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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9" title="কমনওয়েলথের সদস্যরাষ্ট্রসমূহ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কমনওয়েলথের সদস্যরাষ্ট্রসমূহ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Pa%C3%ADses_miembros_de_la_Mancomunidad_de_Naciones" title="Anexo:Países miembros de la Mancomunidad de Naciones – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Países miembros de la Mancomunidad de Naciones" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_membros_da_Commonwealth" title="Lista de membros da Commonwealth – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de membros da Commonwealth" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D1%87%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Государства — члены Содружества наций – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Государства — члены Содружества наций" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a 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All heads of the Commonwealth to date have been monarchs of the United Kingdom. This position, however, does not imbue him with any political or executive power over any Commonwealth member states other than the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a> and their dependencies; the position is purely symbolic and titular, and it is the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Secretary-General" title="Commonwealth Secretary-General">Commonwealth Secretary-General</a> who is the chief executive of the Commonwealth.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The Commonwealth was first officially formed in 1926 when the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1926_Imperial_Conference" title="1926 Imperial Conference">Imperial Conference</a> recognised the full sovereignty of <a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">Dominions</a>. Known as the "British Commonwealth", the original and therefore earliest members were <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealand" title="Dominion of New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">South Africa</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. It was re-stated by the 1930 conference and incorporated in the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster</a> the following year (although Australia and New Zealand did not adopt the statute until 1942 and 1947, respectively).<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> In 1949, the <a href="/wiki/London_Declaration" title="London Declaration">London Declaration</a> marked the birth of the modern Commonwealth and the adoption of its present name.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> The members have a combined population of 2.6 billion, almost a third of <a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">the world's population</a>, of whom 1.21 billion live in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and 95% live in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> combined.<a href="#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook_population-7">[7]</a> The most recent members to join were the Francophone African nations of <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a> on 29 June 2022, who along with <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> are unique in not having a historical constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth states. Currently, fifteen of the member states are <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Commonwealth" title="Head of the Commonwealth">Head of the Commonwealth</a> as their <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">heads of state</a>, five others are <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">monarchies</a> with their own individual monarchs (<a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a> (since 1984), <a href="/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a> (formerly Swaziland from 1968 to 2018), <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a> (since 1966), <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> (since 1963), and <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> (since 1970)), and <a href="/wiki/Republics_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations">the rest are republics</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> (as of 1949 according to the Commonwealth; 1936 according to the Irish government) and <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> (2003) are former members of the Commonwealth. Zimbabwe is in the process of trying to return to its membership of the Commonwealth since <a href="/wiki/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" title="Emmerson Mnangagwa">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> became <a href="/wiki/President_of_Zimbabwe" title="President of Zimbabwe">President of Zimbabwe</a> in 2017 when <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a> was overthrown in the <a href="/wiki/2017_Zimbabwean_coup_d%27etat" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Zimbabwean coup d'etat">2017 Zimbabwean coup d'etat</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_member_states">Current member states</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Current member states">edit</a>]</div> All dates below are provided by the Commonwealth of Nations Secretariat members list,<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> and population figures are as of 1 February 2020. <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">First joined </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme" title="United Nations geoscheme">UN continental region</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_the_United_Nations_geoscheme" title="List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme">UN geographical subregion</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">Population</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_system_of_government" title="List of countries by system of government">System of government</a> </th> <th scope="col">Notes<a href="#endnote_1">[A]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> </th> <td>1 November 1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">94,298 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary</a> <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </th> <td>19 November 1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australia and New Zealand</a> </td> <td align="right">26,256,970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">Federal</a> Commonwealth realm </td> <td>Australia was one of the original Dominions at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>, although the statute was not adopted in Australia until <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1942" title="Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942">1942</a> (with retroactive effect from 1939).<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Australia_Act_1986" title="Australia Act 1986">Australia Act 1986</a> eliminated the remaining possibilities for the UK to legislate with effect in Australia, for the UK to be involved in Australian government, and for an appeal from any Australian court to a British court (<a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a> </th> <td>10 July 1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">412,623 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> </th> <td>18 April 1972<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Southern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">172,954,319 </td> <td>Unitary <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a> </td> <td>Formerly <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a>. Declared independence from <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> in 1971.