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as the Polish Constitution of 1791 and the Spanish Constitution of 1812 (constitutions that once existed but were later repealed).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] |
|---|---|---|
 | January 4, 2004 | 10,227 |
 | November 28, 1998 | 13,826 |
 | September 8, 1963 | 10,038 |
 | February 2, 1993 | 8,740 |
 | January 21, 2010 | 27,181 |
 | October 31, 1981 | 38,464 |
 | May 1, 1853 | 12,514 |
 | July 5, 1995 | 13,786 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | January 1, 1901 | 17,318 |
 | October 1, 1920 | 41,366 |
 | November 12, 1995 | 17,354 |
 | 1973 | 41,835 |
 | February 14, 2002 | 10,806 |
 | November 4, 1972 | 27,643 |
 | November 30, 1966 | 34,144 |
 | March 15, 1994 | 13,278 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | February 7, 1831 | 16,119 |
 | September 21, 1981 | 39,629 |
 | December 2, 1990 | 11,386 |
 | July 18, 2008 | 13,632 |
 | February 7, 2009 | 39,375 |
 | December 14, 1995 | 5,454 |
 | September 30, 1966 | 30,713 |
 | October 5, 1988 | 64,488 |
 | 1959 | 13,869 |
 | July 12, 1991 | 13,641 |
 | June 11, 1991 | 10,030 |
 | May 29, 2008 | 40,492 |
 | March 9, 1992 | 17,574 |
 | 1993 | 8,936 |
 | January 18, 1996 | 8,444 |
 | 1972 | 32,132 |
 | March 27, 2016 | 9,767 |
 | March 31, 1996 | 11,768 |
 | September 11, 1980 | 25,821 |
 | December 4, 1982 | 10,960 |
 | July 4, 1991 | 46,902 |
 | December 23, 2001 | 6,185 |
 | 2001 | 9,970 |
 | February 18, 2006 | 19,285 |
 | November 7, 1949 | 16,705 |
 | December 22, 1990 | 10,898 |
 | April 10, 2019 | 12,893 |
 | August 16, 1960 | 37,006 |
 | December 16, 1992 | 14,580 |
 | June 5, 1849 | 6,221 |
 | September 15, 1992 | 6,666 |
 | 1978 | 36,080 |
 | January 26, 2010 | 29,710 |
 | May 20, 2002 | 15,307 |
 | October 20, 2008 | 54,555 |
 | January 18, 2014 | 22,626 |
 | December 20, 1983 | 22,823 |
 | November 17, 1991 | 5,575 |
 | May 23, 1997 | 6,753 |
 | June 28, 1992 | 11,344 |
 | 2005 | 48,604 |
 | August 21, 1995 | 13,630 |
 | September 6, 2013 | 40,773 |
 | March 1, 2000 | 12,640 |
 | October 4, 1958 | 10,180 |
 | 1991 | 11,804 |
 | January 16, 1997 | 43,465 |
 | August 24, 1995 | 11,490 |
 | May 8, 1949 | 27,379 |
 | April 28, 1992 | 53,985 |
 | June 11, 1975 | 26,989 |
 | 1991 | 33,737 |
 | January 14, 1986 | 28,692 |
 | May 7, 2010 | 12,707 |
 | May 6, 1984 | 7,820 |
 | October 6, 1980 | 46,221 |
 | June 20, 2012 | 18,488 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | January 20, 1982 | 23,434 |
 | April 18, 2011 | 15,247 |
 | June 17, 1944 | 4,089 |
 | November 26, 1949 | 146,385 |
 | August 18, 1945 | 5,915 |
 | December 3, 1979 | 16,179 |
 | October 15, 2005 | 11,550 |
 | December 29, 1937 | 16,007 |
 | December 22, 1947 | 11,708 |
 | November 8, 2016 | 7,897 |
 | January 1, 1962 | 38,048 |
 | February 11, 1889 | 4,998 |
 | January 11, 1952 | 10,239 |
 | August 30, 1995 | 13,482 |
 | August 27, 2010 | 48,818 |
 | 1979 | 26,080 |
 | December 25, 1972 | 7,364 |
 | July 17, 1948 | 9,059 |
 | November 11, 1962 | 8,197 |
 | June 27, 2010 | 14,327 |
 | August 14, 1991 | 4,820 |
 | November 7, 1922 | 4,917 |
 | May 23, 1926 | 6,296 |
 | 1993 | 45,532 |
 | January 6, 1986 | 11,667 |
 | October 5, 1921 | 9,513 |
 | October 25, 1992 | 12,214 |
 | January 1, 1842 | 5,601 |
 | August 3, 2011 | Not documented by source |
 | November 14, 2010 | 15,759 |
 | May 16, 1994 | 33,422 |
 | August 27, 1957 | 64,080 |
 | August 7, 2008 | 23,991 |
 | January 12, 1992 | 7,503 |
 | September 21, 1964 | 31,820 |
 | 1979 | 21,429 |
 | July 12, 1991 | 6,997 |
 | March 12, 1968 | 37,320 |
 | February 5, 1917 | 57,087 |
 | October 1, 1978 | 5,271 |
 | July 29, 1994 | 12,818 |
 | December 17, 1962 | 3,814 |
 | January 13, 1992 | 8,250 |
 | October 19, 2007 | 11,572 |
 | December 14, 1962 | 15,897 |
 | December 21, 2004 | 24,171 |
 | February 9, 1990 | 24,198 |
