This is a list of political parties by reported number of members. These reported membership numbers[a] are usually claimed by the parties themselves and may not have been confirmed by independent studies.
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (year) | Approximate percentage of population (year)[b] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian People's Party |
BJP | India | 6 April 1980 | 198 million (2023)[1][2][3] | 12.7% (2022) | |
2 | Chinese Communist Party | CCP CPC |
China | 23 July 1921 | 99 million (2023)[4] | 7.0% (2023) | |
3 | Indian National Congress | INC CONG |
India | 28 December 1885 | 95 million (2023)[5][6] | 6.7% (2023) |
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (year) | Approximate percentage of population (year)[b] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Democratic Party | D DEM |
United States | 8 January 1828 | 45,137,430 (2024)[7][c] | 37.60% (2024) in 31 states | |
5 | Republican Party | R GOP REP |
United States | 20 March 1854 | 36,073,810 (2024)[7][d] | 30.05% (2024) in 31 states | |
6 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation |
AIADMK | India | 17 October 1972 | 20,044,400 (2023)[8] | 1.4% (2023)[e] | |
7 | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Pakistan Movement for Justice |
PTI | Pakistan | 25 April 1996 | 20 million (2024)[9] | 12.24% (2024) | |
8 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravidian Progressive Federation |
DMK | |||||
India | 17 September 1949 | 20 million (2023)[10] | 1.38% (2023)[f] | ||||
9 | Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party of the Revolution |
CCM | Tanzania | 5 February 1977 | 12 million (2022)[11] | 19% (2022) | |
10 | Justice and Development Party | AKP
AK Parti |
Turkey | 14 August 2001 | 11,041,464 (2024)[12] | 12.93% (2023) | |
11 | Prosperity Party | PP | Ethiopia | 1 December 2019 | 11 million (2022)[13] | 11% (2022) | |
12 | Aam Aadmi Party Common Man's Party |
AAP | India | 26 November 2012 | 10.05 million (2014)[14] | 0.81% (2014) | |
13 | Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | TVK | India | 2 February 2024 | 10 million (2024)[15] | 0.7% (2024) | |
13 | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | PSUV | Venezuela | 24 March 2007 | 7,632,606 (2014)[16][non-primary source needed] | 27.33% (2013) | |
14 | Workers' Party of Korea | WPK | North Korea | 30 June 1949 | 6.5 million (2021)[17] | 25.07% (2021) | |
15 | Telugu Desam Party Party of the Telugu Land |
TDP | India | 29 March 1982 | 6.5 million (2019)[18] | 0.47% (2019) | |
16 | Cambodian People's Party | CPP | Cambodia | 28 June 1951 | 6 million (2020)[19] | 35.89% (2020) | |
17 | Communist Party of Vietnam | CPV | Vietnam | 3 February 1930 | 5.3 million (2020)[20] | 5.73% (2014) |
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (year) | Approximate percentage of population (year)[b] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Democratic Party of Korea | DPK | South Korea | 26 March 2014 | 4,053,466 (2021) | 7.84% (2021) | |
20 | Justicialist Party | PJ | Argentina | 21 November 1946 | 3,818,678 (2019)[21] | 8.5% (2019) | |
21 | People Power Party | PPP | South Korea | 17 February 2020 | 3,475,372 (2020) main predecessor |
6.72% (2020) | |
22 | United Malays National Organisation | UMNO | Malaysia | 11 May 1946 | 3,391,236 (2022)[22] | 10.1% (2022) | |
23 | People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola | MPLA | Angola | 10 December 1956 | 2.7 million (2008)[23] | 14% (2008) | |
