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The entries in boldface are existing nations which separated from the British Empire (some remain part of the Commonwealth). They include numbers of nations in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
Australia - (dominion 1907) - independent 1947, formally 1986
Bahamas - self-governing 1964, independent 1973
British Guiana - independent 1966 as Guyana
British Honduras - independent 1981 as Belize
British Malaya - independent 1957, part of Malaysia1963
Brunei - independent 1984
Canada - (dominion 1867) independent 1931, formally 1982
Ceylon - independent 1947, now Sri Lanka
Cyprus - independent 1960
India - independent as India and Pakistan, 1947
Malta - independent 1964
New Zealand - (dominion 1907)- independent 1947
Newfoundland - part of Canada, 1949
Singapore - independent 1985
* African colonies alphabetically:
Basutoland - became independent as Lesotho, 1966
Bechuanaland - became independent as Botswana, 1966
British Somaliland - merged with Somalia, 1963 (part declared independence 1991)
Gambia - independent 1965
Gold Coast - independent as Ghana, 1957
Kenya (formerly British East Africa) - independent 1963
Nigeria - various merges, independent 1960
Northern Rhodesia - merged with Nyasaland
Nyasaland (formerly British Central Africa) - independent as Malawi, 1961
Sierra Leone - independent 1961
Sudan - independent 1956
Swaziland - independent 1968
Tanganyika - independent 1962, now part of Tanzania
Uganda - independent 1962
Union of South Africa - Republic of South Africa, 1961
Zanzibar - independent 1963, now part of Tanzania
Zimbabwe - independent 1980
* Asian and Pacific islands, alphabetically:
Ellice Islands - independent 1978 as Tuvalu
Friendly Islands - protectorate lifted 1970, island nation Tonga
Gilbert Islands - autonomous 1971, independent 1979 as Kiribati
Maldives - independent (sultanate) 1965
Mauritius - independent 1968
New Hebrides - independent 1980 as Vanuatu
Nauru - independent 1968
Seychelles - independent 1976
Solomon Islands - independent 1978
* Caribbean islands , alphabetically:
Antigua - independent 1981 (Antigua and Barbuda)
Barbados - independent 1966
Barbuda - declared independence 1980 (Antigua and Barbuda)
Dominica (small island) - independent 1978
Grenada - independent 1974
Jamaica - independent 1962
St. Christopher and Nevis - independent 1983
Saint Lucia - independent 1979
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - independent 1979
Trinidad and Tobago - independent 1962
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