List of national constitutions

The following is a list of existing national constitutions by country, semi-recognized countries, and by codification. It excludes those such as the Polish Constitution of 1791 and the Spanish Constitution of 1812 (constitutions that once existed but were later repealed).

Codified constitutions (most recent, in use today)

A codified constitution is a constitution that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. An uncodified constitution is one that is not contained in a single document, but consists of several different sources, which may be written or unwritten.

Sovereign states

State	Date ratified	Word count[1]
Constitution of Afghanistan	January 4, 2004	10,227
Constitution of Albania	November 28, 1998	13,826
Constitution of Algeria	September 8, 1963	10,038
Constitution of Andorra	February 2, 1993	8,740
Constitution of Angola	January 21, 2010	27,181
Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda	October 31, 1981	38,464
Constitution of Argentina	May 1, 1853	12,514
Constitution of Armenia	July 5, 1995	13,786
Constitution of Australia	January 1, 1901	17,318
Constitution of Austria	October 1, 1920	41,366
Constitution of Azerbaijan	November 12, 1995	17,354
Constitution of The Bahamas	1973	41,835
Constitution of Bahrain	February 14, 2002	10,806
Constitution of Bangladesh	November 4, 1972	27,643
Constitution of Barbados	November 30, 1966	34,144
Constitution of Belarus	March 15, 1994	13,278
Constitution of Belgium	February 7, 1831	16,119
Constitution of Belize	September 21, 1981	39,629
Constitution of Benin	December 2, 1990	11,386
Constitution of Bhutan	July 18, 2008	13,632
Constitution of Bolivia	February 7, 2009	39,375
Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina	December 14, 1995	5,454
Constitution of Botswana	September 30, 1966	30,713
Constitution of Brazil	October 5, 1988	64,488
Constitution of Brunei	1959	13,869
Constitution of Bulgaria	July 12, 1991	13,641
Constitution of Burkina Faso	June 11, 1991	10,030
Constitution of Burma	May 29, 2008	40,492
Constitution of Burundi	March 9, 1992	17,574
Constitution of Cambodia	1993	8,936
Constitution of Cameroon	January 18, 1996	8,444
Constitution of Cape Verde	1972	32,132
Constitution of the Central African Republic	March 27, 2016	9,767
Constitution of Chad	March 31, 1996	11,768
Constitution of Chile	September 11, 1980	25,821
Constitution of the People's Republic of China	December 4, 1982	10,960
Constitution of Colombia	July 4, 1991	46,902
Constitution of the Comoros	December 23, 2001	6,185
Constitution of the Republic of the Congo	2001	9,970
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	February 18, 2006	19,285
Constitution of Costa Rica	November 7, 1949	16,705
Constitution of Croatia	December 22, 1990	10,898
Constitution of Cuba	April 10, 2019	12,893
Constitution of Cyprus	August 16, 1960	37,006
Constitution of the Czech Republic	December 16, 1992	14,580
Constitution of Denmark	June 5, 1953	6,221
Constitution of Djibouti	September 15, 1992	6,666
Constitution of Dominica	1978	36,080
Constitution of the Dominican Republic	January 26, 2010	29,710
Constitution of East Timor	May 20, 2002	15,307
Constitution of Ecuador	October 20, 2008	54,555
Constitution of Egypt	January 18, 2014	22,626
Constitution of El Salvador	December 20, 1983	22,823
Constitution of Equatorial Guinea	November 17, 1991	5,575
Constitution of Eritrea	May 23, 1997	6,753
Constitution of Estonia	June 28, 1992	11,344
Constitution of Eswatini	2005	48,604
Constitution of Ethiopia	August 21, 1995	13,630
Constitution of Fiji	September 6, 2013	40,773
Constitution of Finland	March 1, 2000	12,640
Constitution of France	October 4, 1958	10,180
Constitution of Gabon	1991	11,804
Constitution of the Gambia	January 16, 1997	43,465
Constitution of Georgia	August 24, 1995	11,490
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany	May 8, 1949	27,379
Constitution of Ghana	April 28, 1992	53,985
Constitution of Greece	June 11, 1975	26,989
Constitution of Grenada	1991	33,737
Constitution of Guatemala	January 14, 1986	28,692
Constitution of Guinea	May 7, 2010	12,707
Constitution of Guinea-Bissau	May 6, 1984	7,820
Constitution of Guyana	October 6, 1980	46,221
Constitution of Haiti	June 20, 2012	18,488
Constitution of Honduras	January 20, 1982	23,434
Constitution of Hungary	April 18, 2011	15,247
Constitution of Iceland	June 17, 1944	4,089
Constitution of India	November 26, 1949	146,385
Constitution of Indonesia	August 18, 1945	5,915
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran	December 3, 1979	16,179
Constitution of Iraq	October 15, 2005	11,550
Constitution of Ireland	December 29, 1937	16,007
Constitution of Italy	December 22, 1947	11,708
Constitution of Ivory Coast	November 8, 2016	7,897
Constitution of Jamaica	January 1, 1962	38,048
Constitution of Japan	February 11, 1889	4,998
Constitution of Jordan	January 11, 1952	10,239
Constitution of Kazakhstan	August 30, 1995	13,482
Constitution of Kenya	August 27, 2010	48,818