24 | Colorado Party | ANR-PC | Paraguay | 11 September 1887 | 2,616,424 (2022)[24] | 42.82% (2022) | |
25 | National Regeneration Movement | Morena | Mexico | 10 July 2014 | 2,322,136 (2023)[25] | 1.84% (2023) | |
26 | Brazilian Democratic Movement | MDB | Brazil | 4 December 1965 | 2,080,586 (2024)[26] | 0.98% (2024) | |
27 | United Russia | YR | Russia | 1 December 2001 | 2,073,772 (2013)[27] | 1.45% (2013) | |
28 | Radical Civic Union | UCR | Argentina | 21 June 1891 | 1,992,472 (2017)[21] | 4.52% (2017) | |
29 | Workers' Party | PT | Brazil | 10 February 1980 | 1,650,286 (2024)[26] | 0.78% (2024) | |
30 | Authentic Radical Liberal Party | PLRA | Paraguay | 1887 | 1,548,023 (2022)[28] | 25.33% (2022) | |
31 | Partido Federal ng Pilipinas Federal Party of the Philippines |
PFP | Philippines | 5 October 2018 | 1.5 million (2021)[29] | 1.35% (2021) | |
32 | Republican People's Party | CHP | Turkey | 9 September 1923 | 1,428,800 (2024)[30] | 1.67% (2023) | |
33 | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | Mexico | 4 March 1929 | 1,411,889 (2023)[31] | 1.10% (2023) | |
34 | Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | Brazil | 26 October 2022 | 1,330,602 (2024)[26] | 0.63% (2024) | |
35 | Progressistas Progressives |
PP | Brazil | September 1995 | 1,327,959 (2024)[26] | 0.62% (2024) | |
36 | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | PSDB | Brazil | 25 June 1988 | 1,304,717 (2024)[26] | 0.61% (2024) | |
37 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region | Ba'ath | Syria | 7 April 1947 | 1.2 million (2010)[32] | 5.68% (2010) | |
38 | Democratic Labour Party | PDT | Brazil | 17 June 1979 | 1,112,376 (2024)[26] | 0.52% (2024) | |
39 | Brazil Union | UNIÃO | Brazil | 6 October 2021 | 1,100,261 (2024)[26] | 0.52% (2024) | |
40 | Liberal Democratic Party | LDP | Japan | 15 November 1955 | 1,091,075 (2023)[33] | 0.88% (2023) | |
41 | Kuomintang Nationalist Party |
KMT | Taiwan (ROC) | 10 October 1919 | 1,090,000 (2017)[34] | 4.62% (2017) | |
42 | National Liberation Front | FLN | Algeria | 23 October 1954 | 1 million (2019)[35] | 2.32% (2019) | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M)
CPM |
India |
7 November 1964 |
1 million (2022)[36] | 0.07% (2022) |
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Active since | Claimed number of members (year) |
Approximate percentage of population (year)[b] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
43 | Liberal Party | PL | Brazil | 25 June 1985 | 898,282 (2024)[26] | 0.42% (2024) | |
44 | Nepali Congress | NC | Nepal | 9 April 1950 | 870,106 (2024) | 2.84% (2024) | |
45 | Amanat Ancestral Legacy |
Kazakhstan | 12 February 1999 | 850,000 (2015)[37] | 4.84% (2015) | ||
46 | Golkar Party Party of Functional Groups |
Indonesia | 20 October 1964 | 839,187 (2023)[38] | 0.13% (2020) | ||
47 | Podemos We Can |
PODE | Brazil | 5 March 1995 | 813,902 (2024)[26] | 0.38% (2024) | |
48 | Serbian Progressive Party | SNS | Serbia | 21 October 2008 | 800,000 (2020)[39] | 11.13% (2020) | |
49 | African National Congress | ANC | South Africa | 8 January 1912 | 769,000 (2015)[40] | 1.39% (2015) | |
50 | New Azerbaijan Party | YAP | Azerbaijan | 21 November 1992 | 760,580 (2021) | 7.51% (2021) | |
51 | Libertarian Party | LP | United States | 11 December 1971 | 693,634 (2021)[7][d] | 0.20% (2021) | |
52 | Communist Party of Cuba | PCC | Cuba | 3 October 1965 | 670,000 (2016)[41] | 5.96% (2016) | |
53 | Brazilian Socialist Party | PSB | Brazil | 2 July 1985 | 653,940 (2024)[26] | 0.31% (2024) | |
54 | Communist Party of India | CPI | India |
