Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth, uu sab des ke naam hae jon ki pahile British Empire me rahaa. Pahile iske naam British Commonwealth of Nations rahaa, jiske 1926 me suruu karaa gais rahaa. Abhi isme 53 member des hae jisme se Mozambique ke chhorr ke aur sab British Empire me pahile rahaa. Tiin member Europe ke hae, ek hae South America me, 18 Africa me, 8 Asia me aur 11 Oceania me . Ek suspended member, Fiji hae aur che pahile waala member hae jisme se chaar abhi nai hae.

Abhi ke member

Ii table ke sab jaankari Commonwealth of Nations Secretariat members list se aais hae aur jaada abaadi ke ginti 2007 estimates hae, unless otherwise noted.^[1]

Country	Joined	Continent	Population	Notes
Antigua and Barbuda	1981-11-011 November 1981	North America	81,000
Australia	1931-12-1111 December 1931	Oceania	20,555,300	Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[2]
Bahamas	1973-07-1010 July 1973	North America	323,000
Bangladesh	1972-04-1818 April 1972[3]	Asia	148,384,000	Pakistan se ajaadi 1971 me paais.[4]
Barbados	1966-11-3030 November 1966	North America	279,000
Belize	1981-09-2121 September 1981	North America	287,730
Botswana	1966-09-3030 September 1966	Africa	1,765,000
Brunei	1984-01-011 January 1984	Asia	374,000
Cameroon	1995-11-1313 November 1995[5]	Africa	16,322,000
Canada	1931-12-1111 December 1931	North America	32,654,500	Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[6]
Cyprus	1961-03-1313 March 1961[7]	Europe / Asia	818,200	United Kingdom se ajaadi 18 August 1960 ke paais.
Dominica	1978-11-033 November 1978	North America	79,000
Gambia	1965-02-1818 February 1965	Africa	1,517,000
Ghana	1957-03-066 March 1957	Africa	22,113,000
Grenada	1974-02-077 February 1974	North America	103,000
Guyana	1966-05-2626 May 1966	South America	751,000
India	1947-08-1515 August 1947	Asia	1,100,000,000
Jamaica	1962-08-066 August 1962	North America	2,651,000
Kenya	1963-12-1212 December 1963	Africa	34,256,000
Kiribati	1979-07-1212 July 1979	Oceania	99,000
Lesotho	1966-10-044 October 1966	Africa	1,795,000
Malawi	1964-07-066 July 1964	Africa	12,884,000
Malaysia	1963-09-1616 September 1963	Asia	27,356,000	Federation of Malaya ke 1957 me joinkaris; Malaysia ke naam se ii federation ke 1963 me form karaa gais rahaa Singapore (1965 me alag hoe gais), Sabah, aur Sarawak.[8]
Maldives	1982-07-099 July 1982	Asia	329,000	United Kingdom se ajaadi 26 July 1965 ke milaa.[9] Maldives was a special member from 9 July 1982 until 20 July 1985.[10]
Malta	1964-09-2121 September 1964	Europe	402,668
Mauritius	1968-03-1212 March 1968	Africa	1,245,000
Mozambique	1995-11-1313 November 1995[11]	Africa	19,792,000
Namibia	1990-03-2121 March 1990	Africa	2,031,000
Nauru	1968-11-01†1 November 1968	Oceania	14,000	Nauru ek special memberhae. Ii des 1 November 1968 se 1 May 1999 talak special member rahaa, iske baad ii puura member ban gais,[12] January 2006 me fir se special member ban gais.[13]
New Zealand	1931-12-1111 December 1931	Oceania	4,147,972	Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.[14]
Nigeria	1960-10-011 October 1960	Africa	132,796,000	1995 me suspend karaa gais aur , 1999 me fir se join karis.[15]
Pakistan	1947-08-1414 August 1947	Asia	158,352,000	1972 me Commonwealth chhorr diis, 1989 me fir se join karis; 1999 me suspend karaa gais, 2004 me fir se join karis; 2007 me fir se suspended karaa gais,[16] 2008 me fir se join bhaes.[17]
Papua New Guinea	1975-09-1616 September 1975	Oceania	5,887,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1983-09-1919 September 1983	North America	43,000
Saint Lucia	1979-02-2222 February 1979	North America	161,000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1979-10-2727 October 1979	North America	119,000	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Commonwealth of Nations ke ek special member rahaa from 27 October 1979 se 1 June 1985 talak.
Samoa	1970-08-2828 August 1970	Oceania	185,000
Seychelles	1976-06-2929 June 1976	Africa	81,000
Sierra Leone	1961-04-2727 April 1961	Africa	5,525,000
Singapore	1965-10-15†15 October 1965	Asia	4,326,000	First joined as part of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
Solomon Islands	1978-07-077 July 1978	Oceania	478,000
South Africa	1931-12-1111 December 1931	Africa	47,423,000	Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa. Ii 31 May 1961 me Commonwealth chhorr diis lekin 1 June 1994 me fir se join kar liis.[18]
Sri Lanka	1948-02-044 February 1948	Asia	20,743,000
Swaziland	1968-09-066 September 1968	Africa	1,032,000
Tanzania	1964-04-2626 April 1964	Africa	38,329,000	Tanganyika aur Zanzibar ke jorre se.[19]
Tonga	1970-06-044 June 1970	Oceania	102,000
Trinidad and Tobago	1962-08-3131 August 1962	North America	1,305,000
Tuvalu	1978-10-011 October 1978	Oceania	12,000	Tuvalu, Commonwealth of Nations ke ek special member 1 October 1978 se 1 September 2000 talak rahaa.[20]
Uganda	1962-10-099 October 1962	Africa	28,816,000
United Kingdom	1931-12-1111 December 1931	Europe	60,209,500	Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa.
Vanuatu	1980-07-3030 July 1980	Oceania	211,000
Zambia	1964-10-2424 October 1964	Africa	11,668,000

Suspended members

Country	Joined	Continent	Population	Notes
Fiji	1970-10-1010 October 1970	Oceania	848,000	1987 me Commonwealth chhorr ke 1997 me fir join karis; 6 June 2000 ke iske fir suspend karaa gais;[21] 20 December 2001 ke fir se join karis;[22] 8 December 2006 me coup ke kaaran fir se suspend karaa gais.[23]

Pahile ke members

Country	Joined	Continent	Left	Notes
Irish Free State/Ireland	1931-12-1111 December 1931	Europe	1949-04-18]]18 April 1949	Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa, Statute of Westminster 1931se. 1949 ke ii Commonwealth ke chhorr diis.[4][24]
Federation of Malaya	1957-08-3131 August 1957	Asia	1963-09-1616 September 1963	Entered into Malaysia on 16 September 1963.[4]
Dominion of Newfoundland	1931-12-1111 December 1931	North America	1934-02-1616 February 1934	Statute of Westminster 1931, se ii Commonwealth ke pahila member me se ek rahaa., Canada ke 31 March 1949 me join kar liis.[24]
Tanganyika	1961-12-099 December 1961	Africa	1964-04-2626 April 1964	Zanzibar se jurr ke Tanzania obanaa, 26 April 1964 ke.[19]
Zanzibar	1963-12-1010 December 1963	Africa	1964-04-2626 April 1964	Tanganyika se jurr ke Tanzania banaa, 26 April 1964 ke.[19]
Zimbabwe	1980-10-011 October 1980	Africa	2003-12-077 December 2003	19 March 2002 ke iske suspend kar dewa gais.[22] 7 December 2003 ke ii Commonwealth se withdraw hoe gais.[25]