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Country Type Lower house[1] Upper house[1]

United Kingdom bicameral 650 780


Italy bicameral 630 321
France bicameral 577 348
India bicameral 545 245
European Union bicameral 751 28
Japan bicameral 475 242
Germany bicameral 630 69
Indonesia bicameral 560 132
Mexico bicameral 500 128
Russia bicameral 450 166
Spain bicameral 350 257
Brazil bicameral 513 81
Turkey unicameral 550
United States bicameral 435 100
South Africa bicameral 400 90
Canada bicameral 338 105
Sweden unicameral 349
Argentina bicameral 257 72
Colombia bicameral 166 102
Switzerland bicameral 200 46
Portugal unicameral 230
Australia bicameral 150 76
Netherlands bicameral 150 75
Belgium bicameral 150 71
Finland unicameral 200
Denmark unicameral 179
Norway unicameral 169
Bolivia bicameral 130 36
Venezuela unicameral 165
Chile bicameral 120 38
Guatemala unicameral 158
Ecuador unicameral 137
Peru unicameral 130
Uruguay bicameral 99 30
Paraguay bicameral 80 45
Israel unicameral 120
New Zealand unicameral 120 usually

Nicaragua unicameral 92
Panama unicameral 71

Kuwait unicameral 65

Iceland unicameral 63

Costa Rica unicameral 57


Lower house to Total Population[2] Population/seats
upper house ratio
0.833 1,430 63,742,977 44,576
1.963 951 61,680,122 64,858
1.658 925 66,259,012 71,631
2.224 790 1,236,344,631 1,564,993
26.821 779 511,434,812 656,527
1.983 722 127,103,388 176,043
9.13 699 80,996,685 115,875
4.242 692 253,609,643 366,488
3.906 628 120,286,655 191,539
2.711 616 142,470,272 231,283
1.362 607 47,737,941 78,646
6.333 594 202,656,788 341,173
550 81,619,392 148,399
4.35 535 318,892,103 596,060
4.444 490 48,375,645 98,726
2.933 413 34,834,841 84,346
349 9,723,809 27,862
3.569 329 43,024,374 130,773
1.627 268 46,245,297 172,557
4.348 246 8,061,516 32,770
230 10,813,834 47,017
1.974 226 22,507,617 99,591
2 225 16,877,351 75,010
2.113 221 10,449,361 47,282
200 5,268,799 26,344
179 5,569,077 31,112
169 5,147,792 30,460
3.611 166 10,631,486 64,045
165 28,868,486 174,961
3.158 158 17,363,894 109,898
158 14,647,083 92,703
137 15,654,411 114,266
130 30,147,935 231,907
3.3 129 3,332,972 25,837
1.778 125 6,703,860 53,631
120 7,821,850 65,182
120 usually 4,401,916

92 5,848,641 63,572
71 3,608,431 50,823

65 2,742,711 42,196

63 317,351 5,037

57 4,755,234 83,425
Country Type Lower Upper Lower Total Population[2]
house[1] house[1] house to
upper
house ratio
Iceland unicameral 63 63 317,351
Uruguay bicameral 99 30 3.3 129 3,332,972
Finland unicameral 200 200 5,268,799
Sweden unicameral 349 349 9,723,809
Norway unicameral 169 169 5,147,792
Denmark unicameral 179 179 5,569,077
Switzerland bicameral 200 46 4,348 246 8,061,516
New Zealand unicameral 120 120 4,401,916
Kuwait unicameral 65 65 2,742,711
United Kingdom bicameral 650 780 0.833 1,430 63,742,977
Portugal unicameral 230 230 10,813,834
Belgium bicameral 150 71 2,113 221 10,449,361
Panama unicameral 71 71 3,608,431
Paraguay bicameral 80 45 1,778 125 6,703,860
Nicaragua unicameral 92 92 5,848,641
Bolivia bicameral 130 36 3,611 166 10,631,486
Italy bicameral 630 321 1,963 951 61,680,122
Israel unicameral 120 120 7,821,850
France bicameral 577 348 1,658 925 66,259,012
Netherlands bicameral 150 75 2 225 16,877,351
Spain bicameral 350 257 1,362 607 47,737,941
Costa Rica unicameral 57 57 4,755,234
Chile bicameral 157 50 3,158 207 17,363,894
Canada bicameral 338 105 2,933 413 34,834,841
Guatemala unicameral 158 158 14,647,083
South Africa bicameral 400 90 4,444 490 48,375,645
Australia bicameral 150 76 1,974 226 22,507,617
Ecuador unicameral 137 137 15,654,411
Germany bicameral 630 69 9.13 699 80,996,685
Argentina bicameral 257 72 3,569 329 43,024,374
Turkey unicameral 550 550 81,619,392
Colombia bicameral 166 102 1,627 268 46,245,297
Venezuela unicameral 165 165 28,868,486
Japan bicameral 475 242 1,983 722 127,103,388
Mexico bicameral 500 128 3,906 628 120,286,655
Russia bicameral 450 166 2,711 616 142,470,272
Peru unicameral 130 130 30,147,935
Brazil bicameral 513 81 6,333 594 202,656,788
Indonesia bicameral 560 132 4,242 692 253,609,643
United States bicameral 435 100 4.35 535 318,892,103
European Union bicameral 751 28 26,821 779 511,434,812
India bicameral 545 245 2,224 790 1,236,344,631
Population/
seats