26 December 1925 |
650,000 (2022)[42][43] | 0.05% (2022) | |
55 | Conservative Party of Canada | CPC
PCC |
Canada | 7 December 2003 | 600,000+ (2022)[44] | 1.56% (2022) | |
56 | Austrian People's Party | ÖVP | Austria | 17 April 1945 | 600,000 (2017)[45] | 6.80% (2017) | |
57 | Republicans | Brazil | 25 August 2005 | 566,561 (2024)[26] | 0.27% (2024) | ||
58 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | CPN (UML) | Nepal | 6 January 1991 | 550,000 (2022)[46] | 1.8% (2022) | |
59 | La France Insoumise Unsubmissive France |
FI LFI |
France | 10 February 2016 | 540,000 (2017)[47] | 0.8% (2017) | |
60 | Social Democratic Party | PSD | Romania | 16 June 2001 | 509,000 (2014)[48] | 2.55% (2014) | |
61 | Good Party | İYİ
İP İYİP |
Turkey | 25 October 2017 | 508,578 (2024)[49] | 0.6% (2023) | |
62 | New Ideas | N
NI |
El Salvador | 25 October 2017 | 507,677 (2019)[50] | 7.64% (2019) | |
63 | Podemos We Can |
Spain | 16 January 2014 | 507,250 (2018)[51] | 1.09% (2018) | ||
64 | National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia |
FUNCINPEC | Cambodia | 21 March 1981 | 500,000 (2019)[52] | 2.99% (2019) | |
65 | Nationalist Movement Party | MHP | Turkey | 9 February 1969 | 486,896 (2024)[53] | 0.57% (2023) | |
66 | Social Democratic Party | PSD | Brazil | 21 March 2011 | 468,295 (2024)[26] | 0.22% (2024) | |
67 | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | V PVEM PVE |
Mexico | 14 May 1993 | 460,554 (2020)[54] | 0.37% (2020) | |
68 | Komeito | NKP | Japan | 17 November 1964 | 450,000 (2024)[55] | 0.36% (2024) | |
United Sabah Party | PBS | Malaysia | 5 March 1985 | 450,000 (2021)[56] | 1.38% (2021)[g]
7.47% (2021)[h] | ||
70 | Cidadania Citizenship |
Brazil | 26 January 1992 | 425,390 (2024)[26] | 0.20% (2024) | ||
71 | Democratic Party | PD | Italy | 14 October 2007 | 412,675 (2019)[citation needed] | 0.69% (2019) | |
72 | Renaissance | RE | France | 6 April 2016 | 411,892 (2019)[57] | 0.64% (2019) | |
73 | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions | FTU | Hong Kong | 17 April 1948 | 410,000 (2014)[58] | 5.66% (2014) | |
74 | Communist Party of Brazil | PCdoB | Brazil | 18 February 1962 | 391,256 (2024)[26] | 0.18% (2024) | |
75 | Solidarity | Brazil | 25 October 2012 | 382,514 (2024)[26] | 0.18% (2024) | ||
76 | Social Democratic Party of Germany | SPD | Germany | 23 May 1863 | 379,861[59] (2023) | 0.45% (2023) | |
77 | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | CDU | Germany | 20 June 1945 | 371,986 [60] (2023) | 0.44% (2023) | |
78 | People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan | XDP | Uzbekistan | 1 November 1991 | 368,214 (2009) | 1.33% (2009) | |
79 | Labour Party | LAB | United Kingdom | 23 July 1900 | 366,604[61] (2024) | 0.54% (2021) | |
80 | New Welfare Party | YRP Yeniden Refah |
Turkey | 23 November 2018 | 365,767 (2024)[62] | 0.43% (2023) | |
81 | China Democratic League | CDL | China | 17 April 1948 | 356,900 (2023)[63] | 0.03% (2023) | |
82 | Green Party | PV | Brazil | 17 January 1986 | 351,011 (2024)[26] | 0.16% (2024) | |
83 | Democrat Party | DP | Turkey | 27 May 2007 | 342,256 (2024)[64] | 0.4% (2023) | |
84 | Democratic Progressive Party | DPP | Taiwan (ROC) | 28 September 1986 | 335,643 (2014)[citation needed] | 1.43% (2014) | |
85 | Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party | OʻzLiDeP | Uzbekistan | 15 November 2003 | 324,881 (2016) | 1.01% (2016) | |
86 | Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party | AHDPP | Kazakhstan | 30 January 2000 | 298,564 (2021) | 1.60% (2021) | |
