List of Pirate Parties

Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 60 countries, ^[1] inspired by the Swedish initiative.

National pirate parties

Country	Name	Domestic registration status	Member of Pirate Parties International [2]	Member of European Pirate Party [3]	Elected	Continent
Argentina	Partido Interdimensional Pirata [4]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No	South America
Australia	Pirate Party Australia [5]	Active. Deregistered as an individual party [6] , but a constituent member of the registered Fusion Party.	No [7]	No	No	Oceania
Austria	Piratenpartei Österreichs [8]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	Two city councillors [9]	Europe
Belarus	The Pirates Center of Belarus	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Europe
	Пиратское движение Беларуси [10]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Belgium	Piratenpartij / Parti pirate	No official registration required	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Piratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine	Unclear	Yes	No	No	Europe
Brazil	Partido Pirata	Active, in the process of registration	Yes	No	No	South America
Bulgaria	Пиратска Партия	Officially registered	Yes	No	No	Europe
Canada	Pirate Party of Canada / Parti Pirate du Canada	Defunct [11]	No	No	No	North America
China	Pirate Party of China (中国盗版党)	Discussions on forming group [12] [13] [14]	—	—	—	Asia
Chile	Partido Pirata de Chile	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	South America
Colombia	Partido Pirata Colombiano	Discussions on forming group [15]	—	—	—	South America
Costa Rica	Partido Pirata de Costa Rica	Discussions on forming group [16]	—	—	—	North America
Croatia	Pirate Party Croatia / Piratska Stranka Hrvatske [17]	Officially registered [18]	Yes	Yes	2 communal councillors	Europe
Cyprus	Pirate Party Cyprus	Active but unregistered	No	No	No	Europe
Czech Republic	Česká pirátská strana	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	4 state parliament seats 279 city/municipal councillors 3 regional councillors 1 member of the Senate 1 member of the European Parliament	Europe
Denmark	Piratpartiet	Officially registered [19]	Yes	No	No	Europe
Estonia	Eesti Piraadipartei [20]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
Finland	Piraattipuolue	Active but unregistered	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
France	Parti Pirate [21]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	2 city/municipal council seats	Europe
Germany	Piratenpartei Deutschland [22]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	247 city/municipal council seats [23]	Europe
Greece	Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας [24]	Officially registered [25]	No [26]	No	No	Europe
Hungary	Magyar Kalózpárt	Under transformation from NGO to an official political party, worked together with Politics Can Be Different (LMP) [27]	No	No	Indirectly (LMP has 16 MPs in the Hungarian Parliament)	Europe
Honduras	Pirate Party of Honduras/Partido Pirata de Honduras	Discussions on forming group	—	No	No	North America
Iceland	Píratar	Officially registered [28]	Yes [29]	Yes	4 municipal seats	Europe
India	Pirate Party of India	Active but unregistered	No	No	—	Asia
Ireland	Pirate Party Ireland / Páirtí Foghlaithe na hÉireann	Active but unregistered	Founding member, removed in June 2012 [30]	No	No	Europe
Israel	Piratim/הפיראטים	Officially registered [31] [32]	Yes	No	No	Asia
Italy	Partito Pirata	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
Japan	Pirate Party Japan (日本海賊党)	Officially registered [33]	Yes	Observer	No	Asia
Kazakhstan	Пиратская Партия Казахстана / Қазақстан Қарақшылар Партиясы	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Asia
Latvia	Pirātu Partija [34]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Europe
Lebanon	Pirate Party Lebanon - حزب القراصنة لبنان	Active, in the process of registration	No	No	No	Asia
Lithuania	Lietuvos Piratų Partija [35]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No	Europe
Luxembourg	Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	Yes	Europe
Malaysia	Malaysia Pirate Party	Discussions on forming group, now inactive [36]	—	—	—	Asia
Mexico	Partido Pirata Mexicano	Active but unregistered	No	No	No	North America
Montenegro	Piratska Partija Crne Gore	Officially registered	No	No	No	Europe
Morocco	Pirate Party of Morocco	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Africa
Nepal	Pirate Party Nepal	Eligible to register after gathering 10,000 signatures before national election [37]	No	No	No	Asia
Netherlands	Piratenpartij Nederland	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
New Zealand	Pirate Party of New Zealand	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Oceania
Norway	Pirate Party of Norway	Officially registered [38]	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
Peru	Partido Pirata de Perú	Letter of notification that party is forming [39]	—	—	—	South America
Philippines	Philippine Pirate Movement	Officially registered	—	—	—	Asia
Poland	Polska Partia Piratów	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
Portugal	Partido Pirata Português	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Europe
Romania	Partidul Pirat România	Active but unregistered	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
Russia	Пиратская партия России	Active, registering a political party	Yes	No	No	Europe
Serbia	Piratska Partija Srbije [40]	Dissolved	Yes	No	No	Europe
Slovakia	Slovenská pirátska strana [41]	Not active	Yes	No	No	Europe
Slovakia	Pirátska strana - Slovensko	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
Slovenia	Piratska stranka Slovenije [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No	Europe
South Africa	South African Pirate Party	No	—	No	No	Africa
Spain	Partido Pirata	No	Yes	—	No	Europe
Sweden	Piratpartiet	Officially registered	Observer Member	Yes	No	Europe
Switzerland	Piratenpartei Schweiz / Parti Pirate Suisse / Partito Pirata Svizzera / Partida da Pirats Svizra	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	One city council seat, one mayor [49]	Europe
Taiwan	台灣海盜黨 Pirate Party of Taiwan [50]	The government forbid use of 海盜(Pirate) in its party name.' [51]	—	—	—	Asia
Tunisia	Pirate Party of Tunisia [52]	Officially registered	Yes	No	No	Africa
	Tunisian Pirate Party [53]	Officially registered	No	No	No
Turkey	Korsan Parti Türkiye	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Europe
Ukraine	Pirate Party Of Ukraine / Піратська Партія України [54]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No	Europe
United Kingdom	Pirate Party UK / Plaid Môr-leidr DU	Officially registered	No [55]	No	No	Europe
United States	United States Pirate Party	Registered in eight states	No	No	No	North America
Uruguay	Partido Pirata en Uruguay	Active but unregistered	No	No	No	South America
Venezuela	Partido Pirata de Venezuela	Discussions on forming group [56]	—	—	—	South America

