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Name[1]CapitalRegionPopulation 2005
(thousands)
Joining date
Antigua and BarbudaSaint John'sAmericas

81

1981
AustraliaCanberraPacific

20,155

1942
BahamasNassauAmericas

323

1973
BangladeshDhakaAsia

141,822

1972
BarbadosBridgetownAmericas

270

1966
BelizeBelmopanAmericas

270

1981
BotswanaGaboroneAfrica

1,765

1966
BruneiBandar Seri BegawanAsia

374

1984
Cameroon[2]YaoundéAfrica

16,322

1995
CanadaOttawaAmericas

32,623[3]

1931
Cyprus[4]NicosiaEurope

835

1961
DominicaRoseauAmericas

79

1978
Fiji[5]SuvaPacific

848

1970;
1997Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
MaputoAfrica

19,792

1995
NamibiaWindhoekAfrica

2,031

1990
NaurunonePacific

14

1968
New ZealandWellingtonPacific

4,028

1947
NigeriaAbujaAfrica

131,530

1960
Pakistan[6]IslamabadAsia

157,935

1947;
1989Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
KigaliAfrica

9,038

2009
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreAmericas

43

1983
Saint LuciaCastriesAmericas

161

1979
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownAmericas

119

1979
SamoaApiaPacific

185

1970
SeychellesVictoriaAfrica

81

1976
Sierra LeoneFreetownAfrica

5,525

1961
SingaporeSingaporeAsia

4,326

1965
Solomon IslandsHoniaraPacific

478

1978
South AfricaPretoria (executive)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
Africa

47,432

1931;
1994[7]
Sri LankaColomboAsia

20,743

1948
SwazilandMbabaneAfrica

1,032

1968
TanzaniaDodomaAfrica

38,329

1961
TongaNuku'alofaPacific

102

1970
Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainAmericas

1,305

1962
TuvaluFunafutiPacific

10

1978
UgandaKampalaAfrica

28,816

1962
United Kingdom[8] London Europe

59,668

19
VanuatuPort VilaPacific

211

1980
ZambiaLusakaAfrica

11,668

1964

Footnotes

  1. The Commonwealth: 'Member countries'.
  2. Former French colonial territory which is also a member of the Commonwealth's francophone counterpart, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
  3. Statistics Canada, 2006
  4. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which administers part of the island, is recognised only by Turkey.
  5. Membership suspended 2000-2001 and again since 2006.
  6. Membership suspended 1999-2004 and 2007-2008.
  7. Left in 1961 and later rejoined.
  8. The United Kingdom is composed of four countries joined in union - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.