5,037 199
25,837 39
26,344 38
27,862 36
30,460 33
31,112 32
32,770 31
36,683 27
42,196 24
44,576 22
47,017 21
47,282 21
50,823 20
53,631 19
63,572 16
64,045 16
64,858 15
65,182 15
71,631 14
75,010 13
78,646 13
83,425 12
83,884 12
84,346 12
92,703 11
98,726 10
99,591 10
114,266 9
115,875 9
130,773 8
148,399 7
172,557 6
174,961 6
176,043 6
191,539 5
231,283 4
231,907 4
341,173 3
366,488 3
596,060 2
656,527 2
1,564,993 1
Country Type Lower house[1] Upper house[1] Lower house to upper hou

China unicameral 2,987

United Kingdom bicameral 650 780 0.833

Italy bicameral 630 321 1.963

France bicameral 577 348 1.658

India bicameral 545 245 2.224

European Union bicameral 751 28 26.821

Japan bicameral 475 242 1.983

Germany bicameral 630 69 9.13

Indonesia bicameral 560 132 4.242

Korea, North unicameral 687

Morocco bicameral 395 270 1.463

Burma (Myanmar) bicameral 440 224 1.964

Ethiopia bicameral 547 108 5.065

Thailand bicameral 500 150 3.333

Mexico bicameral 500 128 3.906

Russia bicameral 450 166 2.711

Cuba unicameral 612[3]

