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	323,000
1972	Bangladesh	Asia
1966	Barbados	North America
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
1965	Template:Sort	Africa
1957	Ghana	Africa
1974	Template:Sort	North America
1966	Template:Sort	South America
1947	Template:Sort	Asia
1962	Template:Sort	North America
1963	Kenya	Africa
1979	Template:Sort	Oceania
1966	Template:Sort	Africa
1964	Template:Sort	Africa
1957	Template:Sort	Asia
1982	Template:Sort	Asia
1964	Template:Sort	Europe
1968	Template:Sort	Africa
1995	Mozambique	Africa
1990	Template:Sort	Africa
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
1975	Template:Sort	Oceania
1983	Template:Sort	North America
1979	Saint Lucia	North America
1979	Template:Sort	North America
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