List of legislatures by number of members

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This is a list of legislatures by size. Non-sovereign entities are marked in italics.

 Lower
house to
Lower Upper
Country Type upper Total Population[2] Population/seats
house[1] house[1]
house
ratio

China unicameral 2,987 — — 2,987 1,355,692,576 453,864

United Kingdom bicameral 650 780 0.833 1,430 63,742,977 44,576

Italy bicameral 630 321 1.963 951 61,680,122 64,858

France bicameral 577 348 1.658 925 66,259,012 71,631

India bicameral 545 245 2.224 790 1,236,344,631 1,564,993

European Union bicameral 751 28 26.821 779 511,434,812 656,527

Japan bicameral 475 242 1.983 722 127,103,388 176,043

Germany bicameral 630 69 9.130 699 80,996,685 115,875

Indonesia bicameral 560 132 4.242 692 253,609,643 366,488

Korea, North unicameral 687 — — 687 24,851,627 36,174

Morocco bicameral 395 270 1.463 665 32,987,206 49,605

Burma (Myanmar) bicameral 440 224 1.964 664 55,746,253 83,955

Ethiopia bicameral 547 108 5.065 655 96,633,458 147,532

Thailand bicameral 500 150 3.333 650 67,741,401 104,218

Mexico bicameral 500 128 3.906 628 120,286,655 191,539

Russia bicameral 450 166 2.711 616 142,470,272 231,283

Cuba unicameral 612[3] — — 612 11,047,251 18,051

Congo, Democratic
bicameral 500 108 4.630 608 77,433,744 127,358
Republic of the

Spain bicameral 350 257 1.362 607 47,737,941 78,646

Algeria bicameral 462 144 3.208 606 38,813,722 64,049

Nepal unicameral 601 — — 601 30,986,975 51,559

Brazil bicameral 513 81 6.333 594 202,656,788 341,173

Romania bicameral 412 176 2.341 588 21,729,871 36,956

Poland bicameral 460 100 4.600 560 38,346,279 68,475

Turkey unicameral 550 — — 550 81,619,392 148,399

United States bicameral 435 100 4.350 535 318,892,103 596,060

Sudan bicameral 450 50 9.000 500 35,482,233 70,964

Vietnam unicameral 500 — — 500 93,421,835 186,844

South Africa bicameral 400 90 4.444 490 48,375,645 98,726

Nigeria bicameral 360 109 3.303 469 177,155,754 377,731

450 450
Egypt unicameral — — 86,895,099 —
minimum minimum

Ukraine unicameral 450 — — 450 44,291,413 98,425

Pakistan bicameral 342 104 3.288 446 196,174,380 439,853

Kenya bicameral 349 67 5.209 416 45,010,056 108,197

Canada bicameral 338 105 2.933 413 34,834,841 84,346

Yemen bicameral 301 111 2.712 412 26,052,966 63,235

South Sudan bicameral 332 50 6.640 382 11,562,695 30,269

Uganda unicameral 375 — — 375 35,918,915 95,784

Tanzania unicameral 357 — — 357 49,639,138 139,045

250
Afghanistan bicameral 102 — — 31,822,848 —
maximum

Zimbabwe bicameral 270 80 3.375 350 13,771,721 39,348

Sweden unicameral 349 — — 349 9,723,809 27,862

Argentina bicameral 257 72 3.569 329 43,024,374 130,773

Somalia bicameral 275 54 5.093 329 10,428,043 31,696

Iraq unicameral 325 — — 325 32,585,692 100,264

Philippines bicameral 297 24 12.375 321 107,668,231 346,200

Bangladesh unicameral 300 — — 300 166,280,712 554,269

Greece unicameral 300 — — 300 10,775,557 35,919

Korea, South unicameral 300 — — 300 49,039,986 163,467

Malaysia bicameral 222 70 3.171 292 30,073,353 102,991

Iran unicameral 290 — — 290 80,840,713 278,761

Czech Republic bicameral 200 81 2.469 281 10,627,448 37,820

Cameroon bicameral 180 100 1.800 280 23,130,708 82,610

Ghana unicameral 275 — — 275 25,758,108 93,666

Colombia bicameral 166 102 1.627 268 46,245,297 172,557