Super-national pirate parties

Country	Name	Status	Member of Pirate Parties International [2]	Elected
EU	European Pirate Party	Registered [57]	No	1 MEP
African Union	African Pirate Party	Active but unregistered	No	No

Sub-national and regional pirate parties

Country	Name	Domestic registration status	Member of Pirate Parties International [2]	Member of European Pirate Party [3]	Elected
Australia	Pirate Party ACT [58]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Austria	Salzburger Piratenpartei	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPAT	Indirectly through PPAT	No
	Piraten Partei Tirol	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPAT	One city councillor [59]
	Piratenpartei Oberösterreich	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPAT	Indirectly through PPAT	No
	Piratenpartei Steiermark	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPAT	Indirectly through PPAT	One city councillor
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Piratska Partija	Unclear	No	No	No
Germany	Piratenpartei Baden-Württemberg [60]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	5 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Bayern [61]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	5 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Berlin [62]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	4 city/municipal council seats
	Piratenpartei Brandenburg [63]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	7 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Bremen [64]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	5 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Hamburg [65]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	4 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Hessen [66]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	33 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [67]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	2 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Nordrhein-Westfalen	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	11 city/municipal council seats [23] [68] [ better source needed ]
	Piratenpartei Niedersachsen [69]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	66 city/municipal council seats [23] [70] [ better source needed ]
	Piratenpartei Rheinland-Pfalz [71]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	1 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Saarland [72]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	No [73]
	Piratenpartei Sachsen [74]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	3 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Sachsen-Anhalt [75]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	3 city/municipal council seats [23]
	Piratenpartei Schleswig-Holstein [76]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	2 city/municipal council seats [77]
	Piratenpartei Thüringen [78]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	2 city/municipal council seats [23]
United States [79]	California Pirate Party	Active but unregistered [80]	No	No	No
	Florida Pirate Party [81]	Officially registered [82]	Observer Member	No	No
	Georgia Pirate Party [83]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Pirate Party of Hawaii [84]	Discussions on forming group	No	No	No
	Michigan Pirate Party [85]	Discussions on forming group	No	No	No
	Maryland Pirate Party	Discussions on forming group [86]	No	No	No
	Massachusetts Pirate Party	Officially registered [87]	No	No	No
	Minnesota Pirate Party	Discussions on forming group [88]	No	No	No
	New York Pirate Party [89]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Oklahoma Pirate Party [90]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Oregon Pirate Party [91]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	San Francisco Pirate Party [92] [93]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Washington Pirate Party [94]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Wisconsin Pirate Party [95]	Active and registered	No	No	No
Spain	Pirates de Catalunya	Officially registered	Yes [96]	Yes	Two municipal councilors
	Piratas de Galicia	Officially registered [97]	Applying for observer membership	No	No
	Piratas de La Rioja	Officially registered	Observer Member	No	No
	Piratas de Madrid	Officially registered	No	No	No
	Piratas de Extremadura	Officially registered	No	No	No

Youth wings

Country	Parent party	Name	Domestic registration status	Member of Pirate Parties International [2]	Member of European Pirate Party [3]	Elected
Austria	Pirate Party of Austria	Junge Pirat*innen	Officially registered	No	No	—
Belarus		Falanster	Active but unregistered	No	No	—
Belgium	Pirate Party Belgium	Jonge Piraten [98]	No official registration required	No	No	—
Czech Republic	Czech Pirate Party	Mladé Pirátstvo	Officially registered, founding in process	No	No	—
European Union	European Pirates	Young Pirates of Europe [99]	Officially registered	No	Observer Membership with rights of Ordinary Membership	—
Finland	Piraattipuolue	Piraattinuoret	Officially registered	—	—	—
France	Parti pirate	Jeunes Pirates	Officially registered	—	—	—
Germany	Piratenpartei Deutschland	Young Pirates [100]	Officially registered	Observer Member	No	—
Japan	Piratepartei 海賊党	Young Pirates	Officially registered	—	—	—
Luxembourg	Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	Jonk Piraten	Officially registered	—	—	—
Netherlands	Piratenpartij	Jonge Piraten	Active but unregistered	No	No	—
New Zealand	Pirate Party of New Zealand	Young Pirates New Zealand	Active but unregistered	No	No	—
Norway	Pirate Party of Norway	Unge Pirater	Officially registered	No	No	—
Sweden	Piratpartiet	Young Pirates Sweden	Officially registered	Observer Member	No	—
Iceland	Píratar	Ungir Piratar	Officially registered	—	—	—

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