Commonwealth Members

There are 54 member countries of the Commonwealth. These are listed below, with the years in which they joined the Commonwealth and their constitutional status: realm indicates a Commonwealth country which retained a monarchical constitution, recognizing the Monarch as Sovereign; monarchy indicates an indigenous monarchical constitution.

Country Date Status
Antigua and Barbuda 1981 Realm
Australia 1931 Realm
The Bahamas 1973 Realm
Bangladesh 1972 Republic
Barbados 1966 Realm
Belize 1981 Realm
Botswana 1966 Republic
Brunei 1984 Monarchy
Cameroon 1995 Republic
Canada 1931 Realm
Cyprus 1961 Republic
Dominica 1978 Republic
* Fiji 1997 Republic
Gambia, The 1965 Republic
Ghana 1957 Republic
Grenada 1974 Realm
Guyana 1966 Republic
India 1947 Republic
Jamaica 1962 Realm
Kenya 1963 Republic
Kiribati 1979 Republic
Lesotho 1966 Monarchy
Malawi 1964 Republic
Malaysia 1957 Monarchy
Maldives, The 1982 Republic
Malta 1964 Republic
Mauritius 1968 Republic
Mozambique 1995 Republic
Namibia 1990 Republic
** Nauru 1968 Republic
New Zealand 1931 Realm
*** Nigeria 1960 Republic
* Pakistan 1947 Republic
Papua New Guinea 1975 Realm
St. Christopher and Nevis 1983 Realm
St. Lucia 1979 Realm
St.Vincent and the Grenandines 1979 Realm
Seychelles 1976 Republic
Sierra Leone 1961 Republic
Singapore 1965 Republic
Solomon Islands 1978 Realm
* South Africa 1931 Republic
Sri Lanka 1948 Republic
Swaziland 1968 Monarchy
Tanzania 1961 Republic
Tonga 1970 Monarchy
Trinidad and Tobago 1962 Republic
** Tuvalu 1978 Realm
United Kingdom 1931 Monarchy
Uganda 1962 Republic
Vanuatu 1980 Republic
Western Samoa 1970 Republic
Zambia 1964 Republic

* Countries which have left the Commonwealth
Fiji (1987, rejoined 1997)
Republic of Ireland (1949)
Pakistan (1972, rejoined 1989)
South Africa (1961, rejoined 1994)

** Nauru and Tuvalu are special members, with the right to participate in all functional Commonwealth meetings and activities, but not to attend meetings of Commonwealth Heads of Government.

*** Nigeria was suspended in 1995.

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