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<h1>List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by name</h1>
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This is a <strong>list of Commonwealth Members by name</strong>.  <a href="/term/As_of_2005">As of 2005</a>, there are 53 states that are members of the <a href="/term/Commonwealth_of_Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> (including 16 in which are <a href="/term/Commonwealth_Realms">Commonwealth Realms</a>), and five former members. <p>

The date of joining the Commonwealth is given in brackets. Commonwealth Realms are given in bold.<p>

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<li><a href="#Current_members">1&nbsp;Current members</a></li><li><a href="#Former_members">2&nbsp;Former members</a></li><li><a href="#Former_colonies_and_protectorates_which_did_not_join_the_Commonwealth_on_independence">3&nbsp;Former colonies and protectorates which did not join the Commonwealth on independence</a></li><li><a href="#See_also">4&nbsp;See also</a></li><li><a href="#References">5&nbsp;References</a></li><li><a href="#Footnotes">6&nbsp;Footnotes</a></li></ul>
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<a name="Current_members" id="Current_members"></a><h2>Current members</h2><p>

<ul><li><strong></strong> (1981)</li><li><strong> </strong>(1931 <ref><a href="/term/Australia">Australia</a> was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1942.</ref>)</li><li><strong></strong> (1973)</li><li>Do not &#091;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalismvandalize" target="_blank">Vandalismvandalize</a>&#093; or you will be prevented from editing. (1972)</li><li><strong></strong> (1966)</li><li><strong></strong> (1981)</li><li> (1966)</li><li> (1984)</li><li> (1995)</li><li><strong></strong> (1931)</li><li> (1961)</li><li> (1978)</li><li> (1970<ref><a href="/term/Fiji">Fiji</a> left in 1987, rejoined in 1997, was suspended in 2000, and was readmitted in 2001.</ref>)</li><li> (1965)</li><li> (1957)</li><li><strong></strong> (1974)</li><li> (1966)</li><li>(1947)</li><li><strong></strong> (1962)</li><li> (1963)</li><li> (1979)</li><li> (1966)</li><li> (1964)</li><li> (1957)</li><li> (1982)</li><li> (1964)</li><li> (1968)</li><li> (1995)</li><li> (1990)</li><li> (2000)</li><li><strong></strong> (1931<ref><a href="/term/New_Zealand">New Zealand</a> was invited to join in 1931 but did not ratify until 1947.</ref>)</li><li> (1960<ref><a href="/term/Nigeria">Nigeria</a> was suspended in 1995 and readmitted in 1999.</ref>)</li><li> (1947<ref> <a href="/term/Pakistan">Pakistan</a> left in 1972, rejoined in 1989, was suspended in 1999, and was readmitted in 2004.</ref>)</li><li><strong></strong> (1975)</li><li><strong></strong> (1983)</li><li><strong></strong> (1979)</li><li><strong></strong> (1979)</li><li> (1970)</li><li> (1976)</li><li> (1961)</li><li> (1965)</li><li><strong></strong> (1978)</li><li> (1931<ref><a href="/term/South_Africa">South Africa</a> left in 1961 and rejoined in 1994.</ref>)</li><li>  (1948)</li><li> (1968)</li><li> (1961)</li><li> (1970)</li><li> (1962)</li><li><strong></strong> (1978)</li><li> (1962)</li><li><strong></strong> (1931)</li><li> (1980)</li><li> (1964)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><pre><a href="/term/Irish_Free_State">Irish Free State</a> (1931; left in 1949)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Dominion_of_Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> (joined in 1931; became a <a href="/term/Province">province</a> of <a href="/term/Canada">Canada</a> in 1949)
</pre><li><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/1505/1504617/25px-Flag_of_Tanganyika.png" class="image" width="25" height="17" /> <a href="/term/Tanganyika">Tanganyika</a> (joined in 1961; merged with <a href="/term/Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> to form <a href="/term/Tanzania">Tanzania</a> in 1964)</li></pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> (joined in 1963; merged with <a href="/term/Tanganyika">Tanganyika</a> to form <a href="/term/Tanzania">Tanzania</a> in 1964)
</pre><li> (joined in 1980; suspended in 2002; left in 2003)</li></ul>
</pre><a name="Former_colonies_and_protectorates_which_did_not_join_the_Commonwealth_on_independence" id="Former_colonies_and_protectorates_which_did_not_join_the_Commonwealth_on_independence"></a><h2>Former colonies and protectorates which did not join the Commonwealth on independence</h2><p>

<ul><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><pre><a href="/term/Bahrain">Bahrain</a> (1971)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Bhutan">Bhutan</a> (1949)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Myanmar">Union of Burma</a> (1948)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Egypt">Egypt</a> (1922)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Iraq">Iraq</a> (1932)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Kuwait">Kuwait</a> (1961)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Oman">Muscat & Oman</a> (1971)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Palestine">Palestine</a> (1947; part of which subsequently became <a href="/term/Israel">Israel</a> in 1948)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Qatar">Qatar</a> (1971)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Sikkim">Sikkim</a> (1947; left British Empire on independence of <a href="/term/India">India</a>, but in 1975 became an Indian state, becoming part of the Commonwealth then)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/British_Somaliland">British Somaliland</a> (1960; five days after independence joined Italian Somaliland to form <a href="/term/Somalia">Somalia</a>}
</pre><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FSA_Flag.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/1505/1504617/25px-FSA_Flag.gif" class="image" width="25" height="13" /></a> <a href="/term/Federation_of_South_Arabia">Federation of South Arabia</a> (1967; on independence became <a href="/term/South_Yemen">People’s Republic of South Yemen</a>)</li></pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Sudan">Anglo-Egyptian Sudan</a> (1956)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Jordan">Transjordan</a> (1946; on independence, became <a href="/term/Jordan">Jordan</a>)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/United_Arab_Emirates">Trucial States</a> (1971; on independence, became the <a href="/term/United_Arab_Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>)
</pre><li><!-- couldn't be displayed--></li></ul><a href="/term/Thirteen_Colonies">The Thirteen Colonies</a> (1776; on independence became <a href="/term/United_States_of_America">United States of America</a>)
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</pre><a name="See_also" id="See_also"></a><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/term/List_of_members_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations_by_continent">List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by continent</a></li><li><a href="/term/List_of_members_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations_by_date_joined">List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations by date joined</a></li></ul>
<a name="References" id="References"></a><h2>References</h2>
<ul><li>&#091;<a href="http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=142227&int1stParentNodeID=20596" target="_blank">Commonwealth Secretariat</a>&#093;</li><li>&#091;<a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk/Gtgl1/GuideToGovernment/InternationalBodies/InternationalBodiesArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4003092&chk=JXlogH" target="_blank">The Commonwealth</a>&#093; - UK government site</li></ul>
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