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| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | the bicameral National Assembly consists of the Meshrano Jirga or House of Elders (102 seats, one-third of members elected from provincial councils for four-year terms, one-third elected from local district councils for three-year terms, and one-third nominated by the president for five-year terms) and the Wolesi Jirga or House of People (no more than 250 seats); members directly elected for five-year terms |
| Albania | unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi |
| Algeria | bicameral Parliament consists of the Council of the Nation (upper house; 144 seats; one-third of the members appointed by the president, two-thirds elected by indirect vote to serve six-year terms; the constitution requires half the Council to be renewed every three years) and the National People's Assembly (lower house; 389 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
| American Samoa | bicameral Fono or Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate |
| Andorra | unicameral General Council of the Valleys or Consell General de las Valls |
| Angola | unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional |
| Anguilla | unicameral House of Assembly |
| Antigua and Barbuda | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Argentina | bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate |
| Armenia | unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov |
| Aruba | unicameral Legislature or Staten |
| Australia | bicameral Federal Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Austria | bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of Federal Council or Bundesrat |
| Azerbaijan | unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis |
| Bahrain | bicameral legislature consists of the Consultative Council |
| Bangladesh | unicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats (45 reserved for women) elected by popular vote from single territorial constituencies; members serve five-year terms |
| Barbados | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Belarus | bicameral National Assembly or Natsionalnoye Sobraniye consists of the Council of the Republic or Sovet Respubliki |
| Belgium | bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate or Senaat in Dutch, Senat in French |
| Belize | bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate |
| Benin | unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale |
| Bermuda | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Bhutan | bicameral Parliament consists of the non-partisan National Council |
| Bolivia | bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of the House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats, 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members elected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Peoples and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve four-year terms); and the state-level House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats, 28 seats allocated for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 seats for the Republika Srpska; members elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms); note - Bosnia's election law specifies four-year terms for the state and first-order administrative division entity legislatures |
| Botswana | bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Chiefs (a largely advisory 15-member body with 8 ex-officio members consisting of the chiefs of the principal tribes, and 7 non-permanent members serving 5-year terms, consisting of 4 elected subchiefs and 3 members selected by the other 12 members) and the National Assembly |
| Brazil | bicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists of the Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; 3 members from each state and federal district elected according to the principle of majority to serve eight-year terms; one-third and two-thirds elected every four years, alternately) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara dos Deputados (513 seats; members are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms) |
| British Virgin Islands | unicameral House of Assembly |
| Brunei | Legislative Council met on 25 September 2004 for first time in 20 years with 21 members appointed by the Sultan; passed constitutional amendments calling for a 45-seat council with 15 elected members; Sultan dissolved council on 1 September 2005 and appointed a new council with 29 members as of 2 September 2005; council met in March 2006 and in March 2007 |
| Bulgaria | unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie |
| Burkina Faso | unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale |
| Burma | consists of the House of Nationalities [Amyotha Hluttaw] |
| Burundi | bicameral Parliament or Parlement, consists of a Senate |
| Cambodia | consists of the Senate |
| Cameroon | unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - the president can either lengthen or shorten the term of the legislature |
| Canada | bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or Senat |
| Cape Verde | unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional |
| Cayman Islands | unicameral Legislative Assembly |
| Central African Republic | unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale |
| Chad | unicameral National Assembly (155 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms); note - the 1996 constitution called for a Senate that has never been formed |
| Chile | bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado |
| China | unicameral National People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui |
| Christmas Island | unicameral Christmas Island Shire Council |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council |
| Colombia | bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Senate or Senado |
| Comoros | unicameral Assembly of the Union (33 seats; 15 deputies are selected by the individual islands' local assemblies and 18 by universal suffrage to serve for five years); |
