Countries with Constitutions 2025

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Country
Date Ratified
Word Count
SudanAugust 4, 2019
CubaApril 10, 201912,893
ThailandApril 6, 20177,683
Ivory CoastNovember 8, 20167,897
Central African RepublicMarch 27, 20169,767
NepalSeptember 20, 201532,753
TunisiaJanuary 26, 20149,508
EgyptJanuary 18, 201422,626
VietnamNovember 28, 201311,344
FijiSeptember 6, 201340,773
ZimbabweMay 9, 201355,883
Turks and Caicos IslandsOctober 15, 2012
SomaliaAugust 1, 201219,823
HaitiJune 20, 201218,488
SyriaFebruary 27, 20128,154
LibyaAugust 3, 2011
South SudanJuly 9, 201127,191
HungaryApril 18, 201115,247
NigerNovember 25, 201014,806
MadagascarNovember 14, 201015,759
CuracaoOctober 10, 2010
Sint MaartenOctober 10, 2010
KenyaAugust 27, 201048,818
KyrgyzstanJune 27, 201014,327
GuineaMay 7, 201012,707
Dominican RepublicJanuary 26, 201029,710
AngolaJanuary 21, 201027,181
BoliviaFebruary 7, 200939,375
Falkland IslandsJanuary 1, 2009
EcuadorOctober 20, 200854,555
MaldivesAugust 7, 200823,991
BhutanJuly 18, 200813,632
MyanmarMay 29, 200840,492
MontenegroOctober 19, 200711,572
British Virgin IslandsJune 15, 2007
GibraltarJanuary 2, 2007
SerbiaNovember 8, 200619,891
DR CongoFebruary 18, 200619,285
IraqOctober 15, 200511,550
MozambiqueDecember 21, 200424,171
AfghanistanOctober 9, 200425,800
QatarApril 9, 20046,848
RwandaMay 26, 200316,940
Timor-LesteMay 20, 200215,307
BahrainFebruary 14, 200210,806
ComorosDecember 23, 20016,185
SenegalJanuary 1, 200110,866
Vatican CityNovember 26, 2000
FinlandMarch 1, 200012,640
VenezuelaDecember 20, 199937,344
NigeriaMay 29, 199966,263
SwitzerlandApril 18, 199916,484
AlbaniaNovember 28, 199813,826
EritreaMay 23, 19976,753
PolandApril 2, 199719,602
South AfricaFebruary 4, 199743,062
GambiaJanuary 16, 199743,465
AlgeriaDecember 8, 199610,038
OmanNovember 6, 19967,233
UkraineJune 28, 199619,299
ChadMarch 31, 199611,768
CameroonJanuary 18, 19968,444
Bosnia and HerzegovinaDecember 14, 19955,454
AzerbaijanNovember 12, 199517,354
UgandaOctober 8, 199549,448
KazakhstanAugust 30, 199513,482
GeorgiaAugust 24, 199511,490
EthiopiaAugust 21, 199513,630
ArmeniaJuly 5, 199513,786
TajikistanNovember 6, 19947,917
MoldovaJuly 29, 199412,818
MalawiMay 16, 199433,422
BelarusMarch 15, 199413,278
PeruDecember 31, 199319,216
RussiaDecember 12, 199312,908
MacauMarch 31, 1993
AndorraFebruary 2, 19938,740
Czech RepublicDecember 16, 199214,580
UzbekistanDecember 8, 19927,941
LithuaniaOctober 25, 199212,214
TogoOctober 14, 199210,252
SlovakiaOctober 1, 199218,402
DjiboutiSeptember 15, 19926,666
EstoniaJune 28, 199211,344
ParaguayJune 20, 199225,461
TurkmenistanMay 18, 19925,735
GhanaApril 28, 199253,985
BurundiMarch 9, 199217,574
Saudi ArabiaMarch 1, 19926,335
MongoliaJanuary 13, 19928,250
MaliJanuary 12, 19927,503
SloveniaDecember 23, 199111,406
RomaniaNovember 21, 199114,663
Equatorial GuineaNovember 17, 19915,575
North MacedoniaNovember 17, 199113,486
LaosAugust 14, 19914,820
BulgariaJuly 12, 199113,641
MauritaniaJuly 12, 19916,997
ColombiaJuly 4, 199146,902
Burkina FasoJune 11, 199110,030
YemenMay 16, 1991
CroatiaDecember 22, 199010,898
BeninDecember 2, 199011,386
Hong KongApril 4, 1990
NamibiaFebruary 9, 199024,198
BrazilOctober 5, 198864,488
SurinameSeptember 30, 198712,488
PhilippinesFebruary 2, 198721,954
NicaraguaJanuary 1, 198720,535
GuatemalaJanuary 14, 198628,692
LiberiaJanuary 6, 198611,667
ArubaJanuary 1, 1986
Guinea-BissauMay 6, 19847,820
El SalvadorDecember 20, 198322,823