<a href="#cite_note-Wind_of_Change-13">[13]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/35px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/45px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> </th> <td>30 November 1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">281,995 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and <a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Barbados" title="Republicanism in Barbados">became a republic</a> on 30 November 2021, albeit, without a referendum. Dame <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Mason" title="Sandra Mason">Sandra Mason</a>, the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Barbados" title="Governor-General of Barbados">Governor-General of Barbados</a> was installed as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Barbados" title="President of Barbados">President of Barbados</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a> </th> <td>21 September 1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a> </td> <td align="right">410,825 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td>Formerly <a href="/wiki/British_Honduras" title="British Honduras">British Honduras</a>. Name changed on 1 June 1973 to Colony of Belize. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a> </th> <td data-sort-value="30 September 1966">30 September 1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">2,675,352 </td> <td>Unitary <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_system_of_government#Parliamentary_republics_with_an_executive_president" title="List of countries by system of government">parliamentary republic with an executive presidency</a>. Sir <a href="/wiki/Seretse_Khama" title="Seretse Khama">Seretse Khama</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Botswana" title="President of Botswana">President of Botswana</a>. </td> <td>Formerly the <a href="/wiki/Bechuanaland_Protectorate" title="Bechuanaland Protectorate">Bechuanaland Protectorate</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/46px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /> <a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a> </th> <td>1 January 1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-eastern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">452,524 </td> <td>Unitary <a href="/wiki/Islamic_state" title="Islamic state">Islamic</a> <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolute monarchy</a> </td> <td>Formerly a British protected monarchy. Sultan <a href="/wiki/Hassanal_Bolkiah" title="Hassanal Bolkiah">Hassanal Bolkiah</a> is also <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Brunei" title="Prime Minister of Brunei">Prime Minister of Brunei</a> as well as Brunei's Sultan. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a> </th> <td>1 November 1995<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Africa" title="Central Africa">Middle Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">28,647,293 </td> <td>Unitary <a href="/wiki/Semi-presidential_republic" title="Semi-presidential republic">semi-presidential republic</a> </td> <td>Most of the country was the formerly French <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">mandate</a> territory (later <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_trust_territories" title="United Nations trust territories">UN trust territory</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroun</a>, which gained independence from <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> on 1 January 1960. It united with the much smaller former British mandate/trust territory of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cameroons" title="Southern Cameroons">Southern Cameroons</a>, which gained independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> on 1 October 1961. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </th> <td>19 November 1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> </td> <td align="right">39,244,168 </td> <td>Federal Commonwealth realm </td> <td>Canada was the first among the several original Dominions at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Incorporated another original Dominion, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>, on 31 March 1949.<a href="#cite_note-Dominion_status-18">[18]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Canada_Act_1982" title="Canada Act 1982">Canada Act 1982</a> formally ended the "request and consent" provisions of the Statute of Westminster 1931 in relation to Canada, whereby the British parliament had a general power to pass laws extending to Canada at its own request. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a><a href="#endnote_4">[D]</a> </th> <td>13 March 1961<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Asia">Western Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">1,260,138 </td> <td>Unitary <a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential</a> republic </td> <td>Gained independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> on 16 August 1960 with <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Makarios_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop Makarios III">Archbishop Makarios III</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Cyprus" title="President of Cyprus">President of Cyprus</a>. The United Kingdom retains military bases at <a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a> is not recognised by the Commonwealth as an independent state, but as a legitimate part of the Republic of Cyprus. Cyprus is, along with Malta, also a <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> member state. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> </th> <td>3 November 1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">73,040 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Dominica has always been a republic since independence. The last <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Dominica" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Dominica">Governor of Dominica</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Louis_Cools-Lartigue" title="Louis Cools-Lartigue">Louis Cools-Lartigue</a> was installed as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Dominica" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Dominica">President of Dominica</a> as an interim measure. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/23px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/35px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Eswatini.svg/45px-Flag_of_Eswatini.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a> </th> <td>6 September 1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">1,210,822 </td> <td>Unitary absolute monarchy </td> <td>Joined as the Kingdom of Swaziland under <a href="/wiki/King_Sobhuza_II" class="mw-redirect" title="King Sobhuza II">King Sobhuza II</a>, subsequently changing its name to Kingdom of Eswatini on 19 April 2018 by a decree of <a href="/wiki/King_Mswati_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Mswati III">King Mswati III</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a><a href="#endnote_2">[B]</a> </th> <td>10 October 1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> </td> <td align="right">936,375 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Was the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Fiji" title="Dominion of Fiji">Dominion of Fiji</a> from 1970 until it was overthrown in October 1987 by <a href="/wiki/Sitiveni_Rabuka" title="Sitiveni Rabuka">Sitiveni Rabuka</a>. The last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Fiji" title="Governor-General of Fiji">Governor-General of Fiji</a>, Ratu Sir <a href="/wiki/Penaia_Ganilau" title="Penaia Ganilau">Penaia Ganilau</a> ended up becoming the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Fiji" title="President of Fiji">President of Fiji</a>. Declared to have been expelled in 1987; rejoined in 1997; suspended on 6 June 2000;<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> suspension lifted on 20 December 2001;<a href="#cite_note-Commonwealth_Update_Apr_2002-21">[21]</a> again suspended on 8 December 2006 because of the <a href="/wiki/2006_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2006 Fijian coup d'état">2006 Fijian coup d'état</a> by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bainimarama" title="Frank Bainimarama">Frank Bainimarama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Suspension lifted on 26 September 2014 after elections were finally held. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/20px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/31px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a><a href="#endnote_2">[B]</a> </th> <td>25 June 2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Africa" title="Central Africa">Middle Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">2,436,566 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Gained independence from <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> on 17 August 1960. The third (after <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a>) to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Partially suspended on 18 September 2023 following the military coup that ousted President Ali Bongo the previous month, with two years given by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group for the country to hold new elections before a full suspension of membership would be considered.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">Gambia</a> </th> <td>18 February 1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">Western Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">2,773,168 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Became a republic on 24 April 1970 with Sir <a href="/wiki/Dawda_Jawara" title="Dawda Jawara">Dawda Jawara</a> as first <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" title="President of the Gambia">President of the Gambia</a>. Withdrew on 3 October 2013 citing "<a href="/wiki/Neocolonialism" title="Neocolonialism">neocolonialism</a>" by way of a decree of <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Jammeh" title="Yahya Jammeh">Yahya Jammeh</a>, the then dictator.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Following the <a href="/wiki/Gambian_presidential_election,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambian presidential election, 2016">election</a> of <a href="/wiki/Adama_Barrow" title="Adama Barrow">Adama Barrow</a> as <a href="/wiki/President_of_The_Gambia" class="mw-redirect" title="President of The Gambia">President of The Gambia</a> in 2016, it submitted an application to rejoin the Commonwealth on 22 January 2018,<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> and rejoined on 8 February 2018.<a href="#cite_note-gambia-30">[30]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> </th> <td>6 March 1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">Western Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">34,121,985 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Became independent as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ghana" title="Dominion of Ghana">Dominion of Ghana</a>, the proclaimed a republic on 1 July 1960 with <a href="/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah" title="Kwame Nkrumah">Kwame Nkrumah</a> as first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ghana" title="President of Ghana">President of Ghana</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> </th> <td>7 February 1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">126,183 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a> </th> <td>26 May 1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> </td> <td align="right">813,834 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Guyana" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion of Guyana">Dominion of Guyana</a>. Became a republic on 23 February 1970. Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Luckhoo" title="Edward Luckhoo">Edward Luckhoo</a>, who was the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Guyana" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Guyana">Governor-General of Guyana</a> became an interim head of state, but <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Chung" title="Arthur Chung">Arthur Chung</a> was appointed the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Guyana" title="President of Guyana">President of Guyana</a> as a ceremonial head of state. <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Burnham" title="Forbes Burnham">Forbes Burnham</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Guyana" title="Prime Minister of Guyana">Prime Minister of Guyana</a> became the first executive President of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana under the 1980 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Guyana" title="Constitution of Guyana">Constitution of Guyana</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </th> <td>15 August 1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Southern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">1,428,627,663 </td> <td>Federal Westminster republic </td> <td>Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion of India</a>. India became the first Commonwealth republic on 26 January 1950 with <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> becoming the Republic's first Prime Minister, as he had been the Dominion's Prime Minister since independence. <a href="/wiki/Political_integration_of_India" title="Political integration of India">Incorporated</a> former <a href="/wiki/French_India" title="French India">French India</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chandannagar" title="Chandannagar">Chandannagar</a> from 2 May 1950 and <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Puducherry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karaikal" title="Karaikal">Karaikal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yanam" title="Yanam">Yanam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%A9,_India" title="Mahé, India">Mahé</a> from 1 November 1954), former <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a> (<a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daman,_India" title="Daman, India">Daman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diu,_India" title="Diu, India">Diu</a> from 19 December 1961 and <a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a> formally from 1961) and <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> (from 16 May 1975). </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> </th> <td>6 August 1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">2,825,544 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> </th> <td>12 December 1963 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">55,100,586 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion of Kenya">Dominion of Kenya</a>. Became the Republic of Kenya exactly 1 year later with <a href="/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta" title="Jomo Kenyatta">Jomo Kenyatta</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kenya" title="President of Kenya">President of Kenya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> </th> <td>12 July 1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Micronesia" title="Micronesia">Micronesia</a> </td> <td align="right">133,515 </td> <td>Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency. <a href="/wiki/Ieremia_Tabai" title="Ieremia Tabai">Ieremia Tabai</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kiribati" title="President of Kiribati">President of Kiribati</a>. </td> <td>Formerly part of the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands" title="Gilbert and Ellice Islands">Gilbert and Ellice Islands</a>, then the Colony of the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Islands" title="Gilbert Islands">Gilbert Islands</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a> </th> <td>4 October 1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">2,330,318 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster monarchy<a href="#endnote_5">[E]</a> </td> <td>Formerly the British protectorate of <a href="/wiki/Basutoland" title="Basutoland">Basutoland</a>. King <a href="/wiki/Moshoeshoe_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Moshoeshoe II">Moshoeshoe II</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/King_of_Lesotho" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Lesotho">King of Lesotho</a>, as he was <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Chief_of_Basutoland" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramount Chief of Basutoland">Paramount Chief of Basutoland</a> from 1960. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a> </th> <td>6 July 1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">20,931,751 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Formerly <a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a>. Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Malawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion of Malawi">Dominion of Malawi</a>. The Republic of Malawi was declared exactly 2 years later with the Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Hastings_Kamuzu_Banda" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastings Kamuzu Banda">Hastings Kamuzu Banda</a> as first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Malawi" title="President of Malawi">President of Malawi</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> </th> <td>31 August 1957<a href="#cite_note-Federation_of_Malaya_Independence_Act-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-Malaysia_Act_1963-32">[32]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-eastern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">34,308,525 </td> <td>Federal Westminster monarchy<a href="#endnote_5">[E]</a> </td> <td>Joined as the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation of Malaya</a> in 1957; reformed as Malaysia on 16 September 1963 with its federation with <a href="/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia" title="Singapore in Malaysia">Singapore</a> (which became an independent republic on 9 August 1965), <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo" title="Crown Colony of North Borneo">North Borneo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak" title="Crown Colony of Sarawak">Sarawak</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a> </th> <td>9 July 1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Southern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">521,021 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Formerly a British protected monarchy. Gained independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> on 26 July 1965 as an independent kingdom outside the Commonwealth with the Sultan, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Fareed_Didi" title="Muhammad Fareed Didi">Muhammad Fareed Didi</a> being declared the King of the Maldives. Became a republic on 11 November 1968 with <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Nasir" title="Ibrahim Nasir">Ibrahim Nasir</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">President of the Maldives</a> under the second republic.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Special_membership_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Special membership of the Commonwealth of Nations">special member</a> from 9 July 1982 until 20 July 1985.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Withdrew on 13 October 2016.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Rejoined on 1 February 2020.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a><a href="#endnote_6">[F]</a> </th> <td>21 September 1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a> </td> <td align="right">532,616 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Gained independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> on 21 September 1964 as the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Malta" title="State of Malta">State of Malta</a>. Became a republic on 13 December 1974. Sir <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mamo" title="Anthony Mamo">Anthony Mamo</a>, the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Malta" title="Governor-General of Malta">Governor-General of Malta</a> was installed as first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Malta" title="President of Malta">President of Malta</a>. Malta is, along with Cyprus, also a member state of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> </th> <td>12 March 1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">1,263,939 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Mauritius" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion of Mauritius">Dominion of Mauritius</a>. Became a republic on 12 March 1992 with the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Mauritius" title="Governor-General of Mauritius">Governor-General of Mauritius</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Veerasamy_Ringadoo" title="Veerasamy Ringadoo">Veerasamy Ringadoo</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Mauritius" title="President of Mauritius">President of Mauritius</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> </th> <td>13 November 1995<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">33,897,354 </td> <td>Unitary semi-presidential republic </td> <td>Former dependency of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a> until 1752. Gained independence from <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> on 25 June 1975. The first country to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-rwandajoins-40">[40]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a> </th> <td>21 March 1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">2,604,172 </td> <td>Unitary semi-presidential republic </td> <td>Formerly <a href="/wiki/South_West_Africa" title="South West Africa">South West Africa</a>. Gained independence from <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> with <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Nujoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Nujoma">Samuel Nujoma</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Namibia" title="President of Namibia">President of Namibia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Includes <a href="/wiki/Walvis_Bay" title="Walvis Bay">Walvis Bay</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Islands" title="Penguin Islands">Penguin Islands</a> transferred by South Africa at midnight 28 February 1994. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a><a href="#endnote_1">[B]</a> </th> <td>29 November 1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Micronesia" title="Micronesia">Micronesia</a> </td> <td align="right">12,780 </td> <td>Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency. <a href="/wiki/Hammer_DeRoburt" title="Hammer DeRoburt">Hammer DeRoburt</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Nauru" title="President of Nauru">President of Nauru</a>. </td> <td>Gained independence on 31 January 1968 from joint trusteeship of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Special_membership_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Special membership of the Commonwealth of Nations">special member</a> from 29 November 1968 until 1 May 1999, when it became a full member,<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> before reverting to special status in January 2006.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> A full member again since June 2011.