Members of the Commonwealth of Nations

Currently there are 53 members of the Commonwealth of Nations since Gambia left in October 2013. The current members of the Commonwealth are as follows.

Commonwealth Countries A-M (Below) Goto Commonwealth Countries N-Z

Antigua and Barbuda (Joined the 1^st of November 1981)

Australia (Joined on the 11^th December 1931 under the Statute of Westminster)

The Bahamas (Joined in 1973)

Bangladesh (Joined on the 18^th of April 1972)

Barbados (Joined on the 30^th of November 1966)

Belize (Joined on the 21^st of September 1981)

Botswana (Joined on the 30^th of September 1966)

Brunei Darussalam (Joined on the 1^st of January 1984)

Cameroon (Joined on the 1^st of November 1995)

Canada (Joined on the 11^th December 1931 under the Statute of Westminster)

Cyprus (Joined on the 31^st of March 1961)

Dominica (Joined on the 3rd of November 1978)

Fiji* (Joined on the 10^th of October 1970, then left on the 15^th of October 1987 and rejoined on the 30^th of September 1997. Now currently under suspension see below)

Ghana (Joined on the 6^th of March 1957)

Grenada (Joined on the 7^th of February 1974)

Guyana (Joined on the 26^th of May 1966)

India (Joined on the 15^th of October 1947)

Jamaica (Joined on the 6^th of August 1962)

Kenya (Joined on the 12^th of December 1963)

Kiribati (Joined on the 12^th of July 1979)

Lesotho (Joined on the 4^th of October 1966)

Malawi (Joined on the 6^th of July 1964)

Malaysia (Joined on the 31^st of August 1957)

Maldives (Joined on the 9^th of July 1982)

Malta (Joined on the 21^st of September 1964)

Mauritius (Joined on the 12^th of March 1968)

Mozambique (Joined on the 12^th of November 1995)

Namibia (Joined on the 21^st of March 1990)

Nauru (Joined on the 1^st of November 1968)

New Zealand (Joined on the 11^th December 1931 under the Statute of Westminster)

Nigeria (Joined on the 1^st of October 1960, with membership suspended on the 11^th of November 1995 – 29^th of May 1999)

Pakistan (Joined on the 15^th of October 1947, they later withdrew their membership on the 30^th of January 1972 and rejoined on the 1^st of October 1989)

Papua new Guinea (Joined on the 16^th of September 1975)

Rwanda (Joined on the 29^th of November 2009)

St Kitts and Nevis (Joined on the 19^th of September 1983)

St Lucia (Joined on the 22^nd of February 1979)

St Vincent and the Grenadines (Joined on the 27^th of October 1979)

Samoa (Joined on the 28^th of August 1970)

Seychelles (Joined on the 28^th of June 1976)

Sierra Leone (Joined on the 27^th of April1961)

Singapore (Joined on the 15^th of October 1965)

Solomon Islands (Joined on the 7^th of July 1978)

South Africa (Joined on the 11^th December 1931 under the Statute of Westminster, they later withdrew their membership on the 31^st of May 1961 and rejoined on the 1^st of June 1994)

Sri Lanka (Joined on the 4^th of February 1948)

Swaziland (Joined on the 6^th of September 1968)

Tonga (Joined on the 4^th of June 1970)

Trinidad and Tobago (Joined on the 31^st of August 1962)

Tuvalu (Joined on the 1^st of October 1978)

Uganda (Joined on the 9^th of October 1962)

United Kingdom (Joined on the 11^th December 1931 under the Statute of Westminster)

United Republic of Tanzania (Joined on the 9^th of December 1961)

Vanuatu (Joined on the 30^th of July 1980)

 Zambia (Joined on the 24^th of October 1964)

*Following the decisions taken by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on 31 July 2009, Fiji was suspended from membership of the Commonwealth on 1 September 2009