87 | New Progressive Party | PNP | Puerto Rico | 20 August 1967 | 297,998 (2020)[65] | 9.07% (2020) | |
88 | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | LDPR | Russia | 1992 | 295,018 (2019)[66] | 0.20% (2019) | |
89 | Liberal Party of Canada | LPC
PLC |
Canada | 1861 | 294,002 (2013)[67] | 0.83% (2013) | |
90 | Socialism and Liberty Party | PSOL | Brazil | 6 June 2004 | 291,344 (2024)[26] | 0.14% (2024) | |
91 | Mongolian People's Party | MPP | Mongolia | 25 June 1921 | 287,283 (2023) | 8.90% (2023) | |
92 | National Liberal Party | PNL | Romania | 24 May 1875 | 253,895 (2018)[68] | 1.3% (2018) | |
93 | Japanese Communist Party | JCP | Japan | 15 July 1922 | 250,000 (2024)[69] | 0.20% (2024) | |
94 | Congolese Party of Labour | PCT | Republic of the Congo | 29 December 1969 | 250,000 (2005)[70] | 7.06% (2005) | |
95 | Labor Party | PT | Mexico | 8 December 1990 | 249,384 (2020)[54] | 0.20% (2020) | |
96 | Avante Forward |
Brazil | November 1989 | 246,757 (2024)[26] | 0.12% (2024) | ||
97 | Green Party of the United States | GPUS | United States | April 2001 | 246,377 (2020)[7][d] | 0.07% (2020) | |
98 | Felicity Party | SP
SAADET |
Turkey | 20 July 2001 | 243,312 (2024)[71] | 0.29% (2023) | |
99 | The Republicans | LR | France | 30 May 2015 | 234,556 (2017)[72] | 0.36% (2017) | |
100 | National Action Party | PAN | Mexico | 16 September 1939 | 234,450 (2020)[54] | 0.19% (2020) | |
101 | Citizens' Movement | MC | Mexico | 1 August 1998 | 229,474 (2020)[54] | 0.18% (2020) | |
102 | China National Democratic Construction Association | CNDCA | China | 22 March 1955 | 228,318 (2023)[73] | 0.02% (2023) | |
103 | Croatian Democratic Union | HDZ | Croatia | 17 June 1989 | 220,000 (2017)[74] | 5.33% (2017) | |
South African Communist Party | SACP | South Africa | 12 February 1921 | 220,000 (2015)[75] | 0.4% (2015) | ||
105 | Popular Democratic Party | PPD | Puerto Rico | 22 July 1938 | 218,900 (2020)[76] | 6.66% (2020) | |
106 | National Mobilization | MOBILIZA | Brazil | 21 April 1984 | 212,899 (2024)[26] | 0.10% (2024) | |
107 | Jiusan Society Academic Society |
JS | China | 3 September 1945 | 211,738 (2023)[77] | 0.01% (2023) | |
108 | Democratic Party of Turkmenistan | TDP | Turkmenistan | 16 December 1991 | 211,000 (2019) | 3.50% (2019) | |
109 | Agir Act |
Brazil | 11 July 1985 | 200,860 (2024)[26] | 0.09% (2024) | ||
110 | China Association for Promoting Democracy | CAPD | China | 30 December 1945 | 200,000 (2023)[78] | 0.01% (2023) | |
111 | Popular Action | AP | Peru | 7 July 1956 | 194,472 (2020) | 0.59% (2020) | |
112 | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | SNSD | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 March 1996 | 192,707 (2019)[79] | 5.64% (2019) | |
113 | Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party | CPWDP | China | 9 August 1930 | 192,000 (2022)[80] | 0.01% (2022) | |
114 | Lao People's Revolutionary Party | LPRP | Laos | 22 March 1955 | 191,700 (2011) | 3% (2011) | |
115 | Christian Democracy | DC | Brazil | 30 March 1995 | 185,258 (2024)[26] | 0.09% (2024) | |
116 | Creating Opportunities | CREO | Ecuador | 20 August 2012 | 184,299 (2016) | 1.11% (2016) | |
117 | Democratic Left | ID | Ecuador | 1970 | 184,284 (2016) | 1.11% (2016) | |
118 | Social Democratic Party of Austria | SPÖ | Austria | 1 January 1889 | 180,000 (2017)[45] | 2.04% (2017) | |
119 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | PSOE | Spain | 2 May 1879 | 178,651 (2019)[81] | 0.38% (2019) | |