<a href="#cite_note-RNZI_61413-44">[44]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </th> <td>19 November 1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australia and New Zealand</a> </td> <td align="right">5,163,908 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td>Granted nominal independence (<a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">Dominion</a> status) on 26 September 1907. One of the original Dominions at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>, although the Statute was not adopted in New Zealand until <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1947" title="Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947">1947</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Removed final links with the British Parliament in <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Constitution Act 1986">1986</a>. Removed the final link with the British legal system (<a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_Act_2003" title="Supreme Court Act 2003">2003</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> </th> <td>1 October 1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">Western Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">223,804,632 </td> <td>Federal presidential republic </td> <td>Gained independence as a federal Dominion titled the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Nigeria" title="Federation of Nigeria">Federation of Nigeria</a>. Incorporated the former British mandate/trust territory of <a href="/wiki/British_Cameroon" class="mw-redirect" title="British Cameroon">Northern Cameroons</a> on 31 May 1961. Federal republic declared on 1 October 1963 with the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Nigeria">Governor-General of Nigeria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Azikiwe" title="Nnamdi Azikiwe">Nnamdi Azikiwe</a> becoming the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">President of Nigeria</a>. Suspended in 1995, suspension lifted in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> </th> <td data-sort-value="14 August 1947">14 August 1947<a href="#endnote_3">[C]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Southern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">240,485,658 </td> <td>Federal Westminster republic </td> <td>Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Dominion of Pakistan</a>. Republic declared on 23 March 1956 with the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Pakistan" title="Governor-General of Pakistan">Governor-General of Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iskander_Mirza" title="Iskander Mirza">Iskander Mirza</a> becoming the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a>. Includes the city of <a href="/wiki/Gwadar" title="Gwadar">Gwadar</a>, transferred from <a href="/wiki/Muscat_and_Oman" title="Muscat and Oman">Muscat and Oman</a> on 8 September 1958. Included <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> (then known as <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a>) until 1971.<a href="#cite_note-Wind_of_Change-13">[13]</a> Left Commonwealth in January 1972, rejoined 1990, effective retroactively from October 1989; suspended in 1999, suspension lifted in 2004; again suspended in 2007,<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> suspension lifted in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/20px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/31px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/40px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /> <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> </th> <td>16 September 1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> </td> <td align="right">10,329,931 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td>Gained independence from <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> </th> <td>29 November 2009<a href="#cite_note-rwanda-49">[49]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">14,094,683 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Gained independence from <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> on 1 July 1962. The second country (after Mozambique) to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-rwandajoins-40">[40]</a> Admitted despite the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Human_Rights_Initiative" title="Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative">Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative</a> (CHRI) finding that "the state of governance and <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Rwanda" title="Human rights in Rwanda">human rights in Rwanda</a> does not satisfy Commonwealth standards", and that it "does not therefore qualify for admission".<a href="#cite_note-chri-50">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a><a href="#endnote_1">[B]</a> </th> <td>19 September 1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">47,755 </td> <td>Federal Commonwealth realm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> </th> <td>22 February 1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">180,251 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </th> <td>27 October 1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">103,698 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td>A <a href="/wiki/Special_membership_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Special membership of the Commonwealth of Nations">special member</a> from 27 October 1979 until 1 June 1985. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a><a href="#endnote_2">[B]</a> </th> <td>28 August 1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a> </td> <td align="right">225,681 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>From 1914 to 1961, Western Samoa was the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Western_Samoa" title="Territory of Western Samoa">Territory of Western Samoa</a>. Gained independence from <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> on 1 January 1962 with <a href="/wiki/Malietoa_Tanumafili_II" title="Malietoa Tanumafili II">Malietoa Tanumafili II</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state_of_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Head of state of Samoa">Head of state of Samoa</a>. Entered into an unusual relationship with the Commonwealth. Joined as Western Samoa, subsequently changing its name to Samoa on 4 July 1997.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/23px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/35px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/46px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> </th> <td data-sort-value="29 June 1976">29 June 1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">120,622 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Mancham" title="James Mancham">James Mancham</a> became first <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Seychelles" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Seychelles">President of the Seychelles</a>, but he was overthrown in 1977 by <a href="/wiki/France-Albert_Ren%C3%A9" title="France-Albert René">France-Albert René</a> who had been the Prime Minister. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> </th> <td>27 April 1961 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">Western Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">8,791,092 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Sierra_Leone" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion of Sierra Leone">Dominion of Sierra Leone</a>. Became a republic in 1971 with <a href="/wiki/Siaka_Stevens" title="Siaka Stevens">Siaka Stevens</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sierra_Leone" title="President of Sierra Leone">President of Sierra Leone</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a><a href="#endnote_2">[B]</a> </th> <td>15 October 1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-eastern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">5,673,743 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Gained independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and joined Federation of <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> on 16 September 1963. Became independent on 9 August 1965 with <a href="/wiki/Yusof_bin_Ishak" class="mw-redirect" title="Yusof bin Ishak">Yusof bin Ishak</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Singapore" title="President of Singapore">President of Singapore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> While joining in 1966, the effective date is from its date of independence.