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The Commonwealth is
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made up of 53 countries 49 41 29
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around the world 51 33 42 48

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The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 28 26 46
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independent countries spread over every continent 7 2

and ocean. Its two billion people, who account for 43 45

nearly 30 per cent of the world’s population, are in 21

Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, Europe and 30

the Pacific. They are of many faiths, races, languages

and cultures.
The Commonwealth promotes peace and
international co-operation, democracy and good member country capital member country capital member country capital
1 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA St John’s 40 SIERRA LEONE Freetown
governance, respect for human rights and the 2 AUSTRALIA Canberra
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LESOTHO
MALAWI
Maseru
Lilongwe 41 SINGAPORE Singapore
rule of law, and the improvement of lives through 3
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BAHAMAS
BANGLADESH
Nassau
Dhaka
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MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
Kuala Lumpur
Malé
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SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOUTH AFRICA
Honiara
Pretoria
economic and social development. 5 BARBADOS Bridgetown 25 MALTA Valletta 44 SRI LANKA Colombo
6 BELIZE Belmopan 26 MAURITIUS Port Louis 45 SWAZILAND Mbabane
These values and aspirations are described in 7
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BOTSWANA
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Gaborone
Bandar Seri Begawan
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MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
Maputo
Windhoek
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TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Nuku’alofa
Port of Spain
the Charter of the Commonwealth. The Charter 9
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CAMEROON
CANADA
Yaoundé
Ottawa
29 NAURU Nauru 48
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TUVALU
UGANDA
Funafuti
Kampala
30 NEW ZEALAND Wellington
expresses the commitment of member countries 11 CYPRUS Nicosia 31 NIGERIA Abuja 50 UNITED KINGDOM London
Map source: Commonwealth Secretariat/Maps-in-Minutes™
12 DOMINICA Roseau 32 PAKISTAN Islamabad 51 UNITED REPUBLIC Dodoma
to the development of free and democratic societies 13 FIJI Suva 33 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby OF TANZANIA The designations and the presentation of material on this map,
14 GHANA Accra 34 RWANDA Kigali 52 VANUATU Port Vila based on UN practice, do not imply the expression of any opinion
and the promotion of peace and prosperity to 15 GRENADA St George’s 35 ST KITTS AND NEVIS Basseterre 53 ZAMBIA Lusaka whatsoever on the part of the Commonwealth Secretariat
concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area, or
16 GUYANA Georgetown 36 SAINT LUCIA Castries
improve the lives of all Commonwealth people. It also 17 INDIA New Delhi 37 ST VINCENT AND Kingstown
of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers
or boundaries.
18 JAMAICA Kingston
acknowledges the role of civil society in supporting 19 KENYA Nairobi 38
THE GRENADINES
SAMOA Apia Information correct at time of printing Dec 2014.
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