Member Country | Joined Commonwealth |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1981 |
Australia | 1931 (Statute of Westminster*) |
The Bahamas | 1973 |
Bangladesh | 1972 |
Barbados | 1966 |
Belize | 1981 |
Botswana | 1966 |
Brunei Darussalam | 1984 |
Cameroon | 1995 (independent 1960) |
Canada | 1931 (Statute of Westminster*) |
Cyprus | 1961 (independent 1960) |
Dominica | 1978 |
Fiji | 1970 (left in 1987, rejoined in 1997**) |
Ghana | 1957 |
Grenada | 1974 |
Guyana | 1966 |
India | 1947 |
Jamaica | 1962 |
Kenya | 1963 |
Kiribati | 1979 |
Lesotho | 1966 |
Malawi | 1964 |
Malaysia | 1957 |
Maldives | 1982 (independent 1965) |
Malta | 1964 |
Mauritius | 1968 |
Mozambique | 1995 (independent 1975) |
Namibia | 1990 |
Nauru | 1968 |
New Zealand | 1931 (Statute of Westminster*) |
Nigeria | 1960 (suspended 1995–99) |
Pakistan | 1947 (left in 1972, rejoined in 1989) |
Papua New Guinea | 1975 |
Rwanda | 2009 (independent 1962) |
St Kitts and Nevis | 1983 |
Saint Lucia | 1979 |
St Vincent and the Grenadines | 1979 |
Samoa | 1970 (independent 1962) |
Seychelles | 1976 |
Sierra Leone | 1961 |
Singapore | 1965 |
Solomon Islands | 1978 |
South Africa | 1931 (Statute of Westminster*,left in 1961, rejoined in 1994) |
Sri Lanka | 1948 |
Swaziland | 1968 |
Tonga | 1970 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1962 |
Tuvalu | 1978 |
Uganda | 1962 |
United Kingdom | |
United Republic of Tanzania | 1961 |
Vanuatu | 1980 |
Zambia | 1964 |
* The Statute of Westminster of 1931 gave effective independence to the dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.
** Suspended from the councils of the Commonwealth in December 2006 and subsequently suspended from membership of the Commonwealth in September 2009.