Congo, Democratic bicameral 500 108 4.630


Republic of the

Spain bicameral 350 257 1.362

Algeria bicameral 462 144 3.208

Nepal unicameral 601

Brazil bicameral 513 81 6.333

Romania bicameral 412 176 2.341

Poland bicameral 460 100 4.6

Turkey unicameral 550

United States bicameral 435 100 4.35

Sudan bicameral 450 50 9

Vietnam unicameral 500


South Africa bicameral 400 90 4.444

Nigeria bicameral 360 109 3.303

Egypt unicameral 450 minimum

Ukraine unicameral 450

Pakistan bicameral 342 104 3.288

Kenya bicameral 349 67 5.209


Canada bicameral 338 105 2.933

Yemen bicameral 301 111 2.712

South Sudan bicameral 332 50 6.64

Uganda unicameral 375

Tanzania unicameral 357

Afghanistan bicameral 250 maximum 102

Zimbabwe bicameral 270 80 3.375

Sweden unicameral 349

Argentina bicameral 257 72 3.569

Somalia bicameral 275 54 5.093

Iraq unicameral 325

Philippines bicameral 297 24 12.375

Bangladesh unicameral 300

Greece unicameral 300

Korea, South unicameral 300

Malaysia bicameral 222 70 3.171

Iran unicameral 290

Czech Republic bicameral 200 81 2.469

Cameroon bicameral 180 100 1.8

Ghana unicameral 275

Colombia bicameral 166 102 1.627

Cte d'Ivoire unicameral 255

Mozambique unicameral 250

Serbia unicameral 250

Syria unicameral 250


Uzbekistan bicameral 150 100 1.5

Switzerland bicameral 200 46 4.348

Austria bicameral 183 62 2.952

Bulgaria unicameral 240

Portugal unicameral 230

Australia bicameral 150 76 1.974

Ireland bicameral 166 60 2.767

Netherlands bicameral 150 75 2

Sri Lanka unicameral 225

Gabon bicameral 120 102 1.176

Belgium bicameral 150 71 2.113

Angola unicameral 220


Tunisia unicameral 217

Dominican Republic bicameral 183 32 5.719

Congo, Republic of the bicameral 139 72 1.931

Jordan bicameral 150 60 2.5

Mauritania bicameral 146 56 2.607

Finland unicameral 200

Libya unicameral 200

Hungary unicameral 199

Malawi unicameral 193

Chad unicameral 188

Cambodia bicameral 123 61 2.016

Madagascar bicameral 151 33 4.576

Denmark unicameral 179

Belarus bicameral 110 64 1.719

Equatorial Guinea bicameral 100 70 1.429

Norway unicameral 169

Bolivia bicameral 130 36 3.611

Venezuela unicameral 165

Mali unicameral 160

Chile bicameral 120 38 3.158


Guatemala unicameral 158

Zambia unicameral 158

Oman bicameral 84 71 1.183

Burundi bicameral 100 minimum 54

Kazakhstan bicameral 107 47 2.277

Lesotho bicameral 120 33 3.636

Croatia unicameral 151

Eritrea unicameral 150

Georgia unicameral 150

Saudi Arabia unicameral 150

Senegal unicameral 150

Slovakia unicameral 150

Lithuania unicameral 141

Albania unicameral 140

Ecuador unicameral 137

Laos unicameral 132

Armenia unicameral 131


Peru unicameral 130

Slovenia bicameral 90 40 2.25

Haiti bicameral 99 30 3.3

Uruguay bicameral 99 30 3.3

Honduras unicameral 128

Lebanon unicameral 128

Burkina Faso unicameral 127

Azerbaijan unicameral 125

Paraguay bicameral 80 45 1.778

Turkmenistan unicameral 125

Sierra Leone unicameral 124

Macedonia unicameral 123

Israel unicameral 120

Kosovo unicameral 120

Kyrgyzstan unicameral 120


New Zealand unicameral 120 usually

Guinea unicameral 114

Niger unicameral 113

