Xxcxx 2022 Commonwealth Countries ((exclusive)) Today

*The Maldives rejoined the Commonwealth in 2020 and returned to competition in 2022 after missing the 2018 Games.

By 2022, the Commonwealth of Nations comprised 56 member countries (though two, Gabon and Togo, joined just after the Games, making the competitive roster 54 sovereign states plus British Overseas Territories). The member states spanned six continents and contained nearly 2.5 billion people—about one-third of the global population.