Commonwealth of Nations

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The Commonwealth of Nations', also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, most of them are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies (the exceptions being the United Kingdom itself and Mozambique).

Current members

All table information based on figures provided by the Commonwealth of Nations Secretariat members list, most population figures are based on 2007 estimates, unless otherwise noted.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Note: The table can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically using the File:TableSortIconExample.gif icon.

Joined	Country	Continent	Population	Notes
1981	Antigua and Barbuda	North America	81,000
1931	Australia	Oceania	20,555,300	One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931, although the statute was not adopted in Australia until 1942.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973	Bahamas	North America	323,000
1972	Bangladesh	Asia	148,384,000	Gained independence from Pakistan in 1971.<ref name="Wind of Change"/>
1966	Barbados	North America	279,000
1981	Belize	North America	287,730
1966	Botswana	Africa	1,765,000
1984	Brunei	Asia	374,000
1995	Template:Sort	Africa	16,322,000
1931	Template:Sort	North America	32,654,500	One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961	Template:Sort	Europe / Asia	818,200
1978	Template:Sort	North America	Template:Sort
1965	Template:Sort	Africa	1,517,000
1957	Template:Sort	Africa	22,113,000
1974	Template:Sort	North America	103,000
1966	Template:Sort	South America	751,000
1947	Template:Sort	Asia	1,100,000,000
1962	Template:Sort	North America	2,651,000
1963	Template:Sort	Africa	34,256,000
1979	Template:Sort	Oceania	Template:Sort
1966	Template:Sort	Africa	1,795,000
1964	Template:Sort	Africa	12,884,000
1957	Template:Sort	Asia	27,356,000	Joined as the Federation of Malaya in 1957; renamed Malaysia with the admission in 1963 of the states of Singapore (became a separate independent member of the Commonwealth in 1965) Sabah and Sarawak.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982	Template:Sort	Asia	329,000	Gained independence from the United Kingdom on 26 July 1965.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964	Template:Sort	Europe	402,668
1968	Template:Sort	Africa	1,245,000
1995	Template:Sort	Africa	19,792,000
1990	Template:Sort	Africa	2,031,000
1968	Template:Sort	Oceania	14,000	Nauru is a Special Member.Template:Ref The nation was a full member from 1999 to 2005, but reverted back to special status.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1931	Template:Sort	Oceania	4,147,972	One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931, although the Statute was not adopted in New Zealand until 1947.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960	Template:Sort	Africa	132,796,000	Suspended in 1995, readmitted in 1999.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947	Template:Sort	Asia	158,352,000	Left in 1972, rejoined 1989; suspended in 1999, readmitted in 2004; suspended in 2007,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> readmitted in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975	Template:Sort	Oceania	5,887,000
1983	Template:Sort	North America	43,000
1979	Template:Sort	North America	161,000
1979	Template:Sort	North America	Template:Sort
1970	Template:Sort	Oceania	185,000
1976	Template:Sort	Africa	81,000
1961	Template:Sort	Africa	5,525,000
1965	Template:Sort	Asia	4,326,000
1978	Template:Sort	Oceania	478,000
1931	Template:Sort	Africa	47,423,000	One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931. Left in 1961, rejoined in 1994.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948	Template:Sort	Asia	20,743,000
1968	Template:Sort	Africa	1,032,000
1964	Template:Sort	Africa	38,329,000	Merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.<ref name="Tanzania">Template:Cite web</ref>
1970	Template:Sort	Oceania	102,000
1962	Template:Sort	North America	1,305,000
1978	Template:Sort	Oceania	10,000
1962	Uganda]	Africa	28,816,000
1931	United Kingdom	Europe	60,209,500	The Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the Statute of Westminster 1931.
1980	Vanuatu	Oceania	211,000
1964	Zambia	Africa	11,668,000