120 | Democrat Party | DP | Thailand | 6 April 1946 | 178,095 (2021) | 0.25% (2021) | |
121 | Belaya Rus White Rus |
Belarus | 17 November 2007 | 178,000 (2018)[82] | 0.19% (2018) | ||
122 | Citizen Revolution Movement | RC | Ecuador | 18 August 2016 | 174,700 (2016) | 1.06% (2016) | |
123 | Conservative and Unionist Party | Con | United Kingdom | 23 July 1834 | 172,437[83] (2022) | 0.26% (2022) | |
124 | Social Christian Party | PSC | Ecuador | 13 November 1951 | 164,629 (2016) | 1.00% (2016) | |
125 | Alliance for Progress | APP A |
Peru | 8 December 2001 | 161,859 (2020) | 0.49% (2020) | |
126 | Brothers of Italy | FdI | Italy | 17 December 2012 | 160,000 (2017) | 0.26% (2017) | |
Communist Party of the Russian Federation | CPRF | Russia | 14 February 1993 | 160,000 (2015)[84] | 0.11% (2015) | ||
128 | Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country | MUPP | Ecuador | 1 November 1995 | 159,961 (2016) | 0.97% (2016) | |
129 | Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | RCCK | China | 1 January 1948 | 158,000 (2022)[85] | 0.01% (2022) | |
130 | Democratic Party | DP | Mongolia | 1990 | 150,000 (2020) | 4.47% (2020) | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party National Democratic Party |
RPP | Nepal | 29 May 1990 | 150,000 (2021)[86] | 1.87% (2021) | ||
132 | Brazilian Labour Renewal Party | PRTB | Brazil | 27 November 1994 | 147,716 (2024)[26] | 0.07% (2024) | |
133 | Democracy and Progress Party | DEVA | Turkey | 9 March 2020 | 146,820 (2024)[87] | 0.17% (2023) | |
134 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | CPN (US) | Nepal | 18 August 2021 | 146,715 (2023) | 0.47% (2023) | |
135 | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | DPS | Bulgaria | 4 January 1990 | 140,000 (2018) | 1.99% (2018) | |
Christian Social Union in Bavaria | CSU | Germany | 1945 | 140,000 (2019)[88] | 0.17% (2019)[i]
1.07% (2019)[j] | ||
137 | Social Democratic Party | PPD/PSD PSD |
Portugal | 6 May 1974 | 129,735 (2018)[89] | 1.26% (2018) | |
138 | Nationalist Republican Alliance | ARENA | El Salvador | 30 September 1981 | 127,543 (2019)[90] | 1.92% (2019) | |
139 | Likud – National Liberal Movement | Israel | 1988 | 125,000 (2012)[citation needed] | 1.57% (2012) | ||
140 | Socialist Party | PS | Argentina | 28 June 1896 | 124,934 (2012)[91] | 0.03% (2012) | |
141 | New Democratic Party | NDP
NPD |
Canada | 3 August 1961 | 124,620 (2017) | 0.34% (2017) | |
142 | Lega Nord Northern League |
LN | Italy | 4 December 1989 | 122,000 (2013)[92] | 0.2% (2013) | |
143 | We Are Peru | SP | Peru | 11 September 1997 | 121,577 (2020) | 0.37% (2020) | |
144 | Constitution Party | CP | United States | 1991 | 118,088 (2020)[7][d] | 0.04% (2020) | |
145 | Republican Proposal | PRO | Argentina | 3 June 2010 | 115,481 (2016)[21] | 0.26% (2016) | |
146 | Five Star Movement | M5S | Italy | 4 October 2009 | 115,372 (2019)[93] | 0.19% (2019) | |
147 | United National Congress | UNC | Trinidad and Tobago | 30 April 1989 | 115,000 (2020)[94] | 7.58% (2020) | |
148 | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan | CDP
CDPJ |
Japan | 3 October 2017 | 114,839 (2024)[95] | 0.09 (2024) | |
149 | Great Unity Party | BBP
BÜYÜK BİRLİK |
Turkey | 29 January 1993 | 112,277[96] (2024) | 0.13% (2023) | |
150 | Socialist Party of Albania | PS | Albania | 13 June 1991 | 112,000 (2021) | 3.94% (2021) | |
151 | Nidaa Tounes Call of Tunisia |
NT | Tunisia | 16 June 2012 | 110,000 (2014)[97][needs update] | 1% (2014) | |
153 | Forza Italia Forward Italy |
FI | Italy | 16 December 2013 | 106,000 (2015) | 0.18% (2015) | |
