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Lower/single house seats

Name: Lower/single house seats by country, 2026
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187 countries · 2026

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Lower/single house seats league table
#	Country	count	Region	Income
1	China	2,977	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
2	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	687	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
3	United Kingdom	650	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Germany	630	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Egypt, Arab Rep.	596	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
6	Turkiye	592	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
7	Indonesia	580	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
8	France	575	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	South Sudan	550	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Ethiopia	547	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	India	542	South Asia	Lower middle income
12	Uganda	529	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Brazil	513	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Mexico	500	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
15	Viet Nam	500	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
16	Congo, Dem. Rep.	500	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Thailand	500	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
18	Cuba	467	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
19	Japan	465	East Asia & Pacific	High income
20	Poland	460	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Russian Federation	435	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	United States	431	North America	High income
23	Algeria	407	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
24	Italy	400	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	South Africa	395	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
26	Morocco	395	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
27	Ukraine	393	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
28	Tanzania	391	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Nigeria	356	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Spain	350	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Sweden	349	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Bangladesh	348	South Asia	Lower middle income
33	Kenya	348	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Canada	343	North America	High income
35	Pakistan	332	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
36	Romania	330	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Iraq	329	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
38	Philippines	318	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
39	Korea, Rep.	300	East Asia & Pacific	High income
40	Greece	297	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Iran, Islamic Rep.	285	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
42	Venezuela, RB	285	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
43	Zimbabwe	279	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Ghana	276	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Nepal	275	South Asia	Lower middle income
46	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	274	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Argentina	257	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Cote d'Ivoire	255	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Mozambique	250	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Serbia	250	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
51	Yemen, Rep.	245	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
52	Bulgaria	240	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Portugal	230	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Malawi	227	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
55	Sri Lanka	225	South Asia	Upper middle income
56	Malaysia	221	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
57	Angola	220	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Czechia	200	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Switzerland	200	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Finland	200	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Hungary	199	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Niger	194	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Dominican Republic	190	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Chad	188	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65	Austria	183	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Colombia	183	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Cameroon	180	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Denmark	179	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Mauritania	176	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Lao PDR	175	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
71	Ireland	172	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Libya	170	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
73	Norway	169	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Zambia	167	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75	Senegal	165	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
76	Madagascar	163	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
77	Guatemala	160	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Chile	155	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Tunisia	152	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
80	Saudi Arabia	151	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
81	Ecuador	151	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Congo, Rep.	151	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Croatia	150	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Australia	150	East Asia & Pacific	High income
85	Netherlands	150	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Slovak Republic	150	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Belgium	150	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Sierra Leone	149	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Uzbekistan	148	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
90	Guinea	147	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Lithuania	141	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Central African Republic	140	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Albania	140	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Gabon	139	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
95	Jordan	138	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
96	Syrian Arab Republic	137	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
97	Mali	133	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Bolivia	130	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
99	Peru	130	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Honduras	128	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
101	Lebanon	128	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
102	Mongolia	126	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
103	Cambodia	125	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
104	Azerbaijan	125	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
105	New Zealand	123	East Asia & Pacific	High income
106	Turkmenistan	122	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Lesotho	120	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
108	Israel	120	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
109	North Macedonia	120	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Burundi	111	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Papua New Guinea	111	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
112	Togo	111	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Benin	109	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Belarus	109	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Armenia	105	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
116	Namibia	104	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Moldova	101	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Estonia	101	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Georgia	101	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Equatorial Guinea	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
121	Latvia	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Singapore	99	East Asia & Pacific	High income
123	Uruguay	99	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Kazakhstan	98	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Maldives	93	South Asia	Upper middle income
126	Nicaragua	91	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
127	Kyrgyz Republic	90	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
128	Oman	90	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
129	Slovenia	90	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Montenegro	81	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
131	Paraguay	80	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Rwanda	80	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Malta	79	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
134	Eswatini	74	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Liberia	73	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Guyana	72	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	Cabo Verde	72	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
138	Panama	69	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
139	Botswana	67	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
140	Mauritius	67	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Guinea-Bissau	66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Timor-Leste	65	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
143	Djibouti	65	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
144	Jamaica	63	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
145	Iceland	63	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Tajikistan	62	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
147	Luxembourg	60	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	San Marino	60	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	El Salvador	60	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
150	Gambia, The	58	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Burkina Faso	58	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Costa Rica	57	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Cyprus	56	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Sao Tome and Principe	55	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Fiji	55	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
156	Vanuatu	52	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
157	Samoa	51	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
158	Suriname	51	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
159	Solomon Islands	50	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
160	Qatar	49	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
161	Bhutan	47	South Asia	Lower middle income
162	Kiribati	45	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
163	Trinidad and Tobago	42	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
164	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
165	Bahamas, The	41	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
166	United Arab Emirates	40	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
167	Bahrain	40	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
168	Brunei Darussalam	35	East Asia & Pacific	High income
169	Seychelles	34	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
170	Comoros	33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Marshall Islands	33	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
172	Dominica	32	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
173	Belize	32	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
174	Barbados	31	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
175	Andorra	28	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Tonga	27	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
177	Liechtenstein	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Monaco	24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	23	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
180	St. Lucia	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
181	Naoero	19	East Asia & Pacific	High income
182	Antigua and Barbuda	18	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
183	Palau	16	East Asia & Pacific	High income
184	St. Kitts and Nevis	16	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
185	Tuvalu	16	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	Grenada	16	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
187	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	14	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Lower/single house seats