පොදු රාජ්ය මණ්ඩලයේ සාමාජික රාජ්යයෝ
පොදු රාජ්ය මණ්ඩලය යනු, පොදු රාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය රටවල් ලෙස හැඳින්වෙන ස්වෛරී රාජ්ය 56 ක ස්වේච්ඡා සංගමයක් වෙයි.[1] ඒවායින් බොහොමයක් බ්රිතාන්ය යටත් විජිත හෝ ඒවායේ පරායත්ත රාජ්ය වෙයි.
වත්මන් සාමාජිකයෝ
[සංස්කරණය]පහත දැක්වෙන සියලුම දින පොදු රාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය ජාතීන්ගේ ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ සාමාජික ලැයිස්තුවෙන්,[2] වන අතර ජනගහන සංඛ්යා 2020 පෙබරවාරි 1 වන දිනට අදාළව වෙයි.
රට | ප්රථම වරට සාමාජික වීම | එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහාද්වීපික කලාපය | එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ භූගෝලීය උප කලාපය | ජනගහණය[3] | ආණ්ඩු ක්රමය | සටහන්[A] |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 1981 නොවැම්බර් 1 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 94,298 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | |
Australia | 1926 නොවැම්බර් 19 | ඕෂිනියාව | Australia and New Zealand | 26,256,970 | Federal Commonwealth realm | Australia was one of the original Dominions at the time of the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster 1931, although the statute was not adopted in Australia until 1942 (with retroactive effect from 1939).[4] The Australia Act 1986 eliminated the remaining possibilities for the UK to legislate with effect in Australia, for the UK to be involved in Australian government, and for an appeal from any Australian court to a British court.[5] |
Bahamas | 1973 ජූලි 10 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 412,623 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | |
Bangladesh | 1972 අප්රේල් 18[6] | Asia | Southern Asia | 172,954,319 | Unitary Westminster republic | Declared independence from Pakistan in 1971.[7] |
Barbados | 1966 නොවැම්බර් 30 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 281,995 | Unitary Westminster republic | Barbados removed Elizabeth II as its head of state and became a republic on 30 November 2021.[8][9] |
Belize | 1981 සැප්තැම්බර් 21 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Central America | 410,825 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | |
Botswana | 1966 සැප්තැම්බර් 30 | අප්රිකාව | Southern Africa | 2,675,352 | Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency | |
Brunei | 1984 මැයි 7 | Asia | South-eastern Asia | 452,524 | Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy | |
Cameroon | 1995 නොවැම්බර් 1[10] | අප්රිකාව | Middle Africa | 28,647,293 | Unitary semi-presidential republic | Most of the country was the formerly French mandate territory (later UN trust territory) of Cameroun, which gained independence from France on 1 January 1960. It united with the much smaller former British mandate/trust territory of Southern Cameroons, which gained independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1961. |
Canada | 1926 නොවැම්බර් 19 | ඇමෙරිකාව | North America | 39,244,168 | Federal Commonwealth realm | Canada was the first among the several original Dominions at the time of the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster 1931.[11] Incorporated another original Dominion, Newfoundland, on 31 March 1949.[12] The Canada Act 1982 formally ended the "request and consent" provisions of the Statute of Westminster 1931 in relation to Canada, whereby the British parliament had a general power to pass laws extending to Canada at its own request. |
Cyprus[D] | 1961 මාර්තු 13[13] | යුරෝපය | ගිණිකොණදිග යුරෝපය | 1,260,138 | Unitary presidential republic | Gained independence from the United Kingdom on 16 August 1960. Britain retains military bases at Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Northern Cyprus is not recognised by the Commonwealth. |
Dominica | 1978 නොවැම්බර් 3 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 73,040 | Unitary Westminster republic | Dominica has always been a republic since independence. |
Eswatini | 1968 සැප්තැම්බර් 6 | අප්රිකාව | Southern Africa | 1,210,822 | Unitary absolute monarchy | Joined as Swaziland, subsequently changing its name to Eswatini on 19 April 2018. |
Fiji[B] | 1970 ඔක්තෝබර් 10 | ඕෂිනියාව | Melanesia | 936,375 | Unitary Westminster republic | Suspended in 1987; rejoined in 1997; suspended on 6 June 2000;[14] suspension lifted on 20 December 2001;[15] again suspended on 8 December 2006 because of the 2006 Fijian coup d'état.[16][17] Suspension lifted on 26 September 2014. |
Gabon[B] | 2022 ජූනි 25 | අප්රිකාව | Middle Africa | 2,436,566 | Unitary presidential republic | Gained independence from France on 17 August 1960. The third (after Mozambique and Rwanda) to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom.[18] Partially suspended on 18 September 2023 following the military coup that ousted President Ali Bongo the previous month, with two years given by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group for the country to hold new elections before a full suspension of membership would be considered.[19][20] |
Gambia | 1965 පෙබරවාරි 18 | අප්රිකාව | Western Africa | 2,773,168 | Unitary presidential republic | Withdrew on 3 October 2013 citing "neocolonialism".[21][22] Following the election of Adama Barrow as President of Gambia in 2016, it submitted an application to rejoin the Commonwealth on 22 January 2018,[23] and rejoined on 8 February 2018.[24] |
