This is a list of legislatures by number of members. Non-sovereign entities and unrecognized states are marked in italics.

Lists

Some of the lower and upper houses are named by approximation. For instance, the European Parliament is not a legislature with two fixed chambers of elected bodies, but rather one house of elected representatives, alongside another council of a rotating group of appointed government ministers, whose makeup changes every meeting depending on the topic being discussed. The precise nature of this organisation has been debated extensively in academic literature, with some categorising the European Union's legislature as not bicameral but tricameral or even neither. Table pre-sorted by total count of both chambers

CountryLegislatureTypeSeatsPopulationLower houseFIELD LISTING :: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH , The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 22 August 2014. Upper house L/U ratio Total countryCOUNTRY 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).per 1 lower house seat per each of total seats National People's Congress unicameral — — 1,404,890,000 Parliament of the United Kingdom bicameral French Parliament bicameral 68,400,000 Parliament of Egypt bicameral Parliament of India bicameral 1,435,405,824 – bicameral (European Parliament) (The Council) 449,476,878 People's Consultative Assembly bicameral 282,477,584 National Diet bicameral 124,516,650 National Assembly of Thailand bicameral – bicameral (Bundestag) (Bundesrat) Supreme People's Assembly unicameral — — Federal Parliamentary Assembly bicameral (House of Peoples' Representatives) (House of Federation) 126,527,060 Congress of the Union bicameral 128,455,567 Federal Assembly bicameral 147,182,123 Cortes Generales bicameral Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo bicameral Parliament of Algeria bicameral Italian Parliament bicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey unicameral — — National Congress of Brazil bicameral Parliament of Poland bicameral United States Congress bicameral Parliament of Uganda unicameral — — Parliament of Morocco bicameral 37,840,044 National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of South Africa bicameral National Assembly of People's Power unicameral — — National Assembly bicameral Parliament of Romania bicameral National Legislature bicameral Verkhovna Rada unicameral — — Parliament of Canada bicameral Parliament of Pakistan bicameral Parliament of Kenya bicameral Parliament of Yemen bicameral National Legislature bicameral (National Legislative Assembly) (Council of States) National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Ivory Coast bicameral Jatiya Sangsad unicameral — — Parliament of Zimbabwe bicameral Riksdag unicameral — — Congress of the Philippines bicameral Federal Parliament of Nepal bicameral National Congress of Argentina bicameral Federal Parliament of Somalia bicameral Council of Representatives of Iraq unicameral — — Hellenic Parliament unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Malaysia bicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of the Czech Republic bicameral Parliament of Cameroon bicameral (National Assembly) (Senate) Parliament of Ghana unicameral — — Congress of Colombia bicameral Assembly of the Republic unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — People's Assembly of Syria unicameral — — Oliy Majlis bicameral Federal Assembly bicameral Austrian Parliament bicameral National Assembly unicameral — — Oireachtas bicameral Assembly of the Republic unicameral — — Parliament of Australia bicameral States General of the Netherlands bicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka unicameral — — Parliament of Gabon bicameral National Assembly unicameral — — Assembly of the Representatives of the People unicameral — — Congress of the Dominican Republic bicameral Parliament of the Republic of the Congo bicameral Belgian Federal Parliament bicameral Parliament of Jordan bicameral National Congress of Chile bicameral Parliament of Finland unicameral — — House of Representatives unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Congress of the Republic of Peru bicameral National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Cambodia bicameral Parliament of Madagascar bicameral Folketing unicameral — — National Assembly of Belarus bicameral Parliament of Equatorial Guinea bicameral Storting unicameral — — Parliament of Burundi bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly bicameral National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Congress of the Republic of Guatemala unicameral — — National Assembly of Zambia unicameral — — Council of Oman bicameral (Consultative Assembly) (Council of State) Parliament of Kazakhstan bicameral Parliament of Lesotho bicameral (National Assembly) (Senate of Lesotho) Croatian Parliament unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Georgia unicameral — — Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia unicameral — — National Council unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Mauritanian Parliament unicameral — — Parliament of Lithuania unicameral — — Parliament of Albania unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Palestinian Legislative Council unicameral — — Slovenian Parliament