Côte d'Ivoire unicameral 255 — — 255 22,848,945 89,604

Mozambique unicameral 250 — — 250 24,692,144 98,769

Serbia unicameral 250 — — 250 7,209,764 28,839

Syria unicameral 250 — — 250 17,951,639 71,807

Uzbekistan bicameral 150 100 1.500 250 28,929,716 115,719

Switzerland bicameral 200 46 4.348 246 8,061,516 32,770

Austria bicameral 183 62 2.952 245 8,223,062 33,564

Bulgaria unicameral 240 — — 240 6,924,716 28,853

Portugal unicameral 230 — — 230 10,813,834 47,017

Australia bicameral 150 76 1.974 226 22,507,617 99,591

Ireland bicameral 166 60 2.767 226 4,832,765 21,384

Netherlands bicameral 150 75 2.000 225 16,877,351 75,010

Sri Lanka unicameral 225 — — 225 21,866,445 97,184

Gabon bicameral 120 102 1.176 222 1,672,597 7,534

Belgium bicameral 150 71 2.113 221 10,449,361 47,282

Angola unicameral 220 — — 220 19,088,106 86,764

Tunisia unicameral 217 — — 217 10,937,521 50,403

Dominican Republic bicameral 183 32 5.719 215 10,349,741 48,138

Congo, Republic of the bicameral 139 72 1.931 211 4,662,446 22,097

Jordan bicameral 150 60 2.500 210 7,930,491 37,764

Mauritania bicameral 146 56 2.607 202 3,516,806 17,410

Finland unicameral 200 — — 200 5,268,799 26,344

Libya unicameral 200 — — 200 6,244,174 31,221

Hungary unicameral 199 — — 199 9,919,128 49,845

Malawi unicameral 193 — — 193 17,377,468 90,039

Chad unicameral 188 — — 188 11,412,107 60,703

Cambodia bicameral 123 61 2.016 184 15,458,332 84,013

Madagascar bicameral 151 33 4.576 184 23,201,926 126,097

Denmark unicameral 179 — — 179 5,569,077 31,112

Belarus bicameral 110 64 1.719 174 9,608,058 55,219

Equatorial Guinea bicameral 100 70 1.429 170 722,254 4,249

Norway unicameral 169 — — 169 5,147,792 30,460

Bolivia bicameral 130 36 3.611 166 10,631,486 64,045

Venezuela unicameral 165 — — 165 28,868,486 174,961

Mali unicameral 160 — — 160 16,455,903 102,849

Chile bicameral 120 38 3.158 158 17,363,894 109,898

Guatemala unicameral 158 — — 158 14,647,083 92,703

Zambia unicameral 158 — — 158 14,638,505 92,649

Oman bicameral 84 71 1.183 155 3,219,775 20,773

100
Burundi bicameral 54 — — 10,395,931 —
minimum

Kazakhstan bicameral 107 47 2.277 154 17,948,816 116,551

Lesotho bicameral 120 33 3.636 153 1,942,008 12,693

Croatia unicameral 151 — — 151 4,470,534 29,606

Eritrea unicameral 150 — — 150 6,380,803 42,539

Georgia unicameral 150 — — 150 4,935,880 32,906

Saudi Arabia unicameral 150 — — 150 27,345,986 182,307

Senegal unicameral 150 — — 150 13,635,927 90,906

Slovakia unicameral 150 — — 150 5,443,583 36,291

Lithuania unicameral 141 — — 141 3,505,738 24,863

Albania unicameral 140 — — 140 3,020,209 21,573

Ecuador unicameral 137 — — 137 15,654,411 114,266

Laos unicameral 132 — — 132 6,803,699 51,543

 Armenia unicameral 131 — — 131 3,060,631 23,364

Peru unicameral 130 — — 130 30,147,935 231,907

Slovenia bicameral 90 40 2.250 130 1,988,292 15,295

Haiti bicameral 99 30 3.300 129 9,996,731 77,494

Uruguay bicameral 99 30 3.300 129 3,332,972 25,837

Honduras unicameral 128 — — 128 8,598,561 67,176

Lebanon unicameral 128 — — 128 5,882,562 45,958

Burkina Faso unicameral 127 — — 127 18,365,123 144,607

Azerbaijan unicameral 125 — — 125 9,686,210 77,490

Paraguay bicameral 80 45 1.778 125 6,703,860 53,631

Turkmenistan unicameral 125 — — 125 5,171,943 41,376

