As of 2020, Malta was the country with the highest number of parliament members per 100,000 inhabitants. This Southern European country counted 14.3 members in the parliament. By contrast, the Spanish parliament had the lowest number of members in proportion to the population.
In September 2020, a constitutional referendum was held in Italy on the number of parliament members. The Italian Parliament consists of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Republic. The data depicted in the chart show the number of deputies before the referendum, which amounted to 630 members. For every 100,000 individuals, Italy had one deputy, one of the lowest number in the European Union in proportion to country's population. After the referendum, Italy could have just 0.7 members in the Chamber of Deputies per 100,000 population, ranking last in the EU.
Number of national parliament members (deputies) in the countries of the European Union and in the United Kingdom as of 2020, by country
(per 100,000 inhabitants)
*Cyprus' Constitution foresees 80 members, of which 56 elected by the Greek-Cypriot community and 24 by the Turkish-Cypriot community. The seats allocated to the Turkish-Cypriot community have been vacant since 1964. The actual number is 56 members, which equals to 6.5 members per 100,000 inhabitants. The figure 9.3 displays the normative data.
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Senato della Repubblica. (August 19, 2020). Number of national parliament members (deputies) in the countries of the European Union and in the United Kingdom as of 2020, by country (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1172438/parliament-members-in-the-eu-and-uk-by-country/
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Number of national parliament members (deputies) in the countries of the European Union and in the United Kingdom as of 2020, by country (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Senato della Repubblica, August 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1172438/parliament-members-in-the-eu-and-uk-by-country/
