World Top Politician Parties in 2021 & 2022

List of currently active political parties with primary membership of 50,000,000+

Rank	Name	Abbreviation	Party symbol	Country	Active since	Claimed number of members (Year)	Approximate percentage of population (Year)[a]
1	Bharatiya Janata Party (transl. Indian People's Party)	BJP		India	6 April 1980 (41 years ago)	210 million (2021)[1][2]	15% (2021)
2	Communist Party of China	CPC CCP		China, People's Republic of	1 July 1921 (100 years ago)	95.148 million (2021)[3]	6.74% (2021)

Parties with 5 million – 50 million members[edit]

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List of currently active political parties with 5,000,000 – 50,000,000 members

Rank	Name	Abbreviation	Party symbol	Country	Active since	Claimed number of members (Year)	Approximate percentage of population (Year)[a]
3	Democratic Party	D DEM		United States	8 January 1828 (193 years ago)	47,106,084 (2020)[4][b]	14.3% (2020)
4	Republican Party	R GOP REP		United States	20 March 1854 (167 years ago)	36,132,743 (2021)[4][b]	10.64% (2020)
5	Indian National Congress	INC		India	28 December 1885 (135 years ago)	18 million (2019)[5]	1.60% (2019)
6	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (translation: All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation)	AIADMK		India	17 October 1972 (48 years ago)	15 million (2018)[6]	1.20% (2018)
7	Justice and Development Party	AK Parti AKP		Turkey	14 August 2001 (20 years ago)	11,157,656 (2021)[7]	13.34% (2021)
8	Aam Aadmi Party (translation: Common Man's Party)	AAP		India	26 November 2012 (8 years ago)	10.05 million (2014)[8]	0.81% (2014)
9	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (translation: Pakistan Movement for Justice)	PTI		Pakistan	25 April 1996 (25 years ago)	10 million (2013)[9][10][11]	5.32% (2013)
10	Chama Cha Mapinduzi (translation: Party of the Revolution)	CCM		Tanzania	5 February 1977 (44 years ago)	8.4 million (2013)[12]	17.41% (2013)
11	United Socialist Party of Venezuela	PSUV		Venezuela	24 March 2007 (14 years ago)	7,632,606 (2014)[13]	27.33% (2013)
12	Cambodian People's Party	CPP		Cambodia	28 June 1951 (70 years ago)	6 million (2020)[14]	35.89% (2020)

Parties with 1 million – 5 million members[edit]

