What is the Commonwealth and who belongs to it?

Question

What is the Commonwealth and who belongs to it?

Answer 1

The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as The Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states all of which are former colonies of the United Kingdom, except for Mozambique and the United Kingdom itself.

Antigua & Barbuda  Jamaica  Sierra Leone  

Australia  Kenya  Singapore  

The Bahamas  Kiribati  Solomons  

Bangladesh  Lesotho  South Africa  

Barbados  Malawi  Sri Lanka  

Belize  Malaysia  St Kitts  

Botswana  Maldives  St Lucia  

Brunei  Malta  St Vincent  

Cameroon  Mauritius  Swaziland  

Canada  Mozambique  Tanzania  

Cyprus  Namibia  Tonga  

Dominica  Nauru  Trinidad  

Fiji (suspended)  New Zealand  Tuvalu  

The Gambia  Nigeria  Uganda  

Ghana  Pakistan  United Kingdom  

Grenada  Papua NG  Vanuatu  

Guyana  Seychelles  Zambia  

India  Samoa  Zimbabwe (out)

Answer 2

Not as easy to answer as one would think.

Refer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealt...

This explaines it in reasonable detail.

Answer 3

53 independent soverign states which are former colonies of the United Kingdom except United Kingdom and Mozambique.

Antigua and Barbuda.

Australia.

Bahamas.

Bangladesh.

Barbados.

Belize.

Botswana.

Brunei.

Cameroon.

Canada.

Cyprus.

Dominica.

Gambia.

Ghana.

Grenada.

Guyana.

India.

Jamaica.

Kenya.

Kiribati.

Lesotho.

Malawi.

Malaysia.

Maldives.

Malta.

Mauritus.

Mozambique.

Nambia.

Nauru.

New Zealand.

Nigeria.

Pakistan.

Papua New Guinea.

Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Lucia.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Samoa.

Seychelles.

Sierra Lione.

Singapore.

Solomon Islands.

South Africa.

Sri Lanka.

Swaziland.

Tanzania.

Tonga.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Tuvalu.

Uganda.

United Kingdom.

Vanuatu.

Zambia.