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The Commonwealth has 56 member countries in five regions. Gabon and Togo, which joined in 2022, are the newest.
By region, 21-8-13-3-11: Africa 21, Asia 8, the Caribbean and Americas 13, Europe 3 and the Pacific 11.
Twenty-one African members. Gabon and Togo, which joined in 2022, are the newest members of the whole Commonwealth.
Eight South and South-East Asian members. Maldives withdrew in 2016 and rejoined in 2020.
Thirteen members: Canada, plus twelve Caribbean, Central American and South American states that joined between 1962 and 1983.
Three European members: the United Kingdom, where the association began, and the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Malta.
Eleven members in Oceania, among them Australia and New Zealand and nine island states.
Can you name them all?
Test yourselfThe Commonwealth has 56 member countries in five regions. Gabon and Togo, which joined in 2022, are the newest.
Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Cyprus, Malta, United Kingdom, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
By region, 21-8-13-3-11: Africa 21, Asia 8, the Caribbean and Americas 13, Europe 3 and the Pacific 11.
No. Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003.
Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them Commonwealth Secretariat, on 9 October 2026. Next review by 28 September 2027.
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