| Congo, Republic of the | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Cook Islands | bicameral Parliament consists of a House of Ariki, or upper house, made up of traditional leaders and a Legislative Assembly, or lower house, |
| Costa Rica | unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa |
| Cote d'Ivoire | unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale |
| Croatia | unicameral Assembly or Sabor |
| Cuba | unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (number of seats in the National Assembly is based on population; 614 seats; members elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions to serve five-year terms) |
| Cyprus | unicameral - area under government control: House of Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats, 56 assigned to the Greek Cypriots, 24 to Turkish Cypriots; note - only those assigned to Greek Cypriots are filled; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: Assembly of the Republic or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
| Czech Republic | bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | bicameral legislature consists of a Senate |
| Denmark | unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing |
| Djibouti | unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (65 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - constitutional amendments in 2010 provided for the establishment of a senate |
| Dominica | unicameral House of Assembly |
| Dominican Republic | bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado |
| East Timor | unicameral National Parliament (number of seats can vary from 52 to 65; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
| Ecuador | unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional |
| Egypt | bicameral system consists of the Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (Shura Council) that traditionally functions mostly in a consultative role |
| El Salvador | unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa |
| Equatorial Guinea | unicameral House of People's Representatives or Camara de Representantes del Pueblo |
| Eritrea | unicameral National Assembly |
| Estonia | unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu |
| Ethiopia | bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation (or upper chamber responsible for interpreting the constitution and federal-regional issues) |
| European Union | two legislative bodies consisting of the Council of the European Union (27 member-state ministers having 345 votes; the number of votes is roughly proportional to member-states' population) and the European Parliament (736 seats; seats allocated among member states in proportion to population; members elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term); note - the Council is the main decision-making body of the EU, although the Commission proposes most EU legislative acts |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | unicameral Legislative Assembly (10 seats; 2 members are ex officio and 8 are elected by popular vote; members to serve four-year terms); presided over by the governor |
| Faroe Islands | unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting |
| Federated States of Micronesia | unicameral Congress |
| Fiji | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Finland | unicameral Parliament or Eduskunta |
| France | bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or Senat |
| French Guiana | unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (31 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) |
| French Polynesia | unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale |
| Gabon | bicameral legislature consists of the Senate |
| Georgia | unicameral Parliament or Parlamenti (also known as Supreme Council or Umaghlesi Sabcho) |
| Germany | bicameral legislature consists of the Federal Council or Bundesrat |
| Ghana | unicameral Parliament |
| Gibraltar | unicameral Parliament (18 seats: 17 members elected by popular vote, 1 for the Speaker appointed by Parliament; to serve four-year terms) |
| Greece | unicameral Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon |
| Greenland | unicameral Parliament or Landsting |
| Grenada | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Guadeloupe | unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) |
| Guam | unicameral Legislature |
| Guatemala | unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica |
| Guernsey | unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms); note - Alderney and Sark have parliaments |
| Guinea | the legislature was dissolved by junta leader Moussa Dadis CAMARA in December 2008 and in February 2010, the Transition Government appointed a 155 member National Transition Council (CNT) that has since acted in the legislature's place |
| Guinea-Bissau | unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular |
| Guyana | unicameral National Assembly |
| Haiti | bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale consists of the Senate (30 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamber of Deputies (99 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms); note - in reestablishing the Senate in 2006, the candidate in each department receiving the most votes in the last election serves six years, the candidate with the second most votes serves four years, and the candidate with the third most votes serves two years |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | unicameral Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
| Honduras | unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional |
| Hong Kong | unicameral Legislative Council or LegCo |
| Hungary | unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules |
| Iceland | unicameral Parliament or Althing |
| India | bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of the Council of States or Rajya Sabha (a body consisting of not more than 250 members up to 12 of whom are appointed by the president, the remainder are chosen by the elected members of the state and territorial assemblies; members serve six-year terms) and the People's Assembly or Lok Sabha |
