List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by name

This is a list of Commonwealth Members by name. As of 2005, there are 53 states that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations (including 16 in which are Commonwealth Realms), and five former members.

The date of joining the Commonwealth is given in brackets. Commonwealth Realms are given in bold.

Current members

•  Antigua and Barbuda (1981)
•  Australia (1931 ^[1])
•  The Bahamas (1973)
•  Bangladesh (1972)
•  Barbados (1966)
•  Belize (1981)
•  Botswana (1966)
•  Brunei (1984)
•  Cameroon (1995)
•  Canada (1931)
•  Cyprus (1961)
•  Dominica (1978)
•  Fiji (1970^[2])
•  The Gambia (1965)
•  Ghana (1957)
•  Grenada (1974)
•  Guyana (1966)
•  India (1947)
•  Jamaica (1962)
•  Kenya (1963)
•  Kiribati (1979)
•  Lesotho (1966)
•  Malawi (1964)
•  Malaysia (1957)
•  Maldives (1982)
•  Malta (1964)
•  Mauritius (1968)
•  Mozambique (1995)
•  Namibia (1990)
•  Nauru (2000)
•  New Zealand (1931^[3])
•  Nigeria (1960^[4])
•  Pakistan (1947^[5])
•  Papua New Guinea (1975)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983)
•  Saint Lucia (1979)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
•  Samoa (1970)
•  Seychelles (1976)
•  Sierra Leone (1961)
•  Singapore (1965)
•  Solomon Islands (1978)
•  South Africa (1931^[6])
•  Sri Lanka (1948)
•  Swaziland (1968)
•  Tanzania (1961)
•  Tonga (1970)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1962)
•  Tuvalu (1978)
•  Uganda (1962)
•  United Kingdom (1931)
•  Vanuatu (1980)
•  Zambia (1964)

Former members

• Irish Free State (1931; left in 1949)
• Newfoundland (joined in 1931; became a province of Canada in 1949)
• Tanganyika (joined in 1961; merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964)
• Zanzibar (joined in 1963; merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964)
•  Zimbabwe (joined in 1980; suspended in 2002; left in 2003)

Former colonies and protectorates which did not join the Commonwealth on independence

• Bahrain (1971)
• Bhutan (1949)
• Union of Burma (1948)
• Egypt (1922)
• Hong Kong, which became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (1997)
• Iraq (1932)
• Kuwait (1961)
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• Muscat & Oman (1971)
• Palestine (1947; part of which subsequently became Israel in 1948)
• Qatar (1971)
• Sikkim (1947; left British Empire on independence of India, but in 1975 became an Indian state, becoming part of the Commonwealth then)
• British Somaliland (1960; five days after independence joined Italian Somaliland to form Somalia, now self-declared independent country (Republic of Somaliland) but with no international recognition}
• Federation of South Arabia (1967; on independence became People’s Republic of South Yemen)
• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1956)
• Transjordan (1946; on independence, became Jordan)
• Trucial States (1971; on independence, became the United Arab Emirates)
• The Thirteen Colonies (1776; on independence became United States of America)

See also

• List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by continent
• List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by date joined

References

• Commonwealth Secretariat
• The Commonwealth - UK government site

Footnotes

1. ^ Australia was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1942.
2. ^ Fiji left in 1987, rejoined in 1997, was suspended in 2000, and was readmitted in 2001.
3. ^ New Zealand was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1947.
4. ^ Nigeria was suspended in 1995 and readmitted in 1999.
5. ^ Pakistan left in 1972, rejoined in 1989, was suspended in 1999, and was readmitted in 2004.
6. ^ South Africa left in 1961 and rejoined in 1994.

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