List of currently active political parties with 1,000,000 – 5,000,000 members

Rank	Name	Abbreviation	Party symbol	Country	Active since	Claimed number of members (Year)	Approximate percentage of population (Year)[a]
12	Communist Party of Vietnam	CPV		Vietnam	3 February 1930 (91 years ago)	5,200,000 (2014)[15]	5.73% (2014)
13	Democratic Party of Korea	DPK		South Korea	26 March 2014 (7 years ago)	4,065,408 (2019)	7.86% (2019)
14	Workers' Party of Korea	WPK		North Korea	30 June 1949 (72 years ago)	4 million (2015)[16]	15.93% (2015)
15	Justicialist Party	PJ		Argentina	21 November 1946 (74 years ago)	3,818,678 (2019)[17]	8.5% (2019)
16	People Power Party	PPP		South Korea	17 February 2020 (18 months ago)	3,475,372 (2019) main predecessor	6.72% (2019)
17	United Malays National Organisation	UMNO		Malaysia	11 May 1946 (75 years ago)	3,359,368 (2020)[18]	10.11% (2020)
18	Malaysian United Indigenous Party	PPBM / BERSATU		Malaysia	14 January 2017 (4 years ago)	2,919,986 (2021)[19]	10.07% (2021)
19	People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola	MPLA		Angola	10 December 1956 (64 years ago)	2,700,000 (2008)[20]	14% (2008)
20	Brazilian Democratic Movement	MDB		Brazil	4 December 1965 (55 years ago)	2,138,377 (2021)[21]	1.02% (2021)
21	United Russia	YR		Russia	1 December 2001 (19 years ago)	2,073,772 (2013)[22]	1.45% (2013)
22	Colorado Party	ANR-PC		Paraguay	11 September 1887 (133 years ago)	1,989,416 (2012)[23]	29.9% (2012)
23	Radical Civic Union	UCR		Argentina	21 June 1891 (130 years ago)	1,992,472 (2017)[17]	4.52% (2017)
24	Institutional Revolutionary Party	PRI		Mexico	4 March 1929 (92 years ago)	1,587,242 (2020)[24]	1.26% (2020)
25	Workers' Party	PT		Brazil	10 February 1980 (41 years ago)	1,572,800 (2021)[21]	0.72% (2021)
26	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	PSDB		Brazil	25 June 1988 (33 years ago)	1,363,177 (2021)[21]	0.65% (2021)
27	Progressistas (translation: Progressives)	PP		Brazil	8 August 1995 (26 years ago)	1,328,246 (2021)[21]	0.63% (2021)
28	Republican People's Party	CHP		Turkey	9 September 1992 (28 years ago)	1,250,635 (2021)[25]	1.5% (2021)
29	Party of the Democratic Revolution	PRD		Mexico	5 May 1989 (32 years ago)	1,250,034 (2020)[24]	0.99% (2020)
30	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region	Ba'ath		Syria	7 April 1947 (74 years ago)	1.2 million (2010)[26]	5.68% (2010)
31	Democratic Labour Party	PDT		Brazil	17 June 1979 (42 years ago)	1,160,054 (2021)[21]	0.55% (2021)
32	Authentic Radical Liberal Party	PLRA		Paraguay	1887 (134 years ago)	1,107,687 (2012)[23]	16.7% (2012)
33	Kuomintang (translation: Nationalist Party)	KMT		Taiwan (ROC)	10 October 1919 (101 years ago)	1,090,000 (2017)[27]	4.62% (2017)
34	Brazilian Labour Party	PTB		Brazil	15 May 1945 (76 years ago)	1,085,386 (2021)[21]	0.51% (2021)
35	Liberal Democratic Party	LDP		Japan	15 November 1955 (65 years ago)	1,086,298 (2019)[28]	0.86% (2019)
36	Democrats	DEM		Brazil	24 January 1985 (36 years ago)	1,015,446 (2021)[21]	0.48% (2021)
37	National Liberation Front	FLN		Algeria	23 October 1954 (66 years ago)	1,000,000 (2019)[29]	2.32% (2019)

Parties with 100 thousand – 1 million members[edit]