Sierra Leone unicameral 124 — — 124 5,743,725 46,320

Macedonia unicameral 123 — — 123 2,091,719 17,006

Israel unicameral 120 — — 120 7,821,850 65,182

Kosovo unicameral 120 — — 120 1,859,203 15,493

Kyrgyzstan unicameral 120 — — 120 5,604,212 46,702

120 120
New Zealand unicameral — — 4,401,916 —
usually usually

Guinea unicameral 114 — — 114 11,474,383 100,652

Niger unicameral 113 — — 113 17,466,172 154,568

Taiwan unicameral 113 — — 113 23,359,928 206,725

Papua New Guinea unicameral 111 — — 111 6,552,730 59,034

Rwanda bicameral 80 26 3.077 106 12,337,138 116,388

Central African
unicameral 105 — — 105 5,277,959 50,266
Republic

Liberia bicameral 73 30 2.433 103 4,092,310 39,731

Guinea-Bissau unicameral 102 — — 102 1,693,398 16,602

Estonia unicameral 101 — — 101 1,257,921 12,455

Moldova unicameral 101 — — 101 3,583,288 35,478

Latvia unicameral 100 — — 100 2,165,165 21,652

Botswana bicameral 63 35 1.800 98 2,155,784 21,998

Namibia bicameral 72 26 2.769 98 2,198,406 22,433

Tajikistan bicameral 63 34 1.853 97 8,051,512 83,005

Swaziland bicameral 65 30 2.167 95 1,419,623 14,943

Nicaragua unicameral 92 — — 92 5,848,641 63,572

Togo unicameral 91 — — 91 7,351,374 80,784

Singapore unicameral 87 — — 87 5,567,301 63,992

Maldives unicameral 85 — — 85 393,595 4,631

El Salvador unicameral 84 — — 84 6,125,512 72,923

 Jamaica bicameral 63 21 3.000 84 2,930,050 34,882

Benin unicameral 83 — — 83 10,160,556 122,416

Montenegro unicameral 81 — — 81 650,036 8,025

Bahrain bicameral 40 40 1.000 80 1,314,089 16,426

Cyprus unicameral 80 — — 80 1,172,458 14,656

27 or
Puerto Rico bicameral 51 — — 3,620,897 —
more

Mongolia unicameral 76 — — 76 2,953,190 38,858

Bhutan bicameral 47 25 1.880 72 733,643 10,189

Cabo Verde unicameral 72 — — 72 538,535 7,480

Trinidad and Tobago bicameral 41 31 1.323 72 1,223,916 16,999

Panama unicameral 71 — — 71 3,608,431 50,823

Hong Kong unicameral 70 — — 70 7,112,688 101,610

Mauritius unicameral 70 — — 70 1,331,155 19,017

Djibouti unicameral 65 — — 65 810,179 12,464

Guyana unicameral 65 — — 65 735,554 11,316

Kuwait unicameral 65 — — 65 2,742,711 42,196

65 65
Malta unicameral — — 412,655 —
normally normally

Timor-Leste unicameral 52 to 65 — — 52 to 65 1,201,542 —

Iceland unicameral 63 — — 63 317,351 5,037

Luxembourg unicameral 60 — — 60 520,672 8,678

San Marino unicameral 60 — — 60 32,742 546

Jersey unicameral 58 — — 58 96,513 1,664

Bosnia and
bicameral 42 15 2.800 57 3,871,643 67,924
Herzegovina

Costa Rica unicameral 57 — — 57 4,755,234 83,425

French Polynesia unicameral 57 — — 57 280,026 4,913

São Tomé and Príncipe unicameral 55 — — 55 190,428 3,462

Bahamas, The bicameral 38 16 2.375 54 321,834 5,960

New Caledonia unicameral 54 — — 54 267,840 4,960

Gambia, The unicameral 53 — — 53 1,925,527 36,331

Vanuatu unicameral 52 — — 52 266,937 5,133

Barbados bicameral 30 21 1.429 51 289,680 5,680

Suriname unicameral 51 — — 51 573,311 11,241

Fiji unicameral 50[4] — — 50 903,207 8,769

Solomon Islands unicameral 50 — — 50 609,883 18,064

Samoa unicameral 49 — — 49 196,628 4,013

 Bermuda bicameral 36 11 3.273 47 69,839 1,486

Kiribati unicameral 46 — — 46 104,488 2,271

Guernsey unicameral 45 — — 45 65,849 1,463

Qatar unicameral 45 — — 45 2,123,160 47,181

Belize bicameral 31 12 2.583 43 340,844 7,927

United Arab Emirates unicameral 40 — — 40 5,628,805 140,720