bicameral Haitian Parliament bicameral General Assembly of Uruguay bicameral National Congress of Honduras unicameral — — Parliament of Lebanon unicameral — — National Assembly of Burkina Faso unicameral — — State Great Khural unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Congress of Paraguay bicameral Assembly of Turkmenistan unicameral — — Parliament of Sierra Leone unicameral — — Assembly of North Macedonia unicameral — — Knesset unicameral — — Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo unicameral — — Parliament of New Zealand unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Legislative Yuan unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Parliament of Papua New Guinea unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Singapore unicameral — — Parliament of Rwanda bicameral Parliament of the Central African Republic unicameral — — Legislature of Liberia bicameral National People's Assembly unicameral — — Riigikogu unicameral — — Parliament of the Republic of Moldova unicameral — — Saeima unicameral — — Parliament of Namibia bicameral Supreme Assembly bicameral Parliament of Eswatini bicameral (House of Assembly) (Senate) People's Majlis unicameral — — Supreme Council unicameral — — Legislative Council of Hong Kong unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Jamaica bicameral Parliament of Montenegro unicameral — — Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico bicameral National Assembly bicameral House of Representatives unicameral — — Parliament of Malta unicameral — — Parliament of Bhutan bicameral National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago bicameral Parliament of Panama unicameral — — Parliament of Botswana unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — National Parliament unicameral — — Althing unicameral — — Legislative Assembly of El Salvador unicameral — — Chamber of Deputies unicameral — — Grand and General Council unicameral — — States Assembly unicameral — — Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina bicameral (House of Representatives) (House of Peoples) Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica unicameral — — Assembly of French Polynesia unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of the Bahamas bicameral Congress of New Caledonia unicameral — — National Assembly of the Gambia unicameral — — Parliament of Vanuatu unicameral — — Parliament of Barbados bicameral National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of Fiji unicameral — — National Parliament of Solomon Islands unicameral — — Legislative Assembly of Samoa unicameral — — Parliament of Bermuda bicameral (House of Assembly) (Senate) House of Assembly unicameral — — States of Guernsey unicameral — — Consultative Assembly of Qatar unicameral — — Supreme Council unicameral — — Parliament of Belize bicameral Federal National Council unicameral — — American Samoa Fono bicameral Tynwald bicameral People's Assembly of Abkhazia unicameral — — Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda bicameral National Assembly unicameral — — Parliament of South Ossetia unicameral — — Legislative Council of Brunei unicameral — — Assembly of the Union of the Comoros unicameral — — Løgting unicameral — — Legislative Council of Macau unicameral — — Legislature of the Marshall Islands unicameral — — House of Assembly of Dominica unicameral — — Inatsisartut unicameral — — Leadership Council unicameral — — Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature bicameral General Council unicameral — — Parliament of Grenada bicameral Parliament of Saint Lucia bicameral Legislative Assembly of Tonga unicameral — — Landtag of Liechtenstein unicameral — — Palau National Congress bicameral Parliament of the Cook Islands unicameral — — National Council unicameral — — unicameral — — Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara unicameral — — Parliament of Aruba unicameral — — Parliament of the Cayman Islands unicameral — — Parliament of Curaçao unicameral — — House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines unicameral — — Niue Assembly unicameral — — General Fono unicameral — — Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna unicameral — — Parliament of Nauru unicameral — — Territorial Council of Saint Barthélemy unicameral — — Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon unicameral — — House of Assembly unicameral — — Gibraltar Parliament unicameral — — Legislative Council of Saint Helena unicameral — — House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands unicameral — — Legislature of Guam unicameral — — Parliament of Sint Maarten unicameral — — Parliament of Tuvalu unicameral — — Legislature of the Virgin Islands unicameral — — Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia unicameral — — National Assembly unicameral — — House of Assembly unicameral — — Legislative Assembly of Montserrat unicameral — — Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands unicameral — — Island Council unicameral — — Shire of Christmas Island unicameral — — Norfolk Island Regional Council unicameral — — Shire of Cocos unicameral — — Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State unicameral — —

See also List of legislatures by country Cube root law

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