The Commonwealth is a family of 52 counties from all over the world. They come from the Pacific, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and America.
They share different skills and knowledge to help each other and they share the same goals.
-2 billions people are members of the Commonwealth.
-30% of the global population are members of Commonwealth.
-1 out of 3 people on the planet.
Some live in very small islands, in the pacific.
Some live in very big countries like India in Asia.
People are considered equal.
Some countries like: Canada, the Bahamas, Mozambique, Malawi, Malaysia, South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon, Mauritius, Singapore, Fiji belong to Commonwealth.
The countries of the Commonwealth were governed by British Empire. Nowadays these countries are independent.
1931:Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa were the first countries that joined in the Commonwealth of Nations.
1947: When India joined after its long struggle for independence, the modern Commonwealth was born. India became independent.
2009 they celebrated 60 anniversary, and welcomed Rwanda.
India is the most over populated country from the Commonwealth. In contrast, Nauru has only 10.084 inhabitants. There are more people in Parets than in Nauru.
Malawi is the poorest country in the Commonwealth. Australia is the richest country in the Commonwealth. Also in the Commonwealth they speak Turkish, French, Spanish…