| Indonesia | People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat or MPR) is the upper house; it consists of members of the DPR and DPD and has role in inaugurating and impeaching the president and in amending the constitution but does not formulate national policy; House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) |
| Iran | unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly or Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami or Majles |
| Iraq | unicameral Council of Representatives (325 seats consisting of 317 members elected by an optional open-list, proportional representation system and 8 seats reserved for minorities; members serve four-year terms); note - Iraq's Constitution calls for the establishment of an upper house, the Federation Council |
| Ireland | bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate or Seanad Eireann |
| Israel | unicameral Knesset |
| Italy | bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of the Senate or Senato della Repubblica (315 seats; members elected by proportional vote with the winning coalition in each region receiving 55% of seats from that region; members to serve five-year terms; and up to 5 senators for life appointed by the president of the Republic) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camera dei Deputati (630 seats; members elected by popular vote with the winning national coalition receiving 54% of chamber seats; members to serve five-year terms); note - it has not been clarified if each president has the power to designate up to five senators or if five is the number of senators for life who might sit in the Senate |
| Jamaica | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 21-member body appointed by the governor general on the recommendations of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; ruling party is allocated 13 seats, and the opposition is allocated 8 seats) and the House of Representatives |
| Japan | bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of the House of Councillors or Sangi-in (242 seats - members elected for fixed six-year terms; half reelected every three years; 146 members in multi-seat constituencies and 96 by proportional representation) and the House of Representatives or Shugi-in (480 seats - members elected for maximum four-year terms; 300 in single-seat constituencies; 180 members by proportional representation in 11 regional blocs); the prime minister has the right to dissolve the House of Representatives at any time with the concurrence of the cabinet |
| Jersey | unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey |
| Jordan | bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of the Senate, also called the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (60 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies, also called the House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab (120 seats; members elected using a single, non-transferable vote system in multi-member districts to serve four-year terms); note - the new electoral law enacted in May 2010 allocated an additional 10 seats (6 seats added to the number reserved for women, bringing the total to 12; 2 additional seats for Amman; and 1 seat each for the cities of Zarqa and Irbid; unchanged are 9 seats reserved for Christian candidates, 9 for Bedouin candidates, and 3 for Jordanians of Chechen or Circassian descent |
| Kazakhstan | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Kenya | unicameral National Assembly or Bunge usually referred to as Parliament |
| Kiribati | unicameral House of Parliament or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu |
| Kuwait | unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Umma |
| Kyrgyzstan | unicameral Supreme Council or Jogorku Kengesh |
| Laos | unicameral National Assembly |
| Latvia | unicameral Parliament or Saeima |
| Lebanon | unicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-Nuwab (Arabic) or Assemblee Nationale (French) |
| Lesotho | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Liberia | bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (30 seats; note - number of seats changed in 11 October 2005 elections; members elected by popular vote to serve nine-year terms) and the House of Representatives (64 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) |
| Libya | unicameral General People's Congress |
| Liechtenstein | unicameral Parliament or Landtag |
| Lithuania | unicameral Parliament or Seimas |
| Luxembourg | unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes |
| Macau | unicameral Legislative Assembly |
| Madagascar | bicameral legislature consists of a National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (127 seats - reduced from 160 seats by an April 2007 national referendum; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and a Senate or Senat (100 seats; two-thirds of the seats filled by regional assemblies; the remaining one-third of seats appointed by the president; to serve four-year terms) |
| Malawi | unicameral National Assembly |
| Malaysia | bicameral Parliament or Parlimen consists of Senate or Dewan Negara |
| Maldives | unicameral People's Council or People's Majlis (77 seats; members elected by direct vote to serve five-year terms); note - the Majlis in February 2009 passed legislation that increased the number of seats to 77 from 50 |
| Mali | unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale |
| Malta | unicameral House of Representatives (normally 65 seats; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve five-year terms; note - the Parliament elected in 2008 is composed of 69 seats; when the political party winning the plurality of votes does not win a majority of seats, the constitution provides that a sufficient number of seats will be added to Parliament to ensure that the party that won the elections has a majority in Parliament) |
| Marshall Islands | unicameral legislature or Nitijela |
| Martinique | unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) |
| Mauritania | bicameral legislature consists of the Senate or Majlis al-Shuyukh |
| Mauritius | unicameral National Assembly |
| Mayotte | unicameral General Council or Conseil General |
