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Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, NZ, Nigeria, Pakistan (suspended), Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Zambia.
note: on 7 December 2003 Zimbabwe withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth
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| Name |
Member since |
Capital City |
Languages |
Religions |
National Flag |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1981 |
Saint John's |
English |
Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/AntiguaB-flag.jpg |
| Australia |
1931 (Statute of Westminster) |
Canberra |
English |
Anglican, Roman Catholic, others |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Australia-flag.jpg |
| The Bahamas |
1973 |
Nassau |
English |
Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Bahama-flag.jpg |
| Bangladesh |
1972 |
Dhaka |
Bangla |
Muslim, Hindu |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Bangladesh-flag.jpg |
| Barbados |
1966 |
Bridgetown |
English |
Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Barbados-flag.jpg |
| Belize |
1981 |
Belmopan |
English, Spanish |
Roman Catholic, Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Belize-flag.jpg |
| Botswana |
1966 |
Gaborone |
English, Setswana |
Indigenous beliefs, Christian |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Botswan-flag.jpg |
| Brunei |
1984 |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Malay, English |
Muslim, Buddhist, Christian |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Brunei-flag.jpg |
| Cameroon |
1995 |
Yaounde |
French, English, Bantu |
Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Camer-flag.jpg |
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| Canada |
1931 (Statute of Westminster) |
Ottawa |
English, French, Inuktitut |
Roman Catholic, Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/andrewdunning/canada_flag.gif |
| Cyprus |
1961 |
Nicosia |
Greek, Turkish |
Greek Orthodox |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Cipro-flag.jpg |
| Dominica |
1978 |
Roseau |
English, French, Creole |
Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Dominica-flag.jpg |
| Fiji Islands |
1970 (rejoined in 1997 after 10 year lapse) |
Suva |
English, Fijian |
Christian, Hindu |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Figi-flag.jpg |
| The Gambia |
1965 |
Banjul |
English, Mandinka |
Muslim, Christian, Animist |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Gambia-flag.jpg |
| Ghana |
1957 |
Accra |
English |
Christian, Traditional beliefs, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Gana-flag.jpg |
| Grenada |
1974 |
St George |
English |
Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Grenada-flag.jpg |
| Guyana |
1966 |
Georgetown |
English, Hindi, Creole |
Hindu, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Guiana-flag.jpg |
| India |
1947 |
New Delhi |
Hindi, English and 16 other official languages |
Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/India-flag.jpg |
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| Jamaica |
1962 |
Kingston |
English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Jamaica-flag.jpg |
| Kenya |
1963 |
Nairobi |
English, Swahili |
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Kenia-flag.jpg |
| Kiribati |
1979 |
Tarawa |
Kiribati, English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Kiribati-flag.jpg |
| Lesotho |
1966 |
Maseru |
Sesotho, English |
Roman Catholic, Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Lesotho-flag.jpg |
| Malawi |
1964 |
Lilongwe |
English, Chichewa |
Animist, Christian, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Malawi-flag.jpg |
| Malaysia |
1957 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malay, Chinese, Tamil, English |
Sunni Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Malesia-flag.jpg |
| Maldives |
1982 |
Malé |
Dhivehi |
Sunni Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Maldive-flag.jpg |
| Malta |
1964 |
Valletta |
Maltese, English |
Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Malta-flag.jpg |
| Mauritius |
1968 |
Port Louis |
English, French, Creole |
Hindu, Roman Catholic, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Mauritius-flag.jpg |
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| Mozambique |
1995 |
Maputo |
Portuguese, Bantu languages |
Roman Catholic, Muslim, Animist |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Mozambico-flag.jpg |
| Namibia |
1990 |
Windhoek |
English, Afrikaans, German |
Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Namibia-flag.jpg |
| Nauru |
1968 |
Yaren District |
Nauruan, English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Nauru-flag.jpg |
| New Zealand |
1931 (Statute of Westminster) |
Wellington |
English, Maori |
Anglican, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/NZelanda-flag.jpg |
| Nigeria |
1960 (suspended 1995–99) |
Abuja |
English, Yoruba, Hausa |
Muslim, Christian |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Nigeria-flag.jpg |
| Pakistan (suspended) |
1947 (left in 1972, rejoined in 1989) |
Islamabad |
Urdu, Punjabi |
Sunni Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Pakistan-flag.jpg |
| Papua New Guinea |
1975 |
Port Moresby |
English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Animist |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/PapuaNG-flag.jpg |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1983 |
Basseterre |
English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/SKitN-flag.gif |
| Saint Lucia |
1979 |
Castries |
English |
Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/SLucia-flag.jpg |
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1979 |
Kingstown |
English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/S.VincMiq-flag.gif |
| Samoa |
1970 |
Apia |
Samoan, English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Samoa-flag.jpg |
| Seychelles |
1976 |
Victoria |
English, French, Creole |
Roman Catholic, Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Seicelle-flag.jpg |
| Sierra Leone |
1961 |
Freetown |
English |
Animist, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Sierraleo-flag.jpg |
| Singapore |
1965 |
Singapore City |
English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil |
Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Taoist, Hindu |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Singapor-flag.jpg |
| Solomon Islands |
1978 |
Honiara |
English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Salomone-flag.jpg |
| South Africa |
1931 (Statute of Westminster; left in 1961, rejoined in 1994) |
Pretoria |
Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu |
Black Christian churches, Dutch Reformed, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Sudafrica-flag.jpg |
| Sri Lanka |
1948 |
Colombo |
Sinhalese, Tamil, English |
Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Srilanka-flag.jpg |
| Swaziland |
1968 |
Mbabane |
siSwati, English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Animist |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Swazil-flag.jpg |
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| Tanzania |
1961 |
Dodoma |
Kiswahili, English, local dialects |
Animist, Christian, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Tanzania-flag.jpg |
| Tonga |
1970 |
Nuku’alofa |
English, Tongan |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Tonga-flag.jpg |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1962 |
Port of Spain |
English, Spanish |
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Trinidad-flag.jpg |
| Tuvalu |
1978 |
Funafuti |
Tuvaluan, English |
Protestant |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Tuvalu-flag.jpg |
| Uganda |
1962 |
Kampala |
English, Luganda |
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Animist, Muslim |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Uganda-flag.jpg |
| United Kingdom |
(founder member) |
London |
English |
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Judaism |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/GranBr-flag.jpg |
| Vanuatu |
1980 |
Port Vila |
Bislama, English, French |
Protestant, Roman Catholic |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Vanuatu-flag.jpg |
| Zambia |
1964 |
Lusaka |
English, Bantu dialects |
Christian, Animist |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Zambia-flag.jpg |
| Zimbabwe |
on 7 December 2003 withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth |
Harare |
English, Bantu dialects |
Christian, Animist |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Zimbabw-flag.jpg |
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