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State of communist parties as of May 2006.

Socialist states

 * China — Communist Party of China
 * Cuba — Communist Party of Cuba
 * Laos — Lao People's Revolutionary Party
 * North Korea — Workers Party of Korea
 * Vietnam — Communist Party of Vietnam

Participates in government (only one case per country included)

 * Brazil — Communist Party of Brazil
 * Burkina Faso - African Independence Party (Toure)
 * Italy — Communist Refoundation Party, Party of Italian Communists — participates in the ruling coalition
 * Moldova — Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
 * Nepal — Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
 * South Africa — South African Communist Party — participates in the ruling coalition
 * Syria — Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash), Syrian Communist Party (Faisal) — participates in the ruling coalition
 * Uruguay — Communist Party of Uruguay — participates in the ruling coalition

Clandestine

 * Afghanistan - Afghanistan Liberation Organization, Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, source clandestinity?


 * Albania - Communist Party of Albania
 * Algeria - Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
 * Argentina - Communist Party of Argentina, Revolutionary Communist Party
 * Armenia - Armenian Communist Party, United Communist Party of Armenia
 * Australia - Communist Party of Australia, Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist)
 * Austria - Communist Party of Austria
 * Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Communist Party, Reformist Communist Party of Azerbaijan, United Communist Party of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan Communist Party (on Platform of Marxism-Leninism)
 * Bahrain - National Liberation Front of Bahrain
 * Bangladesh - Communist Party of Bangladesh
 * Belarus - Communist Party of Belarus, Party of Communists of Belarus
 * Belgium - Kommunistische Partij, Parti Communiste, Workers Party of Belgium
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina - Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Bolivia - Communist Party of Bolivia
 * Bulgaria — Communist Party of Bulgaria — participates in the ruling coalition
 * Britain - Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee), Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of Scotland, New Communist Party of Britain, Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist), Communist League of Great Britain, Revolutionary Communist Group
 * Bulgaria - Communist Party of Bulgaria
 * Burma - Communist Party of Burma
 * Canada - Communist Party of Canada, Communist Party of Quebec, Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
 * Chile - Communist Party of Chile
 * China — Communist Party of China
 * Colombia - Colombian Communist Party, Clandestine Colombian Communist Party
 * Costa Rica - Popular Vanguard Party, Costa Rican People's Party
 * Croatia - Socialist Labour Party of Croatia (among other left movements, it represents Croatia's Eurocommunists and New left)
 * Cuba — Communist Party of Cuba
 * Cyprus — Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL)
 * Czech Republic - Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
 * Denmark - Communist Party of Denmark, Communist Party in Denmark, Communist Party
 * Dominican Republic - Force of the Revolution
 * Finland - Communist Party of Finland, For Peace and Socialism - Communist Workers Party
 * France - French Communist Party, Pole of Communist Rebirth in France, Workers Communist Party of France
 * Ecuador - Communist Party of Ecuador, Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador, Workers' Party of Ecuador
 * Egypt - Egyptian Communist Party
 * Galicia (Galiza) - First Line
 * Georgia - Communist Party of Georgia, Georgian United Communist Party, New Communist Party of Georgia
 * Germany - German Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany
 * Greece - Communist Party of Greece, New Left Current
 * Guadeloupe - Guadeloupe Communist Party
 * Hungary - Hungarian Communist Workers' Party
 * India - Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Socialist Unity Centre of India, Communist Ghadar Party of India
 * Iran - Tudeh Party of Iran
 * Iraq - Iraqi Communist Party, Iraqi Communist Party - Cadre, Iraqi Communist Party - Central Command
 * Ireland - Communist Party of Ireland, Workers Party of Ireland
 * Israel - Communist Party of Israel which dominates the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash)
 * Italy - Communist Refoundation Party, Party of Italian Communists
 * Japan - Japanese Communist Party
 * Jordan - Communist Party of Jordan, Jordanian Democratic People's Party, Communist Workers' Party of Jordan
 * Kazakhstan - Communist Party of Kazakhstan, People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan
 * Kyrgyzstan - Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan
 * Laos — Lao People's Revolutionary Party
 * Latvia — Socialist Party of Latvia
 * Lebanon - Lebanese Communist Party
 * Lesotho - Communist Party of Lesotho
 * Luxembourg - Communist Party of Luxemburg
 * Malta - Communist Party of Malta
 * Martinique - Communist Party of Martinique
 * Mexico - Popular Socialist Party, Party of Mexican Communists
 * Moldova — Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
 * Mongolia - Mongolian Communist Party
 * Morocco - Annahj Addimocrati
 * Nagorno-Karabakh (unrecognized country) - Communist Party of Nagorno Karabakh
 * Nepal - Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
 * Netherlands - New Communist Party of the Netherlands
 * New Zealand - Socialist Party of Aotearoa
 * North Korea — Korean Workers' Party
 * Norway - Communist Party of Norway
 * Palestinian National Authority - Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
 * Panama - People's Party of Panama
 * Paraguay - Paraguayan Communist Party
 * Pakistan - Communist Mazdoor Kisan Party, Communist Party of Pakistan
 * Peru - Peruvian Communist Party, Communist Party of Peru (Red Fatherland), Communist Party of Peru, Shining Path
 * Philippines - Communist Party of the Philippines
 * Poland - Communist Party of Poland
 * Portugal - Portuguese Communist Party, Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers - Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat
 * Réunion - Communist Party of Réunion
 * Russia - Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Communist Workers Party of Russia, All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks
 * San Marino - San Marino Communist Refoundation
 * Serbia - New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
 * Senegal - Party of Independence and Work
 * Slovakia - Communist Party of Slovakia
 * South Africa - South African Communist Party
 * Spain - Communist Party of Spain
 * Sudan - Communist Party of the Sudan
 * Sweden - Communist Party, Communist Party of Sweden
 * Switzerland - Swiss Party of Labour
 * Syria - Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash), Syrian Communist Party (Faisal)
 * Sri Lanka - Communist Party of Sri Lanka
 * Tajikistan - Communist Party of Tajikistan
 * Transnistria (unrecognized country) - Pridnestrovie Communist Party, Communist Party of Pridnestrovie
 * Turkey - Communist Party of Turkey
 * Turkmenistan - Communist Party of Turkmenistan - illegal
 * Ukraine - Communist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed)
 * United States - Communist Party USA, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Progressive Labor Party, Ray O. Light Group, Revolutionary Communist Party, Workers World Party, Workers Party, USA
 * Uruguay - Communist Party of Uruguay
 * Uzbekistan - Communist Party of Uzbekistan - illegal
 * Venezuela - Communist Party of Venezuela
 * Vietnam — Communist Party of Vietnam