| Mexico | bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of the Senate or Camara de Senadores |
| Moldova | unicameral Parliament or Parlamentul |
| Monaco | unicameral National Council or Conseil National |
| Mongolia | unicameral State Great Hural 76 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms |
| Montserrat | unicameral Legislative Council |
| Morocco | bicameral Parliament consists of the Chamber of Counselors (or upper house) |
| Mozambique | unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica |
| Namibia | bicameral legislature consists of the National Council, primarily an advisory body |
| Nauru | unicameral parliament |
| Nepal | unicameral Constituent Assembly |
| Netherlands | bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of the First Chamber or Eerste Kamer |
| Netherlands Antilles | unicameral States or Staten (22 seats, Curacao 14, Bonaire 3, St. Maarten 3, St. Eustatius 1, Saba 1; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) |
| New Caledonia | unicameral Territorial Congress or Congres du territoire (54 seats; members belong to the three Provincial Assemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
| New Zealand | unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called Parliament (usually 120 seats; 70 members elected by popular vote in single-member constituencies including 7 Maori constituencies, 50 proportional seats chosen from party lists; serve three-year terms) |
| Nicaragua | unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional |
| Niger | unicameral National Assembly |
| Nigeria | bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate |
| Niue | unicameral Legislative Assembly |
| Norfolk Island | unicameral Legislative Assembly |
| North Korea | unicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui |
| Northern Mariana Islands | bicameral legislature consists of the Senate |
| Norway | modified unicameral Parliament or Storting |
| Oman | bicameral Majlis Oman consists of Majlis al-Dawla or upper chamber |
| Pakistan | bicameral parliament or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of the Senate |
| Palau | bicameral National Congress or Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) consists of the Senate |
| Panama | unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional |
| Papua New Guinea | unicameral National Parliament (109 seats, 89 filled from open electorates and 20 from provinces and national capital district; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); constitution allows up to 126 seats |
| Paraguay | bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores |
| Peru | unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru or Congreso de la Republica del Peru |
| Philippines | bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senate or Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; members elected at large by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Nga Kinatawan; the House has 287 seats including 230 members in one tier representing districts and 57 sectoral party-list members in a second tier representing special minorities elected on the basis of one seat for every 2% of the total vote but with each party limited to three seats; a party represented in one tier may not hold seats in the other tier; all House members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms |
| Pitcairn Islands | unicameral Island Council |
| Poland | bicameral legislature consists of an upper house, the Senate or Senat (100 seats; members elected by a majority vote on a provincial basis to serve four-year terms), and a lower house, the Sejm (460 seats; members elected under a complex system of proportional representation to serve four-year terms); the designation of National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only used on those rare occasions when the two houses meet jointly |
| Portugal | unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica |
| Puerto Rico | bicameral Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate (at least 27 seats; members directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives |
| Qatar | unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura |
| Reunion | unicameral General Council (49 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council (45 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve six-year terms) |
| Romania | bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat |
| Russia | bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of an upper house, the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (168 seats; as of July 2000, members appointed by the top executive and legislative officials in each of the 84 federal administrative units - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts, and the federal cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg; to serve four-year terms) and a lower house, the State Duma or Gosudarstvennaya Duma (450 seats; as of 2007, all members elected by proportional representation from party lists winning at least 7% of the vote; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) |
| Rwanda | bicameral Parliament consists of Senate |
| Saint Barthelemy | unicameral Territorial Council |
| Saint Helena | unicameral Legislative Council (16 seats, including the speaker, three ex officio and 12 elected members; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | unicameral National Assembly |
| Saint Lucia | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Saint Martin | unicameral Territorial Council |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | unicameral Territorial Council or Conseil Territorial |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | unicameral House of Assembly |
| Samoa | unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono |
| San Marino | unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale |
| Sao Tome and Principe | unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional |
| Saudi Arabia | Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (150 members and a chairman appointed by the monarch to serve four-year terms); note - though the Council of Ministers announced in October 2003 its intent to introduce elections for a third of the Majlis al-Shura incrementally over a period of four to five years, to date no such elections have been held or announced |