Constitution of Kiribati	1979	26,080
Constitution of North Korea	December 25, 1972	7,364
Constitution of South Korea	July 17, 1948	9,059
Constitution of Kuwait	November 11, 1962	8,197
Constitution of Kyrgyzstan	June 27, 2010	14,327
Constitution of Laos	August 14, 1991	4,820
Constitution of Latvia	November 7, 1922	4,917
Constitution of Lebanon	May 23, 1926	6,296
Constitution of Lesotho	1993	45,532
Constitution of Liberia	January 6, 1986	11,667
Constitution of Liechtenstein	October 5, 1921	9,513
Constitution of Lithuania	October 25, 1992	12,214
Constitution of Luxembourg	January 1, 1842	5,601
Libyan interim Constitutional Declaration	August 3, 2011	Not documented by source
Constitution of Madagascar	November 14, 2010	15,759
Constitution of Malawi	May 16, 1994	33,422
Constitution of Malaysia	August 27, 1957	64,080
Constitution of the Maldives	August 7, 2008	23,991
Constitution of Mali	January 12, 1992	7,503
Constitution of Malta	September 21, 1964	31,820
Constitution of the Marshall Islands	1979	21,429
Constitution of Mauritania	July 12, 1991	6,997
Constitution of Mauritius	March 12, 1968	37,320
Constitution of Mexico	February 5, 1917	57,087
Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia	October 1, 1978	5,271
Constitution of Moldova	July 29, 1994	12,818
Constitution of Monaco	December 17, 1962	3,814
Constitution of Mongolia	January 13, 1992	8,250
Constitution of Montenegro	October 19, 2007	11,572
Constitution of Morocco	December 14, 1962	15,897
Constitution of Mozambique	December 21, 2004	24,171
Constitution of Namibia	February 9, 1990	24,198
Constitution of Nauru	January 31, 1968	13,714
Constitution of Nepal	September 20, 2015	32,753
Constitution of the Netherlands[2]	August 24, 1815[3]	8,739
Constitution of Nicaragua	January 1, 1987	20,535
Constitution of Niger	November 25, 2010	14,806
Constitution of Nigeria	May 29, 1999	66,263
Constitution of North Macedonia	November 17, 1991	13,486
Constitution of Norway	May 17, 1814	7,307
Basic Statute of Oman	November 6, 1996[4]	7,233
Constitution of Pakistan	August 14, 1973	56,240
Constitution of Palau	July 9, 1980	Not documented by source
Constitution of Panama	October 11, 1972	26,097
Constitution of Papua New Guinea	September 16, 1975	58,490
Constitution of Paraguay	June 20, 1992	25,461
Constitution of Peru	December 31, 1993	19,216
Constitution of the Philippines	February 2, 1987	21,954
Constitution of Poland	April 2, 1997	19,602
Constitution of Portugal	April 25, 1976	35,219
Constitution of Qatar	April 9, 2004	6,848
Constitution of Romania	November 21, 1991	14,663
Constitution of Russia	December 12, 1993	12,908
Constitution of Rwanda	May 26, 2003	16,940
Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis	June 23, 1983	49,643
Constitution of Saint Lucia	1978	38,271
Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1979	Not documented by source
Constitution of Samoa	October 28, 1960	19,611
Constitution of São Tomé and Príncipe	November 5, 1975	7,988
Basic Law of Saudi Arabia	March 1, 1992	6,335
Constitution of Senegal	January 1, 2001	10,866
Constitution of Serbia	November 8, 2006	19,891
Constitution of Seychelles	1993	39,729
Constitution of Sierra Leone	1996	44,636
Constitution of Singapore	August 9, 1965	40,076
Constitution of Slovakia	October 1, 1992	18,402
Constitution of Slovenia	December 23, 1991	11,406
Constitution of Solomon Islands	May 31, 1978	31,826
Constitution of Somalia	August 1, 2012	19,823
Constitution of South Africa	February 4, 1997	43,062
Constitution of South Sudan	July 9, 2011	27,191
Constitution of Spain	December 6, 1978	17,608
Constitution of Sri Lanka	September 7, 1978	40,085
Constitution of Sudan	July 9, 2005	26,644
Constitution of Suriname	September 30, 1987	12,488
Swiss Federal Constitution	April 18, 1999	16,484
Constitution of Syria	February 27, 2012	8,154
Constitution of Tajikistan	November 6, 1994	7,917
Constitution of Tanzania	April 25, 1977	35,651
Constitution of Thailand	April 6, 2017	7,683
Constitution of Togo	October 14, 1992	10,252
Constitution of Tonga	November 4, 1875	10,192
Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago[5]	March 29, 1976	32,567
Constitution of Tunisia	January 26, 2014	9,508
Constitution of Turkey	November 7, 1982	29,727
Constitution of Turkmenistan	May 18, 1992	5,735
Constitution of Tuvalu	1986	34,801
Constitution of Uganda	October 8, 1995	49,448
Constitution of Ukraine	June 28, 1996	19,299
Constitution of the United States	June 21, 1788	7,762
Constitution of the United Arab Emirates	December 2, 1971	11,557
Constitution of Uruguay	February 15, 1967	29,911
Constitution of Uzbekistan	December 8, 1992	7,941
Constitution of Vanuatu	July 30, 1980	8,425
Fundamental Law of Vatican City State	November 26, 2000	Not documented by source
Constitution of Venezuela	December 20, 1999	37,344
Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam	November 28, 2013	11,344
Constitution of Yemen	May 16, 1991	Not documented by source
Constitution of Zambia	1991	30,696
Constitution of Zimbabwe	May 9, 2013	55,883

