Commonwealth Members
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 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.