<a href="#cite_note-Singapore_Act_1966-53">[53]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> </th> <td>7 July 1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> </td> <td align="right">740,424 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> </th> <td>19 November 1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">60,414,495 </td> <td>Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency </td> <td>Granted nominal independence (<a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">Dominion</a> status) on 31 May 1910 as the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a>. One of the original Dominions at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a> and <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>. Left on 31 May 1961 with the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_South_Africa" title="Governor-General of South Africa">Governor-General of South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Robberts_Swart" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Robberts Swart">Charles Robberts Swart</a> as the first <a href="/wiki/State_President_of_South_Africa" title="State President of South Africa">State President of South Africa</a>; rejoined 1 June 1994 under <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" title="President of South Africa">President of South Africa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> </th> <td>4 February 1948 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Southern Asia</a> </td> <td align="right">22,037,000 </td> <td>Unitary semi-presidential republic </td> <td>Joined as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Dominion of Ceylon</a>, subsequently changing its name in 1972. Became a republic in 1972 with the last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Ceylon" title="Governor-General of Ceylon">Governor-General of Ceylon</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Gopallawa" title="William Gopallawa">William Gopallawa</a> becoming the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President of Sri Lanka</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> </th> <td>9 December 1961 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">67,438,106 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_(1961%E2%80%931964)" title="Tanganyika (1961–1964)">Tanganyika</a> joined the Commonwealth on 9 December 1961 as an independent Dominion, became a republic exactly 1 year later under <a href="/wiki/Julius_Nyerere" title="Julius Nyerere">Julius Nyerere</a> as President of Tanganyika, with the islands of <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> following suit later. The two subsequently merged to form <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> on 26 April 1964. President Nyerere became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Tanzania" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Tanzania">President of Tanzania</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Tanzania-55">[55]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a><a href="#endnote_2">[B]</a> </th> <td>25 June 2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">Western Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">9,053,799 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>The country was the formerly French and British <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_Mandate" class="mw-redirect" title="League of Nations Mandate">mandate</a> territory (later <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Trust_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Trust Territories">UN trust territory</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Togoland" title="Togoland">Togoland</a> after the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> in 1919; <a href="/wiki/British_Togoland" title="British Togoland">British Togoland</a> (which would be attached to the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a> in 1956 and become <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> on 6 March 1957) and <a href="/wiki/French_Togoland" title="French Togoland">French Togoland</a>. Independence of French Togoland as Togo from <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> on 27 April 1960.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> </th> <td>4 June 1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a> </td> <td align="right">107,773 </td> <td>Unitary <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a> </td> <td>Formerly a British protected monarchy from 1900 until 1970. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </th> <td>31 August 1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </td> <td align="right">1,534,937 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Granted independence on 31 August 1962 as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion of Trinidad and Tobago">Dominion of Trinidad and Tobago</a>. Became a republic on 1 August 1976 under the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Constitution Act 1976, passed by the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The last <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago">Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Clarke" title="Ellis Clarke">Ellis Clarke</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="President of Trinidad and Tobago">President of Trinidad and Tobago</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a><a href="#endnote_1">[B]</a> </th> <td>1 October 1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a> </td> <td align="right">11,396 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td>A <a href="/wiki/Special_membership_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Special membership of the Commonwealth of Nations">special member</a> from 1 October 1978 until 1 September 2000.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> </th> <td>9 October 1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">48,582,334 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Gained independence as the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Uganda" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion of Uganda">Dominion of Uganda</a>, then became the Sovereign State of Uganda exactly 1 year later. Uganda's formal status as a republic was declared in 1967 after the overthrow of the <a href="/wiki/Kabaka_of_Buganda" title="Kabaka of Buganda">Kabaka of Buganda</a> <a href="/wiki/Mutesa_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutesa II">Mutesa II</a> in 1966. Former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Uganda" title="Prime Minister of Uganda">Prime Minister of Uganda</a> <a href="/wiki/Milton_Obote" title="Milton Obote">Milton Obote</a> then seized the presidency. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </th> <td>19 November 1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a> </td> <td align="right">67,184,072 </td> <td>Unitary Commonwealth realm </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a> and the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>. Has four individual nations or constituent countries within the UK: <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. All, except for England, has a devolved form of government in Belfast, Cardiff, and Edinburgh. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a><a href="#endnote_1">[B]</a> </th> <td>30 July 1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> </td> <td align="right">334,506 </td> <td>Unitary Westminster republic </td> <td>Formerly the <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>. Gained independence from joint rule (<a href="/wiki/Condominium_(international_law)" title="Condominium (international law)">condominium</a>) of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ati_George_Sokomanu" title="Ati George Sokomanu">Ati George Sokomanu</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Vanuatu" title="President of Vanuatu">President of Vanuatu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> </th> <td data-sort-value="24 October 1964">24 October 1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">20,569,737 </td> <td>Unitary presidential republic </td> <td>Formerly <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Kaunda" title="Kenneth Kaunda">Kenneth Kaunda</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Zambia" title="President of Zambia">President of Zambia</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><a href="#ref_1">^</a> A. Unless otherwise noted, independence was gained from the United Kingdom on the date (shown in column 2) of joining the Commonwealth. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_2">^</a> B. Not a member of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Foundation" title="Commonwealth Foundation">Commonwealth Foundation</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_3">^</a> C. Though Pakistan celebrates 14 August 1947 as its independence day, independence was officially granted at midnight, 15 August 1947. Therefore, its date of joining the Commonwealth would be 15 August 1947. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_4">^</a> D. Geographically a part of <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, considered a <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> country in <a href="/wiki/Political_geography" title="Political geography">political geography</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_5">^</a> E. Constitutional monarchy that operates under a Westminster system. The monarch is not the same individual as the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">British monarch</a>, hence making it not a Commonwealth realm. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_6">^</a> F. In <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a>, the Maltese Islands are located on the <a href="/wiki/African_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="African Plate">African Plate</a>. The island group lies approx. 200 km (120 mi) south of the boundary between the African Plate and the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurasian Plate">Eurasian Plate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-gal-58">[58]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Political_geography" title="Political geography">political geography</a>, Malta is considered a European country. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_member_states">Former member states</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Former member states">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">Joined </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme" title="United Nations geoscheme">UN Continental Region</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_the_United_Nations_geoscheme" title="List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme">UN Geographical Subregion</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">Left </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> </th> <td>19 November 1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a> </td> <td>18 April 1949 </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland" title="Partition of Ireland">Partition of Ireland</a>, in 1921, caused its division into the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> (later the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>) and Northern Ireland (which remained in the UK). The Irish Free State was one of the original <a href="/wiki/British_Dominions" class="mw-redirect" title="British Dominions">Dominions</a> at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Dominion_status-18">[18]</a> Withdrew after passing the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Ireland Act">Republic of Ireland Act</a> in 1948, accepted by the United Kingdom in the <a href="/wiki/Ireland_Act_1949" title="Ireland Act 1949">Ireland Act 1949</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Wind_of_Change-13">[13]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> </th> <td>18 April 1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </td> <td>7 December 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence</a> in 1965 was not recognised, but independence as Zimbabwe was recognised on 18 April 1980. Suspended on 19 March 2002.<a href="#cite_note-Commonwealth_Update_Apr_2002-21">[21]</a> Withdrew voluntarily on 7 December 2003.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> On 15 May 2018, President <a href="/wiki/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" title="Emmerson Mnangagwa">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> submitted an application to rejoin the Commonwealth.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dissolved_member_states">Dissolved member states</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dissolved member states">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_sovereign_states" title="List of former sovereign states">Former country</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">Joined </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme" title="United Nations geoscheme">UN Continental Region</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_the_United_Nations_geoscheme" title="List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme">UN Geographical Subregion</a> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">Dissolved </th> <th scope="col">Rejoined as a part of </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya"><img alt="Federation of Malaya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaya_%281950%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="550" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Malaya</a> </th> <td>31 August 1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-eastern Asia</a> </td> <td>16 September 1963<a href="#cite_note-Malaysia_Act_1963-32">[32]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> </td> <td>Reformed as the Federation of <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> with <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> (became a separate member as an independent republic in 1965), <a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sarawak" title="Sarawak">Sarawak</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland"><img alt="Dominion of Newfoundland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Dominion_of_Newfoundland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> </th> <td>19 November 1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_America" title="Northern America">Northern America</a> </td> <td>31 March 1949 </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td>One of the original <a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">Dominions</a> at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a>. Self-government suspended on 16 February 1934, merged into <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> on 31 March 1949.<a href="#cite_note-Dominion_status-18">[18]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281961%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281961%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281961%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281961%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281961%E2%80%931964%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanganyika_%281961%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_(1961%E2%80%931964)" title="Tanganyika (1961–1964)">Tanganyika</a> </th> <td>9 December 1961 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">26 April 1964 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania"><img alt="Tanzania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">United Republic of Tanzania</a> on 26 April 1964.<a href="#cite_note-Tanzania-55">[55]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Zanzibar_%28January-April_1964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zanzibar_%28January-April_1964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Zanzibar_%28January-April_1964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zanzibar_%28January-April_1964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Zanzibar_%28January-April_1964%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zanzibar_%28January-April_1964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> </th> <td>10 December 1963 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prospective_member_states">Prospective member states</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prospective member states">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a> </th> <th scope="col">Applied </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme" title="United Nations geoscheme">UN Continental Region</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_the_United_Nations_geoscheme" title="List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme">UN Geographical Subregion</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">Population</a> </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/46px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> </th> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">10,524,117 </td> <td>Gained independence from <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> in 1962. Historically and culturally linked to Commonwealth member <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a>, once forming a single country <a href="/wiki/Ruanda-Urundi" title="Ruanda-Urundi">Ruanda-Urundi</a>. In 2013, Burundi applied to join the Commonwealth.