Taiwan unicameral 113

Papua New Guinea unicameral 111

Rwanda bicameral 80 26 3.077

Central African unicameral 105


Republic

Liberia bicameral 73 30 2.433

Guinea-Bissau unicameral 102

Estonia unicameral 101

Moldova unicameral 101

Latvia unicameral 100

Botswana bicameral 63 35 1.8

Namibia bicameral 72 26 2.769

Tajikistan bicameral 63 34 1.853

Swaziland bicameral 65 30 2.167

Nicaragua unicameral 92

Togo unicameral 91

Singapore unicameral 87

Maldives unicameral 85

El Salvador unicameral 84
Jamaica bicameral 63 21 3

Benin unicameral 83
Montenegro unicameral 81

Bahrain bicameral 40 40 1

Cyprus unicameral 80

Puerto Rico bicameral 51 27 or more

Mongolia unicameral 76

Bhutan bicameral 47 25 1.88

Cabo Verde unicameral 72

Trinidad and Tobago bicameral 41 31 1.323


Panama unicameral 71

Hong Kong unicameral 70

Mauritius unicameral 70

Djibouti unicameral 65

Guyana unicameral 65
Kuwait unicameral 65

Malta unicameral 65 normally

Timor-Leste unicameral 52 to 65

Iceland unicameral 63

Luxembourg unicameral 60
San Marino unicameral 60

Jersey unicameral 58
Bosnia and bicameral 42 15 2.800
rzegovina

Costa Rica unicameral 57

French Polynesia unicameral 57


So Tom and Prncipe unicameral 55

Bahamas, The bicameral 38 16 2.375

New Caledonia unicameral 54

Gambia, The unicameral 53

Vanuatu unicameral 52

Barbados bicameral 30 21 1.429

Suriname unicameral 51
Fiji unicameral 50[4] 50 903,207 8,769

Solomon Islands unicameral 50

Samoa unicameral 49

Bermuda bicameral 36 11 3.273


Kiribati
unicameral 46
Guernsey unicameral 45

Qatar unicameral 45

Belize bicameral 31 12 2.583

United Arab Emirates unicameral 40


American Samoa bicameral 21 18 1.167

Isle of Man bicameral 24 11 2.182

Antigua and Barbuda bicameral 17 17 1

Seychelles unicameral 34

Brunei unicameral 33

Comoros unicameral 33

Faroe Islands unicameral 33

Macau unicameral 33

Marshall Islands unicameral 33

Dominica unicameral 32

Greenland unicameral 31

Northern Mariana bicameral 20 9 2.222


Islands

Andorra unicameral 28 minimum

Grenada bicameral 15 13 1.154

Saint Lucia bicameral 17 11 1.545

Tonga unicameral 26

Liechtenstein unicameral 25

Palau bicameral 16 9 1.778

Monaco unicameral 24

Saint Martin unicameral 23

Aruba unicameral 21

Cayman Islands unicameral 21

Curaao unicameral 21

Saint Vincent and the unicameral 21


Grenadines

Niue unicameral 20

Tokelau unicameral 20

Wallis and Futuna unicameral 20

Nauru unicameral 19

Saint Barthelemy unicameral 19

Saint Pierre and unicameral 19


Miquelon
Turks and Caicos unicameral 19
Islands

Gibraltar unicameral 18

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha


unicameral 17

British Virgin Islands unicameral 15

Guam unicameral 15

Sint Maarten unicameral 15

Tuvalu unicameral 15

United States Virgin unicameral 15


Islands

Micronesia, Federated unicameral 14


States of

Saint Kitts and Nevis unicameral 14

Anguilla unicameral 11

Montserrat unicameral 11

Falkland Islands unicameral 10

Pitcairn Islands unicameral 10

Christmas Island unicameral 9

Norfolk Island unicameral 9

Cocos (Keeling) Islands unicameral 7

Vatican City unicameral 7[5]

