Commonwealth

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Ratio 1:2 | Adopted 26 March 1976

Commonwealth of Nations

Association of states with former British rule.
Founded 31 December 1931. Members are:

1931: Australia, Canada, Ireland (former member), New Zealand, Newfoundland (former member), South Africa, United Kingdom
1947: India, Pakistan
1948: Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1957: Ghana, Malaya (Malaysia)
1960: Nigeria
1961: Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika (Tanzania)
1962: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda
1963: Kenya
1964: Malawi, Malta, Zambia
1965: Gambia, Singapore
1966: Barbados, Botswana, Guyana, Lesotho
1968: Mauritius, Nauru, Swaziland
1970: Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa (Samoa)
1972: Bangladesh
1973: Bahamas
1974: Grenada
1975: Papua New Guinea
1976: Seychelles
1978: Dominica, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu
1979: Kiribati, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1980: Vanuatu, Zimbabwe (former member)
1981: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize
1982: Maldives
1983: Saint Kitts and Nevis
1984: Brunei
1990: Namibia
1995: Cameroon, Mozambique

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