Former

 * Afghanistan - Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, became Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan
 * Albania - Party of Labour of Albania, became Socialist Party of Albania
 * Brazil - Brazilian Communist Party, became Popular Socialist Party
 * Bulgaria - Bulgarian Communist Party, became Bulgarian Socialist Party
 * Cambodia - Cambodian People's Party
 * Ethiopia - All-Ethiopian Socialist Movement
 * Germany (East) - Socialist Unity Party of Germany, became Party of Democratic Socialism, and is now known as "The Left".
 * Hungary - Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, became Hungarian Socialist Party
 * Iceland - Social Democratic Alliance
 * Italy - Italian Communist Party, became the Party of the Democratic Left, which later merged into the Democrats of the Left
 * Mongolia - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
 * Nicaragua - Socialist Party of Nicaragua
 * Sweden - Left Party - Communists, became Left Party
 * Palestine - Palestine Communist Party, became Palestinian People's Party
 * Poland - Polish United Workers Party, became Alliance of the Democratic Left
 * Romania - Communist Party of Romania, became Democratic Socialist Party of Romania, which later merged into the Social Democratic Party of Romania
 * San Marino - Communist Party of San Marino, became Party of Democrats
 * Tunisia - Tunisian Communist Party, became Movement for Renewal
 * Yemen - Yemeni Socialist Party

Defunct (ruling)

 * Czechoslovakia - Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic branch became Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and Slovak branch became the Party of the Democratic Left
 * Soviet Union - Communist Party of the Soviet Union, previously the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
 * Yugoslavia - League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Defunct (non-ruling)

 * Armenia - Armenian Workers Communist Party, Armenian Workers Union, Marxist Party of Armenia, Union of Communists of Armenia, Renewed Communist Party of Armenia
 * Australia - Communist Party of Australia
 * Britain - Communist Party of Great Britain
 * Brazil - Communist Brasilian Revolucionary Party PCBR
 * Canada - Labour-Progressive Party founded in 1943 when Communist Party of Canada was banned (resumed former name in 1959), Workers' Communist Party of Canada
 * Channel Islands - Communist Party of Jersey
 * Republic of China (Taiwan) - Taiwanese Communist Party
 * Cuba - Popular Socialist Party, joined Cuban Communist Party
 * El Salvador - Communist Party of El Salvador, merged into the FMLN
 * Free Territory of Trieste - Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste, merged into the Italian Communist Party
 * Georgia - Revived Communist Party of Georgia, Georgian Workers Communist Party
 * Germany - Spartacist League formed in 1918 and became the Communist Party of Germany
 * Germany (West) - Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin, Communist Party of Germany (banned 1956 in West Germany)
 * Guatemala - Guatemalan Party of Labour, merged into the URNG
 * Haiti - Unified Party of Haitian Communists, merged into the National Reconstruction Movement in 1990
 * Honduras - Communist Party of Honduras, merged into the Partido Renovación Patriótica
 * Iceland - Communist Party of Iceland
 * Indonesia - Communist Party of Indonesia
 * Ireland - Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
 * Israel - Maki (1948-1973) split in 1965 with formation of largely Arab Rakah which changed its name to Maki in 1989.
 * Italy - Communist Party of Italy
 * Malaysia - Malayan Communist Party, North Kalimantan Communist Party
 * Mexico - Mexican Communist Party
 * Namibia - Communist Party of Namibia
 * Netherlands - Communist Party of the Netherlands merged into GroenLinks in 1989
 * New Zealand - Communist Party of New Zealand, Socialist Unity Party
 * Nigeria - Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria
 * Norway - Workers' Communist Party
 * Palestine - Communist Party of Palestine (1921-1948)
 * Poland - Communist Party of Poland
 * Saudi Arabia - Communist Party of Saudi Arabia
 * Thailand - Communist Party of Thailand
 * United States - Communist Party Marxist-Leninist, May 19th Communist Movement