Saint Kitts and NevisJune 23, 198349,643
ChinaDecember 4, 198210,960
TurkeyNovember 7, 198229,727
HondurasJanuary 20, 198223,434
Antigua and BarbudaOctober 31, 198138,464
BelizeSeptember 21, 198139,629
GuyanaOctober 6, 198046,221
ChileSeptember 11, 198025,821
VanuatuJuly 30, 19808,425
PalauJuly 9, 1980
IranDecember 3, 197916,179
SpainDecember 6, 197817,608
MicronesiaOctober 1, 19785,271
Sri LankaSeptember 7, 197840,085
Solomon IslandsMay 31, 197831,826
Northern Mariana IslandsJanuary 1, 1978
TanzaniaApril 25, 197735,651
PortugalApril 25, 197635,219
Trinidad and TobagoMarch 29, 197632,567
Sao Tome and PrincipeNovember 5, 19757,988
Papua New GuineaSeptember 16, 197558,490
GreeceJune 11, 197526,989
NiueOctober 19, 1974
PakistanAugust 14, 197356,240
North KoreaDecember 25, 19727,364
BangladeshNovember 4, 197227,643
PanamaOctober 11, 197226,097
United Arab EmiratesDecember 2, 197111,557
ZambiaDecember 31, 201530,696
New ZealandDecember 31, 2015
EswatiniDecember 31, 200448,604
Republic of the CongoDecember 31, 20009,970
Sierra LeoneDecember 31, 199544,636
CambodiaDecember 31, 19928,936
LesothoDecember 31, 199245,532
SeychellesDecember 31, 199239,729
Cape VerdeDecember 31, 199132,132
GabonDecember 31, 199011,804
GrenadaDecember 31, 199033,737
TuvaluDecember 31, 198534,801
CanadaDecember 31, 1981
KiribatiDecember 31, 197826,080
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDecember 31, 1978
Marshall IslandsDecember 31, 197821,429
Saint LuciaDecember 31, 197738,271
DominicaDecember 31, 197736,080
SwedenDecember 31, 1973
San MarinoDecember 31, 1973
BahamasDecember 31, 197241,835
BruneiDecember 31, 195813,869
IsraelDecember 31, 1949
United KingdomDecember 31, 1688
MauritiusMarch 12, 196837,320
NauruJanuary 31, 196813,714
BarbadosNovember 30, 196634,144
BotswanaSeptember 30, 196630,713
SingaporeAugust 9, 196540,076
MaltaSeptember 21, 196431,820
PalestineMay 28, 1964
MonacoDecember 17, 19623,814
MoroccoDecember 14, 196215,897
KuwaitNovember 11, 19628,197
JamaicaJanuary 1, 196238,048
SamoaOctober 28, 196019,611
American SamoaOctober 17, 1960
CyprusAugust 16, 196037,006
FranceOctober 4, 195810,180
MalaysiaAugust 27, 195764,080
Puerto RicoJuly 25, 1952
JordanJanuary 11, 195210,239
IndiaNovember 26, 1949146,385
Costa RicaNovember 7, 194916,705
GermanyMay 8, 194927,379
South KoreaJuly 17, 19489,059
ItalyDecember 22, 194711,708
IndonesiaAugust 18, 19455,915
IcelandJune 17, 19444,089
IrelandDecember 29, 193716,007
LebanonMay 23, 19266,296
LatviaNovember 7, 19224,917
LiechtensteinOctober 5, 19219,513
AustriaOctober 1, 192041,366
MexicoFebruary 5, 191757,087
AustraliaJanuary 1, 190117,318
JapanFebruary 11, 18894,998
TongaNovember 4, 187510,192
LuxembourgOctober 17, 18685,601
ArgentinaMay 1, 185312,514
DenmarkMay 25, 18496,221
BelgiumFebruary 7, 183116,119
UruguayJuly 18, 183029,911
NetherlandsAugust 24, 18158,739
NorwayMay 17, 18147,307
United StatesJune 21, 17887,762
  • The adoption of a constitution does not automatically transform a territory into a sovereign country. The territories Abkhazia, Kosovo, Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Taiwan, and Western Sahara all have constitutions, but none are recognized as sovereign by the United Nations.
  • While the month and year of Western Sahara’s constitution have been confirmed, the day is unclear. The first day of the month is listed as placeholder.
  • Canada, Israel, New Zealand, San Marino, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are recognized as having uncodified constitutions