New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Here is a factfile on Commonwealth countries ahead of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi Oct 3-14. These nations were once part of the British empire.
No. of Commonwealth Countries: 53
No. of Commonwealth Games Associations participating as separate teams: 71
Continent and region-wise break-up of the countries and their populations (*Former Commonwealth nations or territories that have sent teams to past Commonwealth Games)
Africa:
Botswana – 1,950,000, Cameroon – 19,522,000, Ghana – 23,837,000, Kenya – 39,856,000, Lesotho – 2,000,000, Malawi – 15,884,000, Mauritius – 1,285,000, Mozambique – 22,892,000, Namibia – 2,131,000, Nigeria – 154,796,000, Rwanda – 9,998,000, Seychelles – 84,000, Sierra Leone – 5,695,000, South Africa – 49,423,000, Swaziland – 1,182,000, Tanzania – 43,729,000, The Gambia – 1,717,000, Uganda – 32,816,000, Zambia – 12,935,000, Zimbabwe*
Americas:
Belize – 322,130, Bermuda – 64,209, Canada – 34,053,000, Falkland Islands – 3,140, Guyana – 761,000, St. Helena – 7,670, Newfoundland*
Asia:
Bangladesh – 162,221,000, Brunei – 400,000, India – 1,173,230,000, Malaysia – 28,356,000, Maldives – 329,000, Pakistan – 154,796,000, Singapore – 4,986,000, Sri Lanka – 20,743,000, South Arabia*, Aden*, Malaya*, Sabah*, Sarawak*, Hong Kong*
Caribbean:
Anguilla – 14,436, Antigua and Barbuda – 88,000, Bahamas – 342,000, Barbados – 279,000, British Virgin Islands – 22,000, Cayman Islands – 49,035, Dominica – 79,000, Grenada – 103,000, Jamaica – 2,721,000, Montserrat – 5,879, St. Kitts and Nevis – 52,000, St. Lucia – 171,000, St. Vincent and The Grenadines – 1,19,000, Trinidad and Tobago – 1,335,000, Turks and Caicos Islands – 22,942
Europe:
The UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) – 61,609,500, Cyprus – 794,200, Malta – 412,668, Gibraltar – 30,000, Guernsey – 65,726, Isle of Man – 76,512, Jersey – 92,500
Oceania:
Australia – 22,073,000, Cook Islands – 13,000, Kiribati – 99,000, Nauru – 14,000, New Zealand – 4,317,972, Niue – 1,398, Norfolk Island – 2,141, Papua New Guinea – 6,737,000, Samoa – 185,000, Solomon Islands – 913,000, Tonga – 102,000, Tuvalu – 12,000, Vanuatu – 241,000