List of currently active political parties with 100,000 – 1,000,000 members

Rank	Name	Abbreviation	Party symbol	Country	Active since	Claimed number of members (Year)	Approximate percentage of population (Year)[a]
37	Nur Otan (translation: Radiant Fatherland)			Kazakhstan	12 February 1999 (22 years ago)	900,000 (2013)[30]	5.28% (2013)
38	African National Congress	ANC		South Africa	8 January 1912 (109 years ago)	769,000 (2015)[31]	1.39% (2015)
39	Liberal Party	PL		Brazil	21 December 2006 (14 years ago)	765,142 (2021)[21]	0.36% (2021)
40	New Azerbaijan Party	YAP		Azerbaijan	21 November 1992 (28 years ago)	760,580 (2021)	7.51% (2021)
41	Serbian Progressive Party	SNS		Serbia	21 October 2008 (12 years ago)	750,000 (2020)[32]	10.83% (2020)
42	Communist Party of Cuba	PCC		Cuba	3 October 1965 (55 years ago)	670,000 (2016)[33]	5.96% (2016)
43	Brazilian Socialist Party	PSB		Brazil	6 August 1947 (74 years ago)	638,947 (2021)[21]	0.3% (2021)
44	Libertarian Party	LP		United States	11 December 1971 (49 years ago)	609,234 (2020)[4][b]	0.18% (2020)
45	Austrian People's Party	ÖVP		Austria	17 April 1945 (76 years ago)	600,000 (2017)[34]	6.80% (2017)
46	La France Insoumise (translation: Unsubmissive France)	FI/LFI		France	10 February 2016 (5 years ago)	540,000 (2017)[35]	0.8% (2017)
47	Social Democratic Party	PSD		Romania	16 June 2001 (20 years ago)	509,000 (2014)[36]	2.55% (2014)
48	Podemos (translation: We Can)	PODEMOS		Spain	16 January 2014 (7 years ago)	507,250 (2018)[37]	1.09% (2018)
49	Republicanos (translation: Republicans)	Republicanos		Brazil	25 September 2005 (15 years ago)	500,096 (2021)[21]	0.22% (2021)
50	National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia	FUNCINPEC		Cambodia	21 March 1981 (40 years ago)	500,000 (2019)[38]	2.99% (2019)
51	Nationalist Movement Party	MHP		Turkey	9 February 1969 (52 years ago)	490,131 (2021)[39]	0.59% (2021)
52	Komeito (translation: Justice Party)	NKP		Japan	17 November 1964 (56 years ago)	465,074 (2015)[40]	0.37% (2015)
53	Ecologist Green Party of Mexico	V, PVEM, PVE		Mexico	14 May 1993 (28 years ago)	460,554 (2020)[24]	0.37% (2020)
54	Progressive Social Networks	RSP		Mexico	19 January 2019 (2 years ago)	460,000 (2020)[41]	0.37% (2020)
55	Cidadania (translation: Citizenship)	Cidadania		Brazil	19 March 1992 (29 years ago)	456,923 (2021)[21]	0.22% (2021)
56	Democrat Party	DP		Turkey	27 May 2007 (14 years ago)	432,167 (2021)[42]	0.52% (2021)
57	Labour Party	LAB		United Kingdom	23 July 1900 (121 years ago)	430,000 (2021)[43]	0.63% (2021)
58	Social Democratic Party of Germany	SPD		Germany	23 May 1863 (158 years ago)	426,000 (2019)[44]	0.51% (2019)
59	Social Christian Party	PSC		Brazil	1985 (36 years ago)	416,779 (2021)[21]	0.2% (2021)
60	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	CDU		Germany	20 June 1945 (76 years ago)	415,000 (2019)[45]	0.5% (2019)
61	Podemos (translation: We Can)	PODE		Brazil	1995 (26 years ago)	412,983 (2021)[21]	0.19% (2021)
62	Democratic Party	PD		Italy	14 October 2007 (13 years ago)	412,675 (2019)[46][circular reference]	0.69% (2019)
63	La République En Marche! (translation: The Republic on the move)	LREM		France	6 April 2016 (5 years ago)	411,892 (2019)[47]	0.64% (2019)
64	Communist Party of Brazil	PCdoB		Brazil	18 February 1962 (59 years ago)	411,417 (2021)[21]	0.2% (2021)
65	Social Democratic Party	PSD		Brazil	21 March 2011 (10 years ago)	411,050 (2021)[21]	0.19% (2021)
66	Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	FTU		Hong Kong	17 April 1948 (73 years ago)	410,000 (2014)[48]	5.66% (2014)
67	People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan	XDP		Uzbekistan	1 November 1991 (29 years ago)	368,214 (2009)	1.33% (2009)
