State Date ratified Word count [ 1] Constitution of Afghanistan )August 15, 2021 — N/a Constitution of Albania November 28, 1998 13,826 Constitution of Algeria December 8, 1996 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 Law 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 Burundi March 9, 1992 17,574 Constitution of Cambodia 1993 8,936 Constitution of Cameroon January 18, 1996 8,444 Constitution of Cape Verde 1992 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 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 Politics of the Cook Islands August 4, 1965 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 May 25, 1849 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 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 (country) 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 Politics 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 May 3, 1947 [ a] 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 the Republic of 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 October 17, 1868 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 Myanmar May 29, 2008 40,492 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] [ b] 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 Palestinian National Covenant May 28, 1964 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 Politics 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 August 4, 2019 — N/a Constitution of Suriname September 30, 1987 12,488 Swiss Federal Constitution April 18, 1999 16,484 Constitutional Declaration of Syria March 13, 2025 6,800 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 Timor-Leste May 20, 2002 15,307 Constitution of Togo May 6, 2024 10,252 Constitution of Tonga November 4, 1875 10,192 Politics of Trinidad and Tobago [ 5] [ 6] 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 July 18, 1830 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 2016 30,696 Constitution of Zimbabwe May 9, 2013 55,883 
Constitution of Abkhazia 
Constitution of the Republic of China 
Constitution of Kosovo 
Constitution of Northern Cyprus 
Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 
Constitution of Somaliland 
Constitution of South Ossetia 
Constitution of Transnistria 
Constitution of American Samoa 
Law of Anguilla 
Constitution of Aruba 
Law of Bermuda 
Constitution of the British Virgin Islands 
Christmas Island 
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 
Constitution of Curaçao 
Constitution of the Falkland Islands 
Constitution of Gibraltar 
Guam Organic Act of 1950 
Hong Kong Basic Law 
Law of the Isle of Man 
Macau Basic Law 
Niue Constitution Act 
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Constitution 
Constitution of Puerto Rico 
Constitution of Sint Maarten 
Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands 
Politics of the United States Virgin Islands 
