Government types

Presidential republic 61 countries Parliamentary republic 38 countries Semi-presidential republic 15 countries Parliamentary constitutional monarchy 11 countries Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy 9 countries Federal parliamentary republic 8 countries Constitutional monarchy 7 countries Federal presidential republic 5 countries Absolute monarchy 4 countries Communist party-led state 3 countries Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy 3 countries In transition 2 countries Parliamentary democracy 2 countries Absolute monarchy or sultanate 1 country Authoritarian 1 country Communist state 1 country Constitutional federal republic 1 country Constitutional monarchy (emirate) 1 country Dictatorship, single-party communist state 1 country Ecclesiastical elective monarchy 1 country Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy 1 country Federal republic (formally a confederation) 1 country Federal republic in free association with the US 1 country Federation of monarchies 1 country Formerly, semi-presidential republic 1 country Military regime 1 country Parliamentary democracy (Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy 1 country Parliamentary democratic republic 1 country Presidential republic in free association with the US 1 country Presidential republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship 1 country Republic of Cyprus - presidential republic 1 country Semi-presidential federation 1 country Theocratic 1 country Theocratic republic 1 country Transitional presidential republic 1 country Unitary parliamentary republic 1 country