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Member Nations of the Commonwealth

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A list of the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Member Nations (with date of membership)

Antigua and Barbuda 1981
Australia 1931
Bahamas 1973
Bangladesh 1972
Barbados 1966
Belize 1981
Botswana 1966
Brunei 1984
Cameroon 1995
Canada 1931
Cyprus 1961
Dominica 1978
Fiji 1971 (left in 1987; rejoined 1997)
Gambia 1965
Ghana 1957
Grenada 1974
Guyana 1966
India 1947
Jamaica 1962
Kenya 1963
Kiribati 1979
Lesotho 1966
Malawi 1964
Maldives 1982
Malaysia (formerly Malaya) 1957
Malta 1964
Mauritius 1968
Mozambique 1995
Namibia 1990
Nauru 1968
New Zealand 1931
Nigeria 1960
Pakistan 1947
Papua New Guinea 1975
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1983
Saint Lucia 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1979
Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) 1970
Seychelles 1976
Sierra Leone 1961
Singapore 1965
Solomon Islands 1978
South Africa 1931 (left in 1961; rejoined 1994)
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) 1948
Swaziland 1968
Tanzania 1961(As Tanganyika; became Tanzania in 1964 after union with Zanzibar)
Tonga 1970
Trinidad and Tobago 1962
Tuvalu 1978
Uganda 1962
United Kingdom 1931
Vanuatu 1980
Zambia 1964
Zanzibar 1963 (United with Tanganyika to form Tanzania)

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