communal councillors	56	56,803	126	senat.mr
Mauritius		National Assembly	Unicameral	5		70	17,614	275	gov.mu
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	diputados.gob.mx
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	6	Parallel voting: Largest remainder method (Hare quota)	128	889,926	12,981	senado.gob.mx
Moldova		Parliament (Parlamentul)	Unicameral	4		101	33,498	118	parlament.md
Monaco		National Council (Conseil National)	Unicameral	5		24	1,473	227	conseil-national.mc
Mongolia		State Great Assembly[14] (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ich-Chural)	Unicameral	4		76	36,245	174	parliament.mn
Montenegro		Assembly (Skupština / Скупштина)	Unicameral	4		81	7,719	88	skupstina.me
Morocco	Parliament[2]	House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab)	Lower	5		325	100,444	500	parlement.ma
		House of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin)	Upper	9		270	120,905	602	conseiller.ma
Mozambique		Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)	Unicameral	5	proportional party list	250	85,588	95	parlamento.org.mz
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	pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm
		House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw)	Upper	5	popular vote and appointed by the military	224	269,107	369	amyothahluttaw.gov.mm
Namibia	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower	5		78	26,923	201	parliament.gov.na
		National Council	Upper	6		26	80,769	605	parliament.gov.na
Nauru		Parliament	Unicameral	3		18	521	3	naurugov.nr
Nepal		Legislature Parliament	Unicameral			601	44,294	62	parliament.gov.np
Netherlands	States General (Staten-Generaal)	House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer, Second Chamber)	Lower	4		150	111,533	4,693	tweedekamer.nl
		Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber)	Upper	4		75	223,066	9,387	eerstekamer.nl
New Zealand		House of Representatives	Unicameral	3	mixed-member proportional representation	120	33,566	1,018	parliament.nz
Nicaragua		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5		92	64,034	205	asamblea.gob.ni
Niger		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5		113	139,210	102	assemblee.ne
Nigeria	National Assembly	House of Representatives	Lower	4		360	388,898	1,148	nass.gov.ng
		Senate	Upper	4		109	1,284,436	3,792	nassnig.org
Norway		Great Assembly[4] (Storting)	Unicameral	4	proportional mixed	169	29,785	1,573	stortinget.no
Oman	Council of Oman	Consultative Assembly[15] (Majlis al-Shura)	Lower			84	33,017	973	shura.om
		Assembly of State[16] (Majlis al-Dawla)	Upper			83	33415	985	omanet.om
Pakistan	Parliament of Pakistan (پارلیمنٹ)	National Assembly (ایوان زیریں پاکستان)	Lower	5		336	537,023	1,454	na.gov.pk
		Senate (ایوانِ بالا)[17]	Upper	6		104	1,735,000	4,697	senate.gov.pk
Palau	National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau)	House of Delegates[2]	Lower	4	majority rule	16	1,309	17	palaugov.org
		Senate[2]	Upper	4	majority rule	9	2,328	31
Panama		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5		71	47,969	712	asamblea.gob.pa
Papua New Guinea		National Parliament	Unicameral	5		109	56,766	154	parliament.gov.pg
Paraguay	Congress (Congreso)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5		80	80,681	441	diputados.gov.py
		Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores)	Upper	5		45	143,434	785	senado.gov.py
Peru		Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)	Unicameral	5		130	217,082	2,322	congreso.gob.pe
Philippines	Congress (Kongreso)	House of Representatives (Kapulungán ng mga Kinatawán / Mababang Kapulungán / Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	3	closed list and First-past-the-post voting	292	355,393	1,365	congress.gov.ph
		Senate (Senado / Mataás na Kapulungán)	Upper	6	bloc voting	24	4,323,958	16,267	senate.gov.ph
Poland	Parliament of Poland National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)[18]	Sejm[4] (Sejm)	Lower	4	proportional open list	460	83,697	1,677	sejm.gov.pl
		Senate (Senat)	Upper	4	majority	100	385,010	7,716	senat.gov.pl
Portugal		Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)	Unicameral	4	proportional party list	230	45,920	1,082	parlamento.pt
Qatar		Consultative Assembly[19] (Majlis ash-Shura)	Unicameral			35	52,958	5,200
Romania	Parliament (Parlamentul)	Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor)	Lower	4		326	58,416	819	cdep.ro
		Senate (Senat)	Upper	4		137	139,005	1,950	senat.ro
Russia	Federal Assembly (Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye)	State Duma[4] (Государственная Дума Gosudarstvennaya Duma)	Lower	5	proportional party list	450	318,000	5,296	duma.gov.ru
		Federation Council (Совет Федерации Sovet Federatsii)	Upper			170	862,048	14,357	council.gov.ru
Rwanda	Parliament (Inteko Ishinga Amategeko)	Chamber of Deputies (Umutwe w'Abadepite)	Lower	5		80	146,121	171	parliament.gov.rw
		Senate (Umutwe wa Sena)	Upper	8		26	449,603	526	parliament.gov.rw
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[4] (Fono)	Unicameral	5		49	3,965	22	parliament.gov.ws
