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.
Joined | Country | Continent |
---|---|---|
1981 | Antigua and Barbuda | North America |
1931 | Australia | Oceania |
1973 | Bahamas | North America |
1972 | Bangladesh | Asia |
1966 | Barbados | North America |
1981 | Belize | North America |
1966 | Botswana | Africa |
1984 | Brunei | Asia |
1995 | Cameroon | Africa |
1931 | Canada | North America |
1961 | Cyprus | Europe / Asia |
1978 | Dominica | North America |
1965 | Gambia | Africa |
1957 | Ghana | Africa |
1974 | Grenada | North America |
1966 | Guyana | South America |
1947 | India | Asia |
1962 | Jamaica | North America |
1963 | Kenya | Africa |
1979 | Kiribati | Oceania |
1966 | Lesotho | Africa |
1964 | Malawi | Africa |
1957 | Malaysia | Asia |
1982 | Maldives | Asia |
1964 | Malta | Europe |
1968 | Mauritius | Africa |
1995 | Mozambique | Africa |
1990 | Namibia | Africa |
1968 | Nauru | Oceania |
1931 | New Zealand | Oceania |
1960 | Nigeria | Africa |
1947 | Pakistan | Asia |
1975 | Papua New Guinea | Oceania |
1983 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | North America |
1979 | Saint Lucia | North America |
1979 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | North America |
1970 | Samoa | Oceania |
1976 | Seychelles | Africa |
1961 | Sierra Leone | Africa |
1965 | Singapore | Asia |
1978 | Solomon Islands | Oceania |
1931 | South Africa | Africa |
1948 | Sri Lanka | Asia |
1968 | Swaziland | Africa |
1964 | Tanzania | Africa |
1970 | Tonga | Oceania |
1962 | Trinidad and Tobago | North America |
1978 | Tuvalu | Oceania |
1962 | Uganda | Africa |
1931 | United Kingdom | Europe |
1980 | Vanuatu | Oceania |
1964 | Zambia | Africa |