Reconquête Reconquest |
R! | France | 5 December 2021 | 106,000 (2022) | 0.16% (2022) | ||
154 | People's National Movement | PNM | Trinidad and Tobago | 24 January 1956[98] | 105,894 (2022) | 6.92% (2022) | |
155 | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region | Ba'ath | Iraq | 17 July 1968 | 102,900 (2019)[99] | 0.26% (2019) | |
156 | Peace to Luhanshchyna | Luhansk People's Republic | 6 October 2014 | 102,000+ (2019) | 6.97% (2019) | ||
157 | Alliance 90/The Greens | B90/Grüne Grüne |
Germany | 14 May 1993 | 101,561 (2020)[100] | 0.12% (2020) | |
158 | Polish People's Party | PSL | Poland | 1895[101] | 101,000 (2020)[102][103] | 0.27% (2020) | |
159 | Socialist Party of Serbia | SPS | Serbia | 17 July 1990 | 100,000 (2019) | 1.45% (2019) | |
Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice | PUPS – Solidarity and Justice | Serbia | 10 May 2005 | 100,000 (2015) | 1.41% (2015) | ||
New Democratic Party of Serbia | NDSS | Serbia | 26 July 1992 | 100,000 (2011)[104] | 1.38% (2011) | ||
Syrian Social Nationalist Party | SSNP | Syria | 16 November 1932 | 100,000 (2016) | 0.58% (2016) | ||
Free Egyptians Party | FEP | Egypt | 3 April 2011 | 100,000 (2011)[105] | 0.12% (2011) | ||
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power |
PDP-Laban | Philippines | 6 February 1983 | 100,000 (2021)[106] | 0.09% (2021) | ||
Russia of the Future | Russia | 15 December 2012 | 100,000 (2020)[107][needs update] | 0.07% (2020) |
Note: This list only includes parties that were dissolved and whose successor parties are clearly different from them.
Rank | Name | Abbreviation | Party symbol | Country | Founded | Dissolved | Claimed peak membership (year) | Approximate percentage of population (year)[b] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Popular Movement of the Revolution | MPR | Zaire | 20 May 1967 | 16 May 1997 | 46.5 million (1996) | 100% (1996)[k] | |
2 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | CPSU | Soviet Union | January 1912 | 6 November 1991 | 19 million (1986) | 6.84% (1986) | |
3 | National Fascist Party | PNF | Kingdom of Italy | 9 November 1921 | 27 July 1943 | 10 million (1930)[108] | 24.35% (1930) | |
4 | Nazi Party | NSDAP | Nazi Germany | 24 February 1920 | 10 October 1945 | 8.5 million (1945) | 12.88% (1945) | |
5 | National Revolutionary Movement for Development | MRND | Rwanda | 5 June 1975 | June 1994 | 7.1 million (1990) | 100% (1990)[k] | |
6 | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front | EPRDF | Ethiopia | May 1988 | 1 December 2019 | 6 million (2011)[109] | 7.23% (2011) | |
7 | Agricultural League | RLB | Weimar Republic | 1921 | 30 January 1930 | 5.6 million (1924) | 9% (1924) | |
8 | Rastakhiz Party Resurgence Party |
Iran | 2 March 1975 | 1 November 1978 | 5 million (1976)[110] | 14.83% (1976) | ||
9 | National Partnership | NS | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | 21 March 1939 | 4 June 1945 | 4 million (1939) | 55.45% (1939) | |
Concordia Association | Kyowa | Manchukuo | 1931 | 1945 | 4 million (1943) | 10% (1943) | ||
11 | Romanian Communist Party | PCR | Socialist Republic of Romania | 8 May 1912 | 22 December 1989 | 3.7 million (1989)[111] | 15.98% (1989) | |
12 | Polish United Workers' Party | PZPR | Polish People's Republic | December 1948 | January 1990 | 3.5 million (1970s) | 10.72% (1970s) | |
13 | Fatherland Front | VF | Federal State of Austria | 20 May 1933 | 13 March 1938 | 3 million (1937)[112] | 44% (1937) | |
Muslim People's Republic Party | MPRP | Iran | 25 February 1979 | January 1980 | 3 million (1979)[113] | 7.91% (1979) | ||