San Marino		Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale)	Unicameral	5		60	536	18	consigliograndeegenerale.sm
São Tomé and Príncipe		National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)	Unicameral	4		55	3,330	6	parlamento.st
Saudi Arabia		Consultative Assembly[20] (Majlis ash-Shura)	Unicameral			150	189,175	4,551	shura.gov.sa
Senegal	Parliament	National Assembly	Unicameral	5		150	85,701	167	assemblee-nationale.sn
Serbia		National Assembly (Народна скупштина / Narodna Skupština)	Unicameral	4		250	28,482	315	parlament.gov.rs
Seychelles		National Assembly	Unicameral	5		31	2,709	72
Sierra Leone		Parliament	Unicameral	5		124	40,136	41	sl-parliament.org
Singapore		Parliament	Unicameral	5	First-past-the-post voting (MP) and appointed by the President (NMP)	99	52,360	3,180	parliament.gov.sg
Slovakia		National Council (Národná rada)	Unicameral	4		150	35,980	846	nrsr.sk
Slovenia	Parliament (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije)	National Assembly (Državni zbor)	Lower	4		90	22,779	643	dz-rs.si
		National Council (Državni svet)[21]	Upper			40	51,254	1,447	ds-rs.si
Solomon Islands		National Parliament	Unicameral	4		50	10,460	34	parliament.gov.sb
Somalia	Federal Parliament[2]	House of the People	Lower		Appointed	275	36,675	21	parliament.gov.so
		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	parliament.gov.za
		National Council of Provinces	Upper			90	562,075	6,168	parliament.gov.za
South Sudan	National Legislature	National Legislature Assembly	Lower			170	48,591	81	goss.org
		Council of States	Upper		Appointed by President	50	165,210	276	goss.org
Spain	General Courts[4] (Cortes Generales)	Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados)	Lower	4, unless elections are called earlier.	proportional closed list	350	131,894	4,038	congreso.es
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4, unless elections are called earlier (212 are appointed through general eection and 58 when regional legislatures are renewed, which not always happens at the same date).		266	173,545	5,313	senado.es
Sri Lanka		Parliament (ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව (Sinhala) / இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம் (Tamil))[2]	Unicameral	5		225	90,122	517	parliament.lk
Sudan	National Legislature	National Assembly (Majlis Watani)	Lower	6		450	68,653	197	parliament.gov.sd
		Council of States (Majlis Welayat)	Upper	6		50	617,880	1,780	councilofstates.gov.sd
Suriname		National Assembly (Nationale Assemblée)	Unicameral	5		51	10,470	99	dna.sr
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	riksdagen.se
Syria		People's Assembly (Majlis al-Sha'ab)	Unicameral			250	86,964	240	parliament.sy
Switzerland	Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée fédérale, Assemblea federale)	National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil National, Consiglio Nazionale)	Lower	4		200	40,000	1,699	parliament.ch
		Council of States (Ständerat, Conseil des Etats, Consiglio degli Stati)	Upper	4		46	173,913	7,388	parliament.ch
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	parliament.go.tz
Thailand	National Assembly (รัฐสภา ;Rathasapha)	National Legislative Assembly	Unicameral			250			parliament.go.th
Togo		National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)	Unicameral	5		81	76,434	79	assemblee-nationale.tg
Tonga		Legislative Assembly	Unicameral			26	3,962	29	parliament.gov.to
Trinidad and Tobago	Parliament	House of Representatives	Lower	5		41	32,139	647	ttparliament.org
		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	arp.tn
Turkey		Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)	Unicameral	4		550	135,862	1,951	tbmm.gov.tr
Turkmenistan		Assembly (Mejlis)	Unicameral	5		125	41,360	346
Tuvalu		Parliament (Palamene)	Unicameral	4		15	666	2	parliament.gov.tv
Uganda		Parliament	Unicameral	5		375	87,839	123	parliament.go.ug
Ukraine		Supreme Council (Верховна Рада Verkhovna Rada)	Unicameral	5		450	101,248	732	rada.gov.ua
United Arab Emirates		Federal National Assembly (المجلس الوطني الإتحادي Majlis Watani Ittihad)	Unicameral			40	206,601	6,470	almajles.gov.ae
United Kingdom	Parliament	House of Commons	Lower	5	First-past-the-post voting	650	95,787	3,478	parliament.uk
		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	parliament.uk
United States	Congress	House of Representatives	Lower	2	majority	435	722,636	34,698	house.gov
		Senate	Upper	6	majority	100	3,143,467	215,623	senate.gov
Uruguay	General Assembly (Asamblea General)	Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)	Lower	5		99	33,195	514	parlamento.gub.uy
		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	parliament.gov.uz
		Senate[2]	Upper	5		100	291,234	952	enat.gov.uz
Vanuatu		Parliament (Parlement)	Unicameral	4		52	4319	14	parliament.gov.vu
Vatican City		Pontifical Commission (Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano)	Unicameral			7	114
Venezuela		National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional)	Unicameral	5		165	175,430	2,267	asambleanacional.gob.ve
