Members of the Commonwealth

country date of Commonwealth membership

United Kingdom 1931

Canada 1931

Australia 1931

New Zealand 1931

South Africa 1931 (left in 1961; rejoined 1994)

India 1947

Pakistan 1947 (left in 1972; rejoined 1989)

Sri Lanka

(formerly Ceylon) 1948

Ghana 1957

Malaysia

(formerly Malaya) 1957

Nigeria 1960

Cyprus 1961

Sierra Leone 1961

Tanzania 1961 (Tanganyika in 1961; Tanzania in 1964 upon union with Zanzibar 【member 1963】)

Jamaica 1962

Trinidad and Tobago 1962

Uganda 1962

Kenya 1963

Malawi 1964

Malta 1964

Zambia 1964

The Gambia 1965

Singapore 1965

Guyana 1966

Botswana 1966

Lesotho 1966

Barbados 1966

Mauritius 1968

Nauru 1968 (joined as special member; full member since 1999)

Swaziland 1968

Tonga 1970

Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) 1970

Fiji 1971 (left in 1987; rejoined 1997)

Bangladesh 1972

The Bahamas 1973

Grenada 1974

Papua New Guinea 1975

Seychelles 1976

Solomon Islands 1978

Tuvalu 1978 (joined as special member; full member since 2000)

Dominica 1978

Kiribati 1979

Saint Lucia 1979

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1979 (joined as special member; full member since 1985)

Vanuatu 1980

Belize 1981

Antigua and Barbuda 1981

Maldives 1982 (joined as special member; full member since 1985)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 1983

Brunei 1984

Namibia 1990

Cameroon 1995

Mozambique 1995