List of national constitutions

List of national constitutions

The following is a list of existing or former national constitutions by country and by codification.

Codified constitutions

*Afghanistan
*Albania
*Algeria
*Andorra
*Angola
*Argentina
*Armenia
*Australia
*Austria
*Bangladesh
*Bahrain
*Belarus
*Belgium — titled "De Belgische Grondwet" in Dutch
*Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton Agreement, 1995)
*Brazil
*Burundi
*Cameroon
*Canada (1982)
*Chad
*Chile
*China, People's Republic of
**Hong Kong
**Macau
*China, Republic of - Taiwan
*Colombia
*Congo, Democratic Republic of
*Croatia
*Cuba
*Czech Republic
*Denmark
*Egypt
*Europe (not ratified)
*Finland
*France
*Germany — titled "Grundgesetz"
*Greece written in 1975 (revised in 1986 and in 2001)
*Hungary
*Iceland
*India
*Indonesia
*Iran
*Iraq
*Ireland, Republic of
*Italy
*Japan
*Korea, Republic of
*Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
*Latvia
*Lebanon
*Lithuania
*Liechtenstein
*Macedonia
*Malaysia (1957)
*Mali
*Mexico
*Monaco
*Mongolia
*Montenegro (1992)
*Nauru (1968)
*Netherlands — titled "Grondwet"
**Aruba — titled "Staatsregeling"
**Netherlands Antilles — titled "Staatsregeling"
*Nicaragua
*Niger
*Nigeria (1960,1979,1993,1999)
*Norway
*Pakistan
*Palestine - A Basic law serves for the interim period
*Peru
*Philippines
*Poland (1997; previous - 1791, 1921, 1935, 1952)
*Portugal
*Romania
*Russia
*Rwanda
*Saudi Arabia (The Qur'an is regarded as the constitution of Saudi Arabia)
*Serbia (2006)
*Singapore (1965)
*Slovakia
*Slovenia
*South Africa (introduced 1996)
*Spain (approved 1978)
*Sri Lanka (Enacted 1978)
*Sudan (implemented 1998, partially suspended 1999)
*Sweden
*Switzerland (latest: 1999, earlier: 1874, 1848)
*Syria
*Thailand
*Turkey
*Turkmenistan
*Ukraine (adopted 28 June 1996)
*United States of America
**State Constitutions
*Uruguay
*Vanuatu (1980)
*Venezuela
*Vietnam

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.

*Israel
*New Zealand
*United Kingdom

Constitutions of former countries

*Corsica
*Czechoslovakia:
**1918 Constitution
**1920 Constitution
**1948 Constitution
**1960 Constitution
*Irish Free State
*East Germany
*Soviet Union
**1924 Constitution
**1936 Constitution
**1977 Constitution
*Yugoslavia

See also

* Constitutional law
* Constitution Day


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