 | January 31, 1968 | 13,714 |
 | September 20, 2015 | 32,753 |
 | August 24, 1815[3] | 8,739 |
 | January 1, 1987 | 20,535 |
 | November 25, 2010 | 14,806 |
 | May 29, 1999 | 66,263 |
 | November 17, 1991 | 13,486 |
 | May 17, 1814 | 7,307 |
 | November 6, 1996[4] | 7,233 |
 | August 14, 1973 | 56,240 |
 | July 9, 1980 | Not documented by source |
 | October 11, 1972 | 26,097 |
 | September 16, 1975 | 58,490 |
 | June 20, 1992 | 25,461 |
 | December 31, 1993 | 19,216 |
 | February 2, 1987 | 21,954 |
 | April 2, 1997 | 19,602 |
 | April 25, 1976 | 35,219 |
 | April 9, 2004 | 6,848 |
 | November 21, 1991 | 14,663 |
 | December 12, 1993 | 12,908 |
 | May 26, 2003 | 16,940 |
 | June 23, 1983 | 49,643 |
 | 1978 | 38,271 |
 | 1979 | Not documented by source |
 | October 28, 1960 | 19,611 |
 | November 5, 1975 | 7,988 |
 | March 1, 1992 | 6,335 |
 | January 1, 2001 | 10,866 |
 | November 8, 2006 | 19,891 |
 | 1993 | 39,729 |
 | 1996 | 44,636 |
 | August 9, 1965 | 40,076 |
 | October 1, 1992 | 18,402 |
 | December 23, 1991 | 11,406 |
 | 1978 | 31,826 |
 | August 1, 2012 | 19,823 |
 | February 4, 1997 | 43,062 |
 | July 9, 2011 | 27,191 |
 | December 6, 1978 | 17,608 |
 | September 7, 1978 | 40,085 |
 | July 9, 2005 | 26,644 |
 | September 30, 1987 | 12,488 |
 | April 18, 1999 | 16,484 |
 | February 27, 2012 | 8,154 |
 | November 6, 1994 | 7,917 |
 | April 25, 1977 | 35,651 |
 | April 6, 2017 | 7,683 |
 | October 14, 1992 | 10,252 |
 | November 4, 1875 | 10,192 |
 | March 29, 1976 | 32,567 |
 | January 26, 2014 | 9,508 |
 | November 7, 1982 | 29,727 |
 | May 18, 1992 | 5,735 |
 | 1986 | 34,801 |
 | October 8, 1995 | 49,448 |
 | June 28, 1996 | 19,299 |
 | June 21, 1788 | 7,762 |
 | December 2, 1971 | 11,557 |
 | February 15, 1967 | 29,911 |
 | December 8, 1992 | 7,941 |
 | July 30, 1980 | 8,425 |
 | November 26, 2000 | Not documented by source |
 | December 20, 1999 | 37,344 |
 | November 28, 2013 | 11,344 |
 | May 16, 1991 | Not documented by source |
 | 1991 | 30,696 |
 | May 9, 2013 | 55,883 |
Unrecognized and partially recognized countries
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
 | October 3, 1999 |
 | December 10, 2006 |
 | December 25, 1947 |
 | June 14, 1991 |
 | June 15, 2008 |
 | May 5, 1985 |
 | May 28, 1964 |
 | August 1976 |
 | May 31, 2001 |
 | April 8, 2001 |
 | January 17, 1996 |
Dependent territories
| Territory | Date |
|---|---|
 | October 17, 1960 |
 | January 1, 1986 |
 | June 15, 2007 |
 | October 10, 2010 |
 | January 1, 2009 |
 | January 2, 2007 |
 | April 4, 1990 |
 | December 20, 1999 |
 | October 19, 1974 |
 | January 1, 1978 |
 | July 25, 1952 |
 | October 10, 2010 |
 | 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.
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Constitutions of former countries
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawai'i (1852)
- Catalan Constitutions
- Confederate States Constitution
- Constitution of Czechoslovakia
- Constitution of the Irish Free State
- Constitution of Massachusetts
- Constitution of Poland-Lithuania (1791)
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
- Constitution of the Principality of Serbia (1835)
- Constitution of Prussia (1848)
- Constitution of Prussia (1850)
- Constitution of Prussia (1920)
- Constitution of the Russian Empire
- Constitution of the Republic of Texas
- Constitution of the Soviet Union
- Constitution of Vermont Republic (1777)
- Constitution of Yugoslavia
- Corsican Constitution
- Constitution of Iran (1907)
- East German constitutions
- Ottoman constitution of 1876
- Weimar Constitution
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See also
References
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Wikisource has original works on the topic: Constitutional documents |
- "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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