Commonwealth Games

Trivia about Participating Countries

The Commonwealth is a unique family of developed and developing nations, a voluntary association of independent sovereign states spread over every continent and ocean. From Africa to Asia, from pacific shores to the Caribbean, the Commonwealth’s 1.7 billion people make up almost one third of the world's population.
Commonwealth nations include some of the largest populations on earth - such as India, with a population of over 1 billion - and some of the world’s smallest populations such as St Helena, a 308 sq km Island in the Atlantic, with a population of 7000.
The top five most populated nations (figures from 2006) at the Commonwealth Games are: India (1.01 billion), Pakistan (146 million), Bangladesh (137 million), Nigeria (114 million) and England (49 million).

There are 71 member countries in the Commonwealth Games Federation. This is more than the number of Commonwealth countries as the constituent parts of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games, and individual teams are also sent from crown dependencies such as the Isle of Man and Jersey.
The Commonwealth Games is open to eligible competitors of the Commonwealth Games Association of all Commonwealth nations, colonies and dependent or associated territories of a Commonwealth nation.
Only six nations have attended every Commonwealth Games - Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.

For trivia about each individual nation, following the links from the list of all participating nations.
For trivia about of the previous host cities, see the Host City list.