Cook Islands bicameral 24 N/A N/A


Lower house to upper house ratio
Total Population[2] Population/seats

2,987 1,355,692,576 453,864

0.833 1,430 63,742,977 44,576

1.963 951 61,680,122 64,858

1.658 925 66,259,012 71,631

2.224 790 1,236,344,631 1,564,993

26.821 779 511,434,812 656,527

1.983 722 127,103,388 176,043

9.13 699 80,996,685 115,875

4.242 692 253,609,643 366,488

687 24,851,627 36,174

1.463 665 32,987,206 49,605

1.964 664 55,746,253 83,955

5.065 655 96,633,458 147,532

3.333 650 67,741,401 104,218

3.906 628 120,286,655 191,539

2.711 616 142,470,272 231,283

612 11,047,251 18,051

4.630 608 77,433,744 127,358

1.362 607 47,737,941 78,646

3.208 606 38,813,722 64,049

601 30,986,975 51,559

6.333 594 202,656,788 341,173

2.341 588 21,729,871 36,956

4.6 560 38,346,279 68,475

550 81,619,392 148,399

4.35 535 318,892,103 596,060

9 500 35,482,233 70,964

500 93,421,835 186,844


4.444 490 48,375,645 98,726

3.303 469 177,155,754 377,731

450 minimum 86,895,099

450 44,291,413 98,425

3.288 446 196,174,380 439,853

5.209 416 45,010,056 108,197


2.933 413 34,834,841 84,346

2.712 412 26,052,966 63,235

6.64 382 11,562,695 30,269

375 35,918,915 95,784

357 49,639,138 139,045

31,822,848

3.375 350 13,771,721 39,348

349 9,723,809 27,862

3.569 329 43,024,374 130,773

5.093 329 10,428,043 31,696

325 32,585,692 100,264

12.375 321 107,668,231 346,200

300 166,280,712 554,269

300 10,775,557 35,919

300 49,039,986 163,467

3.171 292 30,073,353 102,991

290 80,840,713 278,761

2.469 281 10,627,448 37,820

1.8 280 23,130,708 82,610

275 25,758,108 93,666

1.627 268 46,245,297 172,557

255 22,848,945 89,604

250 24,692,144 98,769

250 7,209,764 28,839

250 17,951,639 71,807


1.5 250 28,929,716 115,719

4.348 246 8,061,516 32,770

2.952 245 8,223,062 33,564

240 6,924,716 28,853

230 10,813,834 47,017

1.974 226 22,507,617 99,591

2.767 226 4,832,765 21,384

2 225 16,877,351 75,010

225 21,866,445 97,184

1.176 222 1,672,597 7,534

2.113 221 10,449,361 47,282

220 19,088,106 86,764


217 10,937,521 50,403

5.719 215 10,349,741 48,138

1.931 211 4,662,446 22,097

2.5 210 7,930,491 37,764

2.607 202 3,516,806 17,410

200 5,268,799 26,344

200 6,244,174 31,221

199 9,919,128 49,845

193 17,377,468 90,039

188 11,412,107 60,703

2.016 184 15,458,332 84,013

4.576 184 23,201,926 126,097

179 5,569,077 31,112

1.719 174 9,608,058 55,219

1.429 170 722,254 4,249

169 5,147,792 30,460

3.611 166 10,631,486 64,045

165 28,868,486 174,961

160 16,455,903 102,849

3.158 158 17,363,894 109,898


158 14,647,083 92,703

158 14,638,505 92,649

1.183 155 3,219,775 20,773

10,395,931

2.277 154 17,948,816 116,551

3.636 153 1,942,008 12,693

151 4,470,534 29,606

150 6,380,803 42,539

150 4,935,880 32,906

150 27,345,986 182,307

150 13,635,927 90,906

150 5,443,583 36,291

141 3,505,738 24,863

140 3,020,209 21,573

137 15,654,411 114,266

132 6,803,699 51,543

131 3,060,631 23,364


130 30,147,935 231,907

2.25 130 1,988,292 15,295

3.3 129 9,996,731 77,494

3.3 129 3,332,972 25,837

128 8,598,561 67,176

128 5,882,562 45,958

127 18,365,123 144,607

125 9,686,210 77,490

1.778 125 6,703,860 53,631

125 5,171,943 41,376

124 5,743,725 46,320

123 2,091,719 17,006

120 7,821,850 65,182

120 1,859,203 15,493

120 5,604,212 46,702


120 usually 4,401,916

114 11,474,383 100,652

113 17,466,172 154,568

113 23,359,928 206,725

111 6,552,730 59,034

3.077 106 12,337,138 116,388

105 5,277,959 50,266

2.433 103 4,092,310 39,731

102 1,693,398 16,602

101 1,257,921 12,455

101 3,583,288 35,478

100 2,165,165 21,652

1.8 98 2,155,784 21,998

2.769 98 2,198,406 22,433

1.853 97 8,051,512 83,005

2.167 95 1,419,623 14,943

92 5,848,641 63,572

91 7,351,374 80,784

87 5,567,301 63,992

85 393,595 4,631

84 6,125,512 72,923
84 2,930,050 34,882

83 10,160,556 122,416
81 650,036 8,025

80 1,314,089 16,426

80 1,172,458 14,656

3,620,897

76 2,953,190 38,858

8 72 733,643 10,189

72 538,535 7,480

23 72 1,223,916 16,999
71 3,608,431 50,823

70 7,112,688 101,610

70 1,331,155 19,017

65 810,179 12,464

65 735,554 11,316
65 2,742,711 42,196

65 normally 412,655

52 to 65 1,201,542

63 317,351 5,037

60 520,672 8,678
60 32,742 546

58 96,513 1,664
00 57 3,871,643 67,924

57 4,755,234 83,425

57 280,026 4,913
55 190,428 3,462

75 54 321,834 5,960

54 267,840 4,960

53 1,925,527 36,331

52 266,937 5,133

29 51 289,680 5,680

51 573,311 11,241
7 8,769

50 609,883 18,064

49 196,628 4,013

3.273 47 69,839 1,486

46 104,488 2,271
45 65,849 1,463

45 2,123,160 47,181

2.583 43 340,844 7,927

40 5,628,805 140,720
1.167 39 54,517 1,398

2.182 35 86,866 2,482

1 34 91,295 2,685

34 91,650 2,696

33 422,675 12,808

33 766,865 23,238

33 49,947 1,514

33 587,914 17,816

33 70,983 2,151

32 73,449 2,295

31 57,728 1,862

2.222 29 51,483 1,775

28 minimum 85,458

1.154 28 110,152 3,934

1.545 28 163,362 5,834

26 106,440 4,094

25 37,313 1,493

1.778 25 21,186 847

24 30,508 1,271

23 31,530 1,371

21 110,663 5,270

21 54,914 2,615

21 146,836 6,992

21 102,918 4,901

20 1,190 60

20 1,337 67

20 15,561 778

19 9,488 499

19 7,267 382

19 5,716 301
19 49,070 2,583

18 29,185 1,621

17 7,776 457

15 32,680 2,179

15 161,001 10,733

15 39,689 2,646

15 10,782 719

15 104,170 6,945

14 105,681 7,549

14 51,538 3,681

11 16,086 1,462

11 5,215 474

10 2,840 284

10 48 5

9 1,530 170

9 2,210 246

7 596 85

7 842 120
N/A N/A 10,134 N/A

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