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 sovereign states are included in this list.

Names of legislatures

The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the native language of the country

List of legislatures

Supranational legislatures

OrganisationName of houseHouse levelTerm
Voting systemSeatsPopulation
per seat		GDP per seat
European ParliamentLower5Open and closed list proportional representation
Single transferable vote 		705667,76120,983
Council of the European UnionUpperN/AIndirect 27~~
Pan-African ParliamentUnicameral5Indirect 2653,974,09814,180
Central American Integration SystemCentral American ParliamentUnicameralVaries by
country		Direct, proportional120426,2742,651
Mercosur ParliamentUnicameral5Direct, indirect proportional1221,588,88916,228
Community of Latin American and Caribbean StatesLatin American ParliamentUnicameral5Direct276~~
Arab ParliamentUnicameral68~~

Legislatures of sovereign states (Member and observer states of the United Nations)

Legislatures of autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories

Legislatures of non-UN states (including unrecognized and disputed territories)