Here is a list of the 53 countries in the Commonwealth (2018), with the date they became independent (and hence joined the commonwealth), the continent where the country can be found, and its population.
No. | Country | Joined | Continent | Population |
1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 November 1981 | Caribbean | 94,195 |
2 | Australia | 11 December 1931 | Australia | 24,772,247 |
3 | The Bahamas | 10 July 1973 | Caribbean | 402,576 |
4 | Bangladesh | 18 April 1972 * | Asia | 165,867,307 |
5 | Barbados | 30 November 1966 | Caribbean | 286,618 |
6 | Belize | 21 September 1981 | North America | 379,636 |
7 | Botswana | 30 September 1966 | Africa | 2,377,831 |
8 | Brunei | 1 January 1984 | Asia | 439,022 |
9 | Cameroon | 13 November 1995 * | Africa | 24,836,674 |
10 | Canada | 11 December 1931 | North America | 36,885,861 |
11 | Cyprus | 13 March 1961 * | Eurasia | 1,197,667 |
12 | Dominica | 3 November 1978 | Caribbean | 72,975 |
13 | Fiji | 10 October 1970 | Oceania | 909,024 |
14 | The Gambia | 18 February 1965 | Africa | 2,155,958 |
15 | Ghana | 6 March 1957 | Africa | 29,088,849 |
16 | Grenada | 7 February 1974 | Caribbean | 107,894 |
17 | Guyana | 26 May 1966 | South America | 773,808 |
18 | India | 15 August 1947 | Asia | 1,353,014,094 |
19 | Jamaica | 6 August 1962 | Caribbean | 2,819,888 |
20 | Kenya | 12 December 1963 | Africa | 49,167,382 |
21 | Kiribati | 12 July 1979 | Oceania | 117,636 |
22 | Lesotho | 4 October 1966 | Africa | 2,199,492 |
23 | Malawi | 6 July 1964 | Africa | 18,558,768 |
24 | Malaysia | 31 August 1957 * | Asia | 31,505,208 |
25 | Malta | 21 September 1964 | Europe | 422,212 |
26 | Mauritius | 12 March 1968 | Africa | 1,286,240 |
27 | Mozambique | 13 November 1995 * | Africa | 29,977,238 |
28 | Namibia | 21 March 1990 | Africa | 2,600,857 |
29 | Nauru | 1 November 1968 | Oceania | 10,387 |
30 | New Zealand | 11 December 1931 | Oceania | 4,609,755 |
31 | Nigeria | 1 October 1960 | Africa | 194,615,054 |
32 | Pakistan | 14 August 1947 * | Asia | 199,031,265 |
33 | Papua New Guinea | 16 September 1975 | Australia | 8,034,630 |
34 | Rwanda | 29 November 2009 * | Africa | 12,322,920 |
35 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 September 1983 | Caribbean | 56,632 |
36 | Saint Lucia | 22 February 1979 | Caribbean | 189,000 |
37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27 October 1979 | Caribbean | 109,501 |
38 | Samoa | 28 August 1970 | Oceania | 196,954 |
39 | Seychelles | 29 June 1976 | Africa | 98,248 |
40 | Sierra Leone | 27 April 1961 | Africa | 6,818,117 |
41 | Singapore | 9 August 1966 * | Asia | 5,889,117 |
42 | Solomon Islands | 7 July 1978 | Oceania | 614,497 |
43 | South Africa | 11 December 1931 | Africa | 56,007,479 |
44 | Sri Lanka | 4 February 1948 | Asia | 20,979,811 |
45 | Swaziland | 6 September 1968 | Africa | 1,336,933 |
46 | Tanzania | 9 December 1961 | Africa | 57,790,062 |
47 | Tonga | 4 June 1970 | Oceania | 107,228 |
48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31 August 1962 | Caribbean | 1,376,801 |
49 | Tuvalu | 1 October 1978 | Oceania | 10,116 |
50 | Uganda | 9 October 1962 | Africa | 42,288,962 |
51 | United Kingdom | 11 December 1931 | Europe | 65,746,853 |
52 | Vanuatu | 30 July 1980 | Oceania | 279,953 |
53 | Zambia | 24 October 1964 | Africa | 17,470,471 |