The Queen and The Commonwealth
A Commonwealth Chronology.
Telling the stories of The Commonwealth
Head of The Commonwealth for 70 years.
from its establishment as a voluntary organisation on 28 April 1949, with the eight founding Nations
Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom,
to its current 54 Nations of The Commonwealth.
This is the Chronology of The Commonwealth from 1949 – 2022
1949
1. Australia
2. Canada
3. India
4. New Zealand
5. Pakistan
6. South Africa
7. Sri Lanka
8. United Kingdom1957
9. Ghana
10. Malaya1960
11. Nigeria1961
12. Cyprus
13. Sierra Leone
14. Tanzania1962
15. Jamaica
16. Trinidad & Tobago
17. Uganda
18. Kenya1964
19. Malawi
20. Malta
21. Zambia1965
22. The Gambia
23. Singapore1966
24. Guyana
25. Botswana
26. Lesotho
27. Barbados1968
28. Mauritius
29. Eswatini
30. Nauru1970
31. Tonga
32. Samoa
33. Fiji1972
34. Bangladesh
35. The Bahamas 1974
36. Grenada1975
37. Papua New Guinea1976
38. Seychelles1978
39. The Solomon Islands
40. Tuvalu
41. Dominica1979
42. St. Lucia
43. Kiribati 44. St. Vincent and The Grenadines1980
45. Vanuatu1981
46. Belize
47. Antigua and Barbuda 1982
48. Maldives1983
49. St. Kitts and Nevis1984
50. Brunei1990
51. Namibia1995
52. Cameroon
53. Mozambique 2009
54. Rwanda
South Africa
National Anthem
Country Information
Joined Commonwealth: 1949(left in 1961, re-joined in 1994)
Population: 52,910,000 (2016)
Official Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi,
Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
Time Zone: GMT plus 2hrs
Currency: Rand (R)
Capital City: Pretoria