Communist Party of Indonesia | PKI | Indonesia | 23 May 1914 | 1966 | 3 million (1960) | 3.8% (1960) | ||
16 | Democratic Constitutional Rally | RCD | Tunisia | 27 February 1988 | 9 March 2011 | 2.5 million (2010) | 23.7% (2010) | |
Islamic Republican Party | IRP | Iran | 17 February 1979 | 1 June 1987 | 2.5 million (1979)[114] | 6.59% (1979) | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | Italy | 15 May 1943 | 2 February 1991 | 2.5 million (1947) | 5.48% (1947) | ||
Constitutional Democratic Party | Minseito | Empire of Japan | 1 June 1927 | 15 August 1940 | 2–3 million | 3.4% (Japan Proper in 1940) | ||
20 | Socialist Unity Party of Germany | SED | East Germany | 21 April 1946 | 16 December 1989 | 2.3 million (1989) | 13.76% (1989) | |
21 | National Peasants' Party | PNȚ | Kingdom of Romania | 26 October 1926 | 29 June 1947 | 2.12 million (1947) | 13.67% (1947) | |
22 | League of Communists of Yugoslavia | SKJ | SFR Yugoslavia | 20 April 1919 | 22 January 1990 | 2.1 million (1981) | 9.44% (1981) | |
23 | Christian Democracy | DC | Italy | 15 December 1943 | 16 January 1994 | 2 million (1990) | 3.53% (1990) | |
24 | National Democratic Party | NDP | Egypt | 2 October 1978 | 16 April 2011 | 1.9 million (2010) | 2.4% (2010) | |
25 | Patriotic Union | UP | Spain | 14 April 1924 | 1930 | 1.7 million | 8% | |
26 | Dominican Party | PD | Dominican Republic | 2 August 1931 | 6 January 1962 | 1.6 million (1960) | 52.7% (1960)[k] | |
27 | Party of Labour of Albania | PPSH | People's Socialist Republic of Albania | 15 December 1943 | 13 June 1991 | 1.5 million (1989) | 47% (1989) | |
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | KSČ | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 16 May 1921 | 23 April 1992 | 1.5 million (1981)[115] | 10% (1981) | ||
Indonesian National Party | PNI | Indonesia | 4 July 1927 | 10 January 1973 | 1.5 million (1950) | 2% (1950) | ||
30 | Sudeten German Party | SdP | Czechoslovakia | 1 October 1933 | 5 November 1938 | 1.35 million (1938) | 9% (1938) | |
31 | German Fatherland Party | DVLP | German Empire | 2 September 1917 | 10 December 1918 | 1.25 million (1918) | 1.93% (1918) | |
32 | Brazilian Labour Party (1981) | PTB | Brazil | 3 November 1981 | 9 November 2023 | 1.19 million (2017)[26] | 0.57% (2017) | |
33 | The People of Freedom | PdL | Italy | 27 March 2009 | 16 November 2013 | 1.15 million (2011) | 1.91% (2011) | |
34 | Brazilian Integralist Action | AIB | Brazil | 7 October 1932 | 2 December 1937 | 1.13 million (1937)[116] | 2.61% (1937) | |
35 | Democrats | DEM | Brazil | 24 January 1985 | 8 February 2022 | 1.11 million (2009)[26] | 0.58% (2009) | |
36 | Bulgarian Communist Party | BCP | People's Republic of Bulgaria | 1919 | 3 April 1990 | 1 million (1989) | 11.1% (1989) | |
Socialist Revolutionary Party | SR | Russian Empire | 1902 | 1921 | 1 million (1917) | 0.6% (1917) |
His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or "Indian People's Party") is on the right of the Indian political spectrum. It is the largest political party in the world, with nearly twice as many members as the second largest party- the Chinese Communist Party. It supports a Hindu nationalist ideology and economic development.
Many posts in the public sector, the military and government were generally reserved for Baathists, which helped boost party membership. By 1981, some 375,000 people had joined the party. By 2010, this number had reportedly risen to 1.2 million - nearly 10% of the population.