| Senegal | bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate, reinstituted in 2007, |
| Serbia and Montenegro | unicameral National Assembly |
| Seychelles | unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale |
| Sierra Leone | unicameral Parliament |
| Singapore | unicameral Parliament (84 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - in addition, there are up to 9 nominated members; up to three losing opposition candidates who came closest to winning seats may be appointed as "nonconstituency" members |
| Slovakia | unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic or Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky |
| Slovenia | bicameral Parliament consists of a National Council or Drzavni Svet |
| Solomon Islands | unicameral National Parliament |
| Somalia | unicameral National Assembly |
| South Africa | bicameral Parliament consisting of the National Council of Provinces |
| South Korea | unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe |
| Spain | bicameral; General Courts or National Assembly or Las Cortes Generales consists of the Senate or Senado (264 seats as of 2008; 208 members directly elected by popular vote and the other 56 - as of 2008 - appointed by the regional legislatures; to serve four-year terms) and the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; each of the 50 electoral provinces fills a minimum of two seats and the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla fill one seat each with members serving a four-year term; the other 248 members are determined by proportional representation based on popular vote on block lists who serve four-year terms) |
| Sri Lanka | unicameral Parliament |
| Sudan | bicameral National Legislature consists of a Council of States |
| Suriname | unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee |
| Swaziland | bicameral Parliament or Libandla consists of the Senate |
| Sweden | unicameral Parliament or Riksdag |
| Switzerland | bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblee Federale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of the Council of States or Standerat (in German), Conseil des Etats (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats; membership consists of 2 representatives from each canton and 1 from each half canton; to serve four-year terms) and the National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) |
| Syria | unicameral People's Council or Majlis al-Shaab |
| Taiwan | unicameral Legislative Yuan (113 seats - 73 district members elected by popular vote, 34 at-large members elected on basis of proportion of islandwide votes received by participating political parties, 6 elected by popular vote among aboriginal populations; members to serve four-year terms); parties must receive 5% of vote to qualify for at-large seats |
| Tajikistan | bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of the National Assembly (upper chamber) or Majlisi Milli |
| Tanzania | unicameral National Assembly or Bunge |
| Thailand | bicameral National Assembly or Rathasapha consisted of the Senate or Wuthisapha |
| The Bahamas | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16 seats; members appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader to serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (41 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); the government may dissolve the Parliament and call elections at any time |
| The Gambia | unicameral National Assembly |
| Togo | unicameral National Assembly |
| Tokelau | unicameral General Fono (20 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms based upon proportional representation from the three islands; Atafu has 7 seats, Fakaofo has 7 seats, Nukunonu has 6 seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power to the General Fono |
| Tonga | unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea |
| Trinidad and Tobago | bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate |
| Tunisia | bicameral system consists of the Chamber of Advisors |
| Turkey | unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi |
| Turkmenistan | unicameral parliament known as the National Assembly (Mejlis) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | under provisions of the Order in Council, the unicameral House of Assembly is dissolved and all seats vacated for a period of up to two years; in the interim, a Consultative Forum, appointed by the governor, will be established |
| Tuvalu | unicameral Parliament or Fale I Fono, also called House of Assembly |
| Uganda | unicameral National Assembly |
| Ukraine | unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada |
| United Arab Emirates | unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani |
| United Kingdom | bicameral Parliament consists of House of Lords |
| United States | bicameral Congress consists of the Senate |
| Uruguay | bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores |
| Uzbekistan | bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of an upper house or Senate |
| Vanuatu | unicameral Parliament |
| Venezuela | unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (167 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela) |
| Vietnam | unicameral National Assembly or Quoc Hoi |
| Virgin Islands | unicameral Senate |
| Wallis and Futuna | unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale |
| Yemen | bicameral legislature consisting of a Shura Council |
| Zambia | unicameral National Assembly |
| Zimbabwe | bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate |
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TOP STATS: Happy Planet Index, Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts, Food and drink > Beer consumption and 67 more
Disasters
The tsunami rocked the civilized world with its widespread devastation. Learn the details of the losses incurred by the countries affected. How are the developed countries helping out? Who has pledged the most money? How do they compare? Check out...