American Samoa bicameral 21 18 1.167 39 54,517 1,398

Isle of Man bicameral 24 11 2.182 35 86,866 2,482

Antigua and Barbuda bicameral 17 17 1.000 34 91,295 2,685

Seychelles unicameral 34 — — 34 91,650 2,696

Brunei unicameral 33 — — 33 422,675 12,808

Comoros unicameral 33 — — 33 766,865 23,238

Faroe Islands unicameral 33 — — 33 49,947 1,514

Macau unicameral 33 — — 33 587,914 17,816

Marshall Islands unicameral 33 — — 33 70,983 2,151

Dominica unicameral 32 — — 32 73,449 2,295

Greenland unicameral 31 — — 31 57,728 1,862

Northern Mariana
bicameral 20 9 2.222 29 51,483 1,775
Islands

28 28
Andorra unicameral — — 85,458 —
minimum minimum

Grenada bicameral 15 13 1.154 28 110,152 3,934

Saint Lucia bicameral 17 11 1.545 28 163,362 5,834

Tonga unicameral 26 — — 26 106,440 4,094

Liechtenstein unicameral 25 — — 25 37,313 1,493

Palau bicameral 16 9 1.778 25 21,186 847

Monaco unicameral 24 — — 24 30,508 1,271

Saint Martin unicameral 23 — — 23 31,530 1,371

Aruba unicameral 21 — — 21 110,663 5,270

Cayman Islands unicameral 21 — — 21 54,914 2,615

Curaçao unicameral 21 — — 21 146,836 6,992

Saint Vincent and the

unicameral 21 — — 21 102,918 4,901
Grenadines

Niue unicameral 20 — — 20 1,190 60

Tokelau unicameral 20 — — 20 1,337 67

Wallis and Futuna unicameral 20 — — 20 15,561 778

Nauru unicameral 19 — — 19 9,488 499

Saint Barthelemy unicameral 19 — — 19 7,267 382

Saint Pierre and unicameral 19 — — 19 5,716 301

Miquelon
 Turks and Caicos
unicameral 19 — — 19 49,070 2,583
Islands

Gibraltar unicameral 18 — — 18 29,185 1,621

Saint Helena,
Ascension and Tristan da unicameral 17 — — 17 7,776 457
Cunha

British Virgin Islands unicameral 15 — — 15 32,680 2,179

Guam unicameral 15 — — 15 161,001 10,733

Sint Maarten unicameral 15 — — 15 39,689 2,646

Tuvalu unicameral 15 — — 15 10,782 719

United States Virgin

unicameral 15 — — 15 104,170 6,945
Islands

Micronesia, Federated
unicameral 14 — — 14 105,681 7,549
States of

Saint Kitts and Nevis unicameral 14 — — 14 51,538 3,681

Anguilla unicameral 11 — — 11 16,086 1,462

Montserrat unicameral 11 — — 11 5,215 474

Falkland Islands unicameral 10 — — 10 2,840 284

Pitcairn Islands unicameral 10 — — 10 48 5

Christmas Island unicameral 9 — — 9 1,530 170

Norfolk Island unicameral 9 — — 9 2,210 246

Cocos (Keeling)
unicameral 7 — — 7 596 85
Islands

Vatican City unicameral 7[5] — — 7 842 120

Cook Islands bicameral 24 N/A N/A N/A 10,134 N/A

References
1. FIELD LISTING :: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factb
ook/fields/2101.html), The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 22 August 2014.
2. COUNTRY COMPARISON :: POPULATION (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factb
ook/rankorder/2119rank.html), 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).
3. "Cuba" (http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2079.htm). Inter-Parliamentary Union (in Spanish).
Retrieved 2014-08-26.
4. http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2564/
5. "Vatican City State" (http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/stato-e-governo/struttura-del-gov
ernatorato/organigramma/stato-citta-del-vaticano.html). vaticanstate.va. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

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