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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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