TOP STATS: Chernobyl > Contaminated area (percent of country), Storm deaths > 2009, Tsunami > Death toll and 47 more
Economy
This category is all about money. GDP. Aid. Gross national income. Debt. Inflation. Trade balance. Foreign investment. Government spending. You get the idea.
TOP STATS: GDP, GDP per capita, Gross National Income and 3717 more
Education
Any and every statistic which can be collected about schooling and the whole education sector can be found here. What is the duration of education in different countries? Is the percentage of enrollment different for sexes? How long do students spend learning their mother tongues? What is the mathematical aptitude of the average 8 year old? How many university degrees are awarded to females? What is the percentage of students who find school boring? We've tabulated them all for you.
TOP STATS: Children out of school, primary, Pupil-teacher ratio, primary, Compulsary education duration and 908 more
Energy
How does your country fare in Traditional Fuel Consumption? In Geothermal Energy Consumption? How many barrels of oil were imported into your country last year? Does your production of hydroelectricity match your consumption? Which countries in the world successfully produce nuclear energy for consumption? What is the average energy usage per person? All your questions regarding different forms of energy, their generation and consumption have been answered here.
TOP STATS: Commercial energy use, Electricity > Consumption > Per capita, Electricity > Consumption and 2387 more
Environment
How much area is declared as protected in the different countries of the world? How many endangered species of reptiles, mammals, birds etc are found in different countries? What are the national levels of pollution? Emissions? Nuclear waste generation? Salination of water resources and expenditure for waste treatment. International treaties, ratification and complaince. You'll find almost all statistics related to environmental pollution and conservational efforts here.
TOP STATS: Marine fish catch, Ecological footprint, Pollution perceptions > Air pollution and 331 more
Geography
All the stats pertaining to the physical features of the country in question can be found here. This implies that if you are looking for the co-ordinates or map references of countries, the land area, climate, boundaries, terrain, natural resources or coastlines, your search ends here.
TOP STATS: Land area > Square miles, Area > Comparative, Climate and 102 more
Government
This category is all about the functioning of the government machinery. So, you'll find stats on the goverment administrative divisions, the executive, legistative and judiciary branches, constitution, parliamentary seats, secession attemps, suffrage, corruption - everything connected with our esteemed politicians.
TOP STATS: Government type, Legal system, Legislative branch and 392 more
Health
Statistics about the health of a country's citizens are present in this category. You can find stats related to birth weights, rates on smoking, HIV incidence, incidence of cancer, circulatory and other diseases, stats on infant and maternal mortality, life expectancy, suicide rates, teenage pergnancy and other health related topics. We also have some details on health expenditure and health care funding out here.
TOP STATS: Physicians > Per 1,000 people, Births and maternity > Total fertility rate, Human height > Average female height and 529 more
Industry
Lists all industry related stats like production of cars, buses trucks, LCVs, different industries like biotech firms and so on.
TOP STATS: Manufacturing output, Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ per capita, Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ and 94 more
Labor
You can find detailed stats on the economic activity of the labor force broken over different age-groups and sexes. We also have stats on employment in different sectors, trade union memberships, the average work time, the average number of days the workers take off or even just don't show up! How many female decision makers does a country have? Doctors? What is the normal gender division of the housework? What are the unemployment details and benefits available? How long does an average person need to work to buy a loaf of bread? A car? A television set? Compare these values for different countries.