68	Green Party	PV		Brazil	January 1986 (35 years ago)	363,507 (2021)[21]	0.17% (2021)
69	Democratic Progressive Party	DPP		Taiwan (ROC)	28 September 1986 (34 years ago)	335,643 (2014)[citation needed]	1.43% (2014)
70	Patriot	Patriota		Brazil	9 August 2011 (10 years ago)	334,570 (2021)[21]	0.16% (2021)
71	China Democratic League	CDL		China	17 April 1948 (73 years ago)	330,600 (2020)[49]	0.02% (2020)
72	Good Party	İYİ		Turkey	25 October 2017 (3 years ago)	330,450 (2021)[50]	0.4% (2021)
73	Solidary Encounter Party	PES		Mexico	22 March 2019 (2 years ago)	330,000 (2020)[51]	0.26% (2020)
74	Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party	OʻzLiDeP		Uzbekistan	15 November 2003 (17 years ago)	324,881 (2016)	1.01% (2016)
75	Japanese Communist Party	JCP		Japan	15 July 1922 (99 years ago)	305,000 (2016)[52]	0.24% (2016)
76	Adal			Kazakhstan	30 January 2000 (21 years ago)	300,000 (2021)	1.60% (2021)
77	Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party	Auyl		Kazakhstan	30 January 2000 (21 years ago)	298,564 (2021)	1.60% (2021)
78	LDPR — Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	LDPR		Russia	1992 (29 years ago)	295,018 (2019)[53]	0.2% (2019)
79	Liberal Party of Canada	LPC		Canada	1861 (160 years ago)	294,002 (2013)[54]	0.83% (2013)
80	National Regeneration Movement	MORENA		Mexico	10 July 2014 (7 years ago)	278,332 (2020)[24]	0.22% (2020)
81	Conservative Party of Canada	CPC		Canada	7 December 2003 (17 years ago)	269,469 (2020)	0.71% (2020)
82	Solidarity	Solidariedade		Brazil	24 September 2013 (7 years ago)	260,845 (2021)[21]	0.12% (2021)
83	Socialism and Liberty Party	PSOL		Brazil	6 June 2004 (17 years ago)	260,361 (2021)[21]	0.09% (2021)
84	National Liberal Party	PNL		Romania	24 May 1875 (146 years ago)	253,895 (2018)[55]	1.3% (2018)
85	Congolese Party of Labour	PCT		Republic of the Congo	29 December 1969 (51 years ago)	250,000 (2005)[56]	7.06% (2005)
86	Labor Party	PT		Mexico	8 December 1990 (30 years ago)	249,384 (2020)[24]	0.20% (2020)
87	Green Party of the United States	GPUS		United States	April 2001 (20 years ago)	246,377 (2020)[4][b]	0.07% (2020)
88	The Republicans	LR		France	30 May 2015 (6 years ago)	234,556 (2017)[57]	0.36% (2017)
89	National Action Party	PAN		Mexico	16 September 1939 (81 years ago)	234,450 (2020)[24]	0.19% (2020)
90	Citizens' Movement	MC		Mexico	1 August 1998 (23 years ago)	229,474 (2020)[24]	0.18% (2020)
91	Croatian Democratic Union	HDZ		Croatia	17 June 1989 (32 years ago)	c. 220,000 (2017)[58]	5.33% (2017)
	South African Communist Party	SACP		South Africa	12 February 1921 (100 years ago)	220,000 (2015)[59]	0.4% (2015)
	Mongolian People's Party	MPP		Mongolia	25 June 1921 (100 years ago)	220,000 (2020)	6.56% (2020)
92	Avante (translation: Forward)	Avante		Brazil	1989 (32 years ago)	217,024 (2021)[21]	0.1% (2021)
93	Felicity Party	SP		Turkey	20 July 2001 (20 years ago)	216,841 (2021)[60]	0.26% (2021)
94	Party of National Mobilization	PMN		Brazil	21 April 1984 (37 years ago)	212,180 (2021)[21]	0.1% (2021)
95	Democratic Party of Turkmenistan	TDP		Turkmenistan	16 December 1991 (29 years ago)	211,000 (2019)	3.50% (2019)
96	Popular Action	PA		Peru	7 July 1956 (65 years ago)	194,472 (2020)	0.59% (2020)
97	China National Democratic Construction Association	CNDCA		China	22 March 1955 (66 years ago)	193,000 (2018)[61]	0.01% (2018)
98	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	SNSD		Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 March 1996 (25 years ago)	192,707 (2019)[62]	5.64% (2019)
99	Lao People's Revolutionary Party	LPRP		Laos	22 March 1955 (66 years ago)	191,700 (2011)	3% (2011)
100	Christian Labour Party	PTC		Brazil	2000 (21 years ago)	191,163 (2021)[21]	0.09% (2021)