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Member states

Name^[1]	Capital	Region	Population 2005 (thousands)	Joining date
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	Americas	81	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	79	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	99	1979
Lesotho	Maseru	Africa	1,795	1966
Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa	12,884	1964
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia	25,347	1957^[8]
Maldives	Malé	Asia	329	1982
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	14	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	43	1983
Saint Lucia	Castries	Americas	161	1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Americas	119	1979
Samoa	Apia	Pacific	185	1970
Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	81	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	10	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

Name	Capital	Region	Joining date	Leaving date
Federation of South Arabia^[17]	Aden	Asia	-	1967
The Gambia	Banjul	Africa	1965	2013
Hong Kong^[18]	-	Asia	-	1997
Ireland^[19]	Dublin	Europe	-	1949
Zimbabwe^[20]	Harare	Africa	1980	2003

Non-members

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

↑ The Commonwealth: 'Member countries'.
↑ Norfolk Island is an Australian territory which competes separately in the Commonwealth Games.
↑ Former French colonial territory which is also a member of the Commonwealth's francophone counterpart, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
↑ Statistics Canada, 2006
↑ The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which administers part of the island, is recognised only by Turkey.
↑ Membership suspended 2000-2001, partially from 2006 and fully since 2009.
↑ Left in 1987 and later rejoined.
↑ As part of the Federation of Malaya; athletes have competed as Malaysia in the Commonwealth Games since 1966. See Commonwealth Games Federation: 'Commonwealth countries'.
↑ Former Portuguese colonial territory which is also a member of the Commonwealth's lusophone counterpart, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
↑ Niue is a self-governing island in association with New Zealand, and competes separately in the Commonwealth Games.
↑ Membership suspended 1999-2004 and 2007-2008.
↑ Left in 1972 and later rejoined.
↑ Former Belgian colonial territory which is also a member of the Commonwealth's francophone counterpart, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
↑ Left in 1961 and later rejoined.
↑ 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.
↑ The Commonwealth mainly comprises former territories of the British Empire.
↑ Group of British colonial states which merged with Aden in 1963, prior to its 1967 abolition; today part of Yemen.
↑ Former British colonial territory which was handed back to China in 1997.
↑ 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.
↑ Membership suspended in 2002.

[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.

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