Ghana | 1957 මාර්තු 6 | අප්රිකාව | Western Africa | 34,121,985 | Unitary presidential republic | |
Grenada | 1974 පෙබරවාරි 7 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 126,183 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | |
Guyana | 1966 මැයි 26 | ඇමෙරිකාව | South America | 813,834 | Unitary presidential republic | |
India | 1947 අගෝස්තු 15 | Asia | Southern Asia | 1,428,627,663 | Federal Westminster republic | Incorporated former French India (Chandannagar from 2 May 1950 and Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahé from 1 November 1954), former Portuguese India (Goa, Daman and Diu from 19 December 1961 and Dadra and Nagar Haveli formally from 1961) and Sikkim (from 16 May 1975). |
Jamaica | 1962 අගෝස්තු 6 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 2,825,544 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | |
Kenya | 1963 දෙසැම්බර් 12 | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 55,100,586 | Unitary presidential republic | |
Kiribati | 1979 ජූලි 12 | ඕෂිනියාව | Micronesia | 133,515 | Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency | |
Lesotho | 1966 ඔක්තෝබර් 4 | අප්රිකාව | Southern Africa | 2,330,318 | Unitary Westminster monarchy[E] | |
Malawi | 1964 ජූලි 6 | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 20,931,751 | Unitary presidential republic | |
Malaysia | 1957 අගෝස්තු 31[25][26] | Asia | South-eastern Asia | 34,308,525 | Federal Westminster monarchy[E] | Joined as the Federation of Malaya in 1957; reformed as Malaysia on 16 September 1963 with its federation with Singapore (which became a separate country on 9 August 1965), North Borneo, and Sarawak.[27] |
Maldives | 1982 ජූලි 9 | Asia | Southern Asia | 521,021 | Unitary presidential republic | Gained independence from the United Kingdom on 26 July 1965.[28] A special member from 9 July 1982 until 20 July 1985.[29] Withdrew on 13 October 2016.[30][31] Rejoined on 1 February 2020.[32] |
Malta[F] | 1964 සැප්තැම්බර් 21 | යුරෝපය | දකුණු යුරෝපය | 532,616 | Unitary Westminster republic | Gained independence from the United Kingdom on 21 September 1964 as the State of Malta. Became a republic on 13 December 1974. |
Mauritius | 1968 මාර්තු 12 | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 1,263,939 | Unitary Westminster republic | Became a republic on 12 March 1992. |
Mozambique | 1995 නොවැම්බර් 13[33] | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 33,897,354 | Unitary semi-presidential republic | Former dependency of Portuguese India until 1752. Gained independence from Portugal on 25 June 1975. The first country to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom.[34] |
Namibia | 1990 මාර්තු 21 | අප්රිකාව | Southern Africa | 2,604,172 | Unitary semi-presidential republic | Gained independence from South Africa.[35] Includes Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands transferred by South Africa at midnight 28 February 1994. |
Nauru[B] | 1968 නොවැම්බර් 29 | ඕෂිනියාව | Micronesia | 12,780 | Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency | Gained independence on 31 January 1968 from joint trusteeship of Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. A special member from 29 November 1968 until 1 May 1999, when it became a full member,[36] before reverting to special status in January 2006.[37] A full member again since June 2011.[38] |
New Zealand | 1926 නොවැම්බර් 19 | ඕෂිනියාව | Australia and New Zealand | 5,163,908 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | Granted nominal independence (Dominion status) on 26 September 1907. One of the original Dominions at the time of the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster 1931, although the Statute was not adopted in New Zealand until 1947.[39] Removed final links with the British Parliament in 1986. Removed the final link with the British legal system (Judicial Committee of the Privy Council) in 2003. |
Nigeria | 1960 ඔක්තෝබර් 1 | අප්රිකාව | Western Africa | 223,804,632 | Federal presidential republic | Incorporated the former British mandate/trust territory of Northern Cameroons on 31 May 1961. Suspended in 1995, suspension lifted in 1999.[40] |
Pakistan | 1947 අගෝස්තු 14[C] | Asia | Southern Asia | 240,485,658 | Federal Westminster republic | Includes the city of Gwadar, transferred from Muscat and Oman on 8 September 1958. Included Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) until 1971.[7] Left Commonwealth in 1972, rejoined 1990, effective retroactively from October 1989; suspended in 1999, suspension lifted in 2004; again suspended in 2007,[41] suspension lifted in 2008.[42] |
Papua New Guinea | 1975 සැප්තැම්බර් 16 | ඕෂිනියාව | Melanesia | 10,329,931 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | Gained independence from Australia. |
Rwanda | 2009 නොවැම්බර් 29[43] | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 14,094,683 | Unitary presidential republic | Gained independence from Belgium on 1 July 1962. The second country (after Mozambique) to be admitted to the Commonwealth without any former colonial or constitutional links with the United Kingdom.[34] Admitted despite the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) finding that "the state of governance and human rights in Rwanda does not satisfy Commonwealth standards", and that it "does not therefore qualify for admission".[44] |