Unrecognized and partially recognized countries

Country	Date
Constitution of Abkhazia	October 3, 1999
Constitution of Artsakh	December 10, 2006
Constitution of the Republic of China	December 25, 1947
Constitution of Kosovo	June 15, 2008
Constitution of Northern Cyprus	May 5, 1985
Palestinian National Covenant	May 28, 1964
Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	August 1976
Constitution of Somaliland	May 31, 2001
Constitution of South Ossetia	April 8, 2001
Constitution of Transnistria	January 17, 1996

Dependent territories

Territory	Date
Constitution of American Samoa	October 17, 1960
Constitution of Aruba	January 1, 1986
Constitution of the British Virgin Islands	June 15, 2007
Constitution of Curaçao	October 10, 2010
Constitution of the Falkland Islands	January 1, 2009
Constitution of Gibraltar	January 2, 2007
Hong Kong Basic Law	April 4, 1990
Macau Basic Law	December 20, 1999
Niue Constitution Act	October 19, 1974
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Constitution	January 1, 1978
Constitution of Puerto Rico	July 25, 1952
Constitution of Sint Maarten	October 10, 2010
Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands	October 15, 2012

Uncodified constitutions

An uncodified constitution is one where not all elements are written into law: typically some elements, such as constitutional conventions, are not written into law, although such elements are almost always written down (perhaps across multiple documents and/or publications), although written in documents that are not enforceable in law. Approximate dates have been listed below based on fundamental founding documents on governance of the respective countries.

Constitutions of former countries

References

"Constitution Rankings". Comparative Constitutions Project. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
Subordinated to the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
"Grondwet - Militair Rechtelijk Tijdschrift". puc.overheid.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
"Basic Statute of the State" (PDF). Royal Decree 101/96. Ministry of Legal Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
"Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act" (PDF). Organization of American States. December 31, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
"Oldest Constitutions Still Being Used Today". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2019-05-13.

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[1] "Constitution Rankings". Comparative Constitutions Project. Retrieved 2020-04-05.

[2] Subordinated to the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[3] "Grondwet - Militair Rechtelijk Tijdschrift". puc.overheid.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-02.

[4] "Basic Statute of the State" (PDF). Royal Decree 101/96. Ministry of Legal Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

[5] "Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act" (PDF). Organization of American States. December 31, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2019.

[6] "Oldest Constitutions Still Being Used Today". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2019-05-13.