This is a list of legislatures by size using the latest information available.
Jurisdiction | Population | Lower house |
Upper house |
Total | Legislators per capita |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
China (People's Republic) | 1,333,370,000 | 2,987 | —[1] | 2,987 | |
Libya | 6,420,000 | 2,700[2] | —[1] | 2,700[2] | |
United Kingdom | 61,634,599 | 646 | 707 | 1,353 | |
Italy | 60,114,021 | 630 | 315+7 | 952 | |
France | 65,073,482 | 577 | 321 | 898 | |
India | 1,169,850,000 | 552 | 250 | 802 | |
European Union | 499,794,855 | 736 | 27[3] | 763 | |
Japan | 127,540,000 | 480 | 242 | 722 | |
Egypt | 77,420,000 | 454 | 264 | 718 | |
Indonesia | 229,965,000 | 560 | 132 | 692 | |
Germany | 82,002,000 | 622 | 69 | 691 | |
North Korea | 687 | —[1] | 687 | ||
Ethiopia | 79,221,000 | 546 | 112 | 658 | |
Thailand | 63,525,062 | 480 | 150 | 630 | |
Mexico | 107,550,697 | 500 | 128 | 628 | |
Russia | 141,883,000 | 450 | 168 | 618 | |
Cuba | 11,177,743 | 614 | —[1] | 614 | |
Spain | 45,929,476 | 350 | 259 | 609 | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68,692,542 | 500 | 108 | 608 | |
Nepal | 29,331,000 | 601 | —[1] | 601 | |
Morocco | 31,993,000 | 325 | 270 | 595 | |
Brazil | 191,956,000 | 513 | 81 | 594 | |
Poland | 38,100,700 | 460 | 100 | 560 | |
Turkey | 71,517,100 | 550 | —[1] | 550 | |
United States | 307,635,000 | 435 | 100 | 535 | |
Algeria | 34,895,000 | 389 | 144 | 533 | |
Sudan | 42,272,000 | 450 | 50 | 500 | |
Vietnam | 85,789,573 | 493 | —[1] | 493 | |
South Africa | 49,320,000 | 400 | 90 | 490 | |
Romania | 21,498,616 | 334 | 137 | 471 | |
Nigeria | 162,221,000 | 360 | 109 | 469 | |
Ukraine | 46,011,300 | 450 | —[1] | 450 | |
Pakistan | 167,616,500 | 342 | 100 | 442 | |
New Hampshire | 1,324,575 | 400 | 24 | 424 | |
Canada | 33,802,000 | 308 | 105 | 413 | |
Hungary | 10,031,208 | 386 | —[1] | 386 | |
Afghanistan | 28,150,000 | 249 | 102 | 351 | |
Sweden | 9,302,133 | 349 | —[1] | 349 | |
Argentina | 40,134,425 | 256 | 72 | 328 | |
Greece | 11,257,285 | 300 | —[1] | 300 | |
Bangladesh | 162,221,000 | 299 | —[1] | 299 | |
Iran | 74,196,000 | 290 | —[1] | 290 | |
Czech Republic | 10,476,543 | 200 | 81 | 281 | |
Council of Representatives of Iraq | 31,234,000 | 275 | —[1][4] | 275 | |
Colombia | 45,393,050 | 166 | 102 | 268 | |
Serbia | 9,850,000 | 250 | —[1] | 250 | |
Bulgaria | 7,606,551 | 240 | —[1] | 240 | |
Austria | 8,355,260 | 183 | 62 | 245 | |
Portugal | 10,627,250 | 230 | —[1] | 230 | |
Australia | 21,932,000 | 150 | 76 | 226 | |
Republic of Ireland | 4,459,300 | 166 | 60 | 226 | |
Côte d'Ivoire | 21,075,000 | 225 | —[1] | 225 | |
Netherlands | 16,551,237 | 150 | 75 | 225 | |
Belgium | 10,754,528 | 150 | 71 | 221 | |
Angola | 18,498,000 | 220 | —[1] | 220 | |
Republic of Congo | 18,498,000 | 137 | 72 | 205 | |
Finland | 5,346,927 | 200 | —[1] | 200 | |
Bavaria | 12,519,312 | 187 | —[1] | 187 | |
Cambodia | 14,805,000 | 61 | 123 | 184 | |
Cameroon | 18,879,301 | 180 | —[1] | 180 | |
Denmark | 5,519,441 | 179 | —[1] | 179 | |
Belarus | 9,671,900 | 110 | 64 | 174 | |
Norway | 4,839,091 | 169 | —[1] | 169 | |
Venezuela | 26,814,843 | 167 | —[1] | 167 | |
Burundi | 8,038,618 | 49 | 118 | 167 | |
Chile | 16,973,000 | 120 | 38 | 158 | |
