List of national constitutions
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The following is a list of existing or former national constitutions by country, semi-recognized countries, and by codification.
Codified constitutions
Region Date YearAfghanistan January 4 2004
Albania November 28 1998
Algeria 1963
Andorra February 2 1993
Angola 1975
Argentina May 1 1853
Armenia July 5 1995
Australia July 9 1900
Austria October 1 1920
Azerbaijan November 12 1995
Bangladesh December 16 1972
Bahrain 1972,2002
Belarus March 15 1994
Belgium February 7 1831
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton Agreement, 1995) Dececmber 14 1995
Brazil October 5 1988
Bulgaria July 12 1991
Burundi March 9 1992
Cameroon 2008
Canada 1982
Chad 1996
Chile March 11 1981
China, People's Republic of December 4 1982
Hong Kong April 4 1990
Macau December 20 1999
China, Republic of - Taiwan 2005
Colombia 1991
Congo, Democratic Republic of February 18 2006
Croatia December 1990
Cuba 1976
Czech Republic December 16 1992
Denmark 1849
Dominican Republic 2009
Egypt September 11 1971
Estonia Põhiseadus 1992
Fiji 1997-2009
Finland March 1 2000
France October 4 1958
Georgia August 24 1995
Germany — titled Grundgesetz May 8 1949
Greece 1975
Guinea-Bissau 1984
Hungary August 20 1949
Iceland June 17 1944
India, Republic of January 26 1950
Constitution of Jammu And Kashmir
Indonesia 1945
Iran October 24 1979
Iraq October 24 1979
Ireland, Republic of December 29 1937
Italy December 22 1947
Japan May 3 1947
Katanga 1960
Kazakhstan August 30 1995
Kyrgyzstan June 27 2010
Korea, Republic of July 17 1948
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2009
Kosovo June 15 2008
Kuwait 1961
Latvia November 7 1922
Lebanon May 23 1926
Lithuania October 25 1992
Liechtenstein 1866
Macedonia 2001
Malaysia 1957
Mali January 12 1992
Mexico February 5 1917
Monaco December 17 1962
Mongolia January 13 1992
Montenegro October 19 2007
Nauru January 31 1968
Netherlands — titled Grondwet 1815
Aruba — titled Staatsregeling August 19 1985
Netherlands Antilles — titled Staatsregeling October 10 2010
Nicaragua 1995
Niger July 18 1999
Nigeria May 29 1999
Norway May 14 1814
Pakistan 1973
Paraguay 1992
Palestine - A Basic law serves for the interim period May 28 1964
Peru December 31 1993
Philippines February 2 1987
Poland April 2 1997
Portugal 1822
Romania 1991
Russia December 12 1993
Rwanda May 26 2003
Serbia October 28-29 2006
Singapore 1965
Slovakia September 1 1992
Slovenia December 23 1991
Somalia 2004
South Africa February 4 1997
Spain 1978
Sri Lanka September 7 1978
Sudan 1998
Sweden 1974
Switzerland April 18 1999
Syria 1973
Thailand 2007
Tonga November 4 1875
Turkey November 7 1982
Turkmenistan May 18 1992
Ukraine June 28 1996
United States of America June 21 1788
State Constitutions (United States)
Uruguay 1997
Vanuatu 1980
Venezuela 1999
Vietnam April 15 1992
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
- Saudi Arabia (however, the Basic Law declares the Qur'an to be Constitution of Saudi Arabia)
- United Kingdom