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An informational catalog, or several catalogs, about Commonwealth of Nations.

## Contents

* 1 Member states
* 2 States and territories that have left the Commonwealth (and not re-joined)
* 3 Non-members
* 4 Footnotes

## Member states[edit]

Name[1]| Capital| Region| Population 2005
(thousands)| Joining date

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|
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Antigua and Barbuda| Saint John's| Americas |

| 1981
Australia[2]| Canberra| Pacific |

20,155

| 1942
Bahamas| Nassau| Americas |

323

| 1973
Bangladesh| Dhaka| Asia |

141,822

| 1972
Barbados| Bridgetown| Americas |

270

| 1966
Belize| Belmopan| Americas |

270

| 1981
Botswana| Gaborone| Africa |

1,765

| 1966
Brunei| Bandar Seri Begawan| Asia |

374

| 1984
Cameroon[3]| Yaoundé| Africa |

16,322

| 1995
Canada| Ottawa| Americas |

32,623[4]

| 1931
Cyprus[5]| Nicosia| Europe |

835

| 1961
Dominica| Roseau| Americas |

| 1978
Fiji[6]| Suva| Pacific |

848

| 1970;
1997[7]
Ghana| Accra| Africa |

22,113

| 1957
Grenada| St. George's| Americas |

103

| 1974
Guyana| Georgetown| Americas |

751

| 1966
India| New Delhi| Asia |

1,103,371

| 1947
Jamaica| Kingston| Americas |

2,651

| 1962
Kenya| Nairobi| Africa |

34,256

| 1963
Kiribati| South Tarawa| Pacific |

| 1979
Lesotho| Maseru| Africa |

1,795

| 1966
Malawi| Lilongwe| Africa |

12,884

| 1964
Malaysia| Kuala Lumpur| Asia |

25,347

| 1957[8]
Malta| Valletta| Europe |

402

| 1964
Mauritius| Port Louis| Africa |

1,245

| 1968
Mozambique[9]| Maputo| Africa |

19,792

| 1995
Namibia| Windhoek| Africa |

2,031

| 1990
Nauru| none| Pacific |

| 1968
New Zealand[10]| Wellington| Pacific |

4,028

| 1947
Nigeria| Abuja| Africa |

131,530

| 1960
Pakistan[11]| Islamabad| Asia |

157,935

| 1947;
1989[12]
Papua New Guinea| Port Moresby| Pacific |

5,887

| 1975
Rwanda[13]| Kigali| Africa |

9,038

| 2009
Saint Kitts and Nevis| Basseterre| Americas |

| 1983
Saint Lucia| Castries| Americas |

161

| 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines| Kingstown| Americas |

119

| 1979
Samoa| Apia| Pacific |

185

| 1970
Seychelles| Victoria| Africa |

| 1976
Sierra Leone| Freetown| Africa |

5,525

| 1961
Singapore| Singapore| Asia |

4,326

| 1965
Solomon Islands| Honiara| Pacific |

478

| 1978
South Africa| Pretoria (executive)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judicial)| Africa |

47,432

| 1931;
1994[14]
Sri Lanka| Colombo| Asia |

20,743

| 1948
Swaziland| Mbabane| Africa |

1,032

| 1968
Tanzania| Dodoma| Africa |

38,329

| 1961
Tonga| Nuku'alofa| Pacific |

102

| 1970
Trinidad and Tobago| Port of Spain| Americas |

1,305

| 1962
Tuvalu| Funafuti| Pacific |

| 1978
Uganda| Kampala| Africa |

28,816

| 1962
United Kingdom[15] | London | Europe |

59,668

| n/a[16]
Vanuatu| Port Vila| Pacific |

211

| 1980
Zambia| Lusaka| Africa |

11,668

| 1964

## States and territories that have left the Commonwealth (and not re-joined)[edit]

Name| Capital| Region| Joining date| Leaving date

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Federation of South Arabia[17]| Aden| Asia | -| 1967
The Gambia| Banjul| Africa | 1965| 2013
Hong Kong[18]| -| Asia | -| 1997
Ireland[19]| Dublin| Europe | -| 1949
Maldives| Malé| Asia | 1982| 2016
Zimbabwe[20]| Harare| Africa | 1980| 2003

## Non-members[edit]

Countries that were formerly British-controlled that are not members of the Commonwealth include Bahrain, Burma (now Myanmar), The Gambia, Hong Kong, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The Commonwealth: 'Member countries'.
2. ↑ Norfolk Island is an Australian territory which competes separately in the Commonwealth Games.
3. ↑ Former French colonial territory which is also a member of the Commonwealth's francophone counterpart, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
4. ↑ Statistics Canada, 2006
5. ↑ The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which administers part of the island, is recognised only by Turkey.
6. ↑ Membership suspended 2000-2001, partially from 2006 and fully since 2009.
7. ↑ Left in 1987 and later rejoined.
8. ↑ As part of the Federation of Malaya; athletes have competed as Malaysia in the Commonwealth Games since 1966. See Commonwealth Games Federation: 'Commonwealth countries'.
9. ↑ Former Portuguese colonial territory which is also a member of the Commonwealth's lusophone counterpart, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
10. ↑ Niue is a self-governing island in association with New Zealand, and competes separately in the Commonwealth Games.
11. ↑ Membership suspended 1999-2004 and 2007-2008.
12. ↑ Left in 1972 and later rejoined.
13. ↑ Former Belgian colonial territory which is also a member of the Commonwealth's francophone counterpart, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
14. ↑ Left in 1961 and later rejoined.
15. ↑ The United Kingdom is composed of four countries joined in union - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These, plus the British territories outside the UK (Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Montserrat, Saint Helena, and the Turks and Caicos Islands), compete separately in the Commonwealth Games.
16. ↑ The Commonwealth mainly comprises former territories of the British Empire.
17. ↑ Group of British colonial states which merged with Aden in 1963, prior to its 1967 abolition; today part of Yemen.
18. ↑ Former British colonial territory which was handed back to China in 1997.
19. ↑ Previously part of the United Kingdom; became a republic in 1949, at the time when that status entailed ineligibility to remain part of the Commonwealth.
20. ↑ Membership suspended in 2002.