Bolivia | 9,775,246 | 130 | 27 | 157 | |
Chad | 10,329,208 | 155 | —[1] | 155 | |
Kazakhstan | 16,004,800 | 107 | 47 | 154 | |
Croatia | 4,435,056 | 153 | —[1] | 153 | |
Berlin | 3,396,990 | 149 | —[1] | 149 | |
Georgia | 4,385,400 | 150 | —[1] | 150 | |
Slovakia | 5,413,548 | 150 | —[1] | 150 | |
Lithuania | 3,349,872 | 141 | —[1] | 141 | |
Baden-Württemberg | 10,755,000 | 139 | —[1] | 139 | |
Albania | 3,170,000 | 140 | —[1] | 140 | |
Armenia | 3,230,100 | 131 | —[1] | 131 | |
Scotland | 5,168,500 | 129 | —[1] | 129 | |
Slovenia | 2,047,009 | 90 | 40 | 130 | |
Azerbaijan | 8,629,900 | 125 | —[1] | 125 | |
Flanders | 6,058,368 | 124 | —[1] | 124 | |
Sierra Leone | 5,696,000 | 124 | —[1] | 124 | |
Hamburg | 1,769,117 | 121 | —[1] | 121 | |
New Zealand | 4,325,900 | 122 | —[1] | 122 | |
Republic of Macedonia | 2,048,620 | 120 | —[1] | 120 | |
Israel | 7,411,000 | 120 | —[1] | 120 | |
Taiwan (Republic of China) | 23,069,000 | 113 | —[1] | 113 | |
Burkina Faso | 15,746,232 | 111 | —[1] | 111 | |
Hesse | 6,073,000 | 110 | —[1] | 110 | |
Northern Ireland | 1,775,000 | 108 | —[1] | 108 | |
Rwanda | 9,998,000 | 80 | 26 | 106 | |
Central African Republic | 4,422,000 | 105 | —[1] | 105 | |
Estonia | 1,340,415 | 101 | —[1] | 101 | |
Latvia | 2,257,300 | 100 | —[1] | 100 | |
Vienna | 1,680,266 | 100 | —[1] | 100 | |
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,613,414 | 98 | —[1] | 98 | |
Brussels-Capital Region | 1,080,790 | 93 | —[1] | 93 | |
French Community of Belgium | 93 | —[1] | 93 | ||
Brandenburg | 2,522,493 | 88 | —[1] | 88 | |
Republika Srpska | 1,439,673 | 84 | —[1] | 84 | |
Benin | 8,791,832 | 83 | —[1] | 83 | |
Bremen | 548,477 | 83 | —[1] | 83 | |
Montenegro | 624,000 | 81 | —[1] | 81 | |
Bahrain | 791,000 | 40 | 40 | 80 | |
Botswana | 1,990,876 | 61 | 15 | 76 | |
Wallonia | 3,413,978 | 75 | —[1] | 75 | |
Bhutan | 3,413,978 | 47 | 25 | 72 | |
Cape Verde | 516,733 | 72 | —[1] | 72 | |
Malta | 413,627 | 69 | —[1] | 69 | |
Iceland | 319,246 | 63 | —[1] | 63 | |
Luxembourg | 493,500 | 60 | —[1] | 60 | |
Hong Kong | 7,008,900 | 60 | —[1] | 60 | |
Wales | 3,004,600 | 60 | —[1] | 60 | |
Cyprus | 793,963 | 59 | —[1] | 59 | |
Bahamas | 330,000 | 41 | 16 | 57 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,767,000 | 42 | 15 | 57 | |
Lower Austria | 1,588,545 | 56 | —[1] | 56 | |
Upper Austria | 1,405,986 | 56 | —[1] | 56 | |
Styria | 1,203,986 | 56 | —[1] | 56 | |
Barbados | 284,589 | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
Belize | 307,899 | 31 | 13 | 44 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 85,632 | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
Burgenland | 280,350 | 36 | —[1] | 36 | |
Carinthia | 559,891 | 36 | —[1] | 36 | |
Salzburg | 529,085 | 36 | —[1] | 36 | |
Tyrol | 701,556 | 36 | —[1] | 36 | |
Vorarlberg | 372,791 | 36 | —[1] | 36 | |
Comoros | 798,000 | 33 | —[1] | 33 | |
Sark | 600 | 30 | —[1] | 30 | |
Brunei | 388,190 | 29 | —[1] | 29 | |
Andorra | 86,000 | 28 | —[1] | 28 | |
German-speaking Community of Belgium | 25 | —[1] | 25 | ||
Tuvalu | 10,000 | 15 | —[1] | 15 | |
Pitcairn | 50 | 10 | —[1] | 10 | |
Vatican City | 800 | 7 | —[1] | 7 |
Notes
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