Vietnam		National Assembly (Quốc hội)	Unicameral	5		498	176,385	602	na.gov.vn
Yemen		House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab)	Unicameral	6		301	81,485	192
Zambia		National Assembly	Unicameral	5		150	87,284	145	parliament.gov.zm
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)	Website
Åland Islands		Law Assembly[4] (Lagtinget)	Unicameral	4		30	945		www.lagtinget.ax
Alderney		States (États)	Unicameral	4		10	240		www.alderney.gov.gg
American Samoa	Legislative Assembly[4] (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	www.parlamento.aw
Azores		Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)	Unicameral	4		57	4,311	72	www.alra.pt
Bermuda	Parliament	House of Assembly	Lower	5		36	1,784	125	www.parliament.bm
		Senate	Upper			11	5,839	409	www.parliament.bm
British Virgin Islands		House of Assembly	Unicameral	4		15	1,969	56	www.legco.gov.vg
Canary Islands		Parliament (Parlamento de Canarias)	Unicameral	4		60	35,000		www.parcan.es
Catalonia		Parliament (Parlament de Catalunya)	Unicameral	4		135	40,000 / 50,000		www.parlament.cat
Cayman Islands		Legislative Assembly	Unicameral	4		18	3,080	125	www.legislativeassembly.ky
Crimea		Supreme Council (Верховна Рада / Верховный Совет / Yuqarı Radası)	Unicameral			100	19,731
Curaçao		Estates (Staten)	Unicameral	4		21	7,127		www.parlamento.cw
Falkland Islands		Legislative Assembly	Unicameral	4		11	272	9
Faroe Islands		Law Assembly[4] (Løgtingið)	Unicameral	4		33	1,467	44	www.logting.fo
French Polynesia		Assembly (Assemblée de la Polynésie française)	Unicameral	5		57	4,859	82	www.assemblee.pf
Gibraltar		Parliament	Unicameral	4		17	1,750	75	www.parliament.gi
Greenland		Parliament (Inatsisartut)[22]	Unicameral	4		31	1,830	64	www.inatsisartut.gl
Guam		Legislature (Liheslaturan Guåhan)	Unicameral	4		15	10,623		www.guamlegislature.com
Guernsey		States (États)	Unicameral	4		45	1,387	60	www.gov.gg/parliament
Hong Kong		Legislative Council (立法會)	Unicameral	4	Popular vote(35), and elected by functional constituencies(35)	70	101,481	5,015	www.legco.gov.hk
Isle of Man	Tynwald (Tinvaal)	House of Keys (Kiare as Feed)	Lower	5		24	3,520	113	www.tynwald.org.im
		Legislative Council (Yn Choonceil Slattyssagh)	Upper	5		11	7,681	247	www.tynwald.org.im
Jersey		States (États)	Unicameral	4		39	2,509	130	www.statesassembly.gov.je
Macau		Legislative Assembly (立法會, Assembleia Legislativa)	Unicameral	4	Popular vote(12), elected by functional constituencies(10), and appointed by the Chief Executive(7)	29	19,610	636	www.al.gov.mo
Madeira		Legislative Assembly (Assembleia Legislativa)	Unicameral	4		47	5,698	179	www.alram.pt
Montserrat		Legislative Council	Unicameral	5		9	546	3
New Caledonia		Congress (Congrès Territorial)	Unicameral	5		54	4,547	58	www.congres.nc
Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann)	Unicameral	4		108	16,767		www.niassembly.gov.uk
Northern Mariana Islands	Commonwealth Legislature	House of Representatives	Lower	2		20	2,694	45	www.cnmileg.gov.mp
		Senate	Upper	2		10	5,388	90	www.cnmileg.gov.mp
Pitcairn Islands		Island Council	Unicameral	3		10	6
Puerto Rico	Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)	House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes)	Lower	4	Majority	51	93,145	1,200	www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara
		Senate (Senado)	Upper	4	Majority	27	465,427	2,091	senado.pr.gov
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	4	Additional Member System	129	40,734		www.scottish.parliament.uk
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	4	Additional Member System	60	51,066		www.assembly.wales
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
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
State of Palestine		Legislative Council (Palestinian National Authority)	Unicameral			132	32,277
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
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
Transnistria		Supreme Council[23] (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
3. The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
4. The native name is also used in English.
5. http://www.senate.gov.kh/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=88&lang=km
6. 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.
7. Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
8. Also: Riksdag
9. Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
10. Also: Chambre des Députés
11. Also: Assemblée nationale
12. Literally, People's Hall
13. Literally, Nation's Hall
14. In English State Great Khural is used too.
15. The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
16. The Assembly of State has only consultative tasks
17. ur:ایوانِ بالا
18. Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
19. The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task
20. The appointed Consultative Assembly has only legislative tasks
21. 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.
22. Also: Landsting
23. Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Pridnestrovie)