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a> </th> <td>2009 (as an observer state)<a href="#cite_note-Qaram-63">[63]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">~3,500,000<a href="#endnote_7">[G]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a> is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state internationally recognised as a part of <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>. It has applied to join the Commonwealth under <a href="/wiki/Observer_status" title="Observer status">observer status</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Qaram-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Its borders are approximate to those of <a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a>, which was a protectorate from 1884 to 1960. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="570" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a> </th> <td>2011<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">13,670,642 </td> <td>Gained independence from the United Kingdom as part of Sudan in 1956. Gained independence from Sudan in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> South Sudan is a member of the <a href="/wiki/East_African_Community" title="East African Community">East African Community</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/35px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/45px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a><a href="#cite_note-Suriname_plans_to_join_the_Commonwealth-67">[67]</a> </th> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> </td> <td align="right">555,934 </td> <td>English colony of <a href="/wiki/Surinam_(English_colony)" title="Surinam (English colony)">Surinam</a> from 1650 to 1667 and again controlled by the British from 1799 to 1816; subsequently a <a href="/wiki/Surinam_(Dutch_colony)" title="Surinam (Dutch colony)">Dutch colony</a>. In 2012, Suriname announced plans to join the Commonwealth<a href="#cite_note-Suriname_eyeing_membership_of_Commonwealth-68">[68]</a> and the British government has made it a priority to provide guidance to Suriname in applying for Commonwealth membership.<a href="#cite_note-Providing_guidance-69">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> </th> <td>2018<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a> </td> <td align="right">16,150,362 </td> <td>Under the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a>, Zimbabwe dominated Commonwealth affairs, creating acrimonious splits in the organisation. Zimbabwe was suspended in 2002 for breaching the <a href="/wiki/Harare_Declaration" title="Harare Declaration">Harare Declaration</a>. In 2003, when the Commonwealth refused to lift the suspension, Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth. Since then, the Commonwealth has played a major part in trying to end the political impasse and return Zimbabwe to a state of normality. On 15 May 2018, President <a href="/wiki/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" title="Emmerson Mnangagwa">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> submitted an application to rejoin the Commonwealth.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_7">^</a> G. The population figure is based on 2014 estimates. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_candidates">Other candidates</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other candidates">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commonwealth_of_Nations_prospective_members_(simple).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Commonwealth_of_Nations_prospective_members_%28simple%29.png/300px-Commonwealth_of_Nations_prospective_members_%28simple%29.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Commonwealth_of_Nations_prospective_members_%28simple%29.png/450px-Commonwealth_of_Nations_prospective_members_%28simple%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Commonwealth_of_Nations_prospective_members_%28simple%29.png/600px-Commonwealth_of_Nations_prospective_members_%28simple%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> currently has 56 members. Current Commonwealth members (dark blue) Overseas territories, associated states and crown dependencies (orange) Suspended members (yellow) Former members (pink) Former members applying to rejoin (light blue) Applicants without historical links to the UK (turquoise) Other states with historical links to the UK (light green) Applicants with historical links to the UK (dark green)</figcaption></figure> Other states which have expressed an interest in joining the Commonwealth over the years include: <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme" title="United Nations geoscheme">UN Continental Region</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_the_United_Nations_geoscheme" title="List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme">UN Geographical Subregion</a> </th> <th scope="col">Source(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">Northern Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Howden-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Africa" title="Central Africa">Middle Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-eastern Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-PMT-76">[76]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">Western Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Howden-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-eastern Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" />   <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Southern Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-economist.com-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-Nepal-78">[78]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestine</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">Western Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Howden-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">Northern Africa</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Howden-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Timor-Leste" title="Timor-Leste">Timor-Leste</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">South-eastern Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">Western Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Howden-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-future-74">[74]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> Howard Henry, former Director of External Relations of the Cook Islands, stated that the <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a> could apply for Commonwealth membership as soon as the <a href="/wiki/2024_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a> in Samoa, following the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> recognition of the Cook Islands and <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a> as <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_the_Cook_Islands_and_Niue#State_that_recognises_the_Cook_Islands_and_Niue_as_sovereign_states" title="Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue">sovereign states</a>.<a href="#cite_note-PMT-76">[76]</a> The <a href="/wiki/2007_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting" title="2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting">2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a> agreed on the core criteria for membership. 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