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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.

Contents

1 Current members
2 Former members
3 Former colonies and protectorates which did not join the Commonwealth on independence
4 See also
5 References
6 Footnotes

[edit] Current members

Image:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda (1981)
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (1931 <ref>Australia was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1942.</ref>)
Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg The Bahamas (1973)
Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh (1972)
Image:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados (1966)
Image:Flag of Belize.svg Belize (1981)
Image:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (1966)
Image:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei (1984)
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (1995)
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada (1931)
Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus (1961)
Image:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica (1978)
Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji (1970<ref>Fiji left in 1987, rejoined in 1997, was suspended in 2000, and was readmitted in 2001.</ref>)
Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia (1965)
Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (1957)
Image:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada (1974)
Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana (1966)
Image:Flag of India.svg India (1947)
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (1962)
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (1963)
Image:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati (1979)
Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho (1966)
Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi (1964)
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (1957)
Image:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives (1982)
Image:Flag of Malta (bordered).svg Malta (1964)
Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius (1968)
Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique (1995)
Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia (1990)
Image:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru (2000)
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (1931<ref>New Zealand was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1947.</ref>)
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (1960<ref>Nigeria was suspended in 1995 and readmitted in 1999.</ref>)
Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (1947<ref> Pakistan left in 1972, rejoined in 1989, was suspended in 1999, and was readmitted in 2004.</ref>)
Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea (1975)
Image:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983)
Image:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia (1979)
Image:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
Image:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa (1970)
Image:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles (1976)
Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone (1961)
Image:Flag of Singapore (bordered).svg Singapore (1965)
Image:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (1978)
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (1931<ref>South Africa left in 1961 and rejoined in 1994.</ref>)
Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (1948)
Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland (1968)
Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (1961)
Image:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga (1970)
Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago (1962)
Image:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu (1978)
Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (1962)
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (1931)
Image:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu (1980)
Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (1964)

[edit] Former members

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

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

Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain (1971)
Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (1949)
Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg Union of Burma (1948)
Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (1922)
Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong, which became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (1997)
Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq (1932)
Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait (1961)
Image:Bez názvu1.bmp Mosquito Coast (1850) eventually becoming part of Nicaragua
Image:Flag of Oman.svg Muscat & Oman (1971)
Image:Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Palestine (1947; part of which subsequently became Israel in 1948)
Image:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (1971)
Image:Sikkimflag.svg Sikkim (1947; left British Empire on independence of India, but in 1975 became an Indian state, becoming part of the Commonwealth then)
Image:Flag of Somaliland.svg 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)
Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1956)
Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Transjordan (1946; on independence, became Jordan)
Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Trucial States (1971; on independence, became the United Arab Emirates)
Image:Flag of the United States.svg The Thirteen Colonies (1776; on independence became United States of America)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Commonwealth Secretariat
The Commonwealth - UK government site

[edit] Footnotes

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