TOP STATS: Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage, Average monthly wage > Local currency > Net, Labor force > By occupation and 374 more
Language
What are the main languages spoken in the countries? How many English language speakers are there per country? How about French and Spanish? Check out the results here..
TOP STATS: Languages, Major language(s), French status and 21 more
Lifestyle
Here we rank countries based on amphetamine and cannabis use. But more interestingly, we go into their mindset. What do the citizens of different countries think of their armed forces? Will they report a crime? Do they trust their neighbours? What about their governments? Are they happy with life in general? How charitable are they? What is their political orientation? Are they proud of their countries? Will they fight for their countries? This is an utterly captivating category.
TOP STATS: Quality of life index, Happiness level > Very happy, Happiness net and 110 more
Media
Countries are ranked here depending on the penetration level of computers, phones, fax machines, radios, television sets, mobile phones etc. We also have other stats related to media like vastness of different networks, revenue and employment in different telecom sectors here.
TOP STATS: Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita, Internet > Internet users per thousand people, Internet users and 429 more
Military
Want to know the size of the army in Iran? The number of tanks in Germany? Want to compare the weapon holdings in North and South Korea? Worried about the WMDs world over? Need to know the exact number of countries who have signed terrorism conventions? Or just curious about the coalition forces in the Gulf War? We've tried to collect all details available in the public domain for you here.
TOP STATS: Air force > Combat aircraft, Army > Main battle tanks, Budget and 285 more
People
Facts relating to the actual life of people are found here. So we have birth and death rates, marriage and divorce rates, single parents, one-person households and teenage pregnancies, size of households and elderly institutions, ethnicity and chinese population - just about every stat you always wanted to know! What is the average age of women when they first get married? How happy are they when compared to their mothers? What is the gender development index in different countries? What will the population be in 2020? Don't miss this category even if you didn't come searching for it specifically.
TOP STATS: Population, Age distribution > Population aged 0-14, Population > Population growth, past and future and 1058 more
Religion
Where else could you find the number of Catholics, Catholic priests, Catholic parishes, Jehovahs Witnesses and the number of permanent deacons, and compare them all between major nations in a per-capita format? Check them all here.
TOP STATS: Religions, Religions > All, Major religion(s) and 111 more
Sports
Who scored the maximum medals in the olympics? What about the summer and winter olympics? What are the latest FIFA rankings? Which country has the maximum number of Mt. Everest ascents? Get all the answers in this sports section.
TOP STATS: Chess > GrandMasters, Chess > GrandMasters per million, Winter olympic medals > All time and 508 more
Terrorism
This is a category which needs particular highlighting as the growing concern and need for awareness continues to press upon our front pages, in the minds of our leadership and politicians, and indeed, in our everyday conversations. We hope to expand this category into timely and essential data you can rely on to make sense of global and national security, political and societal violence, and our perceptions which are shaped by these notions.
TOP STATS: Global Terrorism Indicator, Number of Known Terrorist Organizations Present, Background and 30 more
Transport
Here you can find the numbers on the different modes of transportation. How many cars does a country have? Airports? What is the lenght of its highways? What proportion is paved? What about runways, heliports and ports? Lets not leave out waterways or the merchant navy. We have them all here.
TOP STATS: Road > Motor vehicles per 1000 people, Road network length > Km, Road density > Km of road per 100 sq. km of land area and 446 more
Travel
TOP STATS: Inbound tourism > Arrivals, Outbound tourism > Departures, Inbound tourism > Tourist expenditure per capita and 19 more
Weather
TOP STATS: Temperature > Highest temperature ever recorded, Precipitation, Precipitation per capita and 4 more
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| A note | 57 |
| Election results | 233 |
| Elections | 236 |
| Note | 77 |