Saint Kitts and Nevis[B] | 1983 සැප්තැම්බර් 19 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 47,755 | Federal Commonwealth realm | |
Saint Lucia | 1979 පෙබරවාරි 22 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 180,251 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1979 ඔක්තෝබර් 27 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 103,698 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | A special member from 27 October 1979 until 1 June 1985. |
Samoa[B] | 1970 අගෝස්තු 28 | ඕෂිනියාව | Polynesia | 225,681 | Unitary Westminster republic | Gained independence from New Zealand on 1 January 1962. Joined as Western Samoa, subsequently changing its name to Samoa on 4 July 1997.[45] |
Seychelles | 1976 ජූනි 28 | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 120,622 | Unitary presidential republic | |
Sierra Leone | 1961 අප්රේල් 27 | අප්රිකාව | Western Africa | 8,791,092 | Unitary presidential republic | |
Singapore[B] | 1965 ඔක්තෝබර් 15 | Asia | South-eastern Asia | 5,673,743 | Unitary Westminster republic | Gained independence from the United Kingdom and joined Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. Became independent on 9 August 1965.[46] While joining in 1966, the effective date is from its date of independence.[47] |
Solomon Islands | 1978 ජූලි 7 | ඕෂිනියාව | Melanesia | 740,424 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | |
South Africa | 1926 නොවැම්බර් 19 | අප්රිකාව | Southern Africa | 60,414,495 | Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency | Granted nominal independence (Dominion status) on 31 May 1910. One of the original Dominions at the time of the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and Statute of Westminster 1931. Left on 31 May 1961; rejoined 1 June 1994.[48] |
Sri Lanka | 1948 පෙබරවාරි 4 | Asia | Southern Asia | 22,037,000 | Unitary semi-presidential republic | Joined as the Dominion of Ceylon, subsequently changing its name in 1972. Became a republic in 1972 |
Tanzania | 1961 දෙසැම්බර් 9 | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 67,438,106 | Unitary presidential republic | Tanganyika joined the Commonwealth on 9 December 1961, with the island of Zanzibar following suit later. The two subsequently merged to form Tanzania on 26 April 1964.[49] |
Togo[B] | 2022 ජූනි 25 | අප්රිකාව | Western Africa | 9,053,799 | Unitary presidential republic | The country was the formerly French and British mandate territory (later UN trust territory) of Togoland after the First World War in 1919; British Togoland (which would be attached to the Gold Coast in 1956 and become Ghana on 6 March 1957) and French Togoland. Independence of French Togoland as Togo from France on 27 April 1960.[50] |
Tonga | 1970 ජූනි 4 | ඕෂිනියාව | Polynesia | 107,773 | Unitary constitutional monarchy | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1962 අගෝස්තු 31 | ඇමෙරිකාව | Caribbean | 1,534,937 | Unitary Westminster republic | Granted independence on 31 August 1962. Became a republic on 1 August 1976 under the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Constitution Act 1976, passed by the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. |
Tuvalu[B] | 1978 ඔක්තෝබර් 1 | ඕෂිනියාව | Polynesia | 11,396 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | A special member from 1 October 1978 until 1 September 2000.[51] |
Uganda | 1962 ඔක්තෝබර් 9 | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 48,582,334 | Unitary presidential republic | |
United Kingdom | 1926 නොවැම්බර් 19 | යුරෝපය | උතුරු යුරෝපය | 67,184,072 | Unitary Commonwealth realm | Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the Statute of Westminster 1931. Has four individual nations within the UK: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. |
Vanuatu[B] | 1980 ජූලි 30 | ඕෂිනියාව | Melanesia | 334,506 | Unitary Westminster republic | Gained independence from joint rule (condominium) of France and the United Kingdom. |
Zambia | 1964 ඔක්තෝබර් 24 | අප්රිකාව | Eastern Africa | 20,569,737 | Unitary presidential republic |
^ A. Unless otherwise noted, independence was gained from the United Kingdom on the date (shown in column 2) of joining the Commonwealth.
^ B. Not a member of the Commonwealth Foundation.
^ C. Though Pakistan celebrates 14 August 1947 as its independence day, independence was officially granted at midnight, 15 August 1947. Therefore, its date of joining the Commonwealth would be 15 August 1947.
^ D. Geographically a part of Asia, considered a European country in political geography.
^ E. Constitutional monarchy that operates under a Westminster system. The monarch is not the same individual as the British monarch, hence making it not a Commonwealth realm.
^ F. In geology, the Maltese Islands are located on the African Plate. The island group lies approx. 200 km (120 mi) south of the boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.[52] In political geography, Malta is considered a European country.
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