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).
[edit] 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 |
