Commonwealth Countries Year Joined

There are 54 members in the Commonwealth, and they are located in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, Europe and the Pacific. The Commonwealth originally only included the former British territories or its colonies, but it is now open to any country that wants to join.

In 1931, five countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, and the Union of South Africa formed the British Commonwealth of Nations, and it renamed the Commonwealth of Nations in 1946.

The number of country joined by year:

YearCountYearCountYearCountYearCount
19315196431974119821
19472196521975119831
19481196641976119841
19572196821978319901
19601197031979319952
19613197211980119991
19623197311981220091
19631      

The following is the list of members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

# Country Region Year Note
1 Australia Pacific 1931  
2 Canada Caribbean and Americas 1931  
3 New Zealand Pacific 1931  
4 South Africa Africa 1931 left 1961, rejoined 1994
5 United Kingdom Europe 1931  
6 India Asia 1947  
7 Pakistan Asia 1947 left 1972, rejoined 1989
8 Sri Lanka Asia 1948  
9 Ghana Africa 1957  
10 Malaysia Asia 1957  
11 Nigeria Africa 1960  
12 Cyprus Europe 1961  
13 Sierra Leone Africa 1961  
14 Tanzania Africa 1961  
15 Jamaica Caribbean and Americas 1962  
16 Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean and Americas 1962  
17 Uganda Africa 1962  
18 Kenya Africa 1963  
19 Malawi Africa 1964  
20 Malta Europe 1964  
21 Zambia Africa 1964  
22 Gambia Africa 1965 left 2013, rejoined 2018
23 Singapore Asia 1965  
24 Barbados Caribbean and Americas 1966  
25 Botswana Africa 1966  
26 Guyana Caribbean and Americas 1966  
27 Lesotho Africa 1966  
28 eSwatini Africa 1968  
29 Mauritius Africa 1968  
30 Fiji Pacific 1970 left 1987, rejoined 1997
31 Samoa Pacific 1970  
32 Tonga Pacific 1970  
33 Bangladesh Asia 1972  
34 Bahamas Caribbean and Americas 1973  
35 Grenada Caribbean and Americas 1974  
36 Papua New Guinea Pacific 1975  
37 Seychelles Africa 1976  
38 Dominica Caribbean and Americas 1978  
39 Solomon Islands Pacific 1978  
40 Tuvalu Pacific 1978  
41 Kiribati Pacific 1979  
42 Saint Lucia Caribbean and Americas 1979  
43 St Vincent and The Grenadines Caribbean and Americas 1979  
44 Vanuatu Pacific 1980  
45 Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean and Americas 1981  
46 Belize Caribbean and Americas 1981  
47 Maldives Asia 1982 left 2016, rejoined 2020
48 St Kitts and Nevis Caribbean and Americas 1983  
49 Brunei Asia 1984  
50 Namibia Africa 1990  
51 Cameroon Africa 1995  
52 Mozambique Africa 1995  
53 Nauru Pacific 1999  
54 Rwanda Africa 2009  

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