Every constitution on Earth
The full text of every national constitution in force, in English, and the tools to read them side by side: what nearly all of them promise, which ones are related, which passages were copied from which, and the country whose constitution is most like yours.
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Five ways in, from one clause to the whole world.
📖Read a constitutionThe full text with a contents list and a find box that filters to the clauses you are after. Download any one as a PDF.Open the reader →
🤝What unites them387 topics ranked by how many constitutions contain them, the clause quoted from several countries, a globe of who has what.See the shared ground →
🗺️Constitution AtlasFamilies of related constitutions, similarity by wording and by structure, and passages copied word for word between countries.Open the atlas →
🏛️Who governs, on the globePolitical system, parliament parties with logos and seat shares, the 100 people who hold power, the next vote.Open State on the globe →
🪪Country cardAny country in one shareable image, with its constitution one tap away as a PDF.Make a card →
What nearly all of them share
The topics found in the most constitutions, and the rarest guarantees on Earth.
Rarest guarantees
Constitutional families
Constitutions grouped by how alike their wording and structure are. Each family shares history: a colonial legal tradition, a common model, or texts drafted with the same advisers.