List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by name
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.
*
(1981)
*
(1931
[Australia was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1942.])
*
(1973)
* (1972)
*
(1966)
*
(1981)
* (1966)
* (1984)
* (1995)
*
(1931)
* (1961)
* (1978)
* (1970
[Fiji left in 1987, rejoined in 1997, was suspended in 2000, and was readmitted in 2001.])
* (1965)
* (1957)
*
(1974)
* (1966)
* (1947)
*
(1962)
* (1963)
* (1979)
* (1966)
* (1964)
* (1957)
* (1982)
* (1964)
* (1968)
* (1995)
* (1990)
* (2000)
*
(1931
[New Zealand was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1947.])
* (1960
[Nigeria was suspended in 1995 and readmitted in 1999.])
* (1947
[ Pakistan left in 1972, rejoined in 1989, was suspended in 1999, and was readmitted in 2004.])
*
(1975)
*
(1983)
*
(1979)
*
(1979)
* (1970)
* (1976)
* (1961)
* (1965)
*
(1978)
* (1931
[South Africa left in 1961 and rejoined in 1994.])
* (1948)
* (1968)
* (1961)
* (1970)
* (1962)
*
(1978)
* (1962)
*
(1931)
* (1980)
* (1964)
*
Irish Free State (1931; left in 1949)
*
Newfoundland (joined in 1931; became a
province of
Canada in 1949)
*
Tanganyika (joined in 1961; merged with
Zanzibar to form
Tanzania in 1964)
*
Zanzibar (joined in 1963; merged with
Tanganyika to form
Tanzania in 1964)
* (joined in 1980; suspended in 2002; left in 2003)
*
Bahrain (1971)
*
Bhutan (1949)
*
Union of Burma (1948)
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Egypt (1922)
*
Iraq (1932)
*
Kuwait (1961)
*
Muscat & Oman (1971)
*
Palestine (1947; part of which subsequently became
Israel in 1948)
*
Qatar (1971)
*
Sikkim (1947; left British Empire on independence of
India, but in 1975 became an Indian state, becoming part of the Commonwealth then)
*
British Somaliland (1960; five days after independence joined Italian Somaliland to form
Somalia}
*
Federation of South Arabia (1967; on independence became
People's Republic of South Yemen)
*
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1956)
*
Transjordan (1946; on independence, became
Jordan)
*
Trucial States (1971; on independence, became the
United Arab Emirates)
*
The Thirteen Colonies (1776; on independence became
United States of America)
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List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by continent*
List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by date joined*
Commonwealth Secretariat*
The Commonwealth - UK government site
