Government Stats: compare key data on Northern Ireland & United Kingdom
Definitions
- Capital city: The location of the seat of government.
- Legislature (parliament) > Lower house members: Members of the lower house of the legislature or of the only chamber in a unicameral system.
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Legislature (parliament) > Lower house members per million people:
Lower house.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
. Figures expressed per million people for the same year. - Legislature (parliament) > People per member: Number of people each member of the legislature represents on average. The number of members of the legislature is the sum of the members of all chambers of parliament, if applicable.
- Legislature (parliament) > Total members of parliament: Number of members of the legislature (sum of members of all chambers of parliament where applicable).
- Legislature (parliament) > Total members of parliament per million people: Number of members of the legislature (sum of members of all chambers of parliament where applicable). Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: List of legislatures by number of members; Wikipedia: List of legislatures by number of members. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
