Former members of the Commonwealth of Nations

Current Commonwealth members (blue), current suspended members (green), and former members (orange). This map does not reflect the status of Newfoundland, Tanganyika, Malaya or Zanzibar - Help make a map that does!-

This article concerns sovereign states that are former members of the Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth is an association of independent sovereign states, most of which are former British colonies, or dependencies of those colonies. The article explores who are its former members and why did they leave the Commonwealth.

Former members

Below is a list of the former members of the Commonwealth. The list is ordered by reference to the date the former member left the Commonwealth (with the First to Leave bing numbered first):

Joined	Continent	Left	Notes
1931-12-1111 December 1931	North America	1934-02-1616 February 1934	One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931 (although the Statute was never adopted by Newfoundland). Government suspended on 16 February 1934, joined Canada on 31 March 1949.
1931-12-1111 December 1931	Europe	1949-04-18]]18 April 1949	One of the original Dominions at the time of the Statute of Westminster 1931. Left after passing the Republic of Ireland Act in 1949.
1957-08-3131 August 1957	Asia	1963-09-1616 September 1963	Entered into Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
1961-12-099 December 1961	Africa	1964-04-2626 April 1964	Merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania on 26 April 1964.
1963-12-1010 December 1963	Africa	1964-04-2626 April 1964	Merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania on 26 April 1964.
1980-10-011 October 1980	Africa	2003-12-077 December 2003	Suspended on 19 March 